Tag Archives: people

More People Are Opening Email During Covid – What Does That Mean For You?

Eva Webster June 19, 2020 With Covid-19 changing the marketing world at breakneck speed, email marketing is one area that has been significantly affected. In a study done by Campaign Monitor, they found that more people are opening emails during the pandemic than ever before. What does this mean for your email marketing campaigns? What … Continue reading More People Are Opening Email During Covid – What Does That Mean For You? →

Want to Be More Productive? Help Your People Adapt and Feel Better

Productivity Tools

Liz Kislik June 18, 2020 The majority of your team members are likely to be more stressed right now than you’ve ever known them to be. You’re probably more stressed too. Even the most even-keeled pros may be feeling more anxious, sad, angry, and confused by the disruptions of the pandemic and the anguish of … Continue reading Want to Be More Productive? Help Your People Adapt and Feel Better →

Don’t Let the Pressure Kill Your People

Management Excellence

Ellen Mullarkey — May 22, 2020 Our global community has faced unprecedented stress over the last few months. Whether you transitioned to working from home, were met with an unforeseen furlough, or took on full-time childcare unexpectedly, it’s certainly been an adventure! I can’t stress this enough: we were already under too much pressure. According … Continue reading Don’t Let the Pressure Kill Your People →

How to Work with the Different Ways People Approach Conflict

Conflict Managemnet

Liz Kislik — May 15, 2020 For the podcast Set to Lead, Mary Ann Samedi asked me a number of practical questions about how you can work effectively with people according to their conflict styles. Part of the challenge of being in conflict is that we can become very self-focused: We wonder why this is … Continue reading How to Work with the Different Ways People Approach Conflict →

How to Help People Bring Their Whole Selves to Work

Productive People

Liz Kislik — May 10, 2020 As a consultant and executive coach, I try to listen very carefully to what people are saying. I listen to understand their concerns, gain deeper insights into who they are as individuals, and find the clues to help me understand the structures and power dynamics of their organizations. My … Continue reading How to Help People Bring Their Whole Selves to Work →

People choosing trusted brands, but marketers are pulling brand campaigns

Branding

Marketers seem to be favoring performance marketing even as brand may be gaining in consumer importance. Greg Sterling on May 1, 2020 Should marketers be investing in top-of-funnel campaigns or performance advertising right now? That question is being hotly debated in a lot of places, including major earnings reports where performance seems to be winning. … Continue reading People choosing trusted brands, but marketers are pulling brand campaigns →

Fake reviews problem is much worse than people know

Fake Reviews

Like a virus it infects all the major review sites, especially Google and Amazon. Greg Sterling on April 22, 2020 Fake reviews are a growing problem for consumers and the local and product-search sites they rely on to make purchase decisions. We know from multiple studies that roughly 90% of internet users consult online reviews … Continue reading Fake reviews problem is much worse than people know →

How to Improve “People” in Your Triple Bottom Line

Business Improvement

Eliza Erskine — April 20, 2020 Most companies recognize employee engagement as vital to their long term success. While “People,” in Triple Bottom Line thinking can include supply chain and community, this blog will focus specifically on employee-related actions you can take to improve your triple bottom line. Items like employee engagement, benefits, and communication … Continue reading How to Improve “People” in Your Triple Bottom Line →

People Still Search For Local Businesses, Phone Calls On Rise

Local Business

People Still Search For Local Businesses, Phone Calls On Rise by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, April 17, 2020 Marketers shouldn’t assume local searches have tanked. Data released Friday shows that local impressions fell a mere 10% between mid-January and mid-March. Greg Sterling, VP of insights at Uberall, believes this is due to the management of a … Continue reading People Still Search For Local Businesses, Phone Calls On Rise →

5 Tips for Handling Toxic People in the Workplace

Workplace Challenges

Paul Keijzer — March 29, 2020 Nearly every workplace has them – the nitpicking, conniving, mean-spirited, super-competitive people who make work life unbearable. Sometimes hovering in the lunchroom. Sometimes sitting through the meetings. Sometimes roaming around your work station. There’s no escape from these negative people. The stench of their negativity floats across the workplace … Continue reading 5 Tips for Handling Toxic People in the Workplace →