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Harnessing Expertise and Igniting Growth

Business Consulting Agency

A study by McKinsey revealed that companies that use data-driven customer insights outperform their competitors by 85% in sales growth and more than 25% in gross margin. Return on Investment (ROI) The ROI of working with business consultants is well-documented.

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How Are You Spending Your Social-Distancing “Vacation”?

Prudent Pedal

I’ve scheduled a call with long-lost relatives in Scotland to get the real scoop not told in census documents. She put the list together on her own (no parental mandate) because her Spring break plans were canceled and social media just was getting old (there is hope for the world.). The kids need to learn this important life skill.

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5 Mindsets to Adopt If You Want More Consulting Clients

Tsavo Neal

Example include formatting documents, putting graphics into presentations, adjusting spreadsheets, updating text or images on your website, uploading blog posts, going to the post office, and bookkeeping. Outsourcing tasks that take time away from your most important activities (marketing and sales) is as critical as marketing/sales itself.

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4 Ways Leaders Can Get More from Their Company’s Innovation Efforts

Harvard Business

One reason for the paltry performance is that while other business areas, like sales or finance, are considered to be core functions, innovation is often considered to be something that’s “nice to have” rather than essential. In the public sector, return on basic research has been estimated to be between 30% and 100%.

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How to Consistently Get Consulting Clients.Even if You're Brand New and Just Starting Out

Consulting Matters

Your website is the hub of your marketing system and potentially your 24/7 sales machine – even if you get leads, you shape your clients thinking about who you are and what your consulting and coaching is worth by the quality of your website design, copy and content. This principle holds true for you. You can't wish your way around it.

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How Blockchain Can Help Marketers Build Better Relationships with Their Customers

Harvard Business

Vendors using eBay and Shopify pay listing and sales fees, and consumers pay transaction fees on payment portals like PayPal. For instance, (the reinvented) Kodak has created KODAKOne , which will feature a digital ledger documenting who owns the rights to individual images, allowing photographers to assert control over their work.

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4 Ways to Improve Your Content Marketing

Harvard Business

Companies have hired writers and Chief Content Officers to run departments, create blogs and other materials, and, in the process, some have assured sales people that content marketing can mean the end of cold calling. Documents uploaded to DocSend’s platform include case studies, overviews and guides, e-books, and proposals.