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Hiring An SEM Expert: What Skill Set To Look For

Strategy Driven

It’s a huge market when we take B2B and B2C online sales together. This growth in e-commerce has also fueled the demand for Search Engine Marketing (SEM) experts. Web marketing with analytics. Categories of Digital Marketing Strategies. Stagnation of thought is a killer for any marketing position.

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The Advantages of Private Label Products

Strategy Driven

For example, if you run an agricultural business and your customers are interested in purchasing wetting agent chemicals, private label products allow you to focus your efforts on marketing while ensuring your customers receive top-quality goods from a more specialized manufacturer. Reduced Unit Costs. Unit cost is very important.

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You Found Your Product-Market Fit. Now What?

Harvard Business Review

In every start-up, finding initial product-market fit is a magical moment. But once you achieve initial product-market fit and are down the Sales Learning Curve (PDF), suddenly you are faced with a new challenge: how do I scale up the sales efforts? I''ll discuss each one below. 1) Enterprise Sales. in quota for a rep (i.e., $1m

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The Rise of the Chief Customer Officer

Harvard Business Review

The role exists in B2B and B2C firms as diverse as Allstate, Dunkin' Brands, USAA, Philips Electronics, FedEx, the Cleveland Clinic, and SAP. A third of the CCOs previously held Division President or GM roles, and almost as many worked in a marketing and/or sales position. Senior leaders are in a new position.

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Focus on Your Customer's Customer

Harvard Business Review

Much of the conversation about customer-centricity focuses on business-to-consumer (B2C) firms. Companies like Salesforce.com, Philips, and Oracle have appointed chief customer officers, while many other B2B players have embarked on enterprise-wide efforts to improve their marketing, sales, and support interactions.

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The Best CMOs Combine 4 Leadership Styles

Harvard Business Review

Style one: Market-driven CMOs who capitalize on the voice of customers. Market-driven CMOs are great listeners. Fara Howard , VP of global marketing for the shoe and apparel firm Vans, describes her brand as “an intuitive brand that leads with its heart.” Market driven CMOs listen to customers. It resonated.

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Is Your Company Ready for the Rise of Smart Cities?

Harvard Business Review

Companies in multiple industries are already altering their approaches in changing urban markets. In other cases, smart city projects present opportunities to generate advertising revenue and branding. But now the range of possibilities has gotten bigger, and B2C or even B2G2C business models are growing more common.