MishTalk

JULY 10, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Mortgage REITs Clobbered as Leverage Forces Sales. REITs Deepening Bond Losses as Leverage Forces Sales. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links.

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Sales Real Estate Financial Advertising 73

MishTalk

JULY 30, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Retail Sales Rise in Germany and France, Decline in Italy; Margin Squeeze in Germany and France. Italy: Sharpest drop in retail sales since April. Daily Bell.

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Retail Sales Real Estate Financial 70

MishTalk

JULY 18, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. European Car Sales Plunge to 20-Year low. in June, bringing total sales for the first six months of the year to just 6.44 Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.

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Analysis Trends Sales Real Estate 73

MishTalk

JULY 15, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Big Miss in Retail Sales vs. Expectations; Trend Change or Another "Soft Patch"? Retail sales were up 0.4% May retail sales were revised lower, to +0.5%

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Retail Trends Sales Real Estate 64

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Blockchain has important implications for marketing and advertising. But according to The CMO Survey , only 8% of firms rate the use of blockchain in marketing as moderately or very important. This combination creates a natural barrier to entry and has likely caused marketers to take a “wait and see” approach.

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Marketing Advertising Media Video 39

CaseInterview.com

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The company had suffered a 40% drop in sales. However, sitting in their “boardroom,” it was clear why the business had such financial resilience. Of course, I was admiring the company's financial management while also feeling a little chilly. But the financial math always matters. but was still profitable! eventually.

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Case Interview Retail Finance Conference 59

Prudent Pedal

MARCH 27, 2020

Optimize inbound conversion rates on marketing channels-While CRO is a never-ending exercise, this hiatus allows time to experiment more with updated content, the mix, and its messaging. I hope to complete The Practice Leader’s Guide to Growth and The Prudent Firm’s Guide to Transforming Professional Service Marketing. More good stuff.

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Journal Video Marketing ROI 72

CaseInterview.com

JULY 18, 2019

The Financial Services Operating Group concerns itself with Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance. Accenture careers in this field are all about working with clients to rethink marketing in an age that is simultaneously global in scale yet focusing on the customers as individuals. Finance and Performance Management.

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Accenture Case Interview Operations Automotive 45

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 17, 2020

When I read financial statements, I don’t see a page of numbers. I see a company with failing sales that’s actually two businesses commingled — one that’s failing and one that’s actually doing fine. I see a sales and marketing process that’s over-invested in sales and under-invested in marketing.

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Metrics Case Interview Data Interviews 82

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. Your mindset still has to be one of service and value for what you bring to the table vs. letting fear and need drive your marketing. Free 3-part video series.

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The Fearless Marketer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This past Friday I hosted a Fearless Marketing Mastermind session on Selling. Next, I want to shorten the sales cycle. In that conversation, I can uncover their problems and pains as well as identify a financial metric between where they are and where they want to be. Watch the video for more! Cheers, Robert.

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Metrics Strategy Strategy Strategy& 62

Consulting Matters

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you want to achieve sustainable success as a consultant - ideally you want to create a marketing system to ensure you have a consistently full pipeline of right-fit clients. Your mindset still has to be one of service and value for what you bring to the table vs. letting fear and need drive your marketing. Free 3-part video series.

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Consulting Strategy Strategy Strategy& 202

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 7, 2020

While the financial systems don’t appear to be at risk of collapsing within this economy, it is possible to have an extremely severe recession and possibly even a depression if customer demand drops dramatically for an extended period of time. That is a staggering and unprecedented increase. So, I won’t belabor that point here.

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Case Interview Trends Industry Interviews 76

MishTalk

JULY 31, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Tax Collections, Retail Sales Prove Otherwise. and non-financial payments fall by 1%. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. Burning Platform.

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Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 70

MishTalk

JULY 16, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Hormel Cure 81 hams were allegedly on sale for $3.99 Kim notified me "the sale price was $3.99" and it was reflected on the receipt. Mish Audio Video.

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Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 75

Harvard Business

JUNE 6, 2018

In Silicon Valley there are basically two ways of creating shareholder value: financial and strategic. Financial value is the stuff of business school and stock markets. It’s about multiples of revenue or earnings, sales growth, profit margins, and management theory. MySQL’s value was strategic, not financial.

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MishTalk

JULY 31, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Yet, the yoy rate of real final sales per capita is below 1% for the second quarter in a row, whereas the second quarter annualized rate is near contracting.

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Trends Analysis Real Estate Financial 74

CaseInterview.com

MARCH 26, 2019

A source of irritation for many interviewers is when the candidate says, " We faced a $10 million drop in sales, and we fixed this by landing three new clients for $3.3 Did you find and close all $10 million in sales? Did you just show up at the sales meeting? Did you cheer the sales team on from the sidelines?

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Case Interview Interviews Resumes Retail 81

MishTalk

JULY 4, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. And that is bad news for an industry whose sales in their home markets is already complicated by the financial crisis. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.

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Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 71

MishTalk

JULY 19, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Philadelphia : 5th Largest City in US is Effectively Bankrupt; Mayor Holds Closed Meeting With Wall Street to Discuss Asset Sales. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.

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Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 78

MishTalk

JULY 23, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. It may be viewed by some as kicking the can down the road, but it may prove to the state that we need a (countywide) sales tax.". Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.

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Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview 77

MishTalk

MARCH 31, 2014

CBS Video High-Speed Traders Rip Investors Off Michael Lewis says High-Speed Traders Rip Investors Off. The United States stock market, the most iconic market in global capitalism, is rigged,” Lewis, whose books “Liar’s Poker” and “The Big Short” highlighted Wall Street excesses, said during the interview. Officials at the U.S.

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Banking Case Interview Marketing Groups 73

MishTalk

AUGUST 5, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Anecdotal evidence indicated that increased production, and expansions in sales teams, had compensated for strategic reductions in payroll numbers. Sitka Pacific.

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Real Estate Case Interview Financial Advertising 68

MishTalk

JULY 14, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Clearly the pace of sales is very far below the business plan. or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy.

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Banking Analysis Trends Real Estate 76

MishTalk

JULY 19, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Not only do they think they know better than the free markets, they want companies to produce what their customers clearly do not want. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts.

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Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview 73

Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

Around the world, people watched a video of the bloodied man being dragged down the aisle. The company’s stock lost hundreds of millions of market cap , but the damage to the brand (and future sales) may be far higher. People can now destroy brand trust at the speed of light, with consequences that are far-reaching.

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Airlines Video Operations Policies 47

Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2016

Without a clear, measurable, value-creating goal, companies risk expending huge amounts of human and capital resources without delivering any real financial return. Measuring Marketing Insights. Insight Center. Sponsored by Google Analytics 360 Suite. Turning data into action.

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Retail Apparel Financial ROI 50

MishTalk

JULY 9, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. an hour wages, but only for retailers with corporate sales of $1 billion or more. Sitka Pacific. Recent Posts. Featured Links. Burning Platform. Calculated Risk.

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Analysis Trends Real Estate Financial 75

Harvard Business

APRIL 14, 2017

For example, our survey, which asked managers of 13 functions, from sales and marketing to procurement and finance, to indicate whether their departments were using AI in 63 core areas, found AI was used most frequently in detecting and fending off computer security intrusions in the IT department. Related Video.

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Company Survey Finance Engineering 44

Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Regular readers of this newsletter, and viewers of my video podcasts, know my feelings about projections in the buy-sell world, I feel they’re useless. Using comparable sales of much larger firms will distort the value. For small businesses, it’s 3-5 times profit (after fair market owner compensation).

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MishTalk

AUGUST 4, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Magazine Ad Revenues Plunge; Google Collects Half of Mobile Internet Ads; Cannibalization of Ad Market. Ad Revenues in Dollars and Percent of Market.

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Advertising Real Estate Financial Case Interview 68

MishTalk

AUGUST 7, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. Consumers opened their wallets some more in March, spending an average of $89, reflecting the normally expected seasonal spring increase in sales. Mish Audio Video.

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Trends Analysis Real Estate Financial 72

MishTalk

JULY 2, 2013

Minyanville Business and Market News. China Financial Markets. Financial Sense. Market Oracle. Market Ticker. Real Clear Markets. or financial instrument, or to participate in any particular trading or investment strategy. Top Financial Blog Citations. Mish Audio Video.

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Real Estate Financial Advertising Case Interview 72

MishTalk

JULY 29, 2015

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in June indicates that economic activity has been expanding moderately in recent months. The labor market continued to improve, with solid job gains and declining unemployment. The labor market continued to improve, with solid job gains and declining unemployment.

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Media Retail Policies Energy 28

freshminds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Because of this, retailers have to respond accordingly as sales via handheld devices increase. Between 2012 and 2014 sales via smartphones catapulted from 5% to to 34%. The app market is constantly evolving to create easy to use solutions to our every day activities. billion smartphones were sold across the world. Payment Apps.

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Retail Comparison Sales Media 40

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

Therefore his mental model was not how to gain market share from other airlines, but how to create a completely new market for air travel. ” Beyond the usual financial metrics, JetBlue also measures the strength of its culture and the quality of its experience. ” Related Video. Identify Your Thinking Style.

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Airlines Strategy Strategy Strategy& 51

MishTalk

OCTOBER 9, 2015

In response to Chicago Suburbs $1 Million+ Home Sales "Not Totally Dead" Yet; Rush for the Exit , I received emails from Virgina and Texas about slowdowns in those states. We recently had a presentation by a Realtor on the state of the market. It's still a very strong sellers market in the $600K and below range. What a surprise!

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