N2Growth Blog

APRIL 5, 2010

It is possible to have both speed and planning so long as planning doesn't turn into "analysis paralysis." Great planning (so long as it's not overdone) actually catalyzes velocity. " Thanks for adding to the conversation Jennifer. link] Most Tweeted Articles by Leadership Development Experts [.]

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

and Mike Myatt, Productivity links. Productivity links said: n2growth.com: Looking For Leadership: By Mike Myatt, Chief Strategy Officer, N2growth Really? In the final analysis, it's not the tools I really have an issue with, but with some of those who use them and the manner in which they are used. Keep writing!

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2010

By any category analysis or analytical standard blogging has obviously developed into a powerful communication medium. 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.

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N2Growth Blog

MAY 16, 2010

My conclusions are drawn from 30 years of observational and experiential analysis. It was exactly the simplicity of their business model and their product that made them into the company that they are today. Interestingly enough, I think your example of Google is a great one.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

The analysis you describe seems to me to happen after a flash of insight. The flash and analysis don’t always result in a win, even if the idea seems to meet your criteria, so another key behavior of winners is that they keep trying. Flash-analysis/trial again and again until it clicks. Flash of inspiration.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

This, of course, varies according to the product/service offered. There’s no such thing as too much tracking or analysis: those numbers are a goldmine of knowledge. Generally, Monday mornings are good for news digests but bad for email campaigns. Fridays are often weak days for email campaigns as well. How do their average orders vary?

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Design and re-engineering of products-services. Objective analysis of how the organization has operated to date. Each product-service is budgeted. Public relations plan is annually updated, with realistic, measurable goals. Development of technical abilities, specialties and expertise. Running the business.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Websites that sell products are digital platforms, not the arbitrators of quality in the business world. To correct for the measurement inversion other methods, like applied information economics, introduce the ‘value of information analysis’ step in the process so that metrics focus on high-value measures.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2010

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

If you suffer from analysis paralysis, procrastination, timidity, a lack of courage or confidence, being indecisive, or being in over your head, there is trouble looming. Nothing signals leadership trouble more than an executive who can’t make decisions. If you can’t make decisions, you can’t get things done.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

To learn more about SAS, its products and services, visit www.sas.com. sascom Magazine sas com Magazine is the quarterly publication of the SAS Institute, Inc. In today’s world, analytics is a product/service that must be sold. In other words, public relations matters. Click here to cancel reply.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2010

And, whether by means of Facebook, Twitter, streaming video, or by old-fashioned word of mouth, public relations, or personal sales skill, the goal is to win, right? They don’t advertise or employ salespeople – yet they manage to make millions of dollars selling their products.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 5, 2010

In my opinion politically correct thinking is a large contributor to a decrease in workplace productivity, and of greater concern, to the moral and ethical decay of our society. Thanks for the great analysis and the context within which it was framed. How sad is this? Their responsibility is to be correct; not politically correct.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

My advice to you is not to let your business get caught up in embracing random ideas – at least not without some initial analysis being conducted to determine the likelihood of success. Assess : Put the idea through a risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. Failed initiatives are costly at several levels.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

And, whether by means of Facebook, Twitter, streaming video, or by old-fashioned word of mouth, public relations, or personal sales skill, the goal is to win, right? Think about what people dislike most about your industry, service, or product offering. What solutions can you offer? Or those oft-offended cavemen.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 26, 2016

But my analysis shows that because companies rely heavily on position and tenure to make those calls, they wipe out most or all of the gains they’ve made in diversity. When women and minorities are in line positions, they often work on small, nonessential product lines that can be jettisoned fairly easily.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 29, 2016

The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs (NYDCA) recently released a well-researched report documenting similar products having different prices based on the target customer’s gender. It’s fair to ask how different costs for materials, packaging, and marketing were factored into the NYDCA’s analysis.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

A bias toward action is always a better path than falling prey to analysis paralysis. If so, again don't get fall into analysis paralysis. " Too often, as you indicate, we think it's all about me; I'm being picked on by the cosmos. On the other hand, it may be about me. I may have some personal issues. Do something.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Hosting, attending, and exhibiting at events comprise a whopping 21% of corporate marketing budgets , and one analysis indicates that these meetings “contribute more to the [U.S.] So consider what more productive event spending means for the bottom line. Marketing Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations'

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2016

But marketing managers simply are not trained to deal with questions or complaints about service, product performance, or other nonmarketing requests. Clearly define roles and responsibilities among marketing, customer service, public relations, sales, corporate communication, human resources, etc.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2017

In 2014 the International Organization for Standardization developed guidelines for the disclosure of potential vulnerabilities in products. It provides a reasonable framework for assessing cybersecurity risk across the product life cycle. Require basic cyber hygiene.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2014

Consider the reputation damage caused by product failure at GM, or unpopular workplace practices at Walmart, or the multibillion dollar fines for fraud levied against Bank of America – which, not incidentally, came in dead last in a recent Harris Interactive reputation ranking. Products and services. Emotional appeal.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

To develop consistent and reliable data, we rely on a scientifically developed and standardized survey instrument designed to gauge public perceptions of companies on seven dimensions: finance, leadership, workplace, citizenship, governance, products, and innovation. Leadership Social responsibility Public relations'

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2015

As customers will tell you, “A salesperson must add value by becoming part of the product or solution.” Compared to the total of these salaries, Forrester’s reference to an average salary of $53,000 for a field sales person sounds like a bargain.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2015

When performing web data analysis, you are often looking to understand what is behind a particular trend — why is your site suddenly experiencing higher traffic levels? And why has your sales team just seen an influx of new leads — are those things related? Avoid Mental Shortcuts. Match Your Business Goals to Metrics.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

In the final analysis it’s really all a matter of perspective…you can either view yourself as part of a hierarchical world sitting at the top of the org chart puffing your chest and propping-up your ego, or you can view yourself as the hub at the center of a large and diverse network. You are spot-on with your observations Ben.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

Social media analytics let you identify trends in interests and attitudes, and even use sentiment analysis to help dig a little more deeply into psychographic attitudes. Online customer communities let you ask about a range of consumer attitudes: my own data on 10,000 North American parents was gathered from two such communities.

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Tanveer Naseer

JUNE 7, 2016

Stop the production of victims Continuous victim production is what drives the media coverage, the public interest, the emotionalization, the commentary and criticism from 1000 different sources not even present, but focused on reputation destruction. Here now are those five important steps: 1.

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N2Growth Blog

MARCH 23, 2010

Lost Ancillary Revenue : On average, a single account is good for a 30 -40% cross-sell and up-sell revenue increase over time as new products, services, joint ventures etc. Much like you have performance reviews for your employees you should conduct an analysis of how your customers are performing.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2018

Personality marketing can create a better match for products, services or experiences. Of course, the more data inputs such as Likes, the more accurate the analysis. And in sectors like health care, it could have even more positive affects, with better messaging leads to healthier behaviors. What is personality science? (The

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 3, 2012

People – Productivity. Apathy, low productivity and discord are exhibited. Branch 5: Sales strategy, sales training, marketing strategy, customer service, advertising, direct marketing, public relations, special events, video production, promotional specialties, graphic design-production and website design-production.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

We began our research with some key questions: How does social media sentiment change as a consequence of a public relations crisis? How does the public react to recovery efforts initiated by the company? We used the Vader Sentiment Analysis software to calculate the sentiment values of each tweet.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Our analysis suggests that, so far, the results have been mixed. As per the latest OECD report, there is not a single Chinese university among the global top-30 in terms of top-cited scientific publications. Relatedly, China’s global share of top-cited publications is miniscule. One, the content of policies matters.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Taking a cue from the rise of data journalism, brands that rely on content marketing are starting to use data to tell stories about their brands, customers and products. It can be tempting to just hand the data analysis off to a data geek, and let them come back to you with a couple of charts’ worth of interesting findings.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Most customers are interested in your content first (how much you know about their pain points) before purchasing your products or services. You (Inhouse) Sometimes the best content comes from those who know your product or service best, you. It's not necessarily about the client's product or service itself. (No It grows sales.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

But in recent decades, the information revolution has helped the private sector speed ahead in data aggregation, analysis, and applications. The centralized institutions of the 20th century allowed for the most sophisticated economic and urban planning to date.

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