Nancy Solari January 19, 2021 Being a business owner with a limitation often brings unforeseen challenges and requires substantial perseverance. It can feel overwhelming and frustrating when your disability requires more time to read, hear, or travel to places. It’s almost like gearing up for a really intense workout everyday; but when you find the … Continue reading How to Leverage Your Limitations as a Business Owner and Turn Them Into Superpowers
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What are Fake Influencers and How Do You Find Them?
Ken Fortney January 14, 2021 In a 2020 report, Marketing Dive noted that influencer marketing was helping brands consistently achieve 500-1800% returns. By any standard, ROI numbers this high are astounding. But an increasing number of brands trying influencer marketing for the first time are confused about what makes this strategy work (not every brand … Continue reading What are Fake Influencers and How Do You Find Them?
Story Points – Love Them or Leave Them?
Anthony Mersino November 28, 2020 I was teaching an introductory agile training course last week and noticed that many of the students got confused about story points. Taking a step back, I can appreciate their confusion about how story points work. I personally like story points and find them helpful, especially for new teams. A … Continue reading Story Points – Love Them or Leave Them?
The Top 5 Business Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Nicholas Ruggieri November 23, 2020 The economy has certainly had a big impact on many businesses over the last several months. But despite the ongoing uncertainties, people continue to launch new businesses. That’s what I love most about entrepreneurs. It’s that sink or swim mentality. For some, it’s out of necessity having lost jobs. For … Continue reading The Top 5 Business Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
5 Culprits that Destroy Agility – and How to Overcome Them
Engelina Jaspers November 14, 2020 Willgard / Pixabay One of the key lessons of 2020 is the need for companies, and individuals, to become more resilient. Many organizations think they are resilient, but they are not. Research by McKinsey found that less than 10 percent of publicly traded companies pre-COVID were resilient. The lack of … Continue reading 5 Culprits that Destroy Agility – and How to Overcome Them
Businesses Pay Lip Service to Ethics, but Consumers Don’t Trust Them to Do the Right Thing. It’s Time to Reverse This Trend
Christine Alemany November 11, 2020 The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer revealed a troubling reality for brands: Consumers do not think enterprises can be both ethical and competent. Rather than brands needing to work harder to prove consumers wrong, perhaps the real problem lies in how we define competency and success. With nearly 20 years of … Continue reading Businesses Pay Lip Service to Ethics, but Consumers Don’t Trust Them to Do the Right Thing. It’s Time to Reverse This Trend
What Is a Qualified Lead? (And How to Get More of Them)
Daniel Threlfall November 10, 2020 Having a clear definition of a qualified lead is absolutely vital for A) generating quality leads and B) converting them. But do you want to know what’s crazy? Over half of companies lack a formal definition of a qualified lead. Let’s change that right now and figure out what a … Continue reading What Is a Qualified Lead? (And How to Get More of Them)
People Love Video Marketing Tactics: Why You Need Them
Angela Hausman, PhD November 8, 2020 Everyone knows that video sharing is booming on the Internet because people love video marketing tactics. In fact, people watch over 500 hours of video per day on YouTube alone; and content creators share more content on YouTube in 30 days than all US television networks uploaded in 30 … Continue reading People Love Video Marketing Tactics: Why You Need Them
Confidence Among C-Suite Execs Plummets: 7 Trends For 2021 To Dig Them Out
Confidence Among C-Suite Execs Plummets: 7 Trends For 2021 To Dig Them Out by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, October 22, 2020 Deloitte wanted to better understand how people and brands responded to the pandemic and, most importantly, how some brands were able to flourish even during turbulent times. Eighteen months ago, Deloitte polled executives on their … Continue reading Confidence Among C-Suite Execs Plummets: 7 Trends For 2021 To Dig Them Out
4 Common B2B Product Launch Missteps and How to Sidestep Them
Christa Tuttle October 18, 2020 A product launch is an exciting milestone for any company, the beginning of new opportunities and possibilities. While exciting, product launches are also complex and multi-tiered, requiring a lot of preparation and research. According to the Market Research Association, only 40% of developed products make it to market, and of … Continue reading 4 Common B2B Product Launch Missteps and How to Sidestep Them