Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

It costs 5 to 10 times more to attract a new customer than it does to keep an existing one. Let me share a few statistics to support this point: 65% of your business comes from existing customers—over half of your business is repeat customers—or at least it should be.

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Customer Loyalty Loyalty Press Release Discount 171

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2010

Did the attainment of your 2010 goals lead you closer to success or significance? While both require sacrifice, success comes at a great price and is often based upon the compromise of values. Let me ask you to spend a few minutes and mull over the following questions: Do you understand the difference between success and significance?

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 9, 2010

Largely due to the iPod’s strong integrated design qualities it is the dominant brand in its class, commands a pricing premium, and has developed an extremely loyal and satisfied customer base. Also worth noting is that there is certainly a difference between value engineering and arbitrary cost containment. Our Freedom.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

Some of the things you should vary and test are: • Promotion offered • Price • Free offers • Graphics • Free Trial • Color • Font • Mail Format • Length • Day and time of emailing • Subject lines and body copy • Response device (reply to email, visit website, etc.) Even though we are bombarded with thousands of emails per.

Marketing 162

Marketing Press Release Direct Marketing Discount 162

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2010

But Everything has a price, there is no smoke without fire!!!! mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Want to find out? link] ATIG Dear Mike, Transparency in communication can help us to do better. Our Freedom.

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Blog Leadership Benchmarking Tactics 366

QAspire

JANUARY 3, 2010

Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer Nicholas Bate’s Book ‘Instant MBA’ and Other Great Resources for 2010 Nicholas Bate is a prolific thinker, blogger and author. Instant MBA will do that with some very practical advice on how to inculcate MBA thinking and emotional intelligence to advance your career.

Quality 170

Quality Blog Management Resources 170

N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

link] mikemyatt Hi Dan: What a great observation about the "price" of loyalty. It has a very real cost and when things go bad walking the talk can be very painful and very expensive. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. As a result it will be misused, abused and eventually broken. Our Freedom.

Loyalty 417

Loyalty Blog Leadership Brand 417

N2Growth Blog

JULY 6, 2010

Posted on July 7th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Operations & Strategy , Rants By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth I have read some interesting articles and blog posts of late on the subject of CEO term limits, and felt this topic worthy of discussion. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo.

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CEO Blog Long-term Short-term 305

CEO Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Tuesday, December 14, 2010 Drowning in Oil Finally we have a touch of winter. The book talks about the previous BP accident at Prudhoe Bay that cut off so much oil supply that the price of oil surged by over $2 per gallon. Soon, the entire country was paying the price for BPs neglect".

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CEO Blog Leadership Charisma 190

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

A simple cost/benefit or risk/reward analysis should indicate whether your effort will be of value to you, and even if it is not of value to you, it may be to others. The big thing for me is I know when I add something to my life and work, there's a price to pay – time wise! Something has to be subtracted. Our Freedom.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

I hope your inspiring and heartfelt thoughts cause others to reflect on the great price that has been, and is continuing to be paid to protect our freedom. Perhaps your story will serve to help others to never forget 9/11 and to always remember that there is a very expensive cost associated with our freedom. Thanks for sharing Steve.

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 19, 2020

The period of analysis corresponded with a huge rise in the use of industrial robots, with the price of such machinery also falling by approximately 80%. Indeed, the data shows that a 20% increase in robot use in the sector between 2010 and 2015 corresponded with a 3.2% What impact did this have on the human workforce? “We

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Analysis Technology Industry Outsourcing 85

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

which cries out for breakthrough healthcare delivery innovations that aim at significant cost reductions and wider coverage. costs quite dramatically over the next decade. Or so he thought, until one interaction changed the trajectory of his career. 3nethra is priced at $10,000. There is a healthcare crisis in the U.S.

Health Care 8

Health Care Cost Entrepreneur Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

The Conversation Blogs The Conversation Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly 8:25 AM Tuesday November 30, 2010 by Joshua Gans | Comments () Email Tweet This Post to Facebook Share on LinkedIn Print This years holiday shopping season improved somewhat over last year with sales likely to top $11 billion.

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Retail Price Comparison Nalebuff 14

Chris Brady

JANUARY 5, 2011

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Travel 82

Travel Blog Shaw Letter 82

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Gas prices have risen 90% from 2008 to 2010, leaving consumers with $160 billion less spending money per year. Many retailers are responding with across-the-board price promotion strategies. This is problematic, because not all shoppers are equally price sensitive across all categories. Unemployment remains high.

Retail 15

Retail P&L Merchandising Hedge 15

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2010

Let me be blunt – you won’t earn anyone’s respect, at least not the respect of anyone who matters if your concern for career success overshadows your concern for the well-being of your family. Think About Your Legacy: Create a legacy that transcends your career.

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Blog Career Learning-by-Doing Advice 414

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

A prosumer camera is one that is borderline professional grade but a price point in between a consumer camera (few hundred dollars) and a professional camera (few thousand dollars). In my teacher's mind, it was an investment in a future career. Prosumers can be the guide to finding unmet demand on the price/value curve.

Price 8

Price Mass Marketing B2B Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

You invested significant time and money in education and are today the most credentialed generation yet — but, unlike Boomers', yours came at a high personal cost. As an article in a 1985 issue of Fortune said: "[T]hese pioneers of the baby-bust generation are finding life on the career frontier harsher than ever.

Education 17

Education Price Crisis Short-term 17

Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Sure, you’ll hit something with a shotgun, but the price in doing so seldom provides the big payback. He is also CEO of Max-Ventures, a venture capital and retail consulting firm, and founder and CEO of Max-Wellness, a comprehensive health and wellness retail chain that launched in 2010. All rights reserved.

Bottom-up 50

Bottom-up Sharpe Follow-up Retail 50

N2Growth Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

But because true leaders are motivated by loving concern than a desire for personal glory, they are willing to pay the price.&# - Eugene B. mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. Copyright/Legal Privacy Resources Sitemap N2Growth Blog © Copyright 2010 N2Growth. Our Freedom. All Rights Reserved

Definition 370

Definition Blog Leadership Covey 370

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

million university graduates entered the job market in 2010 , up from one million in 1999. For much of the past 15 years, almost anyone with a spark of adventure was eager to leave a career in a state-owned enterprise (SEO) for the chance to get rich, travel, and innovate. The rewards were there, but they came at a high price.

Travel 10

Travel Survey Marketing Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2013

Their distribution systems make CSD items available in virtually every retail format, in every country in the world, and have cost efficiencies that emerging brands cannot achieve. The packaging was a classic 12-ounce aluminum can and the price point, while premium at about $1.00 per can, was still accessible.

Maturity 8

Maturity Merchandising Retail Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Annually, my firm ManpowerGroup conducts a global Talent Shortage Survey [pdf] , and remarkably, from 2010 to 2011, the percentage of employers in the U.S. Workers may be available, in other words, and may have skills, but they're not the ones employers need today or accessible at a price managers' budgets allow them to pay.

Competitive Advantage 12

Competitive Advantage Budgeting Construction Open-book 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

metros that increased their productivity, average wages, and standard of living from 2010 to 2015, only 11 metros achieved inclusive economic outcomes. Here, real estate developers and managers can orient their tenant selection around companies that provide higher-paying, family-supporting jobs with pathways for upward mobility and careers.

Real Estate 14

Real Estate Development Long-term Short-term 14

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2012

Facilitation payments" and other "costs of doing business" in various markets can no longer be condoned. Bribery Act of 2010 makes the FCPA look meek by comparison and the UN Convention Against Corruption has spurred the European Union, China, and others to establish corporate integrity standards of their own. Permission to Fail.

Execution 12

Execution Retail Report Policies 12

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

However, the analysis shows that forcing toddlers into airplane safety belts would cost lives, not save them. If they were required to purchase a seat to strap their car carrier into, it would increase the price of the trip for their parents, who would then be more likely to drive. Most young lap passengers do not have a ticket.

Airlines 14

Airlines Report Guidelines Discount 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2016

“This isn’t about your expenses,” says Horowitz, “so don’t add up your mortgage payment and your other costs of livings to figure out your hourly rate.” But plan to raise your prices sooner rather than later. These logistics took her four weeks and cost her about $1,200.

Succession 8

Succession How To Consultative Project 8

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Any number of franchised coaching offerings can be purchased at affordable prices, numerous affliliations with the hot coaching brand de-jure are available for the asking, or if all else fails coaches can just go it alone as a solo practitioner – the more the merrier right? Sorry, this blog caused a little testiness here.

Blog 385

Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 8, 2016

Our study (published in the journal Energy Economics ) quantified the costs and benefits of retraining coal workers for employment in the rapidly expanding solar photovoltaic industry—and it explores different ways to pay for this retraining. Price pressure from natural gas , wind , and solar has been relentless.

Energy 8

Energy Industry Engineering Training 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

economy as a whole, rather than the narrow, specific slices of technology or communication, the first decade of the 21st century did not generate expected growth in jobs, revenues, profits, or stock prices. When viewed through the lens of the U.S. There was much less in true economic value generated by innovation than was expected.

Innovation 13

Innovation Supply Chain Offshoring Policies 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2013

This is made worse by depressed home prices and the high cost of living in places like Silicon Valley and New York City — where tech job demand is high. in Rochester for 2010). Workers with the right skills receive large salary increases while those with obsolete skills see their careers stagnate.

Skills 8

Skills Globalization Engineering Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

In our database of more than 5,400 upper-level managers from the US, Europe, Latin America, and Asia-Pacific gathered since 2010, 46% are rated "too little" on the item, "Holds people accountable — firm when they don't deliver." In a nutshell, group performance requires that someone plays the role of sheriff, but it is a thankless job.

Management 9

Management Cooper Short-term Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

By 2010 the company had become the best-performing stock in the S&P 500, worth $30 per share and earning investors a return of 29 times. The cost of a single element is remarkably high, because each requires a separate mold and creates scheduling and inventory complexity on the shop floor. Nothing about free fall is easy.

Company 8

Company How To Business Model Engineering 8

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 20, 2010

Posted on August 20th, 2010 by admin in Leadership , Miscellaneous , Rants , Talent Management By Mike Myatt , Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth My question is this: Is your intellect an asset or liability? Winning an argument isn’t particularly difficult, but it may come at a very expensive price. Our Freedom.

Blog 420

Blog Engineering Brand Learning-by-Doing 420

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 18, 2012

A little stability in career and workplace can help them cope more effectively with the stresses that are sure to occur within the rest of their lives. Homeownership and retirement funds: Job hoppers pay a high price in home equity and retirement accounts. Now the employees and management own the company.

Long-term 9

Long-term Execution Incentives Banking 9

N2Growth Blog

MAY 17, 2010

2010 by Mike MyattNote: This post originally appeared on the N2Growth blog May 18 with the title The Leadership Vacuum, but we need to keep the dialogue going.The biggest problem with the leadership industry is found [.] mikemyatt: RT @thinkBIG_blog: Cheap always costs you mo. the hard work of being a leader 2. Our Freedom.

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Blog Leadership Consultative Follow-up 333