Posts by: Tim J. Smith, PhD

Top 6 – September 2008

By Tim J. Smith, PhD September 1, 2008

Summer is over. Step up the pace. Economic situations are changing. Use your strategy to guide your prices. Want pricing power, differentiate…

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Making a Price Increase Stick

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 1, 2008

Despite Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s desire to quiet discussions of expected inflation, most executives working within industries dependent on agricultural and…

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Top 6 – June 2008

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 1, 2008

In the Heat of the Night … Plan and Frolic Set your goals, pursue them, measure attainment, imagine new horizons. Some risks…

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Pragmatic Business Strategy: Seven Ways to Make Marketing Work in a Challenging Economy

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 15, 2008

In a challenging economy, you must find new ways to make marketing work more effectively, get more out of marketing investments, and…

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The Making of a Billion Dollar Business: Low-Power Schottky

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 1, 2008

Mark Shepherd, Texas Instruments Chairman from “76 to ’88, described Low Power Schottky as “the single most profitable product line in the…

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Top 6 – May 2008

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 1, 2008

Emerging Spring From the Winter of Creative Destruction Understand the value customers seek, and excel. Big Progress is rarely received with overwhelming…

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Sales Versus Marketing: Vive la difference

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 1, 2008

“More than 30 years after the call to integrate sales and marketing activities ,… we find no firms that had adopted this…

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Top 6 – April 2008

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 1, 2008

Thunder and Calamity, Striking Discharges, April Showers Manage your Reaction to Brand Infringements. It’s about money not emotions. Teasers build that Word…

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Sony’s Blu-ray Triumphs over Toshiba’s HD-DVD

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 1, 2008

Competitive Equivalence, Competitive Advantage, and the Role of Price The four-year war over the next-generation DVD format for home videos that deliver…

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Top 6 – March 2008

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 1, 2008

Beyond St’ Patty’s Day Luck is A Ram’s Charge Before considering penetration pricing, find a compelling downstream reason. For new-technology launches such…

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About The Author

timjsmith
Tim J. Smith, PhD, is the founder and CEO of Wiglaf Pricing, an Adjunct Professor of Marketing and Economics at DePaul University, and the author of Pricing Done Right (Wiley 2016) and Pricing Strategy (Cengage 2012). At Wiglaf Pricing, Tim leads client engagements. Smith’s popular business book, Pricing Done Right: The Pricing Framework Proven Successful by the World’s Most Profitable Companies, was noted by Dennis Stone, CEO of Overhead Door Corp, as "Essential reading… While many books cover the concepts of pricing, Pricing Done Right goes the additional step of applying the concepts in the real world." Tim’s textbook, Pricing Strategy: Setting Price Levels, Managing Price Discounts, & Establishing Price Structures, has been described by independent reviewers as “the most comprehensive pricing strategy book” on the market. As well as serving as the Academic Advisor to the Professional Pricing Society’s Certified Pricing Professional program, Tim is a member of the American Marketing Association and American Physical Society. He holds a BS in Physics and Chemistry from Southern Methodist University, a BA in Mathematics from Southern Methodist University, a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Chicago, and an MBA with high honors in Strategy and Marketing from the University of Chicago GSB.