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How to Create a "What I Do" Statement That Impresses Potential Clients [On-Air Coaching with J. Kyle Howard]

Consulting Matters

Have you switched up your career from leadership to consulting and coaching? During our chat, I tell J that he needs to identify whether he is a B2B or B2C consultant or coach - this will determine how he positions himself and answers the dreaded "What do you do?" Do you wish you had a ready response to the "What do you?"

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Five Ways to Position Your Business to Weather Recession

Makarios Consulting

If you are in the B2C space, you may not have personal relationships with your customers. Ideas may include marketing initiatives, personal networking, social media, thought leadership, new offerings, and more. If that is the case, carefully study the data you have with regard to the buying trends of your target customer set.

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Five Ways to Position Your Business to Weather Recession

Makarios Consulting

If you are in the B2C space, you may not have personal relationships with your customers. Ideas may include marketing initiatives, personal networking, social media, thought leadership, new offerings, and more. If that is the case, carefully study the data you have with regard to the buying trends of your target customer set.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business

Eriksson, Banfield and Walkingshaw ’s book Product Leadership has a section that has a lot more detail on this topic). Mature Company: The PM may have a more narrow scope, have co-workers who handle pricing, go-to-market strategies, etc. They also have more influence and authority over company resources.

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What to Do When You’re Returning to a Company You Used to Work For

Harvard Business

“One of the most attractive aspects of returning was that the company had grown considerably while retaining most of the same senior leadership team I was familiar with,” she says. She came back as a director of media strategy and content. Upon returning, Amy first needed to adjust her understanding of Bateman.

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Friday Fusion: May 29, 2020

Tsavo Neal

And when it does, you had better have a strategy for attracting new business — without relying on your network or referrals. Experts are experts because of their thought-leadership (articles, whitepapers, speaking, courses, intellectual property, etc). Your “referral well” will last 2–3 years — then it runs dry.

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