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Why and How Personal Branding is Vital for Independent Consultants

Successful Independent Consulting

Their branding helps drive sales by keeping their products or services fresh in the consumer’s mind. It’s how you promote yourself and “go to market.” This concept is borrowed from advertising. Everyone in business recognizes strong brands and understands their importance. These brands represent certain values.

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Marketing Mix Modeling MMM (Part 1 of 3)

Tom Spencer

It’s a great challenge to accurately measure the effects of advertising, packaging, distribution channels, media expenditures, social media Likes and Tweets, and sales organizational structure on brand share or sales revenue. Is marketing solely a game of chance, or might there be a way to bring scientific methods to the table?

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Marketing Mix Modeling MMM (Part 2 of 3)

Tom Spencer

What is essential for successful marketing mix modeling? Is the market for the product or service growing? Retail depletions: It’s essential to have a clean measure of sales to end-users, undistorted by fluctuations in inventories. is the most common measure of sales to consumers. Reading Time: 6 minutes.

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Marketing Mix Modeling MMM (Part 3 of 3)

Tom Spencer

MMM assists marketers in optimizing future spends and maximizing effectiveness (i.e. Then, budget allocation is done, by shifting money from low ROI mediums to high ROI mediums, thus maximizing sales while keeping the budget constant. Marketing data for the product is available for October to December 2017 (table below). *

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Put Marketing at the Core of Your Growth Strategy

Harvard Business

Companies that make the decision to put marketing at the core of their growth strategy outperform the competition, according to McKinsey research. Specifically, both B2C and B2B companies who view branding and advertising as a top two growth strategy are twice as likely to see revenue growth of 5% or more than those that don’t (67% to 33%).

B2C 101
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Biz Dev and Sales: Two Pillars of Business Success

Tom Spencer

Business development and sales are two of the most critical components of any successful business. They are closely related, with business development focusing on identifying new opportunities and building relationships, and sales being the process of actually closing deals and generating revenue. However, this won’t happen overnight.

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Podcast Advertising: Ultimate Guide to Podcast Ads [2024]

Buzzsprout

And this new wave of advertising isn't going anywhere; podcast ads are set to climb exceeding $4 billion in revenue by 2025. In this blog, we'll break down everything you need to know about podcast advertising and show you how to leverage different types of podcast ads for optimal results. Why is podcast advertising effective?