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Jim’s passion is enabling product marketingteams. With a lifetime of experience, he has a fresh and unique perspective in guiding and managing product teams and has a knack for sensing markets, synthesizing ideas and turning them into reality. What market problems are you discovering or need to understand?
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3 Responses The 7 Lesson Series of Attraction Marketing That You Should Not Ignore | Network Marketer Professional , on March 5, 2010 at 11:40 am said: [.] Reply Geoff Snyder , on March 27, 2010 at 12:53 am said: Hi Michael! Reply Michael Ray Hopkin , on March 28, 2010 at 6:42 pm said: Geoff, thanks for the nice comment.
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