Harvard Business

JULY 25, 2017

Companies spend a lot on marketing communications. And more fundamentally, does marketing actually work? Marketing ROI analysis can help answer those questions. What is Marketing ROI, and How Do Companies Use It? Comparing marketing efficiency with competitors. Juan Díaz-Faes for HBR.

ROI 28

ROI Marketing Financial Sales 28

Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 3, 2024

This strategic alignment ensures that the website design, structure, content, and functionality are optimized to resonate with the target audience, drive engagement, and achieve desired outcomes such as lead generation, sales conversions, or brand awareness.

Consulting 52

Consulting ROI Engineering Analysis 52

Business Consulting Agency

MARCH 11, 2024

Understanding E-commerce Success Factors Market Analysis and Positioning: Consultants conduct comprehensive market analysis to identify market trends, competitive landscapes, and consumer behavior patterns.

Consulting 52

Consulting Trends Efficiency Agile 52

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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B2B Sales ROI B2C 29

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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Consulting Advertising Sales ROI 52

Successful Independent Consulting

JULY 31, 2017

I don’t know how to build a pipeline of leads ” or “ I’m not good at sales ” are common refrains. Most of us never had sales training so this concern is understandable, but reframing how we think about business development can turn concern into action. Read any definition of business development and you won’t find the word sales.

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Development ROI Software Sales 244

Progressus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

It doesn’t just offer data connectivity within your ERP system, but also within your productivity tools, e-commerce, and even customer engagement solutions. Many ERP solutions are built to adapt to your needs and grow with you, helping you proactively prepare for—and readily respond to—any operational disruption or market change.

Software 52

Software ROI Efficiency Operations 52

Business Consulting Agency

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A well-crafted website serves as a powerful tool for engaging customers, driving sales, and building brand credibility. Data-Driven Decisions : Leveraging data analytics tools, consultants provide insights into user behavior, traffic sources, and conversion funnels.

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Consulting Engineering Data ROI 96

Buzzsprout

MARCH 28, 2024

Podcasts are a versatile advertising channel that can work for anyone with a clear message and a strong marketing strategy (more on this later). Let's review the kinds of ads you can choose for your marketing campaign and the cost structure of each. Who can benefit from podcast advertising? Host-read ads v.

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Advertising Tools ROI Productivity 75

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2017

After discussing Jacobi’s sales woes, Shani, suggested he try out Albert, Adgorithm’s AI-driven marketing platform. It works across digital channels, like Facebook and Google, to measure, and then autonomously optimize, the outcomes of marketing campaigns. Jacobi decided he’d give Albert a one-weekend audition.

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Sales Tools ROI Advertising 50

Progressus

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

One of Velosio’s clients, a management consulting firm , replaced an aging Microsoft Dynamics SL back-end ERP and NetSuite for CRM with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central with Customer Engagement, Marketing, and Progressus Project Management. Dynamics 365 is an opportunity to transform the way in which you operate.

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System ROI Software Government 52

Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2018

In the past decade, content marketing has become a widely established practice. 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.

Marketing 41

Marketing Case Study Case Studies Sales 41

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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Sales ROI Efficiency Operations 39

Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2018

Over 90% of medium and large businesses have used social media in their marketing for five years or longer. Yet the CMO Survey reveals that nearly half of marketers are unable to show the impact of their social media investments. Social was an add-on to existing plans — another outlet to deliver the marketing message.

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Media ROI Company Metrics 47

Tsavo Neal

APRIL 27, 2017

But, how you present yourself is critical for marketing and selling your services. This is more than how you dress — it’s your office, your marketing material, your brand — and yes, your website. This article lists relevant website and digital marketing statistics for consultants. Design isn’t magic.

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B2B Marketing Consulting Advertising 60

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Front-line sales professionals and managers rarely find the majority of these capabilities useful in winning more business for the company. CRMs today also serve a lot of masters, from executives in the C-suite, technology, marketing, finance, and, oh yeah, sales. And the sales team — well, they mostly hated it.

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Sales Metrics How To Tools 44

ConsultX

MARCH 1, 2022

History of the Profit Leakage Calculator ConsultX has developed its own Profit Leakage Calculator as a diagnostic tool to discover the areas of a business that are draining the most profit. Explaining ROI As a Business Consultant, it can be really difficult to explain what kind of return on investment a client will get.

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Cash Flow ROI Operations Analysis 52

Asamby Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Strategy Consultants Strategy consultants for small business help your company to find it's strategic positioning in the market. They support you in making fundamental decisions regarding your product, your service, your pricing or your target market. Marketing Consultants Many marketing agencies call themselves consultants these days.

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Small Business Cash Flow Consulting ROI 52

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

What makes marketing creative? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

Marketing 48

Marketing Agile Fashion Sales 48

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2018

By Brian Selby, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales Operations, Tableau Software. How often is your sales team making important decisions based on gut feel? Are your sales resources allocated properly to drive growth? Historically, sales has been labeled an art. Why does this happen in so many companies?

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Sales Data Enterprise Operations 28

Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

Having a well-implemented data strategy can provide your organization with the tools to effectively monitor and measure progress toward its goals , identify areas that require improvement, and optimize its decision-making. The good news is that there's a tool that can help predict the future and make better choices: scenario planning.

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Report Data Strategy Strategy 98

1 to 1

MAY 26, 2022

While many companies use these tools to better utilize the big data at their disposal, a quick Google search shows that these are still common questions. Business intelligence and predictive analytics are often used interchangeably to describe tools and methods for utilizing data to make informed decisions.

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Data Tools Sales ROI 26

Asamby Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The effect of baby boomers retiring, for some industries accelerated by COVID-19 has led to a dramatic shift in the employment market. Next to effective recruiting, getting compensation right is one of the most important tools to position your company well in the market. For a sales role, the commission might be 0.5%

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ROI Tools Travel Sales 40

Progressus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Companies which are not externally project driven may use project accounting to track internal projects such as a marketing campaign, or some type of capital improvement. As a part of the project sales process, the project budget is finalized and becomes a component of the contract’s Statement of Work.

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Resources Report ROI Data 52

The Fearless Marketer

MARCH 26, 2018

I’m working with a client right now who does high-end sales training. In the course of our conversations, he mentioned that 82% of his clients got a 10:1 ROI on their training investment. Instead, the home page of his site mentioned general ideas about the value of their sales training. A clear marketing advantage.

ROI 48

ROI Training Training Sales 48

Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2018

No one likes to feel as if they’re being watched, yet with technology continuing to mature, we have found ourselves entrenched in a marketing machine that has become far too intimate for anyone’s liking. Data-Driven Marketing. Provide tools that easily allow customers to edit their privacy settings. Insight Center.

Data 35

Data Marketing ROI Research 35

1 to 1

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

After years of immense growth, there are signs of economic headwinds across industries , with higher interest rates, stock market declines, pandemic challenges, labor shortages, global political instability, and more. And when ROI is scarce, nimble firms with their finger directly on the pulse of customer demand win.

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Balance Sheet ROI Operations Media 26

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

Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Professional services is an expansive space spanning several industries – consulting firms, software publishers, IT service providers, even manufacturers and distributors that offer post-sale services — each with its own set of challenges, regulations, and opportunities. They’re also engaging customers in new, value-driven ways.

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Industry SMB Software Talent 52

1 to 1

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Mention digital transformation to a CFO, and you would likely get push-back about big expenses and little ROI. And they show immediate outcomes, recouping costs and generating ROI, sometimes in a matter of days. They are trying to keep up with market, environmental, and consumer demands in a way that works.

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ROI Healthcare Insurance Insurance 26

Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

According to the travel and leisure marketing firm MMGY, the use of travel agents increased by 50% from 2014 to 2015. They’re easing customers’ burdens by guiding them through difficult decisions and choices, and improving win rates for high-end solution sales by as much as 60%. Fast forward to today.

B2B 33

B2B Travel Benchmarking Sales 33

Tsavo Neal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Like all your other marketing material, your website exists for one reason: To generate leads for your business. Once they do, your email marketing software automatically sends them your lead magnet. Your email marketing software compiles all lead information into a list. Books are incredible positioning tools.

Consulting 60

Consulting eBook Education Software 60

Tsavo Neal

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Like all your other marketing material, your website exists for one reason: To generate leads for your business. Once they do, your email marketing software automatically sends them your lead magnet. Your email marketing software compiles all lead information into a list. Books are incredible positioning tools.

Consulting 60

Consulting eBook Education Resources 60

Tsavo Neal

AUGUST 24, 2017

Love them or hate them, case studies make up some of your most important marketing materials as a consultant. Our portfolios are our best tools of inspiration. Inspiration is the primary role of our website, our brochure, our sales collateral and our in-person portfolio review. Hinge Marketing. Matt Olpinksi .

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Case Study Case Studies Study Consulting 60

Tsavo Neal

JANUARY 25, 2018

All businesses, regardless of industry, have become what I call O2O businesses—their primary marketing objectives are focused on driving people online to drive them offline. Jon Jantsch, Duct Tape Marketing. ? ?. Partnership Marketing. Outbound Phone Marketing. Email Marketing. Partnership Marketing.

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Consulting Advertising Case Interview Conference 68

1 to 1

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Some common sources of customer and experience friction include: Gaps in your internal data or limits to the insights you can gain from it, high frequency points of journey abandonment, and ill-equipped tools or outdated customer channels. Where are existing tools letting your customer service agents down?

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Metrics Tools Case Interview Strategy 26

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2018

About 30 minutes prior to her weekly one-on-one with the CEO, the chief marketing officer at a multibillion global financial services firm received a cryptic email from him with the subject line “The Trouble with CMOs.” Finally, the CMO began insisting that marketing deliver greater financial accountability.

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Advertising Agile Marketing Meeting 28