One of my favourite business writers, Geoffrey James, once wrote that B2B selling is “not only different from B2C selling, it’s massively more difficult …” . Here’s the whole article. When we look at the marketing side of B2B, I’m not sure it’s any more difficult than B2C, but I suggest it is considerably more […]
P-Cube Rising: Procurement is Cool Again
It’s been a while since we checked in with our friends in the Vendor Abuse department, also known as Procurement, and it seems their lot is improving at last. According to Harvard Business Review, we’re finally spending again and external suppliers are seeing four percent more of revenue than in 2011. We have also, apparently, […]
Time to Bring Down the Curtain on Green Theatre
“Sustainability is a topic that IBM’s really passionate about. Our view is that we now live in a world that’s becoming a system of systems and that is a world of multiplicity and diversity. Given that, we believe that for effective action there’s got to be collaboration across organizations, not just within one specific organization.” English translation: At […]
Why It Doesn’t Matter that CEOs Aren’t Using Social Media
Ah, a July heat wave and the livin’ is easy, unless you write about technology, in which case it’s that boring old period between the second quarter results and the fun new toys for Christmas. What to do? Say, let’s do some Ritual Shaming and dress it up with a few hysterical headlines. That’ll make […]
How to Use Your Subject Matter Experts for World Domination
Last week we visited the world of SMEARS (subject matter experts at rest) and the compelling reasons why marketing needs to step up and turn these poorly-used resources into something every bit as exploited as the rest of us. I mean that in a good way: subject matter experts include product managers, lawyers, C-suite dwellers, […]
