BRANDING: A SINGULAR IDENTITY FOR A MULTITASKING ENTITY by Jack Burke Mention 'branding,' and people generally think in terms of company names. Or they think of burned flesh on cat...

Paying attention to business is one of the major benefits of a recession. Ford figured it out. So did Starbucks by bringing back the founding CEO, closing nearly 1,000 marginal stores and most significantly introducing their own instant coffee. This could be a brilliant move. While proudly passing up their $4 cup of coffee, we take the instant stuff home and keep a little Starbucks in our lives.

PROSPECTING MOTIVATION Successful prospecting relies upon motivational discipline; it's the single most important contributing factor to it. Prospecting requires discipline, not as in punishment, b...

We've all heard that the essence of marketing is to find a need and fill it. Well, unless you have deep pockets or know exactly what the world needs, your marketing efforts will yield a better response if you follow this formula instead: Find a want and fill it.
Most of us have enough food, shelter, clothing, and transportation-we don't need much more. But we want more. We need food, but we want fast foods, diet foods, or gourmet foods. Most of us don't need a 2 1/2-bath home or expensive designer clothes, but we want them. We may need a car, but we want a Lexus or a BMW.