BCG

JUNE 20, 2016

China’s economy continues to make global headlines, with each uptick or downtick in GDP growth, industrial output, retail sales, or other measure pored over like tea leaves for what it portends. Article Monday, June 20, 2016.

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Martinka Consulting

DECEMBER 19, 2020

I got a call from a past client, with whom we worked together on four prior projects, telling me two companies in his industry, including his top competitor, were interested in acquiring his firm. Of course, I said and please send me what you have so far. And the business (industry) has suffered a decline due to Covid.

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Markovitz Consulting

MAY 26, 2020

“The problem is, I don’t have a sales manager I can trust.” It’s always a lack: a lack of money, a lack of time, a lack of a trustworthy sales manager, a lack of a wish-granting genie. The problem is, my sales manager promises delivery dates that are impossible for us to meet. Originally published in Industry Week: [link]

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Tom Spencer

MAY 16, 2021

For many ambitious university students, management consulting can seem like the ideal industry to start a successful and fulfilling career. Difficulties finding the perfect exit opportunity in an attractive industry. The sales cycle can last months or even years and includes the establishment of long-lasting business relationships.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

I’ve been using the sales funnel for 28 years, my whole career. After years of inbound marketing, your company has assets: evergreen content; backlinks to your site; social media followings; and, of course, customers who advocate for your brand. When I started my career, the most profitable application of force was in sales.

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Sales B2C Energy Efficiency 36

Tom Spencer

MAY 13, 2022

Consider a company operating in the retail industry, which has a large assortment of different products in its inventory and a dozen stores. To begin with, we classified products by assigning letters based on their level of sales (A, B, C, D, X), with A being the best and X being the worst. units of the product was sold per day.

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Balance Sheet Retail Sales Productivity 88

1 to 1

DECEMBER 7, 2020

A strong team that is well-practiced and has mastered the fundamentals is key to sales success – but even the best team can fumble out in the field without a solid game plan. Know your sales targets. Ultimately, in the sales industry, we are here to deliver on target,” said Banks. Be flexible with your sales gameplan.

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Sales Banking Journal Agile 26

Tom Spencer

APRIL 21, 2023

This is the seventh of a seven-part series looking at artificial intelligence and its implications for the consulting industry. Consultants are still needed to interpret the results, identifying key trends and patterns, and making recommendations that can help the client to increase sales and customer satisfaction.

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Consulting Data Healthcare Ethics 88

LSA Global

AUGUST 14, 2018

High Performance Sales Needs High Performance Sales Planning. If you want better sales performance, you need better sales planning. The goal for most sales teams is pretty straightforward – grow profitable sales. It takes a clear go to market sales strategy combined with a sales plan to make it happen.

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Successful Independent Consulting

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Image generated by AI using a free version of Canva Of course you’ve heard of ChatGPT but are you using it to work smarter and more efficiently yet? Researching potential clients: Quickly identify and target potential clients by size, industry, geography, etc. If not, you should be! not creative) to 1.5 really creative).

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The Fearless Marketer

APRIL 15, 2019

Here’s the opening of an email to executives in the Insurance Industry interested in increasing sales: We’ve all seen this opera a thousand times: Yes, insurance salespeople have been the victim of vicious stereotypes. Of course, not a single one of them deserves it. Then call on Dilbert, of course.

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Insurance Insurance Industry Course 88

Tom Spencer

APRIL 4, 2021

You get the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment surrounding yourself with smart people and learning about business problems in a variety of industries. Of course, this is not a given, but it is a risk you should consider before starting in this line of work. This ultimately leads to a steep learning curve. Responsibility.

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Markovitz Consulting

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Even better, the president of the company estimates that they’ll save several hundred thousand dollars in shipping charges alone over the course of a year. Selling and merchandising Value stream mapping revealed an additional drag on the company: the sales process. COVID travel restrictions made those customer visits impossible.

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Martinka Consulting

JUNE 1, 2022

In business it’s often the thought that the best product wins when it’s usually about marketing and sales. Industry statistics say 90% of (supposed) business buyers never do a deal. And of course, relationship. Actually, they have all the options when not tied down to a family sale. It’s all about the numbers.

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Sports Sales Industry Course 40

Harvard Business

AUGUST 22, 2017

But today’s sales technologies enable companies to measure almost anything, which leads many managers to try to measure everything. As a consequence, managers don’t have a clear sense of what is really driving sales in their business, while salespeople, who are inundated with dozens of metrics, get lost in the day-to-day noise.

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Metrics Sales Software Meeting 30

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

In the third poor economic report today, we learned industrial production declined 0.4% vs. an Econoday Consensus of -0.2%. Diving … Continue reading →

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Productivity Course Sales Industry 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 26, 2016

For decades, Sales and Academia remained worlds apart and the business world did fine. But Sales is changing, Academia is out of touch, and this is bad for business and the academy. Sales was traditionally seen as a form of service work, with an emphasis primarily on developing moral character. But a lot has changed.

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Sales Education Training Training 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

In the 2001 recession, total sales for the S&P 500 declined by 9% from its pre-recession peak to its trough 18 months later—almost a year after the recession officially ended. We’ll focus here on what the sales organization should be doing now to prepare for the next recession, with an eye toward using new digital tools.

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Makarios Consulting

MAY 17, 2023

Even without the hopefully-once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, upheavals happen in every industry and with every business as markets flux, innovations emerge, economies adjust, competitors advance, and for countless other reasons. Sales were steady and distribution went like clockwork. Why change anything, right?

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Leadership Retail Sales Productivity 81

Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 23, 2024

Drawing from diverse industry experiences, they offer insights that help businesses navigate potential pitfalls. Informed Decision-Making: Consultants base their recommendations on data, market trends, and industry best practices. Their expertise spans strategic planning, financial management, operations, and beyond.

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Consulting Turnaround ROI Case Study 52

Management Consulted

JANUARY 29, 2017

The consulting industry is one of the most competitive on the planet, and there’s no shame in falling a little short this time. Here are 6 ways to prepare for consulting as you wait for the next chance to drop that resume: 1) Go work for a brand name company, but do something that is sales, operations, or strategy related.

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Business Consulting Agency

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Poor lead generation, online sales, etc. Of course, this is only when done right. Specific for its industry. Digital marketing tactics and advertising dominates the landscape now. Companies of all sizes seem to be having marketing challenges. These marketing problems can show as lack of results, or no results.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

It depends on, of course, how detailed you wanted, if you have a partner, things could get a little more complex, but the basic average LLC or S-Corp or the typical way of getting a more formal entity set up, you shouldn’t be charged more than say, $3,000. It really depends if you’re doing a DBA and those vary on, by location.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Of course you do. You can help lots of different types of leaders in different industries and company sizes. And that's just differences between industries. Lots of business mentors can offer you courses and resources on marketing and sales tactics. Do you want more consulting clients? That person is your client.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

In the aviation industry, miscommunication can be fatal. In its pivot to English, the aviation industry is not unique: Around the world, companies and industries are recognizing the need for a lingua franca, or common language. All of these benefits apply to industries as well.

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Seth Godin Blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

If we pay charities a tenth of that and call it a donation, it’ll be great PR and we’ll also make a profit on every sale because we won’t need to pay a full commission…” Amazon didn’t invent the online affiliate concept, but the company certainly turned it into a significant engine for growth.

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Kai Davis

JANUARY 5, 2021

I have a bone to pick with a phase in the consulting industry: feast or famine. ebooks, courses, trainings, software). reading books, taking courses, attending trainings, improving operations, making a marketing plan, updating your website). marketing, sales, funnel optimization, service optimization, messaging).

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Business Consulting Agency

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It makes it difficult when trying to pinpoint how to increase sales, get more leads, repeat business, and more. In comparison to the industry, competition, and more of course. Even when they look visually alike, they can drastically differ from each other. Usually, they do! This can confuse entrepreneurs and companies.

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Comparison Operations Engineering Software 52

LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Does Your Team Learn from Sales Wins? Many high performing sales teams learn from sales losses and projects that go awry. Most experienced sales leaders and coaches are adept at post-loss reviews and uncovering what went wrong to improve future close rates. Why Sales Teams Do Not Debrief Sales Wins.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This group of Industrial-Organizational (I-O) Psychology practitioners took turns sharing how they found their way toward our aligned passions of how people think and behave in the workplace. I started working at the age of 16 in 1992 as an industrial cleaner on nights and weekends with my friend Mark.

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The Consultants Peer Group

DECEMBER 18, 2023

This individual, like so many solopreneurs, had come from within an industry that they now intend to consult to. The individual was describing a meeting with a C-suite member of an organization in the industry who was talking about their needs and whether the consultant could help them.

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Ethics Intellectual Property Consulting ROI 52

Jerry Fletcher

MAY 8, 2021

In most cases the answer will be that some metric in the sales equation is off. Be sure to ascertain sufficient background information about the industry and cyclical changes to put the symptom in context. Each of us learn in the course of an engagement. Often this is a narrow view. Headed for indispensable. Do not sell.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 29, 2018

The topic of industry disruption — “a process whereby a smaller company with fewer resources is able to successfully challenge established incumbent businesses” — is rife with misconceptions. Industry disruption, as Accenture research has found, is reasonably predictable. Jorg Greuel/Getty Images.

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Effective Managers

MARCH 23, 2021

Of course, I cannot pick and choose to which I abide. As a quick reminder – banking financial advisors were selling unneeded financial instruments in order to meet their sales quotas. Did any CEOs or Executives in the banking industry wake up one morning and decide to defraud their customers? Of course not. million.

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Ethics McKinsey Banking Financial 52

Tom Spencer

JULY 22, 2015

A second explanation is that some industries are more zero sum than others. Any industries dealing in the real world of atoms (for example, mining, farming or transportation) are likely to see the world in a more zero sum way. Libin is in the technology industry, but in a strange and unexpected way, so are we all.

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Transportation Industry Sports Construction 60

CaseInterview.com

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

If the CEO stated, "Our top three priorities are 1) growing sales by 20%; 2) improving gross margins by 2%; and 3) improving customer satisfaction ratings by 10%," you can “borrow" power by using these priorities as justification for your proposals. Of course what you propose does need to be in alignment with the CEO's words.

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How To Sales Training Training 63

Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 5, 2022

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.

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