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David Gordon

Gordon is president of Channel Marketing Group. Channel Marketing Group works with manufacturers, distributors, manufacturer reps and technology companies in the electrical industry to help companies accelerate their performance through strategy development, marketing creativity and market research. CMG generates ideas that generate results.




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District Sales Manager – Southeastern U.S
David Gordon Posted On February 15, 2015


This District Sales Manager role is with a large electrical manufacturer in the electrical protective relays sector and fuses sector. This position will be located in the southeastern US and has responsibility for the  key southeastern US district which includes, AL, FLA, GA, […]


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Product Sales Specialist – Industrial Automation
David Gordon Posted On February 15, 2015


The Product Sales Specialist is responsible for managing specific sales and marketing efforts for a product or product group within the automation control and energy platform. We are looking for someone that has a strong technical product background and also […]


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Demand Creator or Demand Fulfillment agent?
David Gordon Posted On February 13, 2015


Virtually all want to grow their company’s profitability. Whether it is a manufacturer, manufactures rep or distributor or the distributor’s customer. In fact I haven’t found anyone that wants the status.But, in today’s market here are two different worlds for […]


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Product Marketing Manager- Enclosures and Controls
David Gordon Posted On February 13, 2015


The Product Manager for Enclosures and Controls will serve as an integral part of the sales & marketing team. This individual will provide strategic direction and manage key product development programs for the product line, and other Enclosures and Controls […]


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Where’s Tomorrows Salespeople?
David Gordon Posted On February 11, 2015


A February 3 article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Bright Future in Sales Millennials are Hesitant” shared results from a Harvard Business School U.S. Competitiveness Project that stated that technical sales and sales management jobs are among the hardest […]


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Industry drug of choice (rebates) or valuing yourself?
David Gordon Posted On February 11, 2015


I was talking to a couple of distributors this week and the topic of new / potential suppliers and rebates came up in the discussion. Now mind you, I know the value of rebates to distributors as I was the […]


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Specialty Wiring Device Commercial Leader Position
David Gordon Posted On February 6, 2015


A specialty wiring device manufacturer, which is a division of a larger portfolio, is seeking a Commercial Leader to be responsible for the business. Key competencies and experience requested includes: Leadership Ability to lead and manage both direct reports and […]


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Cable Technology Trends: How Does This Affect You?
David Gordon Posted On February 6, 2015


Obviously the answer is “big time”.  When we think of technology we think of ERP systems, CRM, eCommerce, perhaps mobility, RF for a warehouse and more from a tools perspective.  From a “product” viewpoint there is LED, controls as well […]


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Sync Baby, Sync that product data!!
David Gordon Posted On February 3, 2015


Almost thirteen years ago I started out on a joint project for IDEA to prove the value of synchronizing product data between the manufacturer and their distributors. The assumption, which was proven correct, was that the electronic flow of matching […]


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NEMRA 2015 Delivers
David Gordon Posted On February 1, 2015


Last week I attended the NEMRA 2015 Conference in San Diego along with almost 1800 manufacturer reps and manufacturers.  It is the largest single event in the electrical industry.  A short five years ago it had about 1000 attendees, which […]


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