{"id":13584,"date":"2016-12-22T16:05:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T21:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mgb2b.com\/blog\/?p=13584"},"modified":"2016-12-22T16:05:25","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T21:05:25","slug":"santa-manufacturing-needs-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mgb2b.com\/blog\/santa-manufacturing-needs-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter to Santa from Joe Manufacturing, CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgb2b.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/b2b-needs-2017-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mgb2b.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/b2b-needs-2017-1.jpeg\" alt=\"b2b needs 2017\" width=\"1150\" height=\"767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mgb2b.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/b2b-needs-2017-1.jpeg 1150w, https:\/\/www.mgb2b.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/b2b-needs-2017-1-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/a>Dear Santa,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been pretty good this year, right? We&#8217;ll probably give out some bonuses. We were in the black, not the red.\u00a0So that&#8217;s good. I&#8217;m grateful for everything I got in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>So can you make sure that 2017 is even better? I mean, I don&#8217;t want to push it. You never know what the year can bring, but if you have any pull up there in the North Pole, I have a list of a few things I&#8217;d like to see &#8220;under my tree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Love.<\/strong> I&#8217;d like to see a little bit of love between my Marketing and Sales Departments. If you can pull that off, there is no one on earth that would doubt your existence.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Creativity.<\/strong> Not just in the marketing department, but in every department. I want to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgb2b.com\/blog\/how-to-develop-creative-b2b-advertising-campaigns\/#more-12833\">creative\u00a0thinking<\/a> from everyone who walks into my office.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trade Show Advice.<\/strong> This year was better than the year before, but I want 2017 to be the best year we have at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgb2b.com\/blog\/8-trade-show-marketing-tips\/\">trade shows<\/a>, even if it means cutting a few.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Insights.<\/strong>\u00a0Particularly on which opportunity markets are worth pursuing. And which ones to forget about.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leads.<\/strong> A giant\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mgb2b.com\/blog\/top-10-b2b-lead-generation-content\/\">bag of leads<\/a> would be most appreciated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Good Tidings<\/strong>. Preferably in the form of a good report from Mary in Accounting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can you fit all that on your sleigh this year? If you can, I&#8217;ll have some cookies and milk waiting for you in the conference room.<\/p>\n<p>Yours Truly,<\/p>\n<p>Joe Manufacturing<\/p>\n<p>CEO, Acme Widgets<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Santa, I&#8217;ve been pretty good this year, right? We&#8217;ll probably give out some bonuses. We were in the black, not the red.\u00a0So that&#8217;s good. I&#8217;m grateful for everything I got in 2016. So can you make sure that 2017 is even better? I mean, I don&#8217;t want to push it. 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