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Category Archives: Small and Medium Industry
The Stimulus and Procurement Reform
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Small Business, Google AdWords and B2B Marketing in a recession
var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-857684-6"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} If you think about it, most jobs,innovation and entrepreneurship is in the small sector. Strangely textbooks and academic work in B2B,Supply Chain and Innovation focuses on large organizations-Continue reading “Small Business, Google AdWords and B2B Marketing in a recession”
The Stimulus Package, Recovery and Diffusion of Innovations
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What types of B2B and Supply Chain jobs will the stimulus package create ?
(Note: This post of Feb 9, 2009 refers to the 2007-8 stimulus package) We have been trying to figure out the kind of opportunities that might come up from the stimulus package – particularly in the B2B and Supply Chain areas. I think there will be plenty of opportunities in these areas if you start looking at what the stimulus is planning to do.
Why Search Advertising like Google AdWords should work better in tough times
In tough times like these, Ad budgets tend to get cut across swathes of industries and company sizes. “Tough times get the tough going,” is the old adage- so what can tough advertisers do? Some money on search advertising may be a good bet.  As David Ogilvy said “Ninety-nine percent of advertising doesn’t sell muchContinue reading “Why Search Advertising like Google AdWords should work better in tough times”
Green in Beijing 08-08-08
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Global B2B strategy and 4th of July
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Small business,gas prices and the Internet
var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-857684-6”); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview(); Luckily for bigger organizations Internet adoption had come before the -$4/gallon gas prices. Since last year I was hearing about major organizations cutting empty office space because most people did knowledge workContinue reading “Small business,gas prices and the Internet”
Booming choices in CRM,SCM,ERP- executing “benefit of the benefit”
var gaJsHost = ((“https:” == document.location.protocol) ? “https://ssl.” : “http://www.”); document.write(unescape(“%3Cscript src=’” + gaJsHost + “google-analytics.com/ga.js’ type=’text/javascript’%3E%3C/script%3E”)); var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(“UA-xxxxxx-x”); pageTracker._initData(); pageTracker._trackPageview(); When I walked through the exhibitor booths at the ISM conference, I was struck by the rather large number of software vendors who were trying to explain how their software would "solve"Continue reading “Booming choices in CRM,SCM,ERP- executing “benefit of the benefit””