After 30 years in what is generically referred to as “corporate life” where we even planned the plan, the shock of working with smaller businesses that do not produce a plan, let alone written goals was (for me) an anathema…
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A GOAL without a plan is just a WISH
Tagged with: Budgets, Business Planning, Goal Planning, Growth, Skills for business growth
Posted in Annual Plan, Business Growth, Planning, Strategic Planning
Posted in Annual Plan, Business Growth, Planning, Strategic Planning
Ditch print at your own risk!
In the digital scramble not to be left behind, many companies are forgetting the basics of marketing when shifting catalogues from print to digital. The simple truth about printed catalogues is that they are relatively expensive, but they work because…
Tagged with: Budgets, CATALOGUES, Digital, Print
Posted in communication, Customer Experience, Digital Marketing, Marketing
Posted in communication, Customer Experience, Digital Marketing, Marketing
Its been emotional!
New Tesco boss David Lewis says “culture, processes and proposition must change” in other words they need to improve the performance of their people, the profitability of their products and the productivity their process – all common management challenges whether…
Tagged with: Aldi, branding, Budgets, customer engagement, know your customer, retail stores, retailers, Tesco
Posted in Company Culture, Decision Making, Engagement, Marketing, product, Proposition, Retail, Values
Posted in Company Culture, Decision Making, Engagement, Marketing, product, Proposition, Retail, Values
Great Products or Great Marketing – which one really matters the most?
When great products suffer from poor marketing they never become best sellers! “Wow that’s fantastic,why hasn’t everyone got one!” Can you imagine the emotions of the management when they heard the buyer say that about their product ! I for…
Tagged with: apple, branding, Budgets, culture, growth limitation, P&G, pandora, STRATEGY
Posted in Company Culture, Marketing, product, product development, product innovation, Proposition
Posted in Company Culture, Marketing, product, product development, product innovation, Proposition
Whether it’s BIG DATA or small data, if you don’t use it – it’s just data!
According to CMS Wire, marketeers who put data at the centre of their marketing decisions can increase their ROI by 15-20%. In our daily lives we are making hundreds and potentially thousands of decisions every day, some are complicated , some…
Tagged with: Banking, Big Data, branding, Breville, Budgets, data, Domino Pizza, Iphone, know your customer, Ladbrokes, marketing fundamentals, Steve Jobs
Posted in Data, Decision Making, Digital Marketing, Engagement, Marketing, Retail, Social Media
Posted in Data, Decision Making, Digital Marketing, Engagement, Marketing, Retail, Social Media
