One of my favourite conversations between a sales person and a marketing person started quite badly. The sales person, having been chastised for a lousy quarter, landed in front of this marketing manager with a lengthy list of materials he believed would solve his sales shortfall. As he listed the case studies, white papers, sell […]
OK, Who Outsourced our Corporate Soul — Again?
On a recent bender with some marketing buddies the subject of marcom (aka the marketing communications department) came up. And through our collective whining, I made a horrifying discovery. At some point in the three years since I was a marketing communications person, the skillset has gone away. Consider this: my friend needed a sell sheet created for a new product. […]
