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Archive of articles and videos: MARKETING/SALES

Increasing Dow’s Market Share
“We plan to double the number of field trials.”
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Windows Media VideoQuicktime
(Video interview with Ben Kaehler - Oct 07)
The Role of Marketing in Packaging
“Our container is a package”
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Windows Media VideoQuicktime
(Video interview with Rick Brasington - Sep 07)
Why Organic Seed
“I never thought organic seed would catch on.”
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(Video interview with Patty Buskirk - Aug 07)
Mandating Organic Seed
“The biggest resistance… is the price.”
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(Video interview with Patty Buskirk - Aug 07)
Market Demands
“A lot of our new items in the organic line are also slated for the niche market.”
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(Video interview with Patty Buskirk - Aug 07)
Organic vs. Conventional
“Specialty market people tend to know what they want.”
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(Video interview with Patty Buskirk - Aug 07)
Distribution
“The Internet has offered a huge opportunity.”
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(Video interview with Nona Wolfram-Koivula - July 07)
Gardener Demographics
“We’re missing the younger generation.”
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(Video interview with Nona Wolfram-Koivula - July 07)
Produce for Better Health’s New Branding Initiative
“We’d love to have the seed industry more involved.”
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Windows Media VideoQuicktime
(Video interview with Elizabeth Pivonka - May07)
A Garden in Every School program
“We could work with a seed company to package that kind of program.”
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(Video interview with Elizabeth Pivonka - May07)

Sizing Up Selling
Selling seed based on farm size.

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(Dec 2007)

Viral Marketing
One U.S. seed company has propelled itself into cyber space and is changing the way the seed industry is marketed.

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(Oct 2007)
Multiple Brands Approach
We think the unique relationship that a brand has with a customer is an inherent part of how we go to market.
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(Video interview with Bruce Howison - Mar 07)
Brand Segmentation
Our challenge is to make our brands even more unique.
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Windows Media Video | Quicktime
(Video interview with Bruce Howison - Mar 07)
Creating Demand
The trait providers have driven a marketing approach rather than a sales approach in the seed industry.
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Windows Media Video | Quicktime
(Video interview with Bruce Howison - Mar 07)

The Complete Package
A panel of experts looks at the benefits and challenges of various types of seed packaging.

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(Jan 07)

Understanding Your Customer – Psychographics
You may know who your customers are, but do you know what they’re thinking? Psychographics can help you put the two together, but the practice is not without debate.

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(Dec 06)

A Matter of Size
New technology changed the reasons to sell soybeans by seed count.

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(Nov 06)

Searching for Growth: Demand Innovation
Innovations around the economics of seed products and the broader value chain through new business models, services, and processes may provide opportunities.

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(Jan 06)

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