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Traditional Marketing Strategies on Rise – Reasons Behind This Trend

Strategy Driven

The leading companies in this ongoing shift are B2C, which offer different services. On average, B2C service companies spend around 10.2% The second runner-up leading the shift is none other than the B2C product companies. Also, marketers can collect more robust data for creating more targeted ads and boosting ROI.

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To Grow Your Business Abroad, Partner with Local Influencers

Harvard Business Review

And they can be very expensive — in addition to overseas business travel, local distribution partner relationships require significant up-front investment to get started and to manage effectively. Both of these approaches, however, are time-intensive, requiring executives to spend weeks or months in foreign markets.

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A New Model for Innovation in Big Companies

Harvard Business Review

Masala has been at Kuoni, a leading travel services company, since 2007, and is known for frequently shaking things up. He compared it to assessing ROI with any method: if you build an idea out to delivery, you still have to find the right people and you still have to deal with risk. A Different Approach.