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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%).

Marketing 254
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Is Execution Where Good Strategies Go to Die?

Harvard Business

” When leaders “execute a strategy,” they usually mean the former — putting an idea into action. Execution is often where strategies go to die. So what determines whether execution brings life or death to your strategy? .” On the other, it means, “the carrying out of a death sentence.”

Strategy 134
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Apple Is Changing How Digital Ads Work. Are Advertisers Prepared?

Harvard Business

A survival guide for the new, privacy-centric iOS 14.5.

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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. This concept is borrowed from advertising. I used to be an expert at creating organizational change strategies for major system implementations like Oracle and SAP. These brands represent certain values.

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5 Biggest Differences Between B2B and B2C Sales Strategies

Tom Spencer

To succeed in sales, you must know your customer. One of the simplest distinctions in sales is that between B2C, which stands for business-to-customer, and B2B, which stands for business-to-business. Simply put, a B2C sale takes place when your business sells a product or service directly to an end consumer. Potential leads.

B2C 88
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What Sales Teams Should Do to Prepare for the Next Recession

Harvard Business

In the 2001 recession, total sales for the S&P 500 declined by 9% from its pre-recession peak to its trough 18 months later—almost a year after the recession officially ended. We’ll focus here on what the sales organization should be doing now to prepare for the next recession, with an eye toward using new digital tools.

Sales 130
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Sales Teams Need to Stop Focusing on the Customer Funnel

Harvard Business

Instead, build an “experience chain” that aligns the customer journey across physical and digital channels.

Sales 216