Consulting Matters

DECEMBER 16, 2022

For example, I did a customer assessment for one of my clients, which revealed some horrible feedback about the sales process. Initially, I was going to do my report to the entire team but realized that this would be a disaster, especially how the sales VP would receive this feedback. Do beta tests and pilots.

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Jerry Fletcher

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Automated Marketing software is how to get to the top rung of your ladder these days. And now there are integrated systems anyone familiar with a computer can learn to use to build automated marketing campaigns that capture leads and nurture them into sales. Unlimited videos. Unlimited e-mails. Whenever you like. Landing pages.

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Tsavo Neal

APRIL 5, 2018

In this video, you’ll about the law of 80/20 when applied to your consulting website — and how to identify the top performing pages on your consulting website using Google Analytics. Perhaps, when following up with a sales lead, this is the article you send them in your follow-ups to provide value? And can you blame them?

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Harvard Business

MARCH 7, 2017

As we describe in our recent HBR article, “The New Sales Imperative,” the torrents of information, expanding array of options, and growing size and diversity of purchasing groups are leading to a kind of purchase paralysis: Customers are taking longer than ever to make purchases, and abandoning them more often. Related Video.

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Tsavo Neal

JULY 3, 2020

SEO > Traffic > Website > Consultation > Sales. Do you sell software products to other businesses, like project management tools? SEO > Traffic > Website > Free Trial > Sales. Then, it’s your (or your website’s) job to turn that traffic into a lead— and then eventually, a sale.

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Brimstone Consulting

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

A Sales Director at a global software company with two children under the age of two (who have been home since March) shared a long list of impressive actions that her company has taken to support working parents. Support “Video Optional”. While video is an important tool, not every call or meeting needs to be “on camera.”

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Asamby Consulting

JANUARY 20, 2022

These metrics are like receiving a score in a video game, which allows everybody to know if they are going in the right direction. Exactly like the video-game example, where employees know what they should do and what progress they made. sales calls) and not lagging ones (e.g.

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Steve Shu Consulting

JUNE 30, 2010

As another example in the “Motivation” quadrant, Adrian Ott introduced me to the concept of geocaching (which I have since purchased software and taken up with my kids). Update (6/30/2010): Catchy teaser video on Time-onomics just released. Adrian, excellent work on the book!

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Women in Consulting

MAY 4, 2015

The organizations represented included a cloud-based software company, a food producer, and a government agency. Video: IT Buyers love video. Short 45 ‒ 60 second videos about the solutions your company offers, or better yet, customer success stories and testimonials are ideal. And don’t put the video behind a form.

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Tsavo Neal

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Once they do, your email marketing software automatically sends them your lead magnet. Your email marketing software compiles all lead information into a list. They make a great introductory offer to move your potential clients up your sales ladder. A webinar is a video presentation or workshop. They are a new lead.

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Tsavo Neal

OCTOBER 19, 2017

Once they do, your email marketing software automatically sends them your lead magnet. Your email marketing software compiles all lead information into a list. They make a great introductory offer to move your potential clients up your sales ladder. A webinar is a video presentation or workshop. They are a new lead.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

I had a bunch of individuals that I had hired that were very highly capable people; data analytics people, software development, project managers that all had very significant skill sets that I thought those were the guys that could be consultants. Throw it to the sales group and say go sell this thing because it's such a cool product.

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Kai Davis

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

A product, like a book or video course, based off of a consulting service. You’ve defined a package and you’re making it available for sale. With a productized service, you’re creating a product – book, training, software, etc. When I say “Productized Service” to you, what do you think of? Packaged Services.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 9, 2019

I had a bunch of individuals that I had hired that were very highly capable people; data analytics people, software development, project managers that all had very significant skill sets that I thought those were the guys that could be consultants. Throw it to the sales group and say go sell this thing because it's such a cool product.

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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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CaseInterview.com

APRIL 7, 2020

Businesses that have major declines in sales can’t afford to pay employees or buy from suppliers (who themselves have employees and their own suppliers to pay). Desktop-installed software gave way to software in the cloud. To state the obvious, unemployed people with no income can’t buy things from businesses.

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freshminds

JANUARY 27, 2015

Along with Oracle, it is an essential piece of software that you will be using within a big consulting firm. Plenty of software related tutorials on the channel though they focus on talking through powerpoints rather than actual demonstration of the software. 3) SAP SD (Sales and Distribution). Give the free demo a go!

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Tsavo Neal

MARCH 20, 2019

But, not all sales conversations lead to project work. prospects turn into a paying client — or a 20% sales call conversion rate. The easiest way to do this is to watch video instructions for installation Google Analytics , using Calendly for scheduling , and integrating Calendly with Google Analytics.

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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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Rick Conlow

JUNE 19, 2023

Utilize video conferencing tools to enhance face-to-face interactions. This includes project management software, communication tools, document sharing platforms, and virtual collaboration tools. Ask for and give regular feedback to address concerns and maintain a sense of collaboration.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 31, 2016

From special equipment that picks up cell phone signals in the area to software that identifies people in video footage, brick-and-mortars are learning more about their customers — often without them knowing. Consider, for instance, the use of clienteling software. This concept has a long history in retail.

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Jerry Fletcher

JUNE 6, 2020

My friend Allen, one of the best sales people I’ve ever met, told me how his jewelry company kept card files on customers that included data on each customer’s extended family. These days that kind of information is in databases manipulated by software for Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Links that pay.

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Asamby Consulting

JUNE 2, 2022

A researcher wrote in the Journal of Organizational Behavior "Overall, department culture was found to consistently predict higher subsequent levels of customer satisfaction ratings and […] sales, with no evidence obtained for a reciprocal performance-to-culture feedback loop.

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Consulting Matters

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Then you're going to LOVE this week's tutorial video. As you watch this video, here's what I would love you to consider. You can see another how-to video about trying to decide which web domain and platform to use. I am currently recording this video to you through Zoom. Landing pages and sales funnel.

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MishTalk

JULY 16, 2013

Jewel Food Store Amazing Software Glitch; Purposeful Action or Programmer Stupidity? 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. It appears to me that Jewel software assumed the price on the sticker. Mish Audio Video.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Similarly, when Starbucks baristas make your latte the same way across cafés, or when a software engineer delivers the expected features each sprint, you are witnessing tactical performance. Related Video. Imagine you’re leading a sales team. We made a number of operational changes to the call center.

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

By contrast, Tesla’s technology mindset has it thinking in terms of software releases and downloads rather than model years and shipments. ” Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > GE shows that legacy companies can adopt a new mental and measurement model with a change in business model.

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Emerson Consulting Group

MAY 10, 2019

transforming CEOs and their firms into thoughtleaders: www.thoughtleading.com Maguire Associates , a research-based consulting firm that serves educational institutions: [link] Productive Media , Boston’s Custom Audio Visual and Video Production Solution: [link] The Salute Military Golf Association New England. Current Sponsors.

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Chad Barr

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Or a small florist promotes her knowledge of flowers through social media and ends up doubling her sales in less than a year. Barr is president of The Chad Barr Group, an Internet consulting firm and also leads CB Software Systems Inc., both in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Identify your business strategy before launching your website.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 16, 2017

Investors and lenders are betting on the company’s long-term potential to dominate a future that may feature autonomous vehicles, sustainable energy consumption, and the ability to upgrade easily as both hardware and software evolve. If that potential isn’t realized, the money will quickly dry up.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Through my research for this project, I found that most companies take an extremely sales-oriented approach to their web presence. As a job applicant, I would like to fill in a few fields and then have access to a live person through chat or maybe even a live person via web video. This is a common practice in customer service.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 5, 2016

What he found was sobering: despite the high cost of the paid search campaign, it generated only fourteen sales leads. None of those leads were related to the initiative being promoted — and none of them turned into successful sales. You cannot run a two-minute video in a display ad.

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Harvard Business

MAY 5, 2016

The year before, prompted by all this, Lumiscape’s leadership had decided to pivot from a sales model to a subscription model. Instead of selling the streetlights and leaving the cities to manage them, the company would rent them out for a monthly fee, with installation, maintenance, and monitoring software all included.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 14, 2018

It does not include traditional IT firms that rely on sales of hardware or software as their main source of revenue.). Related Video. See More Videos > See More Videos > To date, Western digital firms have failed to capitalize on their perceived competitive advantage in China.

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Management Consulted

MAY 25, 2014

Software Engineer. For example, the role of “Client Development Consultant” is truly a sales position. Follow This Path Discover Your Sales Strengths Animals, Inc. YouTube: Gallup Videos . Gallup Technology – Non-consulting (internal tech + client advisors for system implementation). Data Manager.

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CaseInterview.com

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Or a problem involving sales and marketing over-selling and over-promising in their messages, causing the client to have unrealistic expectations? Ditched the career in software. In this case, the issue is a client service’s incorrect decision type problem. Or are clients unhappy because your products stink? Is that a design problem?

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Harvard Business

JULY 12, 2016

For example, in one of our projects we worked with a firm which had beautiful data both on customer purchases and loyalty and a separate database on online browsing behavior, but little way of cross-referencing these two sources of data to actually understand whether certain browsing behavior was predictive of sales.

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