LAS VEGAS — Sometimes you win with incredible shooting. Sometimes you win by playing with elite execution and effort. And sometimes, you just win in spite of yourself. That was the case for USC on Friday, as the third-seeded Trojans barely escaped the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals with a 65-61 victory over No. 6 Washington. USC (26-6) committed a stunning 23 turnovers, with 17 coming in the second half. By that measure alone, USC should have been one-and-done in the desert, especially considering the staggering miscues in the final minute. “Our veterans had a lot of turnovers; it’s uncharacteristic to have that many,” head coach Andy Enfield said. “Three times the ball went right through our hands. We stepped out of...
As consumers, most of us hate receiving a cold call from a sales team. Who has time to talk to some random person about buying something you didn’t even want? Yet the telemarketing calls continue. Why do they keep calling? The answer is simple. Cold calling works. Telemarketing is a highly effective sales tool, but there are still tricks and tips for how to cold call successfully. What is Cold Calling? What is cold calling? Also commonly called telemarketing, cold calling occurs when sales reps connect for a sales conversation, usually via telephone, with potential customers with whom they’ve had no prior contact and who have not requested the information or expressed any prior interest in the product or service...
By Meghan Owenz, Penn State Nearly three-quarters of parents are concerned that their kids’ use of mobile devices may be harmful to them or to family relationships – and that was from research done before the pandemic. But it’s not parents’ – or the kids’ – fault. Every time a parent and child try to turn off a game or put a device down, they’re not fighting each other – they’re fighting the invisible army of behavioral design specialists who make technology experiences so hard to tear yourself away from. The people who create apps and games use insights from, and experts in, an area of psychology research called “persuasive design,” whose scholars seek to understand how to create something that...
PICK OF THE WEEK: The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Apple TV, 11 March Very much NOT one to stick on if you need a pick-me-up, this is nonetheless a powerful, masterfully-done adaptation of Walter Mosley’s novel about dementia. Samuel L. Jackson delivers an emotional-sucker-punch of a performance as Ptolemy Grey, a man losing himself to illness, who is both vulnerable and unwilling to roll over. As the story progresses it grows more complex, veering into something like a science fiction detective story. Ptolemy’s carer Reggie has been killed, and Ptolemy must revive his memories in order to uncover what happened. Our House, ITV, 7 March Downton Abbey‘s Tuppence Middleton and Line of Duty‘s Martin Compston play a separated married couple...
Your email newsletter is one of your most powerful marketing channels. Between sharing news, making announcements, and nurturing relationships with your customers, newsletters can be molded into just about anything. While other marketing tactics go out of vogue, it begs the question: why have newsletters stood the test of time? Well, newsletters keep subscribers informed about your business or product without being overly “salesy.” They give subscribers the agency to engage with your business on their terms. But there’s one condition…your email newsletter content needs to stay fresh, competitive, and original to keep readers from hitting that dreaded “Unsubscribe” button. When you’re creating new email content on the daily, it’s easy to lose sight of your creativity. That’s why we’ve...
