thinking outside the box

I never really intended to land in the world of sales, but somehow the lure of fast cars, hot guys, and quick money… oh wait… that’s not sales, what was I thinking? I mean; somehow the lure of high pressure, long days in a small cubicle, and never ending anxiety was too hard to resist. So here I am.

It’s inevitable that each day as I plug away on media ‘recommendations’ someone who was copied on one of my emails is likely to chime in with a ridiculous sales cliché. For your reading enjoyment here are a few of my un-favorites for you to gag on.


1. don’t leave anything on the table

2. put your thinking caps on

3. throw something out there and see if it sticks

4. bigger piece of the pie

5. get back in the saddle

6. we’re going to hit this out of the park

7. let’s run it up the flag pole

8. a 360-degree solution

9. value added

10. we will be more than just a vendor, we will be their media partner

11. turn-key

12. that’s a great question, and I’ll tell you why

13. it’s the future of… (insert whatever industry you work in)

14. win-win

15. 2.0 (why would anyone say two-point “o”… the internet has been around for a while now)

16. net-net

17. best practices (are you inferring everyone else uses the worst practices?)

18. viral, virtual, interactive (these all apply to social media… which is going to soon become another cliché)

19. let’s talk offline

20. e-“anything” (this was the predecessor to i-“anything”)

21. coming down the pipe