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Strong Economy – Strong Buy-Sell Market

Martinka Consulting

Record number of small business sales in 2018! Second question: is there similar activity with larger companies, small, mid-sized, and lower middle market firms? PriceWaterhouseCoopers – Two-thirds of companies with sales of $5,000,000 to $50,000,000 will change hands in the next 10 years (2011). Pretty small.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Among CEO top priorities are sales growth and profit. Customer loyalty generates sales growth and profit. A finance executive said this of the decades-old corporate attitude, “We are GM. GM market share fell from 62.6% The book, The Speed of Trust , by Stephen M.R. Even today, GM has record recalls.

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Nail Your Marketing Message in Your LinkedIn Profile

The Fearless Marketer

Your marketing message communicates to the world what your business is about. And your LinkedIn profile is the perfect place to both develop and spotlight your most focused marketing message. This is the fourth of five articles about the 5 Pillars of Marketing, my marketing model that helps get your marketing on track.

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Integrating Behavioral Economics and Consulting

Steve Shu Consulting

For those unfamiliar with the term “behavioral economics”, I generally describe behavioral economics as a combination of psychology and a traditional science like economics or finance. In the book, “Save More Tomorrow” [link] , Dr. Shlomo Benartzi introduced the notion of a behavioral audit for 401(k) and defined contribution plans.

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Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales

MishTalk

Minyanville Business and Market News. Get Involved The State of the Unions Finances: A Citizens Guide. Recommended Books. China Financial Markets. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales. Abolish The Fed Sign the Petition. Big Picture.

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How to Successfully Meet the Three Biggest Marketing Challenges

The Fearless Marketer

I like to think I’m a pretty good marketer of my professional services. After all, I’ve been at it for 34 years, read hundreds of marketing books, thousands of articles and studied with the very best marketing gurus. But marketing is still challenging for me and the majority of independent professionals.

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Is your small business making enough profit?

Asamby Consulting

Major cost and expense types The major types of cost are Cost of goods sold (COGS, including some of the below) Staff cost (salaries) Cost of financing (interest rates) Offices and buildings Energy Marketing cost Depending on your industry, different types might be dominant. Profit = sales - all cost (incl. Book a Call.