Strategy Driven

MARCH 19, 2020

Without the proper marketing, most startups and small businesses will be doomed to fail. However, with such an abundance of marketing techniques available, it is important that small business owners deploy the correct methods in order to maximize their return on investment. Complete Your Market Research. Profile Target Markets.

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Thin Difference

JUNE 29, 2019

This education-first approach to business is successful because it promotes a culture in which everyone is encouraged to learn, fail and further their skills for the benefit of the business. Why Being an Education-First Leader Matters. How will you talk about it in marketing? Be an Education-First Leader.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 26, 2020

Businesses are often quick to slash marketing budgets in times of disruption, and the response to the recent economic upheaval has been no different. Global ad spend is predicted to fall by nearly $50 billion in 2020, with major organizations like Google cutting marketing budgets in half for the rest of the year.

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Great Results Team Building

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Ryan Jenkins – how leaders (at any level) can move teams from isolated to all-in Chad Littlefield – help leaders, educators, and event professionals make connection easy Sean Glaze – laugh-out-loud experiences and insights that improve team performance.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

It’s a competitive field, for sure, but with the market being large and the demand for medical devices being high, there’s no reason that forward thinking and well prepared individuals can’t make it big in this industry. Conduct Market Research. One of the absolute first things you want to do is to conduct some market research.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

Video marketing allows marketers to grab the visitor’s attention in a very short span of time. With 90-sec video, you can easily add value to your business marketing and make your brand globally recognized. Prefer reading- 5 Ways to incorporate an explainer video to your marketing strategy. Earn a better ROI.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

including digital marketing success. The digital marketing promise has always included the ability to measure the impact of your online marketing dollars. Delivering on this promise has been a challenging activity that many leaders grapple with when measuring digital marketing benchmarks for success.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 17, 2011

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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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

While many businesses rely on traditional outbound marketing strategies to find new leads, this can be costly and even ineffective. Inbound marketing has emerged as an attractive complement to traditional advertising strategies. What Is Inbound Marketing? Email marketing is important for staying top of mind with your prospects.

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Women on Business

JUNE 6, 2012

I have now seen this become a trend in the market place, launches where you get $1,000′s of dollars worth of bonus gifts yet the actual purchase is usually less that $100. I have always made decisions based on how this investment will affect my future and provide a great ROI. The solution? Today, my approach is much different.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Buyers tend to be far more educated on what is available in the marketplace now. Companies need to make drastic changes to their websites and marketing collateral to recognize the change in the digital marketplace. Buyers are far more educated and discerning in the digital marketplace. Sales Basics Still Apply.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 20, 2020

If you want to get into house flipping, you’ll need a very quick education on the local market. To make a significant profit, housing market conditions need to be right. How much will it cost to market and hold onto it until it sells? This is where your local market knowledge will come in handy.

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Strategy Driven

APRIL 2, 2012

The word education seems more appropriate. ’ Education teaches you, ‘why.’ Educate employees to make them better people BEFORE you throw them into the market. How to market yourself so that others will call you first. Continuing education. Luckily in sales, ROI is the easiest part.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 27, 2016

Marketers who prioritize blogging are also thought to be 13 times more likely to achieve a positive Return on Investment (ROI), and this underlines the reach of the cost-effectiveness of publishing branded content. In terms of best practice, try to focus on key areas of expertise and knowledge.

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Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Today’s business leaders face myriad challenges as they look for ways to improve return on investment (ROI) while managing resources effectively. As a business leader, you’re constantly seeking ways to boost ROI. Melissa Russell writes on marketing and business management. By Guest Author Melissa Russell.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2018

That transformation requires adopting new digital technologies in every aspect of business — from product design and operations to customer service and marketing. For the final framework category, investment, ideas are examined for ROI and applied to a specific use case – a focus on business outcomes is key to success.

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 25, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Business of Belief: How the World’s Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders Get Us to Believe Tom Asaker Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders Peter (..)

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Women on Business

JULY 12, 2012

Through their certification program consumers can see the difference between companies marketing social good and those practicing it. Children with access to education make a better work force for employers. We have a student population ready to fill those jobs if they have the educational opportunities to do it,” Emanuel said.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 18, 2019

The tendency is to jump straight into the technology without fully defining the problem or examining the market. What the end users need can be discovered using a variety of techniques, including market research, surveys and so on. Before starting, define what problem needs to be solved and who needs the solution.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 29, 2017

One of the biggest mistakes a marketer can make is to advertise a niche offer to a broad market. You need to know the age of your buyers, their gender, level of education, income, family status and interests. This is not how things work in affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketers do all the work for you.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

One of the biggest mistakes a marketer can make is to advertise a niche offer to a broad market. You need to know the age of your buyers, their gender, level of education, income, family status and interests. This is not how things work in affiliate marketing. Affiliate marketers do all the work for you.

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Management Excellence

MARCH 18, 2011

This week's selections feature content on why you need to know more about Baldrige, rethinking your ideas on measuring marketing ROI and the powerful impact of Social Business on your firm's reputation and ultimate success.

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Women on Business

DECEMBER 17, 2010

I take it as a marketing given that a business should be utilizing internet Social Media opportunities if – and this is a big IF – that business has a desire to be known farther afield than its own geographical neighborhood. Having a Page for my business on Facebook made sense for my marketing plan. But Oh My Gosh!

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 2, 2016

No longer a discretionary luxury, predictive analytics are now the name of the game for those who seek to utilize customer metrics in a meaningful way to establish a tremendous competitive advantage, gain notable market share and significantly boost bottom lines. Maximizing Marketing Budget ROI. Allowing Data-Driven Decisions.

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Lead Change Blog

JULY 4, 2016

The Institute for Corporate Productivity and ROI Institute have released the results of a new research study, which looks at positive trends and the state of human capital analytics. (i4cp) provided Nearly 70%of Executive Teams Use Workforce Analytics. The study features case studies on Google, LinkedIn, HSBC, and Intel.”

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

What makes marketing creative? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 28, 2018

While your company may have a think tank of brilliant strategists devising new inroads into your market, what you will soon learn is that any strategy is doomed to fail if it isn’t executed as brilliantly as it was conceived. Actually, the two are not always synonymous. In-House Talent Is Where Your Search Should Begin.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

When the latest innovation is being lapped up by the market, the innovator asks ‘what’s next’? Measure innovation not just by ROI but the investment in the future – Dr. Tanvi Gautam. Another competency: don’t get attached to your own ideas. Confirmation bias will kill innovation. – Stephen Shapiro.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

When companies expand into foreign markets, they need to gain the trust of local business partners and prospective customers in order to succeed. Both of these approaches, however, are time-intensive, requiring executives to spend weeks or months in foreign markets. William Andrew/Getty Images.

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Strategy Driven

JUNE 15, 2020

Operating under tight budgets makes it almost impossible for startup owners to set aside a marketing budget. Often, the marketing gets the axe because startups are caught in a dire financial balancing act. In this post, you will learn that there’s no need to spend a fortune to effectively market your startup. SMS Marketing.

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

But if your marketing brains are getting ready to reject the traditional idea of integrating a booklet in your communications, then take a pause and rethink your decision. Integrating this powerful tool can just be the best decision you take for your marketing this year. Improves Return On Investment (ROI).

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2014

According to the research, three in 10 American companies say they’re hiring college-educated workers for jobs that used to be held by high school grads, a trend that cuts across industries. I think we have to figure out how we lower the cost of education. Companies are also more interested in hiring people with advanced degrees.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2017

But how to keep educating ourselves is a complicated question. Should you take a more targeted approach, with a short-term executive education program? As an adjunct professor for Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business , I’ve taught multiple classes for degree programs, as well as executive education offerings.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

But what are the implications of this for marketers today? In the future, no television advertisement will be just self-contained narratives designed to entertain, inform, educate or remind consumers about products. Fewer and fewer advertisers will start their strategic marketing planning with a television advertisement in mind.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 3, 2018

About 30 minutes prior to her weekly one-on-one with the CEO, the chief marketing officer at a multibillion global financial services firm received a cryptic email from him with the subject line “The Trouble with CMOs.” Finally, the CMO began insisting that marketing deliver greater financial accountability.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

User education is a long-term industry effort, but educating a society and then creating consistent behavior change is a multi-decade solution to a problem that needs to be fixed now. The market has validated this value proposition: AWS reported this year that their revenue grew 42% to $4.1B Certainly not.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Nevertheless, Smithsonian magazine reports, KFC managed to create a marketing campaign — Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii! No action has been proven to do more for the human race than the education of female children,” says India’s minister for HR development, Sashi Tharoor, and certainly he’s not the first to say so.

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