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GITOMER: Position your value online

You have been making value perceptions and value judgments your entire life.

You may call them decisions, moments of truth or actions. Intuitively they focus around value – and your perception of it – or …

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MCLELLAN: What’s your heart telling you?

“You will understand

Listen with your heart

You will understand

Let it break upon you

Like a wave upon the sand

Listen with your heart

You will understand”

And so spoke the great marketing philosopher …

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GITOMER: Soft skills are the hardest part

When a new sales representative is hired, a company provides what is known as orientation and ramp-up. Once those elements are complete, the company believes the salesperson can go out and begin earning money.

First, …

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MCLELLAN: Danger – distraction ahead

There’s a lot of discussion around the notion that our attention spans are shortening. Earlier this year, Forbes blamed it on social media and the nonstop 24/7 media barrage. Though I think our uber-plugged-in-lives certainly …

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Meredith launches magazines on Google Play

Some of Meredith Corp.’s biggest magazine titles will are now available for Android phones and tablets through Google Play.

Magazines like Family Circle, Ladies’ Home Journal and Midwest Living can be purchased in a digital …

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Kurns named new editorial director of Successful Farming magazine

Meredith Corp. has named David Kurns the new editorial director of Successful Farming magazine.

Kurns started his career at the Ames Tribune after graduating from Iowa State University, then later moved on to Meredith.

Kurns …

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GITOMER: Training is out; education is in

There are no two companies that train alike. Some go all out. Some do little or none. From my personal observation over the past five years, training (especially sales training) is in decline. Training budgets …

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MCLELLAN: Build a marketing megaphone

I spent a couple of days in Las Vegas recently, and the 24/7 chaos is overwhelming. It’s pure overload for all your senses: tons of people everywhere, driving billboards, TVs in the restrooms, a wide …

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Von Maur growing online presence

Davenport-based department store chain Von Maur is constructing an e-commerce fulfillment center to support its expanding online sales.

The company has seen triple the amount of online sales each year since 2008, according to a …

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5 ways… brands can stand out from the crowd

1. Understand your customers

It might sound simple, but customers, not companies, own brands. “You don’t own the brand, because the brand is something (customers) own in their mind when they think of ‘XYZ,’” Goldstien …