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Three Steps to More Sales Comparisons Help or Harm You in Marketing and Sales

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Let's be really basic and candid. People make comparisons. It is part of what we are and do; we compare people, products, services, entertainment, food, politics, religion. You name it, and people make comparisons on it. Photo Credit – WikiCommons. We also tend to 'judge' or 'discern.' Labels are not just something on a can …

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Marketing Lessons for Manufactured Housing? Forbes Reports Online Ad Revenue vs. Broadcast TV

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On 4.10.2014, Robert Hof writing in Forbes colorfully reported that, “Perhaps the iconic pose of our era is someone squinting at a smartphone screen–replacing another iconic pose, the couch potato pointing a remote at the TV screen.” Hof says that's due in part to the use of hand-held devices, such as tablets and smartphones, which …

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Amway and Autos – Lessons in Branding, UnBranding and ReBranding for Manufactured Housing

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Perhaps the best time to write a column on branding, unbranding and rebranding is prior to the Fall Leadership forum of the National Community Council (NCC) at the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI). Their workshop on that topic will be one of the items yours truly plans to take in with keen interest, as it is …

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Buying Time

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Whenever a business person hires or contracts out a job, they are buying timing. They may not look at it quite that way, but that is the reality. If you own or manage a business which has other people, you know what this means or will feel the light bulb going off over head as …

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