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2 Reasons for Apple’s Distortion on Tech Sector Profitability

On March 28, 2012 By In marketing strategy

I received the below chart from Business Insider Monday, which highlights that without Apple the technology sector profits would be down 3% this year vs. with them profits are up 7%.  Why is Apple out …

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Can We Save Marketing?

On November 15, 2011 By In marketing strategy

Over the last six years, I have had a personal interest on the verge of a crusade to better understand and study lead marketers and CMOs across industries. My concern, after meeting well over 300 …

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Leading Outside the Lines – enabling change and transformation

On May 27, 2010 By In marketing strategy

Image by fdecomite via Flickr Through my previous research with 60+ CMOs on the evolution of lead marketers — transformative leadership has emerged as a path forward. The question now on my mind is how …

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Mobile banking in emerging markets

On February 26, 2010 By In marketing strategy

Capturing the promise of mobile banking in emerging markets a new article and work by Christopher P. Beshouri and Jon Gravråk of McKinsey talks about the promise of mobile to bank the unbanked populations of …

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Microsoft: leading by following

On July 17, 2009 By In marketing strategy

Image via Wikipedia Microsoft must be doing some damage to Apple based on Adage report, which Apple is asking Microsoft to pull their laptop hunter ads. Being a commodity must be working out for Microsoft…. …

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Failure: Don’t hide it, celebrate it

On July 16, 2009 By In Uncategorized

Image by LunaDiRimmel via Flickr Failure is not the end of the world. With GM now restructured and the financial crisis coming to an end, should we be celebrating? Yes, IF you have learned from …

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Lust, fear and greed: The business version

On July 8, 2009 By In Uncategorized

Image by peasap via Flickr This post is a tribute to a mentor of mine, Alan “Big Al” Johnson. Big Al should be credited for the idea of lust, fear and greed… at least that …

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Dashboard AND Gut

On June 9, 2009 By In marketing strategy

This is the seventh and last in a series of short posts related to The CMO Agenda research. Informed by recent CMO conversations and CMG Partners‘ collective experience helping top marketers develop marketing strategy, we …

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Differentiate or be commoditized

On March 31, 2009 By In marketing strategy

This is the second in a series of short posts related to The CMO Agenda research. Informed by recent CMO conversations and CMG Partners‘ collective experience helping top marketers develop marketing strategy, we have compiled …

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