Harvard Business

MARCH 10, 2017

Sales executives with even moderately large, distributed sales forces rely on data to help them understand which activities and behaviors lead to the best outcomes. Yet much of the data from sources such as CRM reporting tools and time studies is self-reported, and thus inherently flawed. Related Video.

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Steve Shu Consulting

APRIL 26, 2011

In helping companies develop, tune-up, or reboot their professional services organizations, here are some example of complaints I’ve heard that reflect the need for change: Customer: “Instead of providing consulting services, your organization is marketing its products to me and asking me to pay the bill.”

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Harvard Business

MAY 20, 2016

In sales, where charisma and extroversion can be advantages, some people attribute success more to inborn personality traits than to skills that can be coached or taught. ”) But there’s a big difference between individual success in sales and success across an entire sales force. .”)

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Harvard Business

JULY 30, 2018

If you ever had a thought about a product or a vacation, and it seemed to suddenly pop up on your search page or in your email inbox, I can assure you it was based on AI (a classification algorithm) monitoring your online activity. If you’ve ever ordered an Uber, AI (a location algorithm) was used to have a car in your vicinity quickly.

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Effective Managers

JUNE 24, 2024

In marketing, AI-driven tools analyze consumer data to personalize marketing efforts, tailor promotions, and optimize pricing strategies. These tools can assess the effectiveness of marketing campaigns in real-time, allowing for quick adjustments to maximize ROI. Furthermore, AI can enhance employee engagement and development.

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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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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Companies typically compensate their sales force by using some combination of salary, commission, and bonuses, but executives are often unsure of which incentives provide the best motivation. Some received conditional bonuses, which we tied to sales quotas under three different treatments: standard, punitive, and real-punitive.

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Consulting Success

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Transform your failures into success in no time by implementing sales systems that will work for you. Description: Bob Burg is a sought-after speaker at company leadership and sales conferences around the world. Without a passion for journalism, he knew he needed to make a career change and graduated into sales.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

In today’s competitive business landscape, traditional sales and marketing-driven approaches are increasingly giving way to a new paradigm: Product Led Growth (PLG). Product Led Growth is a business methodology in which the product itself serves as the primary driver of customer acquisition. What is PLG?

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Consulting Success

JULY 24, 2017

In this episode, Gordon and I discuss the value of white papers as content-filled marketing tools that you can use to set yourself apart as the expert consultant companies want to hire. A white paper is a simple product that sums up a your best thinking — it can be your best shot at outshining your competitors.

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David A Fields

OCTOBER 16, 2014

The extraordinary, new product he adopted didn’t do much to hide his shiny pate, but it did invigorate sales at his retail store. What was this amazing new tool? Thirty-plus years later, you can use the same device to lift your consulting practice to a higher level of performance. The spreadsheet. Uncle Neil, […].

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Harvard Business

JUNE 7, 2018

It traced much of the cause to a mismatch between its sales incentives and pricing strategy. The manufacturer was compensating sales representatives based solely on how much revenue they generated. Top performers are more likely to: employ truly tailored pricing at the individual customer and product level.

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Epicflow

AUGUST 30, 2024

Its main purpose is to produce better products more efficiently and at lower costs. With this purpose, MOM involves the analysis of each stage in the production process to make sure that they are maximum efficient, and their costs are minimized. Key Elements of Manufacturing Operations Management Production management.

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Successful Independent Consulting

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Their branding helps drive sales by keeping their products or services fresh in the consumer’s mind. Everyone in business recognizes strong brands and understands their importance. These brands represent certain values. Independent consultants need to think the same way. Have fun and don’t take yourself too seriously.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Are you aiming to increase sales, improve customer satisfaction, or boost employee retention? For example, if your goal is to increase sales, your L&D programs might focus on enhancing sales techniques, product knowledge, or customer relationship management skills. Start by clearly defining your business goals.

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Markovitz Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2019

This week I’d like to address sales incentives and volume discounts. Sales incentives—for example, bonuses to meet monthly or quarterly revenue goals—cause salespeople to stuff the company’s distribution channels with inventory far in excess of consumer demand.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Yet despite these high stakes, and the growing adoption of sophisticated analytics, many retailers continue to take a broad-brush approach to running promotions that results in missed sales and profits. The good news is that many large retail organizations already have the tools and data they need to craft more effective promotions.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 18, 2018

I’ve spent 16 years in technology sales, with most of that spent in sales leadership at Salesforce and other technology companies. I’ve had the luxury of observing great sales professionals in tech and beyond and have observed that the top performers share some of the same patterns, habits, and characteristics.

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 9, 2020

If you're going to invest in personal development, invest in the skills and tools you may not have like marketing and sales. Many consultants and coaches think it's the dream to have someone else do their marketing and sales and just bring them clients. But I would ask you, "Is it the dream?"

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2018

For example, research has found that 93% of Pinterest users plan purchases on the platform and 87% have made a purchase after seeing a product they liked. Instagram has played an integral role in helping to lift sales for brands including Gatorade. Stories that evoke emotion tend to perform better than straight sales messages.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Many leaders look at profit margin, which measures the total amount by which revenue from sales exceeds costs. But if you want to understand how a specific product contributes to the company’s profit, you need to look at contribution margin. You might think of this as the portion of sales that helps to offset fixed costs.

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 15, 2020

To attract the right people into your sales funnel, you have to know who they are. Articulate your value proposition and products and services in such a way that demonstrates to your ideal clients that you are the one to solve their problems and transform their pain points into catalysts for growth. Become a Master Problem Solver.

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The capacity of HHI is superior to its competitors — a four-kilometer Ulsan shipyard with nine huge “Goliath Cranes,” 16,000 well-trained and experienced people in production, R&D, management, and administration, and the ability to manufacture any ship of any size with superb quality and the highest deadweight tonnage in the world.

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Effective Managers

JUNE 24, 2024

In marketing, AI-driven tools analyze consumer data to personalize marketing efforts, tailor promotions, and optimize pricing strategies. These tools can assess the effectiveness of marketing campaigns in real-time, allowing for quick adjustments to maximize ROI. Furthermore, AI can enhance employee engagement and development.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 19, 2018

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. Our data also indicate that much of marketing and sales collateral is read by prospects outside of the normal work week.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Unilever has acquired Dollar Shave Club , a young startup, for $1 billion in a move to introduce a new model of subscription sales. And at Greycroft, a venture capital firm, investor Teddy Citrin has laid out a veritable map for the further disruption of every consumer products category.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 9, 2018

While most for-profit companies start with product and then subsequently segment customers based on profit potential (higher lifetime value and lower acquisition costs), the most successful nonprofits commit first to reaching an underserved population, which often includes higher acquisition costs and lower lifetime value.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

His consulting group focuses mainly on sales enablement and marketing, and they have been in the business since 1995. In this episode, we talk about the path that led Tony to sales and consulting, and he shares insights into creating a successful consulting firm within the corporate world.

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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. bribes and kickbacks). Related Video.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2017

Many other companies, including Microsoft and Amazon, also already offer AI tools which, like Google Cloud, where I work, will be sold online as cloud computing services. There are numerous other AI products available to business, like IBM’s Watson, or software from emerging vendors. ” Focus on Customer Experience.

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Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

It involves comparing the cost of training programs to the benefits they bring, such as increased productivity, improved employee performance , and reduced turnover rates. Surveys and interviews can be practical tools for gathering this information.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

One type of data scientist creates output for humans to consume, in the form of product and strategy recommendations. Data science for humans: the consumers of the output are decision makers like executives, product managers, designers, or clinicians. They are decision scientists. They are modeling scientists. What are some examples?

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Consulting Success

JANUARY 15, 2018

The greatest marketing tool you have is your network — here’s how to make it work for you. This Silicon Valley-based previous electrical engineer with a passion for theater studied at Carnegie Mellon, then started his career in product marketing and sales before becoming a VP General Manager.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2018

Productivity (revenue divided by expense) increased by 20% year over year (far more than the 9% increase in revenue that the control group stores averaged); customer satisfaction increased by 11% (the control group saw it decrease by 4%); and sales increased by 8% (the control group saw only a 2% increase). There were rules.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Marketers need to master data analytics, customer experience, and product design. Brocade, a data and network solutions provider, created a “customer first” program by identifying their top 200 customers, who account for 80% of their sales. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

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Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2018

For example, while it is true that search advertising can be correlated with purchase because customers are in a motivated state to buy, it does not follow that ads caused sales. For example, a request to assess how marketing promotions affect sales should also account for the effect of promotions on brand equity.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 24, 2020

And our topic today is really focusing on those product companies. Why are they buying your product and not someone else’s? We have this foundational population of just rabid fans who love our product. So, there’s a lot of tools and processes that need to be put in place. Why isn’t it getting out?

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