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Is Blogging Dead?

N2Growth Blog

” If you read this article it would lead you to believe blogging is in decline and on it’s way out as a marketing tool. To extend marketing efforts. For those of you in leadership positions, particularly at the chief executive level, blogging is an incredibly powerful platform, which should only be ignored at your peril.

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Bullied by a Monopoly

In the CEO Afterlife

So I approached the maker and negotiated a deal whereby they would produce for me under a brand that I would create for a niche market – the tourist and gourmet trade. The quality of the product was outstanding. The branding wasn’t nearly as good.

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How to Build a Brand | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Avoid controversy, maintain a high likeability factor, consistently and proactively engage your customers, be a business of character that engenders trust and confidence with your target market(s), produce a quality product or service at a competitive price point, and provide great customer service. must all reflect high standards of quality.

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0511 | Larry Downes: Full Transcript

LDRLB

One of the things I think is most interesting is there’s a lot of old models of innovation and of strategy that I won’t say they don’t necessarily apply anymore, but they apply to very, very, almost static markets. That’s not our market position, so we don’t need to worry about it. DAVID: Yeah.

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LEGO’s Girl Problem Starts with Management

Harvard Business Review

The three-person board of the privately-held company is all men, led by CEO Jørgen Vig Knudstorp. When your leadership isn’t gender-balanced, it’s tough to have a balanced customer base. Lego’s somewhat tumultuous journey here will be familiar to anyone in a company struggling to tap into the female half of the market.

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The Big Picture of Business: The Realities of Networking

Strategy Driven

The longer they network, the better they get at niche marketing. Breakfast clubs carved their own niche… a balance of business, community and social networking. Inevitably, when high-level forums are organized, the juniors, mid-managers and self-marketers infiltrate and take over… which chases us away.