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The Importance of Testing in an E-marketing Campaign

Women on Business

The same principles apply to e-marketing: before rolling out a campaign to a large audience, test it on a small one. How does their e-marketing supplement their traditional marketing? Create a Benchmark Traditional direct marketing always uses a control piece as the benchmark, generally with an A/B split test.

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Want to Cut Complexity? Kill Your Darlings.

In the CEO Afterlife

A long time ago, this ethic saved a near-bankrupt company that I had a part in restructuring. For more on strategic sacrifice check out the free introductory chapter of my new book Do Less Better: The Power of Strategic Sacrifice in a Complex World. The strategy I’ve grown to love and count on over a 45-year career is do less, better.

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Be Different! The Key to Business and Career Success

Skip Prichard

I recently spoke with Stan, thought leader, columnist, and business leader about his new book Be Different! The title of your book is Be Different! There is one universal principle that determines the degree of success of all businesses: Be the preferred provider to your markets. The Key to Business and Career Success.

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4 Ways to a Better Bottom Line

Lead Change Blog

Even more, we have a moral and ethical business obligation to be savvy in how the world works. A global mindset is a critical skill parallel to legal, marketing, sales, or strategy. By cultivating a true global mindset, individuals working around the world will be able to: Assess new markets. Understand customer behavior.

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How to Thrive Against Giants

In the CEO Afterlife

There might be elements that are worth emulating, but certainly not the ethic of dominance, because by their very nature, small and medium sized operations have no clout. Qualitative cultures are about the creativity, the ingenuity, and the innovation created by the human resource, not the financial resource.

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Health, Wellness, and a Giveaway to WomenonBusiness Readers

Women on Business

20 Best Marketing and Social Media Blogs by Women from Forbes Includes WomenOnBusiness.com Forbes.com published a list of the top 20 marketing and. Summer Giveaway from Women on Business Thanks to CSN for offering another giveaway to WomenonBusiness.com readers.

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20 Reasons Why Companies Should Do Less Better

In the CEO Afterlife

Do Less Better is the name of my book. The seemingly more attractive (and logical) option is to do more and more – the theory being the more markets, products, and businesses a company engages in, the better the results. The lessons in my book apply to every leader and every organization, big or small. This is not true.

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