Lowest Price is What Matters Right? No. Sell VALUE!
This is a podcast interview we did with ASI (Advertising Specialty Institute) a few months back. It discusses why price is a factor in all we do but value makes all the difference.
So how does your blank sheet of paper look? How do you want it to look? How many people do you have working for you at your current company that are A-plus quality and irreplaceable? Do you want to define the moment or let the moment define you? The choice is simple and is yours to make. How many things should your sheet include that you have not thought about in regard to our rapidly changing world in 2015? Do you wish these things would go away so you can read more posts like this and then do nothing—you know,…
The communications process is a component of every aspect of life. Organizations are made up of people, and communications patterns are complicated. Let me take a moment and introduce the concept of “over-communicating.” It is vital to over-communicate in all we do—both online and offline. Note to reader: Communications involve all processes between sender and receiver, so this does not mean we simply talk or write more. The goal is maximum communications efficiency and effectiveness (green quadrant) as per the “E” Model below. Our world is noisy, has a short attention span and moves rapidly by nature. In consulting with…
Today's, focus will be on print buyers. One thing has become clear to me, after having time with print buyers across the country. They do not care! So, you are thinking, “Ryan, what don’t they care about?” Good question. Well, first there is no (for the most part) full-time print buyer in today’s world. There are people, such as a communications manager or a marketing director, who oversee this responsibility among many other duties. And, they see printing as a necessary evil. This means one more thing they have to handle and get done. Second, many have come to view…
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