Tom Spencer

MARCH 10, 2023

This is the first of a seven-part series looking at artificial intelligence and its implications for the consulting industry. This article will provide a basic introduction to AI as it relates to the consulting industry and explore some key concepts and applications that every consultant should be familiar with.

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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. You should see SGA: Sales and General Administration—overhead. In Hiring Geeks That Fit , I categorized technical skills into these four areas: Functional skills, such as how you build or test the product.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2023

has disrupted the auto industry and established itself as a leader in sustainable energy. In addition to its product offerings, Tesla has also disrupted traditional business models in the auto industry. Tesla has also implemented a unique direct-to-consumer sales model , bypassing the traditional franchise dealership system.

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Seth Godin Blog

AUGUST 16, 2022

It took hundreds of years to perfect, but we built a system based on profit, convenience, productivity and markets. No one is in charge, no one stays on top forever, and the outputs of the system keep shifting–more of what the capital markets, parts of the labor market and most of all, the consumer market demands.

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Business Consulting Agency

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The retail industry in the United States is undergoing a transformative phase shaped by changing consumer behaviors, technological advancements, and market dynamics. This article delves into the state of the US retail industry, exploring the contrasting landscapes of online and offline retail, backed by facts and statistics.

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Consulting Matters

JUNE 24, 2020

Instead building a marketing system that puts your client attraction on autopilot. The System that Helps you Get Consulting Clients with Predictably and Ease. Instead you need a system that ATTRACTS high-paying executive clients to you. age range, gender orientation, title, industry, etc.)

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Business Consulting Agency

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In this article, we will explore how e-commerce companies can achieve significantly better results in areas like website performance, marketing, advertising, conversion rates, sales, and profitability by collaborating with business consultants through specialized business consulting services.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

ERP is a type of software system that helps organizations automate and manage core business processes for optimal performance. Most companies have a finance and operational system in place, but siloed systems can’t go beyond everyday business processes or help with future business growth. What is ERP Software?

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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. Since AI systems can perform much of the data collection and analysis, consultants must bring higher level skills to the table, such as interpretation, effective problem solving, and clear communication.

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1 to 1

AUGUST 30, 2021

The sales world is forever altered, thanks to pandemic-fueled digital transformation across entire enterprises. In the B2B space, where relationships reign supreme, sales organizations found effective and efficient ways to conduct business with a digital-first approach that’s efficient, effective, and won’t go away any time soon.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Outbound B2B sales are becoming less and less effective. In fact, a recent survey found that connecting with a prospect now takes 18 or more phone calls, callback rates are below 1%, and only 24% of outbound sales emails are ever opened. Why are more and more buyers avoiding salespeople during the buying process?

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Business Consulting Agency

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Market Research and Analysis Consultants conduct comprehensive market research to provide insights into industry trends, consumer behavior, and competitor strategies. This data-driven approach enables medium-sized companies to make informed decisions and tailor their products or services to meet market demand effectively.

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Asamby Consulting

APRIL 14, 2022

The Operating System is the main infrastructure that allows a company to run. Using Airtable as a company "operating system" This blog post shows how to create a simple CRM on Airtable. This is the first of a series of posts where we will show how you can use Airtable to build your company's "operating system".

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Tom Spencer

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Business development consulting is about helping businesses grow sales and profits in order to achieve their strategic objectives. Business development consultants engage in ‘prospecting’ which involves searching for potential customers who are likely to be a good fit for the product or service being offered. Who are you?

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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. The company’s products were sold exclusively through large retail chains such as Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart.

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Business Consulting Agency

JUNE 5, 2022

With a big consumption market, diverse culture, and a developed economic system, the US is a tempting destination for many international businesses. United States is one of the largest markets for most products. Are you looking to sell products to US consumers? Are you planning on entering the US market? market entry.

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 17, 2024

Market Research and Analysis Understanding your target market, customer needs, industry trends, and competitive landscape is essential for business success. Operational Setup and Infrastructure Setting up operational processes, infrastructure, technology systems, and supply chain logistics is critical for business efficiency and scalability.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Factors impacting profit margins include the tendency to allocate 80% of project work with the last 20% of the budget, inaccurate time-sheet reporting, underbidding during the sales process, and client disputes. Measuring utilization informs decisions regarding hiring, outsourcing, skill development, and workload distribution.

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Business Consulting Agency

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This critical insight enables entrepreneurs to identify target demographics, understand market trends, and tailor product offerings to meet the evolving needs and preferences of the online consumer base.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

At the same time, the software company has wasted time and resources on duplicate, uncoordinated, and ineffective marketing and sales outreach. Companies need an orchestrator to ensure marketing and sales outreach is well-coordinated and aligned with customer buying needs. In some cases, the orchestrator is a computer system.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 15, 2020

To attract the right people into your sales funnel, you have to know who they are. Discern who you serve and describe them from a demographic standpoint (what title, industry, company size they work in, etc.) Discern who you serve and describe them from a demographic standpoint (what title, industry, company size they work in, etc.)

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Rick Conlow

MAY 31, 2023

As the organization learned to work together better through training, numerous cross functional teams arose to deal with process, quality systems, and procedural issues. When team members do not communicate well or fail to provide timely and clear information, it can hinder productivity and create confusion.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2019

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). Or worse—they’ll stop working while they answer questions, affecting the timing of a production line, and creating unevenness for downstream workers.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The first one seeks to implement a principle for taxation of corporate revenues based on location of sale rather than place of manufacturing. This should make the international tax system both simpler and fairer. The BEPS initiative has two main pillars. How do these developments impact the special services and consultancy sector?

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Tsavo Neal

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

There are hundreds of different ways you can monetize your blog — but I’ll give you two: Products and/or Services. Traffic + Sales = Monetization. Without traffic, you can’t get sales. That’s where products and services come into play. That’s your product. People buy products to solve a problem or get a result.

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Wakeman Consulting Group: Dave's Blog

MAY 26, 2023

From my POV: I look at the type of business model and change to the sales cycle that is necessary to actually fulfill the promise of selling out an entire season. Updated sales efforts that include better practices on opportunity creation, customer management, and selling based on value. This puts pressure on the downside of VUCA.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Some people also call consulting a ‘talk-job’ – you go to the clients, you talk about what the ideal world scenario would be for a particular project, product or market, and your billable hours are sorted. Sales, Marketing, Production) and secondary functions (e.g. Finance, HR, Supply Chain, ICT, Legal). Conclusion.

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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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Business Consulting Agency

JUNE 15, 2023

However, it is crucial for foreign businesses to recognize the significance of localization in their product offerings and brand strategy. Find out more about the importance of product and brand localization and how consulting services provide valuable local assistance to foreign companies.

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CaseInterview.com

SEPTEMBER 15, 2019

In the manufacturing world, industrial engineers think of the critical path as the bottleneck in a production line. If you’re running a car manufacturing facility, you pay attention to which stations on the production line are working below target capacity. What’s the constraint or bottleneck in this system?

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Just the announcement that Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, and Jaime Dimon will be entering the health care space has sent shock waves for industry incumbents such as CVS, Cigna, and UnitedHealth. It also puts a fundamental question back on the agendas of CEOs in other industries: Will software eat the world, as Marc Andreessen famously quipped?

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 9, 2020

If you're going to invest in personal development, invest in the skills and tools you may not have like marketing and sales. Many consultants and coaches think it's the dream to have someone else do their marketing and sales and just bring them clients. But I would ask you, "Is it the dream?"

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2017

billion industry by 2021, but its solutions are only as good as the data behind it. That’s why decision makers require spot-on data and efficient, streamlined systems to maintain it. For example, Cisco is a company that also goes by Cisco Systems, Inc. Coordinate communication around industry news and events.

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Rick Conlow

APRIL 23, 2023

The negative bottom-line results equal lower customer service, quality, productivity, and sales. The tech industry laid of tens of thousands of people recently. Consider the meatpacking industry. A recent New York Times article, The Power of American Capitalism , lauds the US economic system and how it has grown stronger.

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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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Tom Spencer

AUGUST 11, 2018

The technology industry is booming: in 2008, Microsoft was the only tech firm ranked in the world’s top 10 public companies by market capitalisation. But no two tech companies are quite alike, and a reductive view of the technology industry belies the fundamental differences between today’s tech giants.

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Harvard Business

MAY 25, 2016

Sales reps are most effective when they have the right amount of support staff, but exactly how much support staff does a company need, and how should it be structured? Call it a Goldilocks quandary: Too little support, and your sales people can’t do their jobs well; too much, and you’re wasting money.

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