"The Office" meets corp. sales training video. This video was selected by Comedy Central as a "staff favorite" in its comedy test pilots contest.
Comments on "Mainframe: The Art of the Sale, Lesson One"
Farmers vs. ... Farmers vs. Ranchers.....then again if you dont have? IBM in your business card ....you better learn how to hunt.
@bryanfikes Nice ... @bryanfikes Nice metaphor.?
ABC? = Always Be ... ABC? = Always Be Closing
The Art? of Selling ... The Art? of Selling Mainframes... !
Cool ,,, love it? Cool ,,, love it?
The 1st 20 seconds ... The 1st 20 seconds bring back memories of our first global meeting (in Germany) for which which half of our US "Global" product managers had to get? passports. And my colleague who used the company automated business card process to create cards for the meeting that he could hand out to our US colleagues - he changed his title from European Product Manager to Inter-Galactic Product Manager.
The best bits are ... The best bits are the? dryest. Love it!
does this? remind ... does this? remind anyone of Steve Balmer :)
david? brent. haha david? brent. haha
I was a part of a ... I was a part of a salesteam for IBM? attempting to sell mainframe solutions to non-IBM users in the UK back in the early '90s. Our team tried to warn IBM then this was happening - it took a bit of time for them to hear.
It's like a? barn, ... It's like a? barn, ohlol :D
I think this? is ... I think this? is hilarious!
Hey Robert, It's ... Hey Robert, It's me MaryEllen this is hilarious...hey How about giving me a job I would be? your A team for sure. Take care.. Uncle Donald and I watched tonight.
Well done, clever. ... Well done, clever. I liked it.?
So this is a fail ... So this is a fail attempt of humor. I get? the punch line, but this video did not even show up to the ring.
this is stupid? this is stupid?
I didnt get it, I ... I didnt get it, I have to go to a job interview? for sales in 30 minutes... Ranchers an Farmers>?
thats not a? covert ... thats not a? covert advertisement..
brilliant... is ... brilliant... is this the IBM version? of 'The Office..'
another example of a Sales Manager thinking Lecturing is Leading..
American crap? American crap?
there's farmers, ... there's farmers, and then there's ranchers...hahahahah?
thats? the best thats? the best
The writer should ... The writer should submit a script to the producers for? the TV show The Office. Same humor.
wow? wow?
Whoa, Bo Ho, u go,? ... Whoa, Bo Ho, u go,? bro (-inlaw).
Funny indeed, but ... Funny indeed, but let us remind you the good closers will always make more than the hourly employees....Its a done deal. This is now a "service oriented country." You were warned prior. Maybe you were listening to your debt saturated family. ooooooppps no time to laugh now. Sales and service is where its at. Think about it. Nothing else will be able? to facilitate old the American Dream.
haha, it reminds me ... haha, it reminds me of? the office
I love the little ... I love the little guy in the glasses. He is? not only handsome, but a technical powerhouse.
Johnny Dangerously!
Wow, this is a ... Wow, this is a viral advertisement made by IBM? That's? pretty amazing because it's actually funny. I'm ok with more ads like this one.
Not bad? at all... ... Not bad? at all...will watch more
