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VPs of Marketing and Sales should “have a pint” | BusinessDevelopments!(tm)

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VPs of Marketing and Sales should “have a pint”. May 5, 2009 at 11:55 am. People who work to generate revenue for companies. Understand the long-standing friction between marketing and sales departments. Often the relationship is at best cordial, at worst outright subversive. But the growing consensus, at least among top management, is that the two should be inextricably linked to the same accountability, metrics, and goals. A few years back I ran a. Our approach to work puzzled our new Irish employees.

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BusinessDevelopments!(tm) | A Discussion of Large-Account Sales, Business Development, Start-ups, and Whatever Else Crosses My Keypad | Page 2

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Give the Gift of Truly Caring About Your Customers. Over the past few weeks I have been seeking something to give my best clients. As a token of my appreciation. The holidays come once a year and are a great opportunity to give to, rather than ask from, our paying customers. Having decided against cookie bouquets or those squeezie toys that look like computers,. I finally settled on exactly that. Surprising to me was my clients’ response in a busy holiday season:. On “Business Karma”, really ...So don&#8...

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Keeping it in perspective | BusinessDevelopments!(tm)

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Keeping it in perspective. June 7, 2010 at 12:07 pm. So I’ve stopped what I was doing, engaged with her, let her measure my arm and helped cut the yarn. A team building moment to be sure. Makes me think about the importance I place on certain projects. Some seemingly small or less-important projects, with colleagues of any age, can be really special and can have the “forever” component of a friendship bracelet if there is an outcome of bonded relationships at the end. Entry filed under: entrepreneurial.

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Deal of a lifetime | BusinessDevelopments!(tm)

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Deal of a lifetime. May 27, 2010 at 12:58 pm. Business Editors and Lifestyle Editors, and Genealogy Buffs. Gilliam and Gilliam Announce Acquisition. Company Pronounces This is our Last Deal. AUSTIN, TX– (BUSINESS WIRE) May 15, 2010 In the midst of global recession, Gilliam and Gilliam LP (G&G) again blazes a new trail, announcing today its latest ambitious acquisition. The new entity, known as Eden Corporation (NASDAQ: BABY), will be led by its founder, Eden Kristine Gilliam. Product delivered on schedule.

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Austin start-ups: highly efficient or just cheap? | BusinessDevelopments!(tm)

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Austin start-ups: highly efficient or just cheap? March 10, 2009 at 12:17 pm. I have lived and worked in this community for 17 years,. Through recessions and the most incredible boom times. One thing remains constant we in Austin tend to “cheap-out” when seeking the best advice and talent. Austin’s start-up community is blessed with amazing resources. Ethos and innovative conferences like RISE. Demonstrate the power of our community to build new businesses and future employers. To be sure, I am conflicted.

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Interview at recent social media event [VIDEO] | BusinessDevelopments!(tm)

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Interview at recent social media event [VIDEO]. June 2, 2010 at 12:33 pm. Spent a few days at the Social Commerce Summit 2010. In Austin recently. Lots of sharing, thinking and learning about the future of Social Media and its application to business and marketing. Here I learned that consumers have never been so powerful, nor so connected, and about the value of user-generated content. I came away in awe of how marketing has radically changed just in the past few years, and the changes yet to come.

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Make lemonade while the world chomps on lemons | BusinessDevelopments!(tm)

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Make lemonade while the world chomps on lemons. April 11, 2009 at 11:39 am. Those of us on the front lines of marketing and business development. Have undoubtedly noticed the growing abundance of webinars, blogs, and articles from various pundits on how to develop accounts in a slump. Even industries and individual businesses that are still doing well are shell-shocked by the avalanche of bad economic news and consequently are taking a “wait and see” attitude. The last few downturns. Please log in using ...

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The Disruptive Online Loss Leader | BusinessDevelopments!(tm)

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The Disruptive Online Loss Leader. March 3, 2009 at 12:44 pm. A slow business environment tends to highlight novel and effective marketing. Among interesting techniques retail outfits are adopting is the co-optation of low-cost, high-margin internet business models as “loss leaders” to get people in the stores and spending money. Turns out the Costco experience was quicker, easier and about 50% cheaper. Being the marketing wonk I am, I thought about what Costco did that Shutterfly couldn’t. Austin start-...