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Mobile Workforce Management: Keeping Your Team Motivated

Accountability

Mobile Workforce Management: Keeping Your Team Motivated

Aya Tsuruta

The next time you find yourself wondering, what can I do to motivate my employees? Think again, because according to Susan Fowler, author of Why Motivating Doesn’t Work... And What Does, you’re asking the wrong question. Fowler has over 30 years of research and professional experience to prove that it’s not about whether your team is motivated or not, but rather why they’re motivated.

Employees are motivated to begin with -- clearly,..

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A Checklist for Choosing the Right Retailer

A Checklist for Choosing the Right Retailer

Aya Tsuruta

There’s a reason you don’t see Skittles in the Wholefoods checkout line or Prada bags at Walmart. Suppliers need to choose their retailers strategically, and vice versa. A strong supplier-retailer..

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A Lesson from Amazon on Holiday-Creating

Insights and Studies

A Lesson from Amazon on Holiday-Creating

Aya Tsuruta

While many seemed dissatisfied by Amazon Prime Day, what it really looks like is that these empty-cart-ers didn’t get to the site quickly enough. Every year on Black Friday, there are lines almost..

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INTERVIEW: Miles Masci on Product Launching and Retailer Relationships

Insights and Studies

INTERVIEW: Miles Masci on Product Launching and Retailer Relationships

Aya Tsuruta

At Repsly, we want to provide you with the latest industry specific news and advice on managing field teams, so we’ve put together a series of repsclusive interviews with experts in the field. We..

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Breaking into the Beverage Industry—You Can Do It

CPG Team Management

Breaking into the Beverage Industry—You Can Do It

Aya Tsuruta

Innovators in the beverage industry never cease to impress me. A few years back, I saw Odwalla smoothies for $3 and ZICO coconut waters for $4 and thought no way. Not for my poor credit card. Now I’m..

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Over 350 Companies Newsjack in the Last Week of June

Technology

Over 350 Companies Newsjack in the Last Week of June

Aya Tsuruta

Last week your social media feed probably looked like a big bag of confetti exploded all over it. With the ruling of same-sex marriage as a legal right, America hoorahed both on the street and..

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Social Customer Service: Turning Complaints into Compliments

Technology

Social Customer Service: Turning Complaints into Compliments

Aya Tsuruta

O2 is the UK’s leading digital communications company connecting people and businesses through phones, tablets, computers, you name it. With over 10 million customers, they were in for a treat when..

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Benefitting from the 4th of July on the 5th and Beyond

Insights and Studies

Benefitting from the 4th of July on the 5th and Beyond

Aya Tsuruta

It’s right around the corner! The sun, the picnics, the fireworks, people bleeding red white and blue. That’s right, the 4th of July is only a few days away. Although no gift-giving is involved in..

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Accountability

Micromanaging—It's Like Eating a Chocolate Bar

Aya Tsuruta

Micromanagement is like eating a chocolate bar. It’s tempting and rewarding, but can be damaging too. The trick is to have good portion control. The extreme opposite of micromanagement is what Forbes..

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The Average Millennial's Attention Span—Shorter Than Your Goldfish's

Field Marketing

The Average Millennial's Attention Span—Shorter Than Your Goldfish's

Aya Tsuruta

Today, attention has become a commodity for marketers. It’s scarce. And like anything in economics, scarcity means higher demand, higher value, and ultimately higher costs. To put it in numbers,..

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Packaging Design: Getting From the Shelf to the Checkout Line

Packaging

Packaging Design: Getting From the Shelf to the Checkout Line

Aya Tsuruta

A thirsty shopper approaches the refrigerated section of Whole Foods and faces about twenty different beverage options. She wants something healthy to make up for the 

slice of pizza she just ate for..

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