{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"jackzimmanck.com","home_page_url":"https://jackzimmanck.com","description":"jackzimmanck.com","author":{"name":"jackzimmanck.com"},"items":[{"id":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/desing-it-to-build-it","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/b70569db-c426-4812-bdee-bf276ece04e1/aircraft%20design%206.JPG\"/><p>By: Jack Zimmanck - Legacy aircraft manufacturers are insulated against the cost of developing and building aircraft. Innovative young aircraft companies are not.</p>","url":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/desing-it-to-build-it","title":"Design It To Build It","summary":"By: Jack Zimmanck - Legacy aircraft manufacturers are insulated against the cost of developing and building aircraft. 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Watch two people who dance well together, and you’ll see something subtle happening.</p>","url":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/dancing-the-push---pull","title":"The Push-Pull Dance of Selling","summary":"By: Jack Zimmanck - Watch two people who dance well together, and you’ll see something subtle happening.","date_modified":"2025-09-21T01:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/marketing-strategy-%7C-growth-map","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/b70569db-c426-4812-bdee-bf276ece04e1/map%209.JPG\"/><p>By: Jack Zimmanck - An experienced traveler preparing for an journey to an unfamiliar destination will invest time and effort learning the conditions, culture, and geography of the new place they are going.</p>","url":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/marketing-strategy-%7C-growth-map","title":"Growth Map | Marketing Strategies","summary":"By: Jack Zimmanck - An experienced traveler preparing for an journey to an unfamiliar destination will invest time and effort learning the conditions, culture, and geography of the new place they are going.","date_modified":"2025-09-11T01:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/service-business-growth-quintet","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/b70569db-c426-4812-bdee-bf276ece04e1/puzzle.jpg\"/><p>By: Jack Zimmanck - We’ve all been amazed by a group of talented people working in perfect harmony to create something far greater than any could create on their own.</p>","url":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/service-business-growth-quintet","title":"Your Value Story | One Engaging Piece at a Time","summary":"By: Jack Zimmanck - We’ve all been amazed by a group of talented people working in perfect harmony to create something far greater than any could create on their own.","date_modified":"2025-08-23T00:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/lost-in-the-marketing-wilderness","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/b70569db-c426-4812-bdee-bf276ece04e1/blob-60469bb.png\"/><p>By: Jack Zimmanck – Picture for a moment: you’re on the road toward growing your B2B business.</p>","url":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/lost-in-the-marketing-wilderness","title":"Navigating The B2B Marketplace","summary":"By: Jack Zimmanck – Picture for a moment: you’re on the road toward growing your B2B business.","date_modified":"2025-08-12T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/consistency-beats-perfection-in-marketing","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/b70569db-c426-4812-bdee-bf276ece04e1/consistency%201.JPG\"/><p>By: Jack Zimmanck - 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 For me, getting through college was not your typical learning experience.</p>","url":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/think-like-an-outsider","title":"Innovation | Think Like an Outsider","summary":"By: Jack Zimmanck  -  For me, getting through college was not your typical learning experience.","date_modified":"2025-05-08T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/whats-a-client-worth-to-you","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/b70569db-c426-4812-bdee-bf276ece04e1/the%20right%20clients%201.JPG\"/><p>By: Jack Zimmanck - I like things that last. I drive a 25 year old Jeep every week. The furniture in my home may not be the latest style, but it’s comfortable, and well made.</p>","url":"https://jackzimmanck.com/aerotech-blog/f/whats-a-client-worth-to-you","title":"What's the Right Client Worth to You?","summary":"By: Jack Zimmanck - I like things that last. I drive a 25 year old Jeep every week. 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