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The 10 LinkedIn Groups Every Field-Based Organization Should Join

Cam Garrant

LinkedIn is a fantastic tool to connect with colleagues, speak with potential employees, and follow influencers in various fields. To take full advantage of the professional social network, business owners and managers should consider joining one of the many groups established to promote better team management, observe supply chain best practices, and much more. Here are the top 10 LinkedIn groups that team managers or business owners..

3 Tips on Employee Engagement for Seasonal Industries

Erin P. Friar

Since organizations that hire on a seasonal basis generally experience high employee turnover rates, some managers do not seek out engagement strategies for their short-term workers. Yet, there are..

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CPG Industry News

Carol Spieckerman: 3 Things Emerging Beverage Brands Need to Know

Erin P. Friar

Carol Spieckerman, President of N ewMarketBuilders, spoke with us this week about three key trends that emerging beverage brands should keep an eye on in 2015. Check out what Spieckerman had to say..

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Insights and Studies

The 10 Podcasts Field-Based Organizations Should be Following

Cam Garrant

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."--Ernest Hemingway

Podcasts have been around for quite some time now, and though many thought that..

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Choosing a Strategy for Building a Merchandising Team (Part 4 of 5)

Matthew Brogie

Over the last few weeks we’ve explored approaches to outsourcing your merchandising team, highlighting the flexibility, coverage and leverage these options provide, particularly for surge and highly..

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Insights and Studies

10 YouTube Channels Your Organization Should Be Subscribed To

Cam Garrant

“You can observe a lot by just watching”

--Yogi Berra

Last week, we talked about the 10 blogs that every field-based organization should be following. This week, we’ll be looking at an..

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Jonathan Webb: 3 Values Third Party Merchandising Clients Expect

Erin P. Friar

We spoke this week with Jonathan Webb, Head of Strategy Research at Procurement Leaders on the subject of outsourcing merchandising services. In a research piece done by Procurement Leaders, data..

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Packaging

Medical Packaging Industry Trends Helping End Users in 2015

Erin P. Friar

Product manufacturers in the medical industry have a unique responsibility to their end users, whether they be medical professionals or consumers, to provide safe and simplistic packaging. Unlike..

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Team Building

Anita Bruzzese: 3 Tips for Managing Field Teams

Erin P. Friar

This week we spoke with Anita Bruzzese, author of 45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy and contributor to The Fast Track and USA Today. From her experience speaking with managers, she offered..

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Technology

3 Things Field Reps Need to Know about Mileage Tax Deductions

Erin P. Friar

For field organizations, it is common that reps traveling from account to account use their own vehicles. That means each tax season field reps may be eligible to deduct the business mileage they..

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