Monthly Archives: December 2007

Marketing Plan – Part 4 – Plan Basics – Advertising Strategy and Product Positioning

As with the seven questions for the strategy summary, there are seven basic sections or elements of a marketing plan:  The Benefit to the consumer  Your positioning in the marketplace: Just what business are you in?  Your … Continue reading

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Book Review – Learning to See

Learning to See – Mike Rother & John Shook   Another Lean Manufacturing book. This worthy workbook walks the reader through the process of Value Stream Mapping. VSM is one the foundation blocks of Lean. By identifying the value stream … Continue reading

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Marketing Plan – Part 3 – Plan Basics – Marketplace Positioning and Target Market

As with the seven questions for the strategy summary, there are seven basic sections or elements of a marketing plan:  The Benefit to the consumer  Your positioning in the marketplace: Just what business are you in?  Your … Continue reading

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We Have Added a Guerrilla Marketing Listing of Weapons to the Resource Library

We have just added a Guerrilla Marketing Listing of Weapons to the Resource Library, Tool section. Download and review this listing to see how many you’re using. If you’re not using a least 20, contact us for a free, no … Continue reading

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The Kids Are Flying the Coop

Both of our sons will be leaving in the next 6 weeks. Number one son is leaving to join the service in February and number two son – who is deaf – is leaving to join a gaggle of deaf … Continue reading

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Marketing Plans – Part 2 – Plan Basics

As with the seven questions for the strategy summary, there are seven basic sections or elements of a marketing plan:  The Benefit to the consumer  Your positioning in the marketplace: Just what business are you in?  Your … Continue reading

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Book Review – Lean Thinking

Lean Thinking – James Womack & Daniel Jones If you have decided to explore Lean Manufacturing further, “Lean Thinking” is the seminal tract to read. “Lean Thinking” and its predecessor “The Machine That Changed the World” are the books that … Continue reading

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Negative People

I was talking to one of my best business friends today and this is usually a guy who doesn’t think about the glass being half empty or half full, to him life is always a full glass! Well, he was … Continue reading

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