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August 2010 (5)
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- 24: Emotions vary in their persuasive power
- 23: Appealing to emotion
- 16: Avoid common fallacies
- 09: Do it your way – define the terms and the issues
- 02: When in doubt, concede
July 2010 (4)
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- 26: Induction: When there’s no commonplace, use fact, comparison, and story
- 19: Deduction: from a general premise to a specific conclusion
- 12: Find the commonplaces of your audience
- 05: The advantageous: base the logic of your argument on what’s good for the audience
June 2010 (4)
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- 28: Your sterling character: virtue, practical wisdom, and disinterest
- 21: Decorum: Fitting in with others is persuasive
- 14: Control the issue
- 07: Start with goals: for you and for your audience
May 2010 (5)
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- 31: Rhetoric: an overview
- 24: Rhetoric: a framework to communicate with buyers
- 17: Story structure – turning conflict into dramatic tension
- 10: The essence of a story
- 03: Review: The Genius in All of Us by David Shenk
April 2010 (8)
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- 26: Stories and simulation – Part Two
- 19: Stories and simulation – Part One
- 12: No one believes the official story
- 07: Why stories are easier to remember than abstractions
- 06: Story: How we organize our experience
- 05: Technology marketing challenges
- 02: When buyers are paralyzed
- 01: B2B Marketing in a nutshell
March 2010 (6)
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- 31: The profit multiplier: sales productivity
- 25: Does Marketing and Sales have to be a numbers game?
- 24: Redefine the issue in your favor
- 23: Review: Dirty little secrets by Sharon Drew Morgen
- 05: The questions a buyer must answer before becoming a customer
- 03: Refresher course on competitive strategy
February 2010 (2)
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January 2010 (7)
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- 28: Empowering buyers to complete their journey
- 27: Why facts and logic are unconvincing
- 19: The passive voice. Killing me softly.
- 16: Mystery solved. Now what?
- 04: Layers of trust, Part three
- 03: Layers of trust, Part two
- 01: Story, knowledge, memory and intelligence
December 2009 (1)
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November 2009 (3)
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- 16: A story of two coaches
- 09: Houston, we have a problem
- 02: It takes more than benefits to motivate a buyer
October 2009 (4)
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- 20: Selling: more like Mining than Manufacturing
- 09: Learning from the principles of Lean and Six Sigma
- 07: Challenges in B2B Marketing and Sales
- 05: Need an alternative to the elevator pitch?
September 2009 (7)
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- 29: A static hitting strategy will send you right back to the minor leagues
- 25: Building a brand takes time
- 24: Do real people work at your company?
- 23: Scott Bedbury, branding, and lean thinking
- 11: When do buyers take action?
- 09: Study carefully how this industry designs websites for buyers
- 04: So many sales metrics. Where do I start?
July 2009 (2)
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- 27: Buster Olney, professional baseball players, and bad days
- 06: Some coach games. Some build programs.
June 2009 (6)
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- 17: Stop asking buyers to trust you
- 16: The three tasks for your marketing information
- 15: All subjects (except sex) are dull until someone makes them interesting
- 11: Buyers respond to confident advice
- 10: How Search Engines work
- 04: The sales funnel versus the sales process
May 2009 (3)
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- 28: Marketing: Art or Science? It’s both, and more.
- 18: The myopia of selling products
- 04: Marketing metrics that matter – to a sales person
April 2009 (1)
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March 2009 (2)
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February 2009 (2)
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- 23: Evolutionary or revolutionary?
- 02: How to improve marketing activities and produce more customers
January 2009 (2)
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- 17: Questions from buyers in transition
- 15: How better lead generation can dramatically improve sales productivity
December 2008 (3)
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- 29: Buyers are facing trade-offs, risks and concerns. Be their guide.
- 27: Buyer personas for business websites – Part four
- 14: Buyer personas for business websites – Part three
October 2008 (4)
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- 31: Buyer personas for business websites – Part two
- 30: Buyer personas for business websites – Part one
- 13: Your website: The doctor is in.
- 04: Are your web pages written in the style of debate or conversation?
August 2008 (1)
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July 2008 (1)
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June 2008 (1)
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May 2008 (3)
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- 28: How much Marketing do you need?
- 19: Can marketing and sales be lean? Part Two
- 07: Can marketing and sales be lean? Part One
April 2008 (6)
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- 29: Pursuing perfection versus chasing growth
- 28: Creativity is not enough
- 25: Why creativity is so important in marketing – Part Two
- 24: Why creativity is so important in marketing – Part One
- 09: Sales qualification: Ask the right questions
- 08: The best business bloggers are teachers
March 2008 (1)
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January 2008 (2)
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- 11: A lively tension between technology buyers and sellers
- 11: Why technology buyers increasingly rely on social media for information
December 2007 (4)
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- 24: B2B technology marketing. Is it different from other B2B marketing?
- 12: Forrester: Systematic management of social media
- 05: Dell: More advertising is not the answer
- 03: Who’s driving the technology purchase process today? The buyer!
November 2007 (3)
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- 28: Lean Marketing Principle #5: Setting the context for collaboration
- 27: Is a caricature of your company easier to remember?
- 05: Lean Marketing Principle #4: Minimize waste, errors and defects
October 2007 (5)
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- 30: How to make the idea of your company stick
- 25: Lean Marketing Principle #3: Analyze cause and effect
- 12: Lean marketing principle #2: Managing on data and facts
- 09: Lean marketing principle #1: Add value to customers
- 07: The 5 principles to improve your Lean Marketing process
September 2007 (2)
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- 21: Focusing on the biggest constraint in the sales process
- 17: Increase the number of visitors who register for content
August 2007 (1)
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July 2007 (2)
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June 2007 (2)
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- 27: Did the design layout for your B2B homepage come from a cookie cutter?
- 04: Succeed with viral marketing: plant big seeds
May 2007 (2)
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April 2007 (1)
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March 2007 (3)
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- 30: What is the ROI for an investment in search marketing?
- 15: Want 500% ROI? Hire an in-house web analyst.
- 12: What do visitors want to read?
February 2007 (1)
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