The Fearless Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2020

The purpose of B2B marketing is to get meetings with prospective clients. And you do that by meeting more people and getting to know them. When I got my first clients in San Francisco, where I started my business, I sent out letters to members of the SF Chamber of Commerce and then followed up by phone for meetings.

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Epicflow

MAY 4, 2023

Read the article to find out how to cope with the uncertainty in R&D projects and increase the chances of achieving desired outcomes. Research and development projects involve the process of discovering new ideas, technologies, and solutions to create new products (or services) or improve existing ones.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

Related Article: "7 Reasons Why Your Client Aren't Getting it When you Write and Talk About What You Do". This article is for you. What will turn website visitors into discovery meetings and discovery meetings into signed contracts is speaking their language (not yours.). Use your client's EXACT words in your copy.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In this article, we will look at how to conduct what is called ‘ customer development ’ – the process through which a business comes to understand the needs, pain points, and behavior of potential customers through direct conversation and feedback.

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David A Fields

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Meet Sheila. Should you hire her to improve (or take over) your consulting firm’s business development efforts? Sheila doesn’t have a terrific network in the industry you’re targeting and she’s never worked with a consulting firm; however, she’s proven she can open doors and get meetings. She’s a sales wizard.

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Emerson Consulting Group

MARCH 23, 2016

Publishing business articles is a potentially rewarding business development technique. If it is naïve then to assume that lots and lots of readers of your published articles will quickly and directly become new clients, one might therefore question whether writing and publishing articles offers you any business benefit at all.

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Comatch

APRIL 3, 2023

So, let’s dive in and discover how you can get noticed and achieve your professional development goals. According to research from Gartner , B2B buyers only spend 17% of their time meeting with sales representatives when considering a purchase. However, developing relationships goes beyond simply making new contacts.

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LSA Global

JANUARY 20, 2023

A Sales Meeting with an Executive is Always High Stakes Solution sellers who get a sales meeting with a target company’s executive consistently close more complex deals than those who sell at lower levels. But the expectations and needs of C-suite buyers are higher and different from other stakeholders.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 9, 2020

While there are many proven tips to develop top talent, it seems that talent management often becomes too complicated. Simply put, the purpose of talent management is to attract, develop, engage, and retain the top talent that leads to individual, team, and organizational success. 5 Insider Tips to Develop Top Talent.

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David A Fields

JULY 14, 2020

Your consulting firm has adjusted to the lack of in-person meetings, conferences, meals, and walk-the-halls opportunities. Since you can’t attract or court Belinda Buyalot in person, you’ve moved your consulting firm’s visibility-building, marketing, and business development efforts online. So has everyone else.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2023

The International Sustainability Standards Board and the European Commission are implementing new mandatory non-financial reporting requirements, with the former releasing its inaugural standards for global capital markets and the latter developing standards as part of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 15, 2024

In this article, we will delve into five attributes that are required to become an outstanding software designer. Successful designers understand the importance of working within cross-functional teams of developers, product managers, and other stakeholders. Zuhair Imaduddin is an Innovation Development Analyst at JPMorgan Chase.

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Successful Independent Consulting

JUNE 17, 2021

This article and the corresponding quick reference guide summarize the pros and cons and offer practical tips for expanding your reach. You’ll likely be introduced to clients you may otherwise never meet. For example, “ leadership development consulting Los Angeles county ”. Of course, they charge for this. See prior point.)

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2022

Regardless of what company or industry you work in, you will most likely have one-on-one meetings with your manager. Because of the importance of one-on-one meetings with your manager, it is helpful to be intentional about planning these meetings. This article will help you get the most out meetings with your manager!

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

In the previous article , I introduced the concepts of boss and lead management, and it seems clear-cut that the latter is superior and preferable. In this article, I explore why managers might struggle to implement lead management and fall back into the bad habits of boss management. Why did you submit the task late?”,

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 29, 2018

Positioning Yourself As The Expert — How To Develop A Consulting Voice That Clients Will Listen To with Ron Carucci. I switched careers into learning and development and organization development. What kind of impact those articles had on your business? I’m very excited to have Ron Carucci joining us. Ron, welcome.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Digital tools and meetings may be the only way some team members can keep in touch. On a hybrid project, communication and coordination become both more critical and more challenging.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

User Experience (UX) has emerged as a critical component of software application development, playing a vital role in shaping the success and profitability of technology based ventures. In the 1990s, usability became a key consideration, leading to the development of usability engineering and user-centered design approaches.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 11, 2024

I attended a meeting led by the VP of construction for a company for which I was the VP of marketing. I joined the meeting virtually from another part of the building via Microsoft Teams. After the meeting, he called me back into the conference room. The president of the company sat beside the VP in the same room.

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 5, 2022

They help to organize the development process so that products meet customer needs and business goals. In this article, I will examine the nature of products and the product life cycle , and break down a bit of what product managers do and how to break into this line of work. How to Break into Product Management.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 5, 2023

Regardless of your industry, you will likely experience vast differences between cultural expectations among employees, challenges in attracting and retaining culturally diverse talent, and the growing need to develop intercultural professionals and leaders. Cross-cultural leaders are not born; they are developed.

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CaseInterview.com

MAY 22, 2019

But, at some point they figure this out, either because they had a bad interview (and got feedback that the problem area was the fit questions) or someone reads one of my articles and suddenly realizes it's an important area. One thing that helped me a lot during the final interviews was developing a repeatable system of revision.

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Successful Independent Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

See my related article, “ Quote Your Rate with Confidence.”) The short answer: business development. The long answer: diligent business development that built a relationship over time. I’m going to be in So Cal on January 29 and 30 and I’d love to come by and meet you in person for coffee, lunch or whatever fits your schedule.

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Emerson Consulting Group

NOVEMBER 29, 2013

Many people are under the assumption that, in order to write an article for publication, you need to be a professional writer. That said, why aren’t more business professionals seeking the benefits of publishing articles and actually doing it? Contrary to popular belief, the road to regularly publishing articles is uncomplicated.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 17, 2024

In the dynamic fields of organizational development (OD) and change management (OCM), a consultant’s ability to ask the right questions plays as crucial a role as having the right answers. Great consultants tend to leverage listening and empathy as pathways to understanding, diagnosis, and solution development.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2021

(Note: a modified version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. You can read that version, with more links to related articles, here.) ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Leaders in organizations are always seeking to improve employee productivity (including their own).

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The Management Centre

APRIL 9, 2024

In this article, Petia Tzanova, =mc Learning and Development Consultant draws on her extensive career to outline key considerations when taking your first step into management. Management might therefore mean doing less of that while concentrating on developing the skills and responsibilities needed to lead others.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 22, 2022

But you should be excited about the opportunity to gain new knowledge, acquire great skills, and meet incredible people. The following article will help to maximize your internship before the program starts. Searching Google for relevant business articles about your business and industry. Before the Internship.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

Related Article: "How to Find the Exact Words That Attract Your Ideal Clients". So unless you're cool with your words coming across as Charlie Brown's teacher (wa wa wa wa wah.) - you need to figure out how to meet your client's at their point of departure and speak their language.not yours! You are not alone. Pretty cool, huh?

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

emails, reading articles, researching information) and acts as a reminder of what I did during the day when I do an end of day review. Attending meetings. Attending meetings. The other most common activity is attending meetings, which generally fall into a few categories: planning, updates, discussion, or making decisions.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

This article reflects on 4 activities that were common time sinks in college. However, as a busy consultant, sometimes we do not have the luxury (or sufficient time budgeted from the client) to conduct a lengthy review of articles. This skill will save you lots of your (and your client’s) time and money.

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Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

I’m writing this article around my 48th birthday. I allowed my typical goatee to return, and, on the first meeting with the team, this individual grimaced and said they didn’t remember me having a beard and that it made me look very old. Studies show that employment rates sharply drop after the age of 45 (OECD/Generation, 2023).

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 4, 2016

These days, most professionals work with clients or colleagues across the globe — which means you’re at a serious disadvantage if you limit your networking efforts to local industry meet-ups or inviting people out to coffee. We all know having a well developed LinkedIn profile is important. You and Your Team Series.

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Rick Conlow

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Since you are reading this article, we assume you are a good coach, and you are interested in elevating your approach. Without regular feedback, employees may not know where they stand or what they need to improve, hindering their development. They do not consider the development or success of people as part of their job.

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Backed by award-winning services and support teams, Blackbaud’s comprehensive set of Internet solutions, featuring Blackbaud NetCommunity and Blackbaud Sphere eMarketing along with our industry leading peer-to-peer and event fundraising solution, Friends Asking Friends , is designed to meet the evolving needs of nonprofits.

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Harvard Business

MAY 7, 2018

In a work culture with too many meetings, we often look for tactics to get out of meetings. But sometimes you need to get into a meeting, perhaps because the decisions made there will have implications for you or your team, or maybe because you feel you’ve been left out of important discussions. MINCHU/Getty Images.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 10, 2023

When I saw the McKinsey report on “developer productivity,” I shuddered. Second, there's no way to measure such a thing as developer productivity, despite what McKinsey says. Articles on other people's sites. First, that makes no sense in a collaborative team. Books, but that's a much longer effort.

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