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Social Media for CEOs

N2Growth Blog

The Dissenting Position : The stance of the risk adverse is there is little to be gained, but the potential for much to be lost in social media initiatives involving C-level executives. Social media also allows you access to business, market, and competitive intelligence in real time. .

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Use Your Sales Force’s Competitive Intelligence Wisely

Harvard Business Review

The vast majority of your marketing data, whether from purchases or surveys, tells you about your business customers’ past behaviors. That competitive intelligence can not only help individual salespeople become more effective, it can also help your company make better strategic decisions. But the past is over.

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Only Half of Companies Actually Use the Competitive Intelligence They Collect

Harvard Business Review

For more than 30 years, most large corporations worldwide have adopted competitive intelligence (CI) as a way to expedite good decisions. and European corporations, from CI-trained analysts in marketing, business development, strategy, R&D, finance, and other fields. We received 236 responses from 21 industries in U.S.

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How a Food-Ordering App Broke into a Crowded Market

Harvard Business Review

Oddly enough, Eat24’s biggest break came when they left Google and Facebook as marketing platforms after advertising rates rose. The marketing expense was 90% cheaper than on Google, Facebook, and Twitter – after all, lots of companies don’t want to advertise on porn sites – but the exposure was 200% higher.

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Keeping Tabs on the Competition as a Start-Up

Harvard Business Review

Big companies have it easy when it comes to gathering and utilizing competitive intelligence. They have a defined brand and a fairly clear picture of market penetration, differentiators, and existing products and services. It can also help you outflank savvy competitors and acquire more market share. Use social media.

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You Can Make Your Sales Data a Lot Better with a Little Discipline

Harvard Business Review

Whether it’s the customer relationship management platforms used by sales teams, enterprise resource planning software used by purchasing teams, or the account-based marketing technology employed by marketing teams, the business intelligence platform can recognize a unique URL and attach it to clean, usable data.

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A guide to great development moves

Great Leadership By Dan

I always led from a position of knowledge. While all of these tools can be effective (and often very expensive and time-consuming), they should not be used as a substitute for open, honest discussion between a executive and those that are in a position to observe their behavior in a variety of settings.