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4 Ways to Grow Your Business Organically

Strategy Driven

Organic growth occurs when you expand from within by getting more clients, offering new products and increasing output while solely relying on your own resources. So, you have an excellent product, a friendly staff, even an eye-catching logo. Which type you aim for could impact the course of your business. Create a Strong Brand.

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Learn to Adjust Your Focus

Harvard Business Review

A market segment can be characterized broadly (women 25-34) or specifically (women in an early career phase who are newly-married and starting a family). An advertising campaign or product launch cannot target a loosely-defined, abstract person. Abstract thinking is useful for early stages of innovation.

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Why the Greek Yogurt Craze Should be a Wake-Up Call to Big Food

Harvard Business Review

Food fads develop quickly in today’s marketplace. Consumers are more tightly connected now and are more likely to follow word-of-mouth (or word-of-keystroke) advice than in the past. Big Food has a proven formula for its products that involves controlling the message and the channel. Kale, quinoa, or chia anyone?