Remove sales

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This Brand Ambassador Program Goes Against the Grain

Paul Gillin

The PR agency for a startup called Social Rebate has been asking bloggers to comment on the company’s somewhat novel approach to brand ambassadorship. BzzAgent has a database of hundreds of thousands of consumers whom it activates to spread the word about products from the company’s clients. Not really.

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Live Blog: 3M Unites Global Workforce With Technology

Paul Gillin

At Lotusphere today, two representatives to 3M outlined some ways the company is using collaboration platforms to improve access to expertise and information across the far-flung company, which has people in more than 60 countries. 3M’s track record of innovation is legendary, but globalization has presented new challenges. “We’re

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How B2B and B2C Marketing Are Different

Paul Gillin

Download a sample chapter. Probably the most important distinction between business and consumer marketing is that nearly every buying decision a business makes is driven by the need to solve a problem, pursue an opportunity or make or company more efficient. Business executives buy companies as much as they do products.

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Transforming P&G

Paul Gillin

This week I sat in an auditorium at P&G headquarters in Cincinnati and heard CEO Bob McDonald talk about the centrality of one-to-one relationships to the company’s future and declare “We want to be the most digitized company in the world.”. P&G has been called the world greatest marketing company.