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Unlocking a Career as a Marketing Consultant

Tom Spencer

To do this, they should possess a keen understanding of the client’s target market and existing customer base, as well as the ability to recommend clear and actionable strategies to increase sales, expand the customer base, and develop new product offerings that will appeal to customers.

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What CEOs Get Wrong About Activist Investors

Harvard Business

We have written extensively on shareholder activism , and one of us coauthored a study in the Journal of Finance showing that, on average, activists produce value for targeted companies. One popular view of activists is that they are short-term, cut-and-run operators who are looking for a quick profit.

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Deflation Bonanza! (And the Fool's Mission to Stop It)

MishTalk

like restaurants, travel and hotels. On Monday came a Wall Street Journal story that exactly matched my prediction: Soaring Franc Creates Bonanza in Swiss Stores. Furniture chains, travel agencies and fashion companies are among the retailers slashing prices to rope in shoppers. Other travel is up as well. Guess What?

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ZS Associates Firm Profile

Management Consulted

Today’s emphasis is on ZS Associates (pronounced Zee S in the USA) – a premier boutique firm focused on sales force and marketing optimization. Upon realizing that their findings were highly applicable to the problems of sales force sizing and resource allocation, they decided to investigate further. sales force teams.

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The CURE for Burnout

Consulting Matters

Ask yourself these three questions: As it relates to pure exhaustion, on a scale of 1-5 where one is “I’m operating on fumes. Achievement stressors: Are excessive work hours, heavy travel, scope of the job, and 24/7 accessibility too much? For example, one of my clients needed a long-form sales page for her online course.

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Enhancing Customer Insights with Public Location Data

Harvard Business

This entails identifying whether exposure to a certain promotion, ad, or specific touchpoint (such as a sales encounter) for a demographic can generate future sales. This can help increase short-term sales as well as build long-term brand loyalty. Mapping adds a new layer to this type of monitoring.

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How disruptive is the 'Sharing Economy'?

freshminds

It operates in about 270 cities in over 60 countries worldwide and is expanding at a vast rate - the company is currently valued at an amazing $51 billion after a total of seven rounds of funding worth $7.4 billion since its launch. The UK’s 'slice of the pie' could be worth around $15bn (or £9bn) in 2025.

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