Successful Independent Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Talk with other consultants, do a web search on typical management consulting rates in your city or state, and/or try converting your employee salary to an hourly rate. Figure out your market rate. This is your market rate. I said I could do an assessment, strategy, and plan in three to four weeks and my rate was $225 an hour.

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Business Consulting Agency

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Often, the e-commerce website is part of the issue, optimization of it, marketing and advertising efforts, or sales. Selling online is often a combination of the website, marketing, advertising, and sales efforts. Yet, it does take key items to be done right and managed properly. Improve online sales through expert help.

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Sales Advertising Comparison Retail 52

MishTalk

JANUARY 11, 2014

Walmart, McDonalds Comparison To be fair, there is a major difference between McDonalds'' employees and Spaniards seeking jobs. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. The McDonalds'' employees demanding higher wages have jobs.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Consider the following scenario: A manager wants to purchase some computer software for her business. The manager peruses that company’s website and requests more information by entering data about her needs through a webform. The mounting number of inconsistencies and redundancies confuse and frustrate the manager.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 11, 2020

Companies sell products to a broad variety of industries and customer segments, and it’s often hard to know where to focus the sales, marketing and product development efforts. Within your target market, there will be customers that are “ideal” you. Product-market fit. Addressable market. Salesforce (i.e.

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Sales Comparison Productivity Data 78

Women in Consulting

MAY 4, 2015

Spiceworks (www.spiceworks.com), a social network that connects marketers with IT buyers, recently held an “Unplugged” panel discussion in Mountain View, CA in which three IT professionals shared what they want from marketers. Translated: They do not want to be bothered by marketing or salespeople until they are ready to engage.

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Marketing Video Comparison Media 48

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Similarly, in traditional management consulting roles, employees often utilize the latest tools to solve their clients’ problems, often without considering the impacts beyond the client themselves. Projects have ranged from database management and data survey to impact assessment and market research.

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The Fearless Marketer

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

It is more likely true if the management gives full buy-in to the program. • So, I believe that the baseline for marketing all professional services and programs is to be honest and to communicate the context of your claims. But when it comes to marketing professional services, this is a very dangerous path that can lead to ruin.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 27, 2014

A prospective management consultant without basic business understanding is like a camera tripod with 2 legs — it just won’t work out for you. – and perhaps more importantly, you will have firsthand experience in business strategy. . Size its market. For more on this book, see our Lords of Strategy Book Review.

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Development Consulting Boston Consulting Group McKinsey 205

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 12, 2019

Here's my comparison of consulting in a Big 4 Accounting firm and at BCG (note from Victor while this readers experience is specific to BCG it can. Big 4, it's all about working with middle managers and possibly doing. Your work is controlled often, and your manager will also make a significant contribution to it. At BCG on the.

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1 to 1

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Outsourcing and managed services are appealing options for many companies at a time when workforces are stretched thin. Although managed services and outsourcing both involve hiring a partner organization, they encompass different levels of work. What are managed services? But don’t be fooled—these terms aren’t interchangeable.

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Management Operations Comparison Case Study 26

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 14, 2014

Assuming this leads to successful refinancing, what should the strategy be to turnaround and save this iconic company? By comparison, rivals Amazon and Wal-Mart have continuously adapted and maintain a significant competitive advantage in pricing these products due to scale. What strategy can be implemented to save the company?

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Turnaround Case Interview Comparison Interviews 111

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Most corporate strategists focus on finding ways to win in the market — that is, they look for sources of competitive advantage based on the customers they serve, the products they sell, the suppliers they use, and so on. But they tend to overlook their nonmarket strategy. This is a mistake; trade measures can be game-changers.

Marketing 28

Marketing Intellectual Property Pharmaceuticals Government 28

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

BLS Unemployment Rate Not Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate Comparison BLS: 7.0% Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.'

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MishTalk

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Please consider The Dollar on the Interbank Market was Fixed at Around 33.5/USD. Hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank foreign exchange market trading results on Tuesday, February 24, fell to 33.5 At the beginning of 2015 the hryvnia on the interbank market was about 19,00 UAH / USD. The top value today reached 33.80

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 5, 2019

Structured thinking and structured communication are at the crux of what management consultants are doing day in and day out. Say for example you’re working on a case where a client is considering entering a European market for dental floss and over the course of the case you find that the potential market there is very large.

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Case Interview Interviews Metrics Analysis 60

CaseInterview.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In comparison, let's say you lift a weight 6 times comfortably, but the 7th and 8th repetitions are very uncomfortable. At McKinsey, just as I got comfortable with a particular kind of skill, my engagement manager would give me new harder work that I had never done before. Once I got the basics of analysis, they had me manage clients.

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McKinsey Comparison Sales Exercises 68

MishTalk

DECEMBER 28, 2014

For comparison purposes, the yield on 10-Year US notes is 2.25%. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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Comparison Government Policies Report 68

MishTalk

MAY 18, 2014

This post shows the first set, a comparison of April 2008 to April 2014. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

Often, when I’m asked to give a speech on strategy at some company event or conference, I find that one of the other speakers is a former professional sports player. The message for managers is clear: this is the way to outcompete your business rivals; these are the traits that will bring you and your company commercial victory.

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Sports Management Resources Culture 28

MishTalk

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

An alarming credit boom in China could trigger a global financial crisis that would make the one in 2008 look mild by comparison, says old gloomy eyes, Marc Faber. “If link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. It Can''t Be Done.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 18, 2015

Headquarters: Chicago, IL Employees: 3,200 Locations: 58 offices, 40 countries Chief Executive: Johan Aurik, Managing Partner and Chairman of the Board Revenue: $1B Consulting Engagement Cost: $400K. 1935 – Tom Kearney becomes managing partner. Named fifth-largest broad-based multidisciplined management consultancy in the U.S.;

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MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

However, I will suggest that many such comparisons that I have seen are invalid. Thus, all such comparisons are totally invalid. Easy Comparisons. I worked in a grocery store as the night-manager for several years in high school and college. Gasoline is also an easy comparison. Keep up the good work, Mel.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 1, 2013

Oliver Wyman’s strategy consulting practice has made waves specifically in the financial services sector , and beyond as well. Now a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan, Oliver Wyman is known to give MMC its strong reputation as experts over other insurance providers because of the firm’s focus on strategy.

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Oliver Wyman Interviews Mercer NERA Economic Consulting 201

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Case Shiller 20-City Index Year-over-year comparisons have held stable at 5% in spite of month-over-month declining prices because of easy comparisons. Year-over-year comparisons will be increasingly difficult in the upcoming months.

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MishTalk

JUNE 18, 2014

per cent annual interest rate, his product, marketed as “Eternal Trust Number 37”, is not catching on with investors. The near-default of other Chinese financial products recently has set off alarms – inside China and in global markets – that the country is in the midst of a dangerous credit bubble. Despite paying a tempting 9.7

Real Estate 66

Real Estate Banking Enterprise Finance 66

MishTalk

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

That''s what one hedge fund manager believes. I don''t think so, and neither does Tortus Capital hedge fund manager David Salanic. Portuguese bondholders are at the mercy of that market. Other than target 2 imbalances (debt owed to other countries), Spain appeared at least as bad in most of the comparison charts.

Finance 78

Finance Comparison Analysis Banking 78

Martinka Consulting

JULY 24, 2019

After a recent meeting with the managing member of an absentee ownership group I realized there are (potential) pitfalls, both ongoing and when it’s time to sell. I’ve said for years small to lower middle-market companies need the adult supervision only an owner can provide. It is a state of comparison.” Author) Zadie Smith.

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MishTalk

JANUARY 8, 2016

For comparison purposes, margin on euros is $26. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit [link] to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Labor Force Comparison As a percentage of labor force, new home sales peaked in 2005 at 0.856% and are currently at 0.315%. Population Comparison As a percentage of population, new home sales peaked in 2005 at 0.564% and are currently at 0.197%. On a labor force adjusted basis, new homes are about 37% of what they were in 2005.

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Sales Comparison Management Strategy 28

Management Consulted

MAY 10, 2015

Hay and Associates, Management Consultants.” The firm was started on the premise that maximizing companies’ people management skills would vastly improve their output, both in terms of quality and quantity. Dale Purves died in 1966, and Milton Rock became the new Managing Director. Hay Group Engagement Cost: $250K.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 3, 2017

Retailers such as ALDI and Walmart have used price to position themselves against traditional competitors in their markets, pinching margins all around. Financial asset managers have been out-price-cutting one another in exchange-traded funds in a bid to gain market share. Improving perception.

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Retail Survey Bain Comparison 48

MishTalk

AUGUST 26, 2015

percent which reflects an aircraft comparison with the Farnborough airshow in July last year. Monthly vs. Yearly The skew in aircraft orders made the year-over-year comparisons this month (yellow highlight) especially tough. Next month, the year-over-year comparison (pink highlight) will be especially easy.

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MishTalk

JUNE 7, 2014

Also, I have co-signed a couple of student loans in Estonia, and feel pretty good about the loans as well as the people, especially in comparison to what''s going on in the US. Mike "Mish" Shedlock [link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management.

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MishTalk

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Those in sales and marketing you should focus on the 55+ age group. As usual, all data not adjusted for seasonality, just direct comparisons of actual data year on year. link] Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Graph Six Comments. Mike "Mish" Shedlock.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 16, 2015

It can help to assess the business situation in the context of entering a new market, M&A, product development, and starting a new business. How big is the market? How fast is the market growing? What is the concentration of customers in the market relative to the concentration of firms? Competitive Strategy.

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Harvard Business

MAY 6, 2016

Four hundred seventy-one companies in the S&P 500 bought back stock last year, and 372 companies expanded their dividends — actions undertaken in spite of the need to invest heavily to keep up with global market changes. For example, one large technology company embraced a strategy to win through new digital businesses.

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