Your manufacturing business is your biggest portfolio asset

May 20, 2016

Macro, secular, cyclical & economic trends that will impact every company

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World Trade Week - 54th Presidential 'E' Awards

May 18, 2016

By Executive Order

The Presidential "E" Award program was established by...

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Industrial Marketing, Revenue Growth & Seth on Rigor

May 10, 2016

"We know that you're working hard.

The next step is to do it with rigor"

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A Manufacturing Journalism Model & Industrial Marketing Content

Apr 27, 2016

Ideas & entertainment

For centuries we had books. Then mass media...

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Digital Marketing & Strategy for Industrial Manufacturers

Apr 8, 2016

The message in mixed metaphors

"Two sides of the same coin" and "Six or...

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Full employment or global unravelling - consistent top line growth

Feb 18, 2016
Two themes I've been emphasizing lately are preparedness and resilience.... Read More >

-5.1% to +633% - Durable Goods, GDP, B2B Sales & Secular Risk

Feb 1, 2016

Canary in the coal mine

Thursday & Friday's news might have alarmed you...

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Awaiting the Donald Trump of sales & marketing alignment

Jan 26, 2016

NB - this isn't a political post. However as David Meerman Scott (@...

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The industrial marketing world is about to get ugly - that's good news

Jan 22, 2016

Competition rises as demand falls

What happens when trends are mutually...

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