Posts by: James T. Berger

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Empathy – The Missing Element in Relationship Marketing

By James T. Berger January 3, 2009

In this winter of our discontent, where survival seems to be what everybody’s trying to do, it seems remarkable that for lack of empathy – people and companies are jeopardizing valuable relationships. One wonders if it’s simply lack of feeling, plain stupidity or incredible arrogance.

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Musings from a Marketer On the Economic Crisis

By James T. Berger December 1, 2008

While I never lived through the Great Depression, I studied it.  If you are looking for parallels between then and now, there…

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Starbucks Discovers Marketing Myopia

By James T. Berger November 1, 2008

Prospects for Starbucks, the once high-flying coffee giant continue to implode.  The new fourth quarter 2008 earnings statement that came out Nov.…

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What’s a Brand Worth Anyhow?

By James T. Berger September 1, 2008

NOTE: How do you determine the power and value of a brand?  In the following article, I and my associate, Diana Tadzijeva,…

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A New Business Development Primer for Growing Organizations

By James T. Berger June 1, 2008

Obtaining new business is perhaps the most critical concern for growing organizations – especially smaller entrepreneurial firms.  Realizing that both time and…

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The 10 Commandments of Entrepreneur Business Relationships

By James T. Berger May 15, 2008

So you want to go into your own business? Maybe you have been an employee for most of your career or you…

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Want To Know Who Sarah Marshall Is?

By James T. Berger April 1, 2008

Signs are displayed on buses, taxis billboards all over the country. They are written in black-on-white graffiti and say things like: “I’m…

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B-2-B Trademarks and Brands – A Slippery Slope

By James T. Berger April 1, 2008

While the marketing gurus will tell you about the importance of trademark and brand building for business-to-business products and services, if you…

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Looking Positively at the ‘R’ Word

By James T. Berger March 1, 2008

There is an old Christmas tale about the child who finds nothing under the Christmas tree but a pile horse manure.  Rather…

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Adding Bite to Your E-Mails

By James T. Berger March 1, 2008

If e-mail has become your main marketing squeeze, there is a wonderful resource on the Internet.  Her name is Pat Friesen.  Visit…

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About The Author

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James T. Berger, Senior Marketing Writer of The Wiglaf Journal, through his Northbrook-based firm, James T. Berger/Market Strategies, offers a broad range of marketing communications, research and strategic planning consulting services. In addition, he provides expert services to intellectual property attorneys in the area of trademark infringement litigation. An adjunct professor of marketing at Roosevelt University, he previously has taught at Northwestern University, DePaul University, University of Illinois at Chicago and The Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan (BA), Northwestern University (MS) and the University of Chicago (MBA). Berger is an often-published free lance business writer who has developed more than 100 published articles in the last eight years. For more information, visit www.jamesberger.net or telephone him at (847) 328-9633.