Kai Davis

JANUARY 3, 2023

Answers to reader questions about the Retirement Sale and the Re t irement Bundle. 9/15 of my paid products/books/courses are retiring. I’ll be here sharing marketing, growth, and entrepreneurship tips, advice, and stories until they pry my Ono-Sendai keyboard out of my hands. Let’s tackle these in order: First: “Retiring?”.

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MishTalk

JUNE 15, 2015

Following the rebound in consumer spending (heavily weighted to subprime auto sales), economists expected a rebound in Industrial Production. All the main numbers in today's industrial production report are below low-end forecasts with the headline at minus 0.2 The production of consumer goods decreased 0.3 percent and 4.0

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Industry Sales Productivity Energy 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 28, 2018

But sales hardly budged. Sales finally jumped, with same-store revenue up 6% in 2017, and the stock rose by 40%. Since speed had always been a competitive differentiator, this effect was especially important, and probably canceled any sales gain from the greater choice. Finally, in 2016, it took a new tack.

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Harvard Business

JULY 8, 2016

Applying this, however, is much easier said than done — especially among companies operating in emerging markets. Emerging-market data can be challenging to work with due to significant data gaps, biased data, and outdated or incorrect numbers. Of course, these issues can cause a headache for any company, in any market.

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Tsavo Neal

APRIL 27, 2017

But, how you present yourself is critical for marketing and selling your services. This is more than how you dress — it’s your office, your marketing material, your brand — and yes, your website. This article lists relevant website and digital marketing statistics for consultants. Design isn’t magic.

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MishTalk

MAY 6, 2015

Today's BLS release on Productivity and Cos ts shows a back-to-back decline in productivity accompanied with rising wages. Productivity is up year-over year, but barely, at 0.6%. Nonfarm business sector labor productivity decreased at a 1.9 percent annual rate during the first quarter of 2015, the U.S.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2016

Not only was December industrial production an awful -0.4%, November was revised lower from -0.6% The Econoday Consensus Estimates for industrial production and manufacturing were -0.2% December was not a good month for the industrial economy as industrial production fell a sharper-than-expected 0.4 respectively.

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Rick Conlow

JANUARY 2, 2023

By not dancing, CEOs cost their companies billions of dollars of lost employee innovation, productivity, and customer service. Among CEO top priorities are sales growth and profit. Customer loyalty generates sales growth and profit. GM market share fell from 62.6% to 17.9%, from 1980 to 2015. We know everything.

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Emotional Intelligence Study Leadership Finance 88

Tsavo Neal

AUGUST 21, 2020

The best theme on the market for consultants is X Theme by Themeco. X Theme is the perfect theme for creating effective digital marketing materials for consultants. Here’s the resume format I used to earn my first job in tech as a product manager in 20 days — as a History major, nonetheless! EXPERIENCE.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Today’s emphasis is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the USA) – a premier boutique firm focused on sales force and marketing optimization. Founded in 1983 by Kellogg School of Management marketing professors Andris A. sales force teams. Where did ZS Associates begin, and what are they known for?

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Women in Consulting

JULY 25, 2013

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Nonprofit Software System Education 72

Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

That’s because the “loyalty era” of marketing, as we’ve known it, is waning. market alone, companies are losing $1 trillion in annual revenues to their competitors because they are not consistently relevant enough. Pride: Customers feel proud and inspired to use the company’s products and services.

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Marketing Apparel Retail Company 51

Tom Spencer

JULY 14, 2018

Over the last decade, the money generated by prescription drug companies from sales in the U.S. consumers purchased more than $250 billion worth of prescription drugs in 2015 alone. From 2010 to 2015, prescription medicine revenue in the U.S. Increase competition in the market for high-priced drugs. has doubled.

Pharmaceuticals 79

Pharmaceuticals Government Healthcare Sales 79

BCG

APRIL 20, 2016

The US consumer packaged goods industry registered its strongest growth in four years in 2015, and much of the fuel was provided by small and midsize producers of healthy, protein-rich foods and beverages. Strong sales in convenience stores—last year’s fastest-growing retail channel—helped power these sales.

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Industry Retail Sales Research 40

MishTalk

MARCH 10, 2015

The US Commerce Department Monthly Wholesales Report for January 2015 shows sales are down while inventories continue to rise. Wholesale Trade Sales Sales down 3.1% from the revised December level Sales for December revised lower by 0.5% Sales down 1.0% from December Sales of nondurable goods were down 4.6%

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Sales Trends Transportation Report 28

Tom Spencer

APRIL 1, 2022

Aerospace is one of the fastest growing markets. While both the size of the market and its growth rate are both large, so is its carbon footprint. The Aviation Market. Ever since the Wright Brother’s famous first flight in 1903, the aviation market has gone nowhere but up. per year over the same period.

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Trends Engineering Travel Airlines 88

MishTalk

JANUARY 14, 2015

Today, despite an easily predictable decline in retail sales, economists did not see the decline coming. Instead, Huge Miss in Retail Sales Seen as a Blip. For January 2015, this seasonal factor will boost sales by the largest factor since 2006," said Dwyer. Heck, it might even be over (it''s happened before).

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Retail Sales Metrics Data 28

MishTalk

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Large US corporations posted their first decline in both earnings and sales since the great recession. From railroads to manufacturers to energy producers, businesses say they are facing a protracted slowdown in production, sales and employment that will spill into next year. US Back in Recession? Are we back in recession?

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Sales Transportation Journal Retail 28

Women in Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2014

As of last year, 93% of senior marketing professionals use video for online marketing, sales or communications. Most (84%) used this content on their own website; and more than 60% also using it as a part of their social media and email marketing campaigns. My company is focused on conducting user experience research.

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Video Education Marketing Training 83

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Persuading consumers to pay more for a product by introducing some kind of “premium” element into it has always been a challenging task—but it was one that big, established brands had managed with a reasonable amount of success until recent years. Smaller brands have been picking up the slack.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 8, 2016

Within an investment bank, the work is split into many roles including investment banking, sales and trading, equity research, risk management, operations, and technology. People in the “sales and trading” division buy and sell financial products. Sales people communicate with investors to sell financial products.

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Banking Consulting Comparison Finance 60

Harvard Business

JUNE 16, 2016

And our own survey of 795 large companies (average revenue of $22 billion) in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America found average per-company spending on IoT initiatives — $86 million in 2015 — was projected to grow to $103 million by 2018. The call center logs customer complaints. Or as Intel Corp.’s

Productivity 28

Productivity Wireless Data Survey 28

MishTalk

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Household Gasoline Expenditures in 2015 On Track to be the Lowest in 11 Years. household is expected to spend about $550 less on gasoline in 2015 compared with 2014, as annual motor fuel expenditures are on track to fall to their lowest level in 11 years. Gasoline prices are forecast to go even lower in 2015. The average U.S.

Energy 66

Energy Travel Survey Report 66

MishTalk

JANUARY 15, 2016

Their forecast came out late this afternoon, but it did beat the market close. Latest forecast — January 15, 2016 The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the fourth quarter of 2015 is 0.6 percent after this morning's retail sales report from the U.S. The market laughed in their face.

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Data Retail Sales Report 28

MishTalk

JANUARY 17, 2016

Every major stock index in the Middle East, with the exception of Tehran’s, plunged on Sunday as the prospect of Iran adding to an oil supply glut pummeled markets already reeling from falling crude prices and a global sell-off in equities. But a senior oil official told the Financial Times that there had been no rise in sales yet.

Marketing 28

Marketing Energy Financial Government 28

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

In Retail Sales Rise Thanks to Autos; Industrial Production Sinks Thanks to Autos; Last Hurrah for Autos? The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the third quarter of 2015 is 1.5 percent after this morning's retail sales release from the U.S. percent to 3.2 Census Bureau.

Retail 28

Retail Sales Industry Productivity 28

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

Compensation and benefits are on par to the market, but not adjusted for NYC living (so for take-home pay you might be better off in Atlanta or Dallas as a young McKinseyite, unless the magnetic draw to the Big Apple is just too much). Bain, one of the world’s most prestigious consulting firms, was founded in 1973.

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Consulting Deloitte Bain McKinsey 157

Management Consulted

OCTOBER 16, 2016

BTS Group specializes in digital technology, leadership development, sales training, and assessments. However, the firm operates in five main practice areas: Assessments, Business Acumen, Leadership Development, Sales Training, and Strategy Execution. Marketing & Sales. Household Products. 2015 Annual Report.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Explaining the Plunge in Oil Slowing global economy, especially China and Europe US production expansion OPEC pumping above quotas – they all cheat Iran embargo failing Increased fuel economy Attitudes of millennials towards cars and driving I give heaviest weight to number one, but they all cascade. No conspiracy theories needed.

Energy 77

Energy Banking Report Productivity 77

freshminds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In 2015, 65% of the global population is using mobile phones, and last year 1.25 Because of this, retailers have to respond accordingly as sales via handheld devices increase. Between 2012 and 2014 sales via smartphones catapulted from 5% to to 34%. billion smartphones were sold across the world. Checking customer reviews.

Retail 40

Retail Comparison Sales Media 40

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Most businesses wouldn’t survive without driving demand for their products or services, either through marketing and advertising or through involving users so deeply in the design of the product that word of mouth spurs adoption. adults were at risk of developing type 2 diabetes in 2015.

Nonprofit 33

Nonprofit Wireless Training Training 33

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

In the wake of existing home sales reports on Monday, and new home sales yesterday, GDP and residential investment forecasts came tumbling down. The GDPNow model forecast for real GDP growth (seasonally adjusted annual rate) in the first quarter of 2015 was 1.7 Check out the latest " GDP Nowcast " from the Atlanta Fed.

Construction 28

Construction Sales Report Productivity 28

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Same-store sales have been little changed or declining for some time now. It says that the free market wage for Wal-Mart employees is $10.00 Simply put, the free market worked, not pressure from protesters, not whining from Obama. Their model is less labor intensive, which is to say, it has higher labor productivity.

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Course Marketing Government Retail 28

Harvard Business

JANUARY 12, 2017

launched a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) subscription version of its key product line, Creative Suite, causing its net income to plummet by almost 35% percent the following year. Due to the fast growth of the SaaS market and the high valuations of SaaS startups, a move toward SaaS seems very compelling for traditional software vendors.

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MishTalk

MAY 15, 2015

The weakness, ominously, is the result of falling assessments of the jobs market, both the current jobs market and expectations for the future jobs market. Overall, at this time the data are still consistent with a 3% growth rate in real personal consumption expenditures during 2015. but instead the index plunged 7.6%.

Retail 28

Retail Sales Survey Report 28

Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

However, due to its rich history in the region, the firm knows the market deeper, better, and has the best government and private sector relationships. A little later, Booz was acquired by PwC and rebranded as Strategy& Now that our little history lesson is complete, let’s continue. in revenue (wow!). McKinsey & Company.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Real Estate 160

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department. bribes and kickbacks).

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