Zino
Vogiatzis is the founder of alexander
consulting. He is a management consultant who works frequently with small businesses
on marketing strategy. He holds an MBA and two engineering degrees. Some comments and
articles of his:
The Crafts Report June 2006 - October 2006
Series of columns on marketing planning
for artists - how to successfully organize all marketing efforts
The Crafts Report January 2006
"A New Era For Fine Craft" -
the excellent market trends and marketing opportunities for the fine craft business
The Crafts Report May 2003 - September 2005
Series of columns on web design and web
marketing for artists
New York Times June 2, 2007
"How Detroit Can Rebound" -
comment on how Japanese cars made in the US are actually American (letter to the editor)
New York Times May 29, 2007
"Making Profits and Going
Green" - comment on environmental friendliness as a source of competitive advantages
in business (letter to the editor)
New York Times May 17, 2007
"The Finance of Business" -
comment on adding value on paper vs adding value by offering products and services people
want and need (letter to the editor)
New York Times May 10, 2006
"Hollywood, Embrace Your Inner
DVD" - comment on why movie studios are reluctant to embrace movie release platforms
other than theaters (letter to the editor)
BusinessWeek January 30,
2006
"Marketing Savvy Is Already Inside
Intel" - comment on why Intel has both marketing and engineering skills for its new
strategy (letter to the editor)
New York Times February 13, 2005
"The Problem at Hewlett" -
comment on what HP's ousted CEO did wrong and what its new CEO should be doing (letter to
the editor)
New York Times March 14, 2004
"Ethics Lessons On and Off
Campus" - comment on the need for ethics classes in business schools (letter to the
editor)
New York Times August 31, 2003
"Fiddling With The Reception"
- comment on CNN's business mistakes (letter to the editor)
New York Times August 18, 2003
"'Bizspeak': A Tool for
Whom?" - comment on the use of business jargon by corporations (letter to the editor)
New York Times May 3, 2003
"To the Barricades! Battles Over
Spam" - comment on response rates to spam, the only reason it exists (letter to the
editor)
New York Times (Business Section) - Sep 29,
2002
"The Charismatic CEO" -
comment on how charismatic leaders create value and values in a company (letter to the
editor)
New York Times Jul 1, 2002
"In the Cult of Business, Icons
Fall" - comment on democracy in corporate governance (letter to the editor)
Industry Standard April 24, 2000
"It's Not Easy Being
" -
comment on the marketing strategy of Internet retailers (letter to the editor)
New York Times September 13, 1999
"Has Media Giant Grown Too
Big?" - comment on the merger of Viacom-CBS and the competitiveness of big businesses
compared to smaller, nimbler competitors (letter to the editor)
Fast Company April 1999
"Kudos' - comment on businesses
integrating technology with the environment to make green cool
The Performance Advantage - Consultants
Forum (American Production & Inventory Control
Society) August 1996
"It Can Be Easy Being Green" - article on how to make business operations
environmentally friendly
New York Times (Business Section) April 24,
1994
"The Environment Is Business'
Business" - comment on how environmental friendliness boosts innovation and leads to
improved competitiveness in business (letter to the editor)

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