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The Distribution Trap – How Innovations Become Commodities

Industrial Marketing Today

He has co-authored a book by the same name with Timothy J. You can buy the book from Amazon and visit his site at www.distributiontrap.com. Because it is the mega-distributors that dictate terms and reduce the value of the manufacture’s innovations into commodity products. Dr. Thomas calls this “The Distribution Trap.”

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A Blogging Style to Call Your Own

Industrial Marketing Today

I found a very helpful presentation on blogging styles by Rohit Bhargava , a founding member of the pioneering 360 Digital Influence team at Ogilvy and author of the award winning new marketing book, Personality Not Included. In the slideshow, Rohit shows you 25 different styles of blogging and when to use each one.

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Industrial and B2B Customer Engagement Simplified

Industrial Marketing Today

To add a new twist to a thorny problem, I read a very interesting quote from Avinash Kaushik, the man who literally wrote the book on Web Analytics 2.0 , he said, “Engagement is not a metric, it’s an excuse.”

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How to Use a B2B Blog to Win Customers and Influence Prospects

Industrial Marketing Today

This timeless classic, one of the first bestselling self-help books published in 1937 and sold over 15 million copies globally is still relevant today. As a B2B marketer, we want to reach our ideal prospects and communicate with customers to maintain top-of-mind awareness throughout their buying cycle.

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Translate Features into Benefits if You Want Your Marketing.

Industrial Marketing Today

The first tool is the Product Analysis Worksheet from the book Personal Selling: An Interactive Approach by Ronald Marks, Ph.D., Search This Site Browse Industrial Marketing Topics B2B E-Mail Marketing B2B Lead Generation B2B Marketing Collateral B2B Marketing Videos B2B Media Planning Content Marketing Industrial Marketing & Web 2.0

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

My book (and my work) grows far richer for this dialogue. That is the value to me of Web 2.0 My book (and my work) grows far richer for this dialogue. That is the value to me of Web 2.0 My book (and my work) grows far richer for this dialogue. That is the value to me of Web 2.0

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Im a frequent social media conference speaker , and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. You know what’s not a good idea? Pissing off Google.) introduced an application-geared Internet. Programs can be run completely online. How can I help you?