Author Archives: erikmehl

Wanna help develop the best sales bachelor in the world…?

Posted on January 13, 2013

…my mother always told me to aim high…! Part of my job is being responsible for our Bachelor in Marketing and Sales management, a 3-year full time bachelor degree (undergraduate). This means that the students attending this program are young … Continue reading →

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Doing a lecture on a seminar for Chiropractors

Posted on November 20, 2012

I have been asked to do a lecture on a seminar hosted by the Norwegian Chiropractor society in February. My topic has nothing to do with their profession and treatment, but how they should build their brand and attract new … Continue reading →

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How to lose credibility in your blog posts

Posted on August 23, 2012

We use strong standpoints and expressions in our blog posts to make them more interesting. In 90% (not a scientifically tested number – just using a strong statement) of these posts, the author starts the rest of the post by … Continue reading →

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The Creepy side of the online world

Posted on July 7, 2012

Did you read the Huffington Post article about British Airways who will Google passengers “To put a face to the name”? They cite articles from both The Mail and The Telegraph. The point is not so much that BA is … Continue reading →

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Do you use the 7 steps of selling?

Posted on June 28, 2012

What do humans do to make sense of a complex world? We try to simplify, and one well know way of doing this is to systemise and/or categorise the complexity into smaller pieces and put them in order. You probably … Continue reading →

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The three Musketeers in a strong customer relationship

Posted on June 22, 2012

I tweeted earlier today about IBMs state of marketing survey that states that CMOs and CIOs must work closer together in a partnership, based on an article in Forbes magazine. But there has been a lot of debate on which … Continue reading →

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The real reason why I stopped using Bitly

Posted on June 6, 2012

I got really confused after the changes at Bitly after their upgrade and I understand they have received their fair share of negative feedback on this. I do understand that they want to develop Bitly as a service, moving forward … Continue reading →

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Sales modelling and its value

Posted on May 10, 2012

I was one of two speakers at a ROMI conference in the Norwegian town Trondheim yesterday. The other speaker was Magne Supphellen , professor at the Norwegian Business School NHH. He started by putting the whole aspect of measuring in to … Continue reading →

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Doing a lecture on International Marketing and would appreciate your input!

Posted on March 14, 2012

I´m doing a lecture in International Marketing at the University of Management and Economics (ISM) in Lithuania this Saturday. It’s a full day lecture for Master of Science students and I am really looking forward to it. We will go … Continue reading →

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Should you continue following me?

Posted on February 26, 2012

Changed my job – and my life I haven’t been blogging in a while because of a job change. Feels like I have changed my life too. The thing is I haven’t gone from one Marketing Director job to another, … Continue reading →

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