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Integrated Marketing and Social Networks

Coaching Tip

gutted by the Internet, threatened by electronic books and plagued by inconsistent management - filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today, 40 years after Borders started as a used bookstore on South State Street here in Ann Arbor, MI. So far, Facebook's key battleground has been in online marketing. market, which reached $8.88

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Are We Experiencing A Technology Tsunami?

Rich Gee Group

Engineering, design, materials, and service just got better. What’s the impact on organizations like Symantec (virus), Gartner/Forrester (advisory), HP (printing), and Microsoft (operating systems)? Nowadays, it’s rare to have to fix your car (maintenance excluded – I have Hondas/Acuras). Unported License.

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Distinguish Yourself from the Market, Not Just Other Applicants

Harvard Business Review

If you're an experienced professional, it can be tough to find a job in today's market. She was a training manager for a large corporation, advising middle and senior managers on career development. The market dynamics that pushed her out of a job were happening across the whole marketplace for her profession.

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B2B Salespeople Can Survive If They Reimagine Their Roles

Harvard Business Review

“Death of a B2B Salesman,” a new report from Forrester Research , lends urgency to the need for companies to rethink and radically transform their sales models by incorporating digital media into their processes. Contrary to what these findings — and Forrester’s prediction that “1 million U.S.

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Users Are the New Growth Engine

Harvard Business Review

Forrester Research predicts that by 2012 half of all consumer purchases will be either transacted online or digitally driven in some way — influenced by search, social media, or emerging digital platforms like location-based services and digitally augmented store environments. But the bigger shift is behavioral.

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Focus on Your Customer's Customer

Harvard Business Review

Companies like Salesforce.com, Philips, and Oracle have appointed chief customer officers, while many other B2B players have embarked on enterprise-wide efforts to improve their marketing, sales, and support interactions. These customer experience management initiatives can be complex.

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Engaging Employees in Health Care Data Security

Harvard Business Review

Healthcare data is also highly prized on the black market because there are so many lucrative ways to use it fraudulently, so it’s often a more attractive target than financial or other personal data. Also describe common social-engineering tricks used to learn login credentials (such as posing as a fellow employee who needs help).