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Black Friday Lessons Learned From 2020

Black Friday Lessons Learned From 2020 by Elizabeth Baggan , Op-Ed Contributor, December 1, 2020 Black Friday 2020 broke online records. Adobe Analytics reported that sales topped $9 billion on Black Friday, revealing the rate at which consumer shopping habits evolve. Mobile orders increased by a massive 25.3% year-over-year, with 40% of all ecommerce sales … Continue reading Black Friday Lessons Learned From 2020 →

3 Lessons in Social Media Marketing from Miranda Priestly

Social Media Lessons

Erika Taylor Montgomery November 13, 2020 If you’ve ever seen “The Devil Wears Prada,” you know that the Editor-in-Chief of Runway Magazine is filled with quick and icy insults to her assistants and almost everyone around her. Within those cold remarks, however, there are valuable social media marketing lessons to be had. Here are three … Continue reading 3 Lessons in Social Media Marketing from Miranda Priestly →

7 Lessons From an Old West Shootout

Lessons Learned

Mark Armstrong September 23, 2020 The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is the most famous shootout in the history of the Old West. It took place in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, on October 26, 1881. The Earps won, the Clantons lost. The real gunfight– not the one you see in the movies– teaches some important lessons. … Continue reading 7 Lessons From an Old West Shootout →

Community Education: 4 Lessons for Better Forums and Groups

Community Building

Jonathan Crossfield September 2, 2020 When I made my first tentative steps onto the internet, approximately **cough** years ago, like most people I was a very passive user. It seemed like a reasonably handy way to look up information related to my hobbies, usually wrapped in a garish Geocities website full of animated icons and … Continue reading Community Education: 4 Lessons for Better Forums and Groups →

Business Management Lessons from Dolly Parton

Business Development

Al Davidson September 3, 2020 Dolly Parton is an American icon. Even people who don’t consider themselves fans of country music tend to know and like Dolly Parton; over many decades, she has built a brand as not just a musician, actress and entertainer, but as a smart, savvy business owner. Dolly owns a multi-million … Continue reading Business Management Lessons from Dolly Parton →

Lessons Need to Be Learned but Are Wasted Without Action

Lessons Learned

Brian Basilico August 27, 2020 I constantly try to tell people that every marketing piece that you do should end up having a goal, and that goal should be to have a human-to-human conversation. But the question is, what’s the experience in between? What kind of experience is your user having to get to that … Continue reading Lessons Need to Be Learned but Are Wasted Without Action →

Receiving Leadership By Example in the COVID-19 Era – 4 Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned

Chris Biscuiti June 23, 2020 During this unprecedented time, I have learned a few key lessons not just as a working professional but as a father of a child with special needs and the husband of an essential worker. Essentially, who you work for matters in times of crisis, and how you are managed can … Continue reading Receiving Leadership By Example in the COVID-19 Era – 4 Lessons Learned →

Lessons in Leading Transformation

Leadership Transformation

Mukesh Gupta — June 11, 2020 Premise: We are living in a world where a lot of organisations are being forced to transform the way they operate. As we all know, being forced to change is not a good place to be in. The ability of leaders to lead their organisation through this transformation process … Continue reading Lessons in Leading Transformation →

4 marketing lessons from retailers who are mastering the customer experience

Customer Experience

Get inspiration from retailers who have focused their efforts on CX and adapt those learnings to better engage your own audience. Mike Farrell on March 23, 2020 I don’t need to go into detail on how fierce competition is for digital marketers in the retail space. They are constantly determining how to outmaneuver other retailers … Continue reading 4 marketing lessons from retailers who are mastering the customer experience →

Lessons from the Last Economic Crisis for COVID-19

Lessons Learned

Sharon Crowley — March 21, 2020 Braveheart Sales Performance turns eleven years old on March 25. So, if you do the math you will realize that we started the company in 2009. Smack dab in the economic aftermath of the Great Recession. Sure, it was risky. But it seemed less risky at the time than … Continue reading Lessons from the Last Economic Crisis for COVID-19 →