Strategy Driven

JULY 11, 2013

Episode 45 – Marketing & Sales: Closing the Value Gap examines the evolution of the business-to-business selling process and the gap between what customers want and what their service providers and vendors provide. actions necessary to implement a selling process focused on achieving business results.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 14, 2010

While much has been written about corporate vision, mission, process, leadership, strategy, branding and a variety of other business practices, it is the engineering of these practices to be disruptive that maximizes opportunities. When was the last time you entered a new market? Do people in your organization laugh at new ideas?

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 26, 2014

When organizations first start doing process improvement they use a myriad of ways to decide which processes to improve first, such as: IT bought some software and needs to install it, so let’s look at the current process first. A department wants to improve the process because it would help in a key initiative.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 7, 2018

If you’re investing your company’s time and resources into blogging, social media, video content and other forms of content marketing, you will almost certainly need to have some form of strategy. However, to give your content marketing an extra boost, try the addition of premium content. Know Your Goals. All rights reserved.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 19, 2015

A system of selling and its accompanying sales process are pretty much doomed to failure before they begin. Maybe it will help you in your awareness and decision-making process as you try to elevate your sales skills – or your sales results, or even your sales team – to a level of superior. The process is old.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Your business thrives on how effective its marketing strategy is. Marketing is a concept that can almost consume a business that hasn’t got its strategy in order. Most businesses place a vast proportion of their budget towards marketing and its various sub-categories. A lot of small businesses don’t have this luxury.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 5, 2014

As data-driven marketers are taking full advantage of collecting, organizing, and analyzing demand management, many are adopting the classic marketing waterfall model from leading experts such as Sirius Decisions. One size fits all’ marketing waterfalls are too rigid. One marketing waterfall view has become a catchall.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Organizations deploy automation technologies as the primary resource in their Business Process Management. Gone are the days were BPO meant Business Process Outsourcing, with Robotic Process Automation technology fueling new millennium enterprises, BPO has taken on a new meaning, Business Process Optimization.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 18, 2010

Also, a common response is to confuse a sales engine, fulfillment process, operational process, technology platform, or any number of other areas as business models, where this is not the case. Furthermore, a business plan, strategic plan, marketing plan, capital formation plan, exit plan, etc., are also not business models.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2010

At an organizational level have you focused so much on process improvements and incremental gains that you’ve failed to recognize opportunity and innovate? Do your sophisticated screening processes do such a great job of filtering that blind you to new opportunities and critical information?

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 9, 2010

All business (for profit or not) provide goods, services, or intellectual property/capital to a market (or markets) for some form of consideration. Get outside of your old thought patterns and seek out people, technology, collaborative relationships, process and any other solutions that can improve your business.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 28, 2014

Sales, marketing, and social marketing attempt to place solutions and create relationships by supplying great content, discovering likely prospects, and creating trust. We can add these to the sales, marketing, and social models to truly serve our buyers and followers and close more. About the Author. Consider leaving a comment!

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

Remember that most people who fail just quit a bit too early in the process. This periodic thought processes is a good reminder that I don't want to get myself into the same trap M [link] mikemyatt Hi Mark: Thanks for stopping by and sharing your insights. " Then I refocus on those things and get busy.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Put simply…not all inputs should weigh equally in one’s decisioning process. By developing a qualitative and quantitative filtering mechanism for your decisioning process you can make better decisions in a shorter period of time. Another aspect that needs to be factored into the decisioning process is the source of the input.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 24, 2010

The next step in the process is learning where to apply your new found listening skills. Jettisoned employees are finding that their hard won knowledge, skills and capabilities earned while being loyal are no longer valuable in the employment market place. Ask people how you can become a better leader and then LISTEN.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Whether it is aesthetic, functional, creative, process, innovative, intellectual, technical or applicational…design matters. If a newly implemented business process has design flaws, will employees follow the process or circumvent it? Let me make my position very clear…design absolutely matters.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Redman was horrifically wounded in Iraq in 2007 when he was shot at close range through the face and arm. All day long, the power of bad governs people’s moods, drives marketing campaigns, and dominates news and politics. The Innovator's Book : Rules for Rebels, Mavericks and Innovators (Concise Advice) by Dr Max Mckeown.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Just because someone says something doesn’t mean it’s true…Moreover just because “Company A&# had success with a certain initiative doesn’t mean that “Company B&# can plug-and-play the same process and expect the same outcome. Okay, my question is this: What constitutes best practices in this situation?

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

It applies to your branding, marketing, supply chain, and ultimately to your customer base. link] Tanveer Naseer Mike, your piece is a great reminder for organizations to not obsess over their processes or their top talent, but to focus instead on what the purpose is behind their organization. link] mikemyatt Well said Tanveer.

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Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2015

Check out these dynamite online marketing methods. The first step to marketing success is to start with your website. SEO or ‘search engine optimization’ is an important part of the online marketing process. Your marketing strategy will doubtless have a particular demographic in mind.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 14, 2010

Don’t be quick to hire based upon gut feel, but rather take time in the interviewing process to let the prospective new hire get a feel for your culture and your company. that can be administered as part of the hiring process. Identify problems upstream and spare the organization a lot of stress and expense.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 11, 2015

With much of the business world abuzz about content marketing, smart marketers are taking stock of opportunities for their clients to use the power of story to convey a message and build stronger brands. Conspicuously absent from most content strategies, however, is the granddaddy of all content marketing: writing a book.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 20, 2010

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 9, 2013

Six Success Factors for Building a Best-Run Marketing Organization. Several key success factors employed by the best-run marketing organizations, as well as software systems that support marketing processes, are essential contributors to favorable business out-comes. Copyright 2007-2013 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have found that business-speak can be particularly beneficial in using just a few words to explain situations, scenarios, processes, trends, attitudes and any number of other ethereal and esoteric concepts that might have otherwise needed several sentences or paragraphs to describe.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Madoff Investment Securities LLC, the financial derivatives market collapse, Toyota concealing owner reports of sudden acceleration (resulting in a USA man sentenced to prison) and the BP Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon oil spill? link] Laurie Young Hi Mike, thanks for the explanation.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 21, 2011

This type of behavior is proof certain that the entrepreneur is not being effective at leading, team building, delegation, leveraging process and a variety of other highest and best use activities for CEOs. link] ATIG Dear Mike, Reasonably at the crucial moment, We can’t resist and reject that process.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

Key Performance Indicators to Align the Contract Management Process With Your Sales Process. The merger of contract management processes with sales processes has become a top priority for CEOs and CFOs as the ability to get contracts signed, tracked and filed becomes a critical component in driving revenues.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Big Business Marketing on a Small Business Budget. At the speed of light (or close to it), digital marketing has leveled the playing field for small businesses competing with big businesses, turning marketing on its head and making it “do-it-yourself” and “free of charge.” Copyright 2007-2012 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

This is so much the case that the most often overlooked aspect of strategic planning is adequately addressing contingencies as part of the planning process. While this is understandable, it is nonetheless naive, and it constitutes a major flaw in the business logic of most strategic plans.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 16, 2011

Key Performance Indicators to Align the Contract Management Process With Your Sales Process by Adobe/EchoSign, Inc. The merger of contract management processes with sales processes has become a top priority for CEOs and CFOs as the ability to get contracts signed, tracked and filed becomes a critical component in driving revenues.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 8, 2010

Over the years I have found that you really can't change anyones wiring until they are committed to being part of the rewiring process. That said, changing behavior really only requires one thing – the willingness to do so. Thanks for adding to the discussion Randy.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2010

The mandates for compliance along with the accompanying maze of bureaucratic processes and procedures, will often take precedence over doing the right thing. Tenured organizations also tend to embrace comfort zones and are often built upon the “DITWLY&# (Did It That Way Last Year) principle.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Take an assessment of what you do well and what you don’t and then apply rigor, process, structure and discipline to each of those areas. If you want to become a true standout as opposed to someone who has great potential my message is simple – become very intentional about bringing discipline to every area of your life.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Lack of Feedback : If as a leader you don’t subject yourself to a 360 review process, then you are not earnestly looking for personal growth and development opportunities. I ask myself, what would make the other person have a "WOW" experience and make me feel really good in the process. The boss will never go for that.&#

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Strategy Driven

MAY 15, 2011

Data Quality : A Survival Guide for Marketing. Surrounding the data and storage application are people, processes, standards, and technologies used to manage that data. Click here for more information on Data Quality : A Survival Guide for Marketing. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2013

You probably didn’t answer, “How to implement effective marketing.” ” Marketing can sometimes slip through the cracks given the constant and pressing demands of sales, client service, and internal operations. Recognize How Salespeople Can Inhibit the Feedback Process Step 4. In short, it works.

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