Marketing Craftmanship

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Re-Thinking the “Best B2B Advertisement of the 20th Century”

Marketing Craftmanship

In 1958, Gilbert Morris – an account executive at the Fuller Smith & Ross ad agency – created the, “I don’t know who you are,” business-to-business advertisement for McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. ” What may have been a revolutionary B2B marketing concept in 1958 is now well understood by B2B marketers.

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Facing the #1 B2B Deal-Killer: “Do You Have Any Clients Just Like Me?”

Marketing Craftmanship

In new business development efforts, B2B firms of all types are often challenged by prospective clients with this question: “Do you have any experience working for companies in my industry?”.