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Understanding Customers in the Solution Economy

Harvard Business Review

Companies in all varieties of B2B markets have moved beyond selling products and services to offering complete "solutions" to their customers. Alstom keeps trains ready to run each morning for railroad operators rather than just selling the rolling stock to them. B2B customers regard a solution as something that helps their business.

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Sometimes “Small Data” Is Enough to Create Smart Products

Harvard Business Review

There are three main steps: Set goals that tie back to business objectives. Setting goals with a cross-functional team that tie back to business objectives is a critical step to any undertaking, and AI is no exception. These are amazing technologies with great promise for any level of executive in any B2C or B2B company.

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Global Companies Need to Adopt Agile Pricing in Emerging Markets

Harvard Business Review

It’s also a massive operational challenge because companies are not set up to make very frequent pricing changes, whereas currencies can move hugely overnight. If the priority for the business is margin, but sales targets locally are still set around volume of sales, the execution of a pricing change can be compromised.

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44 Content Marketing Agencies Defined by 65 Marketers

Miles Anthony Smith

TopRank Marketing TopRank Marketing has been doing innovative and impactful work with interactive content and B2B influencers for huge brands like SAP, Dell, LinkedIn, 3M, and Oracle for over 18 years. A deep understanding of ABM in B2B is its super-power. If you want your B2B content to be great, invite your community to participate.

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