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IDEX Pricing Spineometer: 2 of 5 Vertebrae

By Tim J. Smith, PhD January 9, 2025

IDEX, a global applied solutions provider, had a mixed Q3 2024. Revenue rose 0.6% to $798 million while earnings before interest and taxes fell 6.1 % to $168 million over the same period last year. A review of IDEX’s 30 October 2024 earnings call and associated financial reports provided insight regarding the importance of pricing on performance. IDEX is a diverse and complex business. It has three reporting units, Fluid & Metering…

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Ensure Your Digital Marketing Strategy Supports the Business Goals

By Lee Flynn December 3, 2015

Your business plan should be the driver for every action you take, including developing your digital marketing strategy. From setting your ad budget to identifying where your target market hangs out, reading your business plan is like consulting a digital marketing compass that reliably points north.

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An Overly Simplistic Approach to Pricing Strategy

By Tim J. Smith, PhD November 5, 2015

Pricing strategy is not executed by simply raising prices. If that’s all it took, then every fool would do pricing strategy, and every business owner would have a clear pricing plan.

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Semiconductor Socket Wars – III

By Anirban Sengupta November 5, 2015

The war for the new world is not just different because of the absence of a defender – it could be even more complex since the sockets itself may not be pre-defined.

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Customer Centric Pricing

By Kyle T. Westra November 5, 2015

Without a strong understanding of these customers, as well as the effort to continuously reevaluate this understanding, companies will see their share slip away to better positioned competition. Pricing requires just as much strategy as product; the right product at the wrong price is no longer the right product.

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