February 19, 2002 Circulation: 25,900+ Volume 2, No. 3
In this issue you'll find our newest articles...and more.
1 - Consumer Apartheid
2 - Your Roadmap to Tradeshow Success
3 - How to Conduct a Brainstorming Session
4 - 10 Tips to TransPlanet Marketing
5 - The No. 1 Reason Why Most Sales Managers Fail!
6 - Don't Duplicate ... Differentiate!
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Consumer Apartheid

These days there is so much ambient noise around the subject of CRM, so many extravagant claims being made, so many competing doctrines being spread, that its actual meaning is obscured by a veil of rhetoric. Is CRM a technology solution - or a business process? A marketing - or a service strategy? A reform movement - or a short-lived fad?

One theme seems consistent throughout most discussions about CRM: the differential treatment of customers based on actual and potential value, or as Business Week called it "the new consumer apartheid".

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Your Roadmap to Tradeshow Success
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How to Conduct a Brainstorming Session
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10 Tips to TransPlanet Marketing

"How can we sell and market our product to six billion people on the planet?" asked Jeff Dzuira, Director of International Sales at Ferris Manufacturing Corporation.

After experiencing the process of going global he says "The lessons I learned have not come from seminars, textbooks or advice; rather, they have come from practice in the global playing field which hones the necessary skills to succeed in the marketplace."

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The No. 1 Reason Why Most Sales Managers Fail!
Think you know the reason? Bet you're wrong!
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Don't Duplicate ... Differentiate!

In today's increasingly competitive marketplace, the demand for specialized products or services will increase. If your business sells everything or to everyone, chances are your audience will not perceive any greater value in buying from you than from anyone else. If so, price becomes the only metric by which visitors will compare you to others.

Keep in mind that price is not important.

Price is only a metric -- a currency to which most people can relate. Take the weather, for example. When you meet someone on the street, it will likely be a topic of discussion because the weather is a common denominator. Temperature is the same for everyone. "Hot" and "cold," however, are different.

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How to Get Visitors Past Your Homepage
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Why You're Always Right and Customers are Always Wrong
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