In these tumultuous times, I lust for every bit of surety I can find. I search for rules, immutable truths, and superlatives. My motive is patently self-serving. Limiting my perspectives saves time. Nuance? Things to consider? Outliers and exceptions? Too squishy! Give me something concrete I can hold onto for dear life. Here’s a superlative […]
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Turn Risk into Revenue Power
Read MoreInherent business risk can be your downfall or your fuel. We help you stop the domino effect and build strength through uncertainty.
Inherent business risk can be your downfall or your fuel. We help you stop the domino effect and build strength through uncertainty.
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Acquire New Customers.
Read MoreTarget marketing, pipeline management, prospecting and lead generation.
Target marketing, pipeline management, prospecting and lead generation.
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Grow Your Revenue.
Read MoreManaging boundary risk, revenue modeling.
Managing boundary risk, revenue modeling.
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Retain Customers.
Read MoreAccount management, loyalty programs, managing churn.
Account management, loyalty programs, managing churn.
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Win Back Accounts.
Read MoreTurn lost customers into new business.
Turn lost customers into new business.
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Sales Governance
Developing and implementing marketing communications plans.
Maintaining sales-force readiness.
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Ensuring accuracy of key marketing information, and making sure it’s protected.
Managing intellectual properties.
Ensuring supply-chain responsiveness.
Risk Assessment
Avoiding disruptions that affect revenue, and responding quickly to events.
Avoiding social media and ethical disasters.
Monitoring emerging trends and forces.
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Acquisition and Retention: The Yin and Yang of Customer Strategy
- Created: Friday, 19 October 2018 8:31 pm
- Written by Andrew Rudin
For customer retention, which of the following do vendors commonly perform: Provide outstanding service and loyalty benefits Impose switching costs through technological impediments and contractual restrictions Engineer convoluted pathways for customers who want to terminate services All of these The correct answer, of course, is All of these. Every enterprise must retain customers. It’s a […]
Sears: Bankruptcy through Management by Magazine
- Created: Tuesday, 16 October 2018 6:03 pm
- Written by Andrew Rudin
Sears, the company that gave the world Kenmore appliances, Craftsman tools, Sears houses, and catalog retailing “limped into bankruptcy” on October 15, according to The Wall Street Journal (Sears, Once Retail Colossus, Enters Painful New Era). As one who grew up near two Sears anchor stores, this is astonishing. Never mind that for years, “the […]
Hiring Sales Talent? Seek These Three Essential Skills
- Created: Tuesday, 11 September 2018 5:36 pm
- Written by Andrew Rudin
As a strategist, I look for performance gaps. They are often concealed within operating statistics, and can require sleuthing to flush out. For me, an adrenaline rush comes from finding a subtle gem and elevating it to the conference room white board. “Strategic priorities for this quarter . . .” By now, you can tell […]