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The Importance of Testing in an E-marketing Campaign

Women on Business

For example, if you have an email list of 100,000 prospects, select every 100th prospect to create a test list of 1,000. If your email blast, for example, is designed to drive prospects to your website, you’ll see very quickly how effective it is. How does their e-marketing supplement their traditional marketing?

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The Rewards of Mentoring :: Women on Business

Women on Business

By being available as a mentor to other women – and also to men – we can lead by example as professionals and leaders, give others the benefit of our experience and perspective, and reap the reward of seeing others succeed in part because of our input. However, that’s a small price to pay for the positives that are derived.

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The Libor Scandal and the Price of Prosperity

Harvard Business Review

This scandal isn't about price-fixing. It's about life, tragedy, and human potential. The most basic function of a financial system is to price money. Unless you believe that Abraham Lincoln, too, for a few extra bucks, might have joined Barclays as a Senior Advisor for "Human Resources.". It's not about a bank.

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Moving Beyond Company Organization Silos: Lessons from the Aviation Industry

Leading Blog

Even worse, functional processes — finance, human resources, sales, etc. This tragic example demonstrates how silos can have real-world consequences. logistics, and finance. finance, I.T., They result in information hoarding and lack of communication. This issue can become a major performance barrier.

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Is This the Hospital That Will Finally Push the Expensive U.S. Health Care System to Innovate?

Harvard Business Review

What if you could provide excellent care at ultra-low prices at a location close to the U.S.? To be sure, this was not as cheap as NH’s services in India, where prices were 2-5% of U.S. prices, but HCCI’s prices are still a whopping 60-75% cheaper than U.S. Innovation & Entrepreneurship Book. Add to Cart.

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Competing on Service: Eleven Ways to Beat the Competition by ‘Hugging’ Your Customers

Strategy Driven

Forced to do more with much less, the small businesses that have managed to survive and even thrive during these tough times have recognized one important factor: You can’t always compete on price, but you can compete on service. And the best thing about great customer service is that providing it doesn’t cost you an extra penny.

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How One Nonprofit Is Expanding Health Care for the Uninsured

Harvard Business Review

Some of them provide free or highly subsidized care to as many as half or two-thirds of all their patients — and still earn a good enough return to attract private investors, even though Indian prices for most medical procedures are 1%–10% of U.S. a cataract operation can cost $200 or less, compared with $3,500 in the U.S.