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How physics and acting can help your sales career

By James Barry July 2, 2012

Is the next level in sales where the true sales athlete are able to transfer the contagion of their strong belief and passion in what they are selling to their customer; so much so that like a fallen tree in a raging river the customer will be compelled to move along with them?

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For Wireless Carriers, “Customer-centricity” is the key to unlocking Potential and Profits

By Kamesh Chelluri July 2, 2012

During the first century of its existence, the Telecom industry’s Operating model remained relatively simple and vertically integrated. Today, Heterogeneous Networks enable Customers with “seamless mobility”. How does this affect the strategy needed to compete?

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The Evolution to 4G LTE – For Customers, It’s great; For Carriers, Profitability still matters!

By Kamesh Chelluri June 1, 2012

With more wireless connections than people in the US and an insatiable appetite for data-enabled applications and devices, Carriers have a huge incentive to roll out higher bandwidth 4G LTE networks – but only if they can profit simultaneously.

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Celebrating 10 Years, 500 Articles, and 250,000 Readers

By Tim J. Smith, PhD May 4, 2012

10 years ago, the first Wiglaf Journal published. What have we accomplished and where are we going?

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SPIN Selling and Value-Based Pricing – Friends or Foes?

By Tim J. Smith, PhD April 1, 2012

Is pricing out of touch with the market? Are salespeople frittering away profits? Are these two groups really at war with each other? Or, are they aiming for the same goal but language differences are preventing proper teamwork? Let’s review SPIN Selling from a pricing perspective.

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It’s My Own Damn Fault

By Tim J. Smith, PhD March 1, 2012

The question some suppliers constantly ask is “How did we get into a situation where the only thing that seems to matter to our customers is price?”  It’s an important question, and one where the unfortunate answer often is, in the words of Jimmy Buffett, “It’s my own damn fault”.

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Corporate Icons Falling Like House of Cards

By James T. Berger February 1, 2012

What do Eastman Kodak, Sears Roebucks, K-Mart and American Airlines have in common?  They are all U.S. corporate icons on the verge of implosion and each one of these likely failures is through a fault of corporate marketing management.  The rules for marketing are pretty simple.  So what is “marketing?”

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The Coming Convergence of Alternative Payments and Digital Marketing Strategy

By David Dalka November 3, 2011

During October, I had the distinct pleasure of attending the BAI Retail Delivery Summit 2011 and the 3rd Mobile Contactless Payment Innovations Summit. These shows discussed various aspects of banking and payment convergence with digital mobile devices. The majority of the presenters focused on the technology and near field communications issues. But there were a few speakers who had different perspectives.

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Top 6 – November 2011

By Tim J. Smith, PhD November 3, 2011

“The only profit center is the customer” Peter Drucker Corporations are psychopaths? Pricing errors, specifically price communication errors, are deadly for career…

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Top 6 – June 2011

By Tim J. Smith, PhD June 19, 2011

Summer time! Shoeless and barefoot in the grass. Starbucks who, gotta get my Dunkin on! Vacation time…definitely fly Southwest Airlines, Or definitely…

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