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Profit Leakage Calculator: Diagnose How Much Profit a Business is Losing

ConsultX

In 2016, ConsultX launched a Business Consulting Software, with a specific portion of the application dedicated to calculating Profit Leakage. Explaining ROI As a Business Consultant, it can be really difficult to explain what kind of return on investment a client will get. David Thexton, Founder of ConsultX.

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The End-of-Quarter Sales Rush Costs Companies Money

Harvard Business

Ask any organization what’s happening in the sales department on the last few days of the month and the entire last week of any fiscal quarter. Sales teams are closing deals, at all costs. million sales transactions from the anonymized data of 151 U.S. companies over nine consecutive quarters (Q1 2014 through Q1 2016).

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What Creativity in Marketing Looks Like Today

Harvard Business

Brocade, a data and network solutions provider, created a “customer first” program by identifying their top 200 customers, who account for 80% of their sales. Like many retailers, Macy’s has traditionally spent 85% of its marketing budget on driving sales. These members are 2.6 The results?

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Inside the Minds of Your Prospects: 37 Critical Digital Marketing Statistics for Consultants

Tsavo Neal

So, I beg you, don’t design your own sales materials. Many sales are won and lost by simply by how you graphically represent yourself.” Source: State of Content: Rules for Engagement for 2016. Email marketing has an average ROI of 3800%. Tweet this Again – email marketing can help you drive sales.

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How Blockchain Can Help Marketers Build Better Relationships with Their Customers

Harvard Business

Vendors using eBay and Shopify pay listing and sales fees, and consumers pay transaction fees on payment portals like PayPal. In 2016, HubSpot published a research study showing that a majority of Internet users dislike most forms of pop-ups and mobile ads and see online advertisement as intrusive and negatively disruptive.