A penny for your thoughts, and a whole lot more for your feedback!
Sales and Marketing are two sides of the same coin. Two business functions that have their own distinctive roles yet are so closely connected. They both depend heavily on each other to develop and grow business; however sometimes there are huge chasms between them. The biggest gap appears to be in communication and exchange of […]
Online registration and personalized shopping
E-commerce has come a long way. By providing the ability to shop from the comforts of your own home, the Internet has changed the way we retail. Sure, catalogs and shopping networks on TV provided the home shopping experience long before the Internet. But the Internet is credited with taking home shopping to the masses […]
Reaching New Heights!
Bluff Manufacturing is growing and reaching new heights indeed! Recently, the company acquired B&L Structures, Inc. a Dallas-based national steel manufacturer whose client list includes big names such as NASA, Tuesday Morning, Burlington Coat Factory, Anderson Systems (a division of Wal-Mart which distributes books and music), and Aviall (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boeing Company), which […]
Dock Board and Dock Plate Replacement
Bluff Manufacturing has become a leading provider of steel and aluminum dock boards and aluminum dock plates to companies like yours throughout North America. Our long-standing commitment to the highest quality product and outstanding customer service has helped to sell our dock solutions. Likewise, our attention to the safety, longevity and productivity of our products […]
Examining Marketing Myopia
In 1975, Theodore Levitt wrote an incredible article titled ‘Marketing Myopia’ that caused a paradigm shift in the business world. His theory was not new or original and was based on the philosophy of great management gurus like Peter Drucker, J.B. McKitterick, Wroe Alderson, John Howard and Neil Borden. However, his writing style, arguments and […]
Making Notes. Paper versus the iPad.
As technology becomes smarter and the World Wide Web is easier to access, paper will cease to become the platform on which many great ideas and notes were made. Electronic media has replaced man’s need to put pen to paper. Paper hasn’t necessarily become obsolete. For every document you save on your secured hard drive, […]
Memorial Day Weekend 2010
Bluff Manufacturing is closed for the Memorial Day weekend! Got any plans for the long weekend? If you don’t have any major travel plans, there are always plenty of things to do around the Dallas-Fort Worth area on a three-day weekend, and this Memorial Day weekend is no exception. While this May holiday is a […]
Spring into Action
So, it seems like Spring is finally here. Hopefully, the spate of cold weather we’ve been experiencing in Texas this year is finally behind us, at least until next year. While it was fun and exciting to have a record 10 inches of snow dumped on us in Texas, I for one, am glad to […]
Steel or Aluminum – we provide you the support you need.
Everybody could use a little support from time to time, and at Bluff Manufacturing, that’s what we provide – support to the material handling industry. Everyday, our employees work hard to create innovative solutions and products that will benefit our customers. Just a little support goes a long way. A 118-pound dock board can support […]
What Can We Do For You?
It is a very different marketplace today than just 12 short months ago. Even lower material costs cannot induce people to turn loose of the Purchase Order. On the near horizon there seems to be an uptick in quote activity That is good but will it proceed to the order stage? Only time will tell.We, […]
