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Put Marketing at the Core of Your Growth Strategy

Harvard Business

Companies that make the decision to put marketing at the core of their growth strategy outperform the competition, according to McKinsey research. Specifically, both B2C and B2B companies who view branding and advertising as a top two growth strategy are twice as likely to see revenue growth of 5% or more than those that don’t (67% to 33%).

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Consultant Marketing Listen or Lead?

Jerry Fletcher

Suddenly marketing gals and guys are debating whether to listen or lead and how the pandemic reaction will affect that going forward. Consultant Marketing is different…or is it? We know from 17 years of research that Consultant Marketing is not like traditional product marketing. Can we layer other sales on top of it?

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Bud Light’s Declining Sales are About More Than a Boycott!

Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

Lots of comments on this The Wall Street Journal story about the decline in sales of Bud Light , tying the sales decline to a “boycott” I’m skeptical of that line of reasoning. In other words, AB InBev is often chasing the market instead of establishing some consistency to what their #marketing team is doing.

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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

Kyle is a former CIO turned consultant, and one of the big things that held him back from launching his business and marketing was not having a straightforward way to express what he does. Leading with a sales pitch. Check out our marketing agency services, mentoring programs and courses at [link]. are: Leading with a title.

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7 Creative Ways to Boost E-commerce Sales

Tom Spencer

Here are 7 e-commerce marketing techniques to boost your online sales. Email is by no means a new marketing technique, but it is often misused or underutilized. Although 82% of B2C and B2B companies use email marketing strategies, only 28% of consumers actually wish to receive promotional emails more often.

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Recruiters You Should Meet to Staff for Success

Harmonious Workplaces

Brenda helped to place me in a digital marketing position. ExecuSearch Staffing Solutions offers executive search and placement services specializing in Logistics, Distribution, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering, Sales, Marketing and Retail positions with some of today’s leading companies. With more than 33 yrs.

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Replacing the Sales Funnel with the Sales Flywheel

Harvard Business

I’ve been using the sales funnel for 28 years, my whole career. For one thing, in an era when trust in traditional sources has eroded — in government, media, and in companies and the marketing they employ — word-of-mouth from trusted peers wields greater clout than ever. .” It was the right thing to do.

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