
The most successful businesses have one thing in common: their leaders know how to build and maintain relationships – not only with customers, but also with partners & competitors. As an industry, we have everything to gain through active communication and collaboration. The only way for us to move forward is to share ideas and [...]

Every month, we love to share our must-read articles that relate to industry trends, leadership and innovation. Here are some articles you may have missed last month: Distributors nationwide assess 2012, look to 2013: Between the election and looming industry issues, distributors had mixed feelings on how their businesses fared in 2012. Even still, most [...]

Hope everyone enjoyed a warm and wonderful Christmas! For those of you who have time off this week, why not get caught up on reading? Get started with this list of the top 12 most-read ‘My Madison’ posts from 2012: 12. Five B2B Marketing and Social Media Infographics: These five infographics help visualize key figures and [...]
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I came across an interesting article in The New York Times last week that showcased Sharoda Paul, a 31-year-old social computing expert who recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Palo Alto Research Center. While most of her peers went on to consider jobs at big, high-tech Silicon Valley companies, like Google, she instead decided [...]

We’re excited to announce some big news today on behalf of one of our partners! Super Rod Ltd., recognized in the industry for their unique range of cable installation products, has won The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Export, the UK’s highest accolade for businesses. This is the second year in a row Super Rod [...]

Our industry is in the midst of a transition. Changes are coming from all directions, providing an opportunity to reassess how we work together. By embracing collaboration, innovation and collective learning, we can raise the entire industry up – positioning all of us to achieve more. In this spirit of togetherness, 40 forward-thinking manufacturers, distributors, reps, [...]

Today’s guest post is from Malcolm Duncan, owner and managing director at UK-based Super Rod Ltd. As of January 2012, Madison Electric Products is the exclusive U.S. provider of the Super Rod product line. You can connect with Malcolm and Super Rod on Facebook and Twitter. 2012 is already an exciting year for the team [...]

It’s a tried and true philosophy here at Madison that the most important tools in an electrician’s toolkit are the ones that can get the job done without the hassle. We want to show you first-hand how our products can help you work smarter and faster than ever before … and what better way to [...]

Hard to believe we’re already posting our final round-up of 2011. As always, we came across an abundance of excellent articles and information last month. Here are a few of the best: Fast Company’s “Who’s Next?” – From the CEO of Tumblr to the co-founders of Eventbrite and Foursquare, this new feature from Fast Company [...]
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