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Pricing for Volume Is Just Hard to Justify

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 1, 2007

Complimentary analysis spreadsheet provided courtesy of the Wiglaf Journal. At a fast-growing entrepreneurial firm last month, I found myself casually drifting into…

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Top 6 – April 2007

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 1, 2007

Sales Performance, IP, and Volume Chasing Don’t let inertia or apathy allow poor performance to persist. Make decisions and take action. Specific…

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The Power of Engagement: Making a Case for Business Blogging

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 1, 2007

It’s a brand-new world and a brand-new internet. You’ve probably heard that obnoxious buzzword, “Web 2.0” thrown around and nodded knowingly, hoping…

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What Does A Marketing Department Do?

By Rob Engelman March 1, 2007

Not too long ago, a friend posed the following questions to me…”What should a marketing department do? What should they be responsible…

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Don’t Segment Markets – “Hire” the Product

By James T. Berger March 1, 2007

The conventional wisdom is to segment markets by such things as demographics, psychographics, geographics, benefit/usage, buyer behavior dynamics and so forth. Now…

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Review of Don Tapscott’s and Anthony Williams’ Wikinomics

By David Dalka March 1, 2007

Wikinomics explores an emerging business strategy in a world where consumers promote and, to a degree, own your brand. In his latest…

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Top 6 – March 2007

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 1, 2007

Blocking of Marketing, Investing in your Blog. The blocking and tackling of Marketing remains to Focus on the Customer, Manage Internal and…

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The “iPhone” Brouhaha

By James T. Berger February 1, 2007

One of the more interesting intellectual property lawsuits in recent years is starting to unfold as two IP behemoths — Apple and…

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Bad Prices Kill, Good Prices Sustain. Learn it or Bleed.

By Tim J. Smith, PhD February 1, 2007

Novices to marketing often think that cutting prices to grow market share is a sound strategy. Somewhere between high school and the…

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Multifamily Realtors See Benefits of Branding in Driving Internet Sales

By James T. Berger February 1, 2007

Smart national and regional multifamily Realtors are increasingly seeing the value of branding to create an image for properties that are translatable…

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