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										<title>How Double-Blind Market Research Can Uncover Your True Competitive Advantage</title>
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										 Market research takes many forms  focus groups, phone surveys, online surveys, blind taste tests. There are many ways to do market research, but at <a href="http://www.jayniesmith.com/competitive-advantage-marketing-sales-consulting">Smart Advantage</a>,
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										<title>Is Your Business Being Turned Upside Down?</title>
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										 Like many industries that have seen technological advancements change their marketplace, publishers and book sellers will likely be shocked at how fast these changes will impact them.  


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										<title>Must-Read from Wall Street Journal</title>
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										 The Wall Street Journal: Raise Your Prices!
Face it: Most companies can't compete on price. And the good news is they don't have to.

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										<title>Finding Competitive Advantage to Stay on Top: The Story of JTECH</title>
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										 In the 1980s, a bustling restaurant on the Intracoastal Waterway in Jensen Beach, Florida called Mr. Laffs had the unique problem of having so many customers that people started walking away due to the long wait to be seated. Walkways are detrimental t
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										<title>Are You Using A Screwdriver To Drive A Nail?</title>
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										 Customer Satisfaction Surveys vs. Market Research

Safety professionals demand workers use the right tool for the job.  Shouldn't the same be true when your company conducts market research?  Learning what your customers and prospects value is an activi
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										<title>It\'s Not Location, Location</title>
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										 Third of five blogs in a series from an interview with Jaynie L. Smith on ManagementBlog.org

Tom:
As companies expand their product and service offerings to fill holes in the market, created by retreating competitors, or even retreating suppliers, wha
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										<title>Whiplash in the Market</title>
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										 First of five blogs in a series from an interview with Jaynie L. Smith on ManagementBlog.org

"If you think we are at the bottom of this recession and can breathe a sigh of relief, think again. Year over year, we may see improvement in sales volume, but
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										<title>Even in a Down Turn</title>
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										 Fourth of five blogs in a series from an interview with Jaynie L. Smith on ManagementBlog.org

Tom:
Can you talk about the necessity of integrating marketing elements with operational reality to drive new ideas into existing and emerging customer segme
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										<title>Remove Risk</title>
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										 Second of five blogs in a series from an interview with Jaynie L. Smith on ManagementBlog.org

Tom:
In an attempt to scratch out precious points in market share, which will multiply during the recovery, what changes should companies design into their m
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										<title>No Internal Agreement</title>
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										 Fifth of five blogs in a series from an interview with Jaynie L. Smith on ManagementBlog.org

Tom:
As we move from the recession to recovery, and as we attempt to acquire new customers, gain market share, where do customer and client disconnects occur?
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