Jerry Fletcher

APRIL 17, 2021

If a celebrity is enthusiastic about your product and endorses it, you could have a winner. If a fan becomes a social media star and brags on your product, you just might have a winner. If you figure out that your brand is packaged for the wrong market, fix that and get market buy in then you have yourself a winner.

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The Fearless Marketer

AUGUST 20, 2018

Does the following give a pretty good picture of your current marketing activity? Now there’s nothing wrong with any of those marketing activities. It’s not that you need to do more marketing, it’s that you need to shift your marketing paradigm from one of “Randomness” to one that is “Focused.”.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

And our topic today is really focusing on those product companies. Why are they buying your product and not someone else’s? Sometimes the marketing message has fallen off. We have this foundational population of just rabid fans who love our product. So, sometimes it’s a disconnect just on that marketing plan.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JUNE 30, 2010

In my mind, the book is excellent for executives, strategists, marketing, and innovators. In this post, rather than addressing an overview of Adrian Ott’s total approach, I’ll simply point out one of the key frameworks and cover why it renews and gives marketing segmentation the respect it deserves.

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The Fearless Marketer

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

When we think about marketing our professional services, we usually think about all the things we need to DO to get clients. But that is usually very limited because marketing has numerous components and also processes. Plus, marketing has outer and inner aspects. Can you articulate your marketing message so clearly?

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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 3, 2019

Associate Product Manager (APM) positions are well known in Silicon Valley as rotational, mentorship-focused programs designed to accelerate the careers of young aspiring product managers. These alumni have gone on to become VCs, founders, and product leaders, in addition to starting APM programs at companies like Salesforce.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As a consultant, I create many kinds of information products: both writing and speaking. That allows me the most flexibility in my product development. However, too many organizations don't differentiate between what they need to ship as experiments and when to finalize the product. The product is done, done, done.

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Makarios Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Conflict that Breaks Your Business Internationally renowned conflict mediator Daniel Dana has one of the simplest yet most comprehensive definitions of unhealthy conflict. This is a great definition because it reminds us of three things: First, only one person needs to be upset for there to be a conflict situation.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 14, 2024

In product development, line jobs contribute to the products themselves, which means they contribute to revenue. Cutting overhead is definitely not personal—it’s all about how managers perceive an employee’s value. At what level do you understand the products you’ve worked on? Industry expertise.

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Prudent Pedal

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

This post is the first in a series to share how professional services can develop and execute marketing strategy. Instead, it will give you a strategic framework to guide both the thinking about AND deployment of your marketing strategy. The 2 major challenges to developing professional services marketing strategy . Here’s why.

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The Fearless Marketer

AUGUST 26, 2019

This past week, someone sent me this question: “Would you take some time to answer how good marketing is not emotional manipulation/controlling?”. When you really think of it, marketing is a process of getting people to respond to you favorably. But still, you see it a lot of it in marketing and probably always will.

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David A Fields

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

A question I was asked: Is this target definition too vague for my Fishing Line: “Vice presidents of product management or product marketing in B2B organizations that sell complex products and services to risk averse industries.” What is your answer to this consultant? Do you think his target is too vague?

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Yet, we don't share a common definition of business agility. Here's what I see when managers start to create an environment that supports business agility: Recognize when the market changes. Or, recognize when the organization needs to change its market. Adapt to the changing market. That's a good thing.)

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2023

The use of financial instruments such as perpetual bonds can make considerable quantities of capital available to offset producers, spurring the production and the creation of spot markets in offsets that can definitively and reliably be offset against emissions.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 25, 2013

Definitions. Dick Smith: The Power of Viral Marketing. However, while most Australian’s are doing what Australian’s do best, one Aussie veteran is promoting a new range of Australian owned products to support Australian farmers, and is donating 100% of the profits to charity. Helpful Links. in Business Strategy.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 9, 2020

Finding communities and strategic alliances is not the same as trying to partner up with other consultants to avoid the anguish of putting yourself out there alone in your marketing. If you're going to invest in personal development, invest in the skills and tools you may not have like marketing and sales.

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Women in Consulting

AUGUST 14, 2014

All professionals, from lawyers and dentists to accountants and therapists, have a similar marketing challenge if they are to grow their service business. The good news is that you really can market a service business assuming you understand your audience, target your activities to their interests, and connect with them “where they are.”.

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Chad Barr

JANUARY 13, 2016

Reflection Point: I’ve been fortunate to work with and study some of the most effective global marketers and identify what they do to achieve success. Here are some of these ideas: Have a clear definition of the buyers you are trying to attract. Promote your products and services. Offer webinars that convert to sale.

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Tom Spencer

MARCH 18, 2017

She danced to requests and wittily answered customers’ questions on topics which ranged from product information and weather forecasts to their love life. Even marketing professionals nowadays might need to understand data analytics, SEO optimization or how to develop advanced algorithms.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2019

If something is “disruptive,” then it must by definition be good. Incentives and discounts create tremendous disruption in a company’s business by distorting both incoming market signals and outgoing orders to suppliers. It read the increased sales as a sign that consumers had started to like green cars, and ramped up production.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Your business just launched a new product and needs to market it. Market trends have changed, and you want to make sure the product will reach the correct target customer. As a result, you hire a team of consultants to explore and recommend marketing strategies. Types of Consulting Firms. In-House Consultants.

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Women in Consulting

AUGUST 21, 2014

In my previous post, I outlined some ways service businesses could market themselves online. So it’s definitely worth the effort. How to’s” are often good, as are stories about trends, personalities and any unusual aspect of your product or service. A caveat: My rule of thumb is to do three marketing activities.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

In the public mind, entrepreneurs have been reduced to young people who want to create world-changing businesses that can quickly reach $1 billion or more in market value — the fabled unicorns. New technologies such as 3D printing and biosynthesis are likely to expand this trend into physical product businesses.

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Consulting and Organizational Management

MAY 27, 2010

A Definition and Implementation of Organizational Change By Jim Smith on May 27, 2010. See the model, “Definition and Implementation of Organizational Change.” FreeMgmtLibrary said: Consulting Blog: A Definition and Implementation of Organizational Change [link] [.]. Library Blogs Home. This Blogs Home. Read more.].

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2022

Are product or service choices shifting? You could put certain product offerings on the back burner in order to promote others. Fourth, look for opportunities to broaden your reach within your target market. Challenge yourself to come up with new ideas for how to raise your profile and deepen your impact with your target market.

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Consulting Matters

JULY 15, 2020

You can set it up to act as your 24/7 marketing machine. So you definitely want to make sure that they learn more about working with you and how they can get that free consult. The macro strategy is how your value proposition and brand gets manifested into relevant products and services. Content marketing.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2018

A sound economy, a booming stock market, and huge business tax cuts, the story goes, have convinced CEOs of companies flush with cash to distribute some of it to front-line employees. American Airlines said it would pay $1,000 to all 127,600 of its people, and Wells Fargo raised its base wage from $13.50 to $15 per hour.

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MishTalk

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Citing a need for structural reforms, Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever, the world''s third largest Fast-Moving-ConsumerGoods (FMCG) company says the emerging market slowdown is here to stay. Before diving into the report on Unilever, let''s take a look at the definition of FMCG corporations. PepsiCo, Mondel?z z and Kraft Foods.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

JUNE 12, 2023

Start with your own definition of “brand”: Mine is that your brand is the accumulation of all of the contact you have with your target market, good or bad, over time. How are you going to communicate this to the market? that are synonymous with your brand in your market’s mind. What is your position? Need some examples?

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2019

If something is “disruptive,” then it must by definition be good. Taiichi Ohno, one of the fathers of the Toyota production system, described three manufacturing evils that companies should avoid: mura (unevenness), muri (overburden), and muda (waste).

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Harvard Business

MARCH 21, 2018

That’s because the “loyalty era” of marketing, as we’ve known it, is waning. market alone, companies are losing $1 trillion in annual revenues to their competitors because they are not consistently relevant enough. A New Definition of Relevance.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Books are not as risky as other products, but the whole point of blurbs and reviews is to reduce the risk of people ignoring the book. (I I did not expect the number of people who boosted my posts, and definitely not the number of people who responded. The marketing for this book will be better because of you. What had I done?

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In fact, that's a recipe for failure over the long-term as this approach will guarantee your market positioning as an "extra pair of hands" and "trading time for money" commodity. Do you see yourself enjoying walking the floor of a manufacturing plant, chatting with the production staff and engineers? What am I doing wrong?".

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

The odds are stacked against new products or services. We have diagnosed thousands of product failures over the last 30 years, and have found recurring patterns. Often new products are over-engineered with too many features, usually at too high a price. The problem with wildly successful products. How could they not have?

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Consulting Matters

AUGUST 26, 2021

Before I ask you questions to help you figure out your ideal business model, let me give you some definitions for your consideration. B2C Business - Offer advice, inspiration, programs, products, and services sought out and paid for by an individual who is seeking to improve their own life, career, or personally owned boutique business.

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MishTalk

APRIL 6, 2015

The simple definition V = GDP/M where V is velocity, M is money supply, and GDP is Gross Domestic Product. Technological improvements in production cause a gently falling price level under sound money that is no deflation. I prefer the definition of deflation as a pathological slowing in the velocity of money.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Performing market assessments. Core Competencies.

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