Thu.Oct 26, 2023

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Proven Pricing Strategies That Boost Your Close Rates And Fees

Consulting Matters

Pricing. It’s the dreaded task of figuring out what to charge that overwhelms even the most seasoned consulting and coaching business owner. What’s also confusing is how to PRESENT those fees in a way that is attractive to a client … without the “ick” of coming across as too salesy. Can you relate? In today’s episode, I go into the psychology of 7 proven pricing strategies and why they work.

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Encourage Your Team to Escalate Issues on Technical Projects

Harvard Business

In the aftermath of a very public system failure or a project going significantly over-budget, a key question that’s often asked is: “Why didn’t anyone bring this to our attention?” The root causes of why people fail to escalate issues (even when they know it’s the right thing to do) fall into both organizational and systemic categories. Among them are the lack of a culture of trust, poor communications, ineffective feedback, and valuing IQ over EQ.

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See It Before It Happens

Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

Wouldn’t it be great if the next time something unexpected happened, your team spent less time reacting and more time taking action? It may sound impossible, but it’s not. I’ve had several conversations with clients recently about how to develop quicker and more effective responses to the unexpected. We’ve all come to accept that changes […] The post See It Before It Happens appeared first on Weber Business Services, LLC.

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How AI Can Help Leaders Make Better Decisions Under Pressure

Harvard Business

More and more businesses are turning to AI-powered technologies to help close the data-insight gap and improve their decision-making capabilities in time-critical, high-pressure situations. These technologies encompass a wide range of tools, including virtual assistants, virtual and augmented reality, process discovery, task mining, and an array of data analytics and business intelligence platforms.

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PowerPoint Best Practices for Creating Stellar Presentations

Mastering data visualization in PowerPoint will help accelerate your career because it positions you as someone who can present data that drives business decisions forward. think-cell's PowerPoint Best Practices eBook was created specifically for professionals aiming to master the art and science of data-driven storytelling. What’s inside: Practical Insights: Uncover valuable tips for crafting engaging and persuasive presentations.

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Band Parents?—?The Ideal Ad Hoc Team Model?

Harmonious Workplaces

Band Parents — The Ideal Ad Hoc Team Model? Diverse groups of adults working in sync with each other to help an org = a big YES! Marching band kids amaze me. They pour themselves into working together to make music. They work tenaciously for weeks to learn and execute 10-minute field shows, which they perform at football games and in competitions. Like sports, the work challenges the mind, body, and spirit, and it forms strong social skills and connections imperative to performing well.

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Enhancing Marketing Results: How Marketing Consulting Drives Success

Business Consulting Agency

In the fiercely competitive landscape of the modern business world, achieving optimal marketing results and driving sustained business growth is a paramount goal for businesses seeking to establish a strong market presence, foster consumer engagement, and maximize their return on investment within the dynamic global marketplace. However, when businesses encounter challenges or setbacks with their marketing initiatives and fail to achieve the desired results, it becomes essential to assess the un

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Five Ways to Raise your Game in Consulting - Part 6

The Consultants Peer Group

Sixth in a Series How to Differentiate Yourself and Your Consultancy Training in International Standards of Consulting By David Norman, FCMC, CMC-AF In addition to the four blogs in the series presented before, another way to further differentiate your consulting is to get training in ISO 20700. Wouldn’t it look good to put the ISO initials on your marketing collateral, your CV, or even your email signature?

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Trouble in the grey zone

Seth Godin Blog

In many creative industries, there’s a similar pattern. When the stakes are very low, most creators produce things that are fairly banal and ordinary. Part of that is the law of large numbers, but it’s mostly our personal cultural resistance to leaning too far into weird stuff. And so the vast majority of YouTube videos, Spotify tracks, potluck dinner contributions and craft fair items are copycats.

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What’s new at purple.space?

Seth Godin Blog

There are now 1,000 of us in this online community that’s not a social network. Proudly a millionth the size of some other online experiences. It includes the original Creative’s Workshop , with hundreds of people working through it, side by side. And just added, access to the Marketing Seminar. But mostly it’s the peer support, the daily journaling, a safe place to improve your ideas and lean into the work ahead.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr