Posts by: James T. Berger

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The Difficulty of Developing Profitable and Unique Sales Promotions

By James T. Berger June 1, 2007

A Universitiy of Houston professor, Betsy Gelb, and two of her doctoral candidate students, Demetra Andrews and Son K. Lam, set off…

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Entrepreneurial Insights

By James T. Berger May 1, 2007

For those looking for insight into how to become a successful entrepreneur, Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge (A FREE Website and on-line…

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A New Way to Segment B-T-B Markets – Put Your Product to Work

By James T. Berger May 1, 2007

A group of four academicians and innovation consultants have come up with a new twist on segmentation. Rather than analyze the traditional…

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The Perils of Hiring Bad Salespeople

By James T. Berger April 1, 2007

Ever thought what it costs a company to hire an inferior sales person? In their new book, “Never Hire a Bad Salesperson…

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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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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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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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Stalking Mr. Schmooze

By James T. Berger January 1, 2007

In the search for the ultimate super-seller, author Richard Abraham offered attendees of a recent University of Chicago Sales Roundtable insight into…

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Internet Potpourri

By James T. Berger January 1, 2007

Following are some Internet-oriented news items as gathered by the editors of The Wiglaf Journal… How Internet Benefits Local Businesses Even if…

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Search Engine Optimization…
If It Sounds Too Good To Be True – It probably Is

By James T. Berger December 1, 2006

As e-marketers strive to make it to the top of the search engine optimization heap beware of the fraudsters and charlatans who…

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About The Author

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James T. Berger, Senior Marketing Writer of The Wiglaf Journal, through his Northbrook-based firm, James T. Berger/Market Strategies, offers a broad range of marketing communications, research and strategic planning consulting services. In addition, he provides expert services to intellectual property attorneys in the area of trademark infringement litigation. An adjunct professor of marketing at Roosevelt University, he previously has taught at Northwestern University, DePaul University, University of Illinois at Chicago and The Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan (BA), Northwestern University (MS) and the University of Chicago (MBA). Berger is an often-published free lance business writer who has developed more than 100 published articles in the last eight years. For more information, visit www.jamesberger.net or telephone him at (847) 328-9633.