Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

What is interesting is the struggles of Marcus, Goldman’s consumer facing bank face. Why has Marcus struggled? Not having a background in consumer banking, Goldman had to acquire GreenSky® as a way to accelerate their entry into the consumer market. It begins with the concept of “core competencies.”

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The Fearless Marketer

MAY 3, 2021

Did you ever notice that you tend to avoid or struggle with certain marketing activities? Two big ones that come to mind are developing marketing materials of any kind and getting meetings with prospective clients. So, what’s the big deal? Why are these two key marketing activities avoided so often?

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The Fearless Marketer

MAY 3, 2021

Did you ever notice that you tend to avoid or struggle with certain marketing activities? Two big ones that come to mind are developing marketing materials of any kind and getting meetings with prospective clients. So, what’s the big deal? Why are these two key marketing activities avoided so often?

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 13, 2020

It's a big deal to leave the comforts of a steady paycheck for the unknown world of business ownership. It's a big deal to leave the comforts of a steady paycheck for the unknown world of business ownership. A smart marketing system that consistently fills your pipeline with clients. And they have fear. Of course they do.

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The Fearless Marketer

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

And if you don’t get straight on them, you’ll continue to struggle with them. When it comes to marketing your professional services, we’ve all had our share of successes and failures. There was once a man who struggled to succeed in his marketing. Your marketing becomes fun, it becomes a game. But only always.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

The Big Idea: It isn’t illegal to be a monopoly in the States, but using your market power to harm the market is… This visual representation of what is going on with Ticketmaster and the way a customer experiences the service is pretty eye-opening. You have to start with the broader market. Ticketmaster v. What can be done?

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 18, 2023

What does a haphazard greasy pizza party say about how a company deals with internal and external issues? Fun perks cannot serve as substitutes for dealing with poor decisions, bad news, or unethical behavior. Around 10:30 a.m., However, when the lunch arrived, few partook. Others simply disengaged. So, What’s Wrong with Pizza?

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. Your mindset still has to be one of service and value for what you bring to the table vs. letting fear and need drive your marketing. your peers.).

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Action Plan

APRIL 24, 2023

There are two big issues when it comes to marketing your services: The first is learning the strategies and tactics to attract clients. Marketing and selling your professional services is not rocket science. Stillness is not exactly something you must work towards with a lot of struggle and effort. Stillness and then action.

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Clarity Consultants

MAY 26, 2023

The B2B sales world has completely changed over the last few years, and businesses all over the world are struggling to keep up. It also helps the marketing team and sales team stay on the same page so that the business can create a cohesive plan that brings in revenue. What is the Purpose and Goal of a Sales Enablement Program?

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. Your mindset still has to be one of service and value for what you bring to the table vs. letting fear and need drive your marketing. your peers.).

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 2, 2023

If you struggle to come up with relevant things for your LinkedIn profile, you may be tempted to fill in the white space with something interesting or exciting. While this is not a deal-breaker, it will make a seasoned recruiter cringe. LinkedIn is actually a key part of the management consulting application.

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Do It! Marketing

JULY 23, 2020

And specifically, I want to help you take inspired action to start marketing more smartly, easily and consistently. Why am I so good at doing “the work of the work” with my clients but still struggling to figure out the marketing, sales, and leverage part? Marketing. Time for a little motivation. You’ve got questions.

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Business Consulting Agency

MAY 24, 2022

There can be business problems with operations, manufacturing, customer service, customer acquisition, marketing efforts, and so on. There can be business problems with operations, manufacturing, customer service, customer acquisition, marketing efforts, and so on. Improve the chances at business success with expert assistance.

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Consulting Matters

MAY 16, 2018

There is no shortage of advice and mentors that can help you learn how to market and sell yourself. The number one difference between my mentees who have massive success and those who constantly struggle (or give up) is their commitment to doing whatever it takes to make this business work regardless of setbacks and challenges.

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Seth Godin Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

A recent discussion about the challenges of direct-to-consumer marketing of a skincare product ended with one participant describing the hard part with, “nothing to ad.” Of course, this is a really good deal for the social media sites. Buy as many clicks as you can, and you can grow your business.

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Business development consultants enable companies to reach their full potential and rescue companies that are struggling to survive. After prospecting, gaining client-buy in, and closing a deal, the groundwork begins. The important part is finding potential customers who have problems that your client can solve.

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PM Alliance

JANUARY 28, 2022

Funding may be the first thing that comes to mind, but many teams also struggle to manage scarcities related to personnel, knowledge, and time. There’s also the potential that time is working against your project in other ways, such as when market conditions and the organization’s priorities quickly shift.

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The Fearless Marketer

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Why does marketing often feel like a struggle, a challenging and not very fun to do? I want to suggest that it’s mostly because of the stories you tell yourself about marketing. We tell all kinds of stories (to ourselves) about what we conceive marketing to be. Marketing – “…is just hype and half-truths.”.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MAY 11, 2023

That stature has declined as a recent survey pointed out that Twitter’s usage was down over 9% since Elon Musk closed his deal for the company in late-2022. Rising social media platforms like TikTok are dealing with their own issues. Facebook has seen usage of their site, app, and platform decline recently as well.

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Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

As the organization learned to work together better through training, numerous cross functional teams arose to deal with process, quality systems, and procedural issues. Employees may struggle to perform their tasks or meet deadlines due to a lack of information or coordination, leading to poor attitudes. Can you relate to that?

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MAY 19, 2023

Is that what your market wants or needs? PS: Focus on meaning, emotion, and connection in your marketing …not just the actress or actor, conductor, or something else. If you dig the newsletter, like it, share it. It helps my organic growth numbers. Share Talking Tickets! June 1, 2023, at 1 PM Eastern! People’s habits have changed.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 31, 2020

In order to learn from your experiences, and continue accelerating towards your goals, it’s imperative to deal with rejection in a mature way. There are many successful people in the world of business that were rejected by consulting firms and went on to achieve great feats. In order to do this, you can follow what I call the R.I.R

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Tom Spencer

MAY 26, 2018

This is likely because they are approaching the market in a completely different way compared with every other major tech company, and are simply waiting until they have a working product to unveil their approach. 2 Tech Companies Struggle to Manufacture Cars. One tech company, however, that has remained surprisingly aloof, is Apple.

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The Fearless Marketer

MAY 20, 2019

In my Fast Track Marketing System I divide marketing into seven very specific modules: 1. The Game of Marketing. The Mindset of Marketing. Marketing Messages (Your Value Proposition). Marketing and Selling Conversations. Written Marketing Materials. Marketing Strategies. Marketing Action Plans.

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Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Your business is struggling and you seek outside help? Strategy Consultants Strategy consultants for small business help your company to find it's strategic positioning in the market. They support you in making fundamental decisions regarding your product, your service, your pricing or your target market.

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LSA Global

JULY 15, 2022

This created increased sales performance pressure for the entire sales organization in an environment where the sense of urgency to create a robust pipeline was not where it needed to be, and the team was struggling with getting to the next “yes” during critical sales conversations. 90% Job Relevance. 93% Satisfaction. 129% Knowledge Gain.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Do you struggle with owning your vision for your business with the guilt of now knowing how to make that vision happen? And I said no, this is a different market. But of everything that he shares, the one thing that has stuck with me was the importance of trusting yourself and believing in your ability to learn and grow.

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MishTalk

APRIL 7, 2014

In lengthy negotiations last month the EU reached a deal on how to handle failed banks. The European parliament was set to ratify the deal in a matter of days. Today, the UK decided it doesn''t like the deal. France, Italy, Sweden, and Portugal also decided they don''t like the deal. Nor does the European Parliament.

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Consulting Success

MARCH 5, 2018

Elizabeth has joined me today to explain how you can create a thriving, successful consulting business in the nonprofit market. She shares four essential ideas on how you, too, can create a thriving, successful consulting business, either in the nonprofit or for-profit market, in this episode of The Consulting Success Podcast.

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LSA Global

APRIL 10, 2020

Reps Struggle with Social Selling. The Top 10 Reasons your Sales Reps Struggle with Social Selling. To stand apart from the pack and to best serve your target market, it is important to identify target buyer types by persona, vertical, and by sales role. Why Social Selling Matters. Why Social Selling Matters.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

For the buyer, they may delude themselves into thinking that the best price will result in the best deal. Our microlearning sales experts describe a landmark study by Kathleen Vohs, a marketing professor at the University of Minnesota, and her research on the psychology of money. Most often, that is not the case.

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Kraft Kennedy

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

When you’re hungry or need a place to live, you don’t start by growing all your own food or building your own house from the ground up; you deal with the pressing item first. Sophisticated technologies like Managed Desktop make that possible, empowering the kind of consultative IT department that’s required to succeed in today’s market.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 21, 2022

Dealing with uncertainty. In addition, to stay competitive on the market, business owners will struggle to deliver their products faster and produce more (e.g. A lack of skilled resources is a common problem for most industries these days, especially those that deal with technology and manufacturing.

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Harmonious Workplaces

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Among the decisions I needed to make which could have profound effects on my career and my family, I found myself torn between what I had prepared to do since I reentered graduate school — management consulting in organizational development and change management — and what I had done as a consultant and executive, MarCom (marketing communications).

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2018

Businesses understand the power of digital innovations to reshape industries and markets. Yet, time and again, they have struggled to innovate with new and disruptive technologies. In our research , we first examined the drivers of firms’ investments in digital innovation and their subsequent market valuations.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

Despite their expertise, many consultants struggle to close deals. Bronwyn Kienapple is a Content Marketer at Venngage. Writing a consulting proposal that closes a sale can be challenging, and as a result it may be difficult to figure out why your proposals are getting rejected. Put it at the beginning of your proposal.

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