N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 23, 2010

As we rapidly approach Q4, it is my most sincere hope that you will take pause for a bit of reflective thinking – I would ask that you ponder the following question: “Am I so busy that I’ve lost the ability to be as productive as I need to be? Remember that most people who fail just quit a bit too early in the process.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 5, 2019

Public relations firms continually strive to restore consumer faith in businesses. On top of that, subtle, yet informative marketing could be used to restore your company’s name in the public consciousness. And that’s extremely important to consider and manage. It happens all the time. Fix The Issues.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Lack of Interaction : Along the lines of number one above, if executives, management, and staff don’t proactively seek your advice and input then you have a respect problem. Sad but true…real talent won’t be attracted to, or remain engaged with leaders who operate on fear-based tactics.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

When you research online reputation management companies, you quickly learn that they offer a distinct service known in the industry as “suppression.” This tactic can be very effective, but it isn’t always the best solution, or the most economical. Remove it using the Covert Ops of reputation management.

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N2Growth Blog

JULY 26, 2010

While arrogant people can and often do succeed in business, I believe that it comes at a great personal and professional cost. Arrogance rarely results in lasting relationships built on a foundation of loyalty and trust.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2010

Then we have to deconstruct our abilities in each area, map a tactical plan to get better and measure our progress. In whatever role we choose to excel, we first must 'know' the inter-connected elements that define competency. Short of this, saying we need to be more disciplined is like shooting at a target in the fog.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 10, 2011

link] ATIG Dear Mike, "I've found that 90% of problems companies have on-line are created by management, not technology" David Segal Why not E-leader ( participative) for better decision making to do the right thing ? Can manager be leaders? Identifying leaders? Have we really degenerated to this point?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

Quality is not something that managers assign others to achieve. Rather than assume all is wrong or right with an organization and take a defensive posture, management must view quality as essential to their economic survival or growth. It is not enough for management to endorse quality programs; they must actively participate.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Those professionals that have self respect, and demonstrate a true respect for others regardless of their station in life, are much more likely to be successful over the long-term than those that use the tactics of disrespect to humiliate and intimidate.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

Most businesses use sales to get rid of poorly selling inventory or to create room for new inventory, but I think this a bad tactic. Use sales to introduce customers to your product. Sales have the ability to bring in a huge number of new customers and you should be harvesting this opportunity as a chance to introduce the customers to.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

If you’re using the same old marketing strategies today because they brought in business in years past, you’re in danger of being pummeled by your competition. you have to get their attention, and that means your typical tried-and-true marketing tactics aren’t going to cut it anymore. Do what works!

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Other PSAs were devised by public relations agencies and the non-profit organizations themselves. It was a consortium of advertising agencies who produced public service messages discouraging drug use. Others cut into programs and services in order to fund marketing. Many got corporate sponsors to pay the freight.

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Strategy Driven

OCTOBER 28, 2010

About the Author Kathryn Ullrich, author of Getting to the Top : Strategies for Career Success , heads Kathryn Ullrich Associates, a Silicon Valley executive search firm, and Alumni Career Services for UCLA’s Anderson School of Management. To read Kathryn’s complete biography, click here.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Sometimes the difficulty of managing your time makes for a haphazard operation. Whether your focus is on customer service, profits, investing, marketing, or company growth a constant awareness of your current position in relation to where you want to be is essential. Assets are adequately valued and managed.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

While sales objectives are most common, trade shows may also be behavior, product, distribution or marketing oriented. Allow your staff to interface with the public. Perform informal market research. Market your presence at the show in advance via mailings, distribution of VIP tickets and inclusion of your booth in advertising.

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Women on Business

JANUARY 19, 2011

This is a dead end tactic. What are the Best Ways to Create, Manage, and Build a Brand? Many people come to me to make a drastic change in their careers. Their tendency has been to jump right back into the same type of career for security purposes only, even if they truly dislike this work. Are You in Career Quicksand?

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

And if you’re a hiring manager, you may have found that the best way to shrink that pile of résumés on your desk is to weed out the seemingly ‘overqualified’ workers first. Combine social media with traditional marketing techniques for breakthrough results! Here’s why. And no wonder: Over 15 million Americans need work.

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 6, 2010

gives you the tools to take an eclectic approach to your marketing, and pick the best, most wildly successful marketing methods – traditional, online, or both — to win at achieving your marketing goals. Combine social media with traditional marketing techniques for breakthrough results! Do what works!

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 12, 2010

And as odd as it may sound, one of the greatest impediments to building productive teams is practicing management by consensus. To be blunt, the concept of equality in the workplace has only made team building more difficult as employees seem to have a sense of undeserved entitlement with regard to their roles and responsibilities.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Multinational corporations long have looked for growth opportunities in emerging markets. In 2014, according to the latest United Nations estimate, direct foreign investment (FDI) in emerging markets reached more than $700 billion — accounting for over half (56%) of all global FDI flows for the first time. Crime exacts a toll.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

SAS – Providing organizations with THE POWER TO KNOW ® SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. In other words, public relations matters.

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Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The world is changing by a significant degree, and so is the public relations industry. Without proper Ethics, companies will start relying on underhanded tactics to get ahead of each other. Aggressive procurement tactics and spreading misinformation are just two of the many dangerous ways companies will try to get ahead.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2011

The vast amount of personal information people post on social media sites, combined with the fact that social media companies can now link online behavior to physical locations is creating the biggest shift in marketing since the onset of the Internet. Transformations of this magnitude are never confined to the market.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

That said, the way to minimize the impact of discrimination is not through bureaucratic mandates or by playing the diversity card – these tactics increase the diversity gap and heighten resentment. The essence of managing cognitive bias is to realize that it is unavoidable, it is an essential part of being human."

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 13, 2011

Aside from being costly, a flawed execution can cast doubt on management credibility, have a negative impact on morale, taint the brand, adversely affect external relationships, and cause a variety of other problems for your business. All initiatives surrounding new ideas should include detailed risk management provisions.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 23, 2015

The television advertising landscape has never been more challenging for marketers. The New Tools of Marketing. So what can marketers do to make sure their ads find the right audience? A common advertising tactic on the internet is to display a banner ad following a consumer’s product search. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Few things are more damaging to a brand’s reputation than a hack in the headlines, and in the event of a public security incident, it’s highly likely that the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and the Chief Security Officer (CSO) will be the first people the CEO looks to and says “What do we do now?”

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Rebel Brown : I’ve been a consultant for over 20 years now, focused on helping international clients in areas of business and market strategy, positioning and market launches. On with the interview… Mike Myatt: For our readers not familiar with your background, could you give us a brief Bio?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2010

While I might spend a bit of time evaluating the most efficient strategy for getting to the other side of said wall, it will ultimately be my focus on the tactical execution of conquering the challenge that will determine my success. A bias toward action is always a better path than falling prey to analysis paralysis.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

A broad, seemingly impossible systemic goal like this might seem like a social responsibility or public relations strategy — and of course it has those elements. But since there’s no way Nissan could address the goal solely through its products, it also propels creativity in marketing in order to change how all of us drive.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Be willing to change your tactics, but not your core principles. Fear is dead as a management tool. Most overnight successes are 20 years in the making. Double your ratio of questions to statements. Don’t waste time trying to be successful, spend time being useful. The Teacher’s Union has killed education in America.

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Miles Anthony Smith

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

65 Content Marketers List the 44 Content Marketing Agencies Crushing It (Plus 70 Tips & 78 Myths Dispelled) ​Digital marketing is becoming harder to ignore as we now live in a world of internet ubiquity. Click "READ MORE" to see the 44 content marketing agencies and 70 related tips from the experts!

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 9, 2015

How do you put age aside and focus on what you have to learn from your manager? And what can you do to best support your boss—which is your job no matter your manager’s age? To encourage this kind of partnership, it’s your responsibility to manage up by maintaining an effective, productive working relationship.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 9, 2011

While it is sometimes necessary to “Shock and Awe” this tactic should be reserved as a last resort. Use great questions, humor, stories, analogies, relevant data, and where needed, bold statements to help connect and engender the confidence and trust that it takes for people to want to engage.

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Strategy Driven

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Business development has occurred primarily by accident or through market demand. The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. The professions are no longer held on a pedestal… a condition which mandates them to portray or enhance public images. Investor Relations Program.

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Strategy Driven

MAY 6, 2011

The Business Tree : Growth Strategies and Tactics for Surviving and Thriving. It may be: human resources, organizational development, training, technology, sales, marketing, advertising, public relations, coaching or financial management. Management of the organization seems tired or complacent.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

when leaders move on – how do other leaders step up…or not) - Leadership tactics that Engage – How can we raise the level of employee engagement (during these dis-engaged times) Thanks for inviting us to weigh in. You could create a presentation that would benefit many.

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