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Several times every week we have conversations with customers about measurement, metrics, dashboards and scorecards. Given that today, almost everyone is able to click on some kind of Martech or CRM tool and produce a data report, you might wonder why this topic keeps surfacing? MORE
Who wouldn’t want fast and easy customer growth for your business? How can there be a downside to quickly closing new deals and acquiring easy wins? Fast-growing trees provide insight into 4 potential pitfalls of fast growth. And that’s the focus of this episode. MORE
This episode of One Good Idea explores the value of being connected with your peers, especially the connections between members of the C suite to support growth. You probably know that old adage, “Bird of a feather flock together.” Well, it’s true. That’s why peer groups are so successful. MORE
We often think of experiments as something we do in the realm of science, but there is a place for experimentation in business, especially when needed to make data-informed strategic and tactical decisions. MORE
In this episode we’re using a fishing story to illustrate how to ensure Marketing and Sales work together when it comes to customer acquisition. MORE
We hear a number of reasons for why performance target-setting efforts grind to halt. Among the most frequent is the lack of data or lack of confidence in the data. While it is always better to have data or better data, our suggestion is to embrace the zero! MORE
The purpose of every marketing effort, whether delivered via email, a landing page, social media, or a digital ad, etc., is to motivate the recipient to take a real next step in their buying journey. MORE
Nearly every organization we speak with believes they’re customer-centric. Work by MarketCulture Strategies , found that “a strong customer-obsessed culture is the single most important driver of future business performance.” MORE
Ever wish you had a crystal ball to see the future and plan accordingly? More effective than a crystal ball, future proofing is the process of anticipating what the future might bring, in order to minimize the potential downside of future events. And it is one important way to protect your growth. MORE
Logic and math are two essential accountability skills. Both are integral to performance management for every part of your organization. If you have ever worked a Sudoku puzzle you understand the difference between logic and math. MORE
You’ve identified a new segment for growth. It meets all of your opportunity and accessibility criteria. You’re ready to start selling, right? Identify a few potential customers, contact, connect, qualify, and rock on. To that we say, “Whoa, Nelly, market validation comes first.” MORE
All of us rely on patterns, that is a recurrent automated response to help us save time, effort and potentially minimize risk. Sometimes however its necessary to change patterns to grow and improve business performance, that’s the focus of this episode. MORE
You probably recognize by now that we’re big fans of Peter Drucker. We consider him the father of modern management. One of his quotes is particularly pertinent to this post on the subject of strategy and the future. Drucker said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”. MORE
If there is a market for what you sell, it won’t be long before you face competition, if you don’t already. The key to long-term success is to stay ahead of the pack. MORE
Using real examples from our work, each episode of One Good Idea provides a smart business tip to help you grow. This episode is based on work with a customer who developed a software product that is now part of a well-established highly competitive market that wants to grow. MORE
How you approach the market and address the competition to achieve your objectives is the realm of strategy. Strategies can be defensive or offensive or a combination of both. One offensive strategy you can leverage to outmaneuver competitive rivals can be taken from the sports world: the fast break. MORE
Several recent conversations with new entrepreneurs as well as veteran business owners have been on the topic of entering a new market or new customer segment. In each instance, a key concern was a strategy for mitigating risk of entry. MORE
Every month or quarter, leaders in most organizations report on the state of business performance. We are strong proponents of taking an outcome-based approach to performance measurement and management. MORE
You’ve heard the quote by Meister Eckhart, “ The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.” ” It’s important to understand that inaction isn’t simply the lack of action. Inaction is a conscious choice not to act. MORE
Thriving companies are always innovating by creating and introducing new methods, ideas, or products and services, all designed to improve customer experience. Customer acquisition and retention often depend on new solutions. MORE
Many of our customers are committed to successfully bringing new products to market. But they often find that it’s a daunting undertaking and sadly many new products fail. This episode of One Good Idea offers guidance for launching a new product. Product launches involve a lot of moving parts. MORE
There’s nothing more comfortable than something that fits perfectly. Whether it is great fitting shoe. A right fit job. Or the right fitting customer. Finding customers, acquiring customers, and retaining right fit customers is the focus on this episode of What’s Your Edge. MORE
Growth remains a major mandate for most every company we work with. We are often asked for how to identify and pursue a new market and build a segmentation model. This is the focus of this One Good Idea episode. MORE
Welcome to What’s Your Edge – a series of VisionEdge Marketing podcasts dedicated to helping you use data, analytics, process, and measurement to create an edge for you and your customers. In today’s episode we’re exploring upstream and downstream marketing. MORE
Diana and I have had conversations with several customers on the topic of messaging. In each conversation, the business leader said they were having difficulty engaging the right customers. One of the first questions we asked them was “do you have a message map to support customer engagement?” MORE
Using real examples from our work each episode of One Good Idea provides a smart business tip to help you grow. This episode is based on work with a B2B customer who was looking to expand their business. MORE
Measurement. Everyone in business today accepts the merits of measurement. One key category of measures, productivity measures, provide insight on how to improve performance. and operational excellence. MORE
If you had a chance to read the recent Korn Ferry article The CMO is Forever Changed , perhaps the statement “linking marketing activities and business results hasn’t always been the strong suit of CMOs” rang familiar. It did for me. MORE
In a recent SuperOffice study of nearly 2,000 business professionals, 49.5% indicated that their number one priority over the next five years is improving customer experience (CX). MORE
Most business leaders and Marketing and Sales professionals today understand the impact that peer reviews and stories make on the customer bying journey, including the B2B purchase journey. This trend has certainly added more twists and turns to the buying process. MORE
Growth. It’s still the top mandate for every organization. Perhaps work by PwC provides some insight. MORE
Strategy. Entire books and academic courses are devoted to it because the development of an effective strategy is critical to the success of all organizations. And strategy is the focus of this episode. MORE
Process is one of the four pillars of high performing organizations. Highly functional organizations leverage distinctive capabilities and processes to improve efficiencies and effectiveness. Firms with highly functional organizations experience more innovation, market share growth and profit. MORE
When it comes down to the wire as a business leader are you more likely to go for it or punt? In American football punting occurs when a team believes they cannot score in the final down or their chances of making another first down are low. MORE
Vision Edge Marketing
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Diana and I have had conversations with several customers on the topic of messaging. In each conversation, the business leader said they were having difficulty engaging the right customers. One of the first questions we asked them was “do you have a message map to support customer engagement?”
Vision Edge Marketing
OCTOBER 12, 2021
You’ve identified a new segment for growth. It meets all of your opportunity and accessibility criteria. You’re ready to start selling, right? Identify a few potential customers, contact, connect, qualify, and rock on. To that we say, “Whoa, Nelly, market validation comes first.”
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Vision Edge Marketing
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Several times every week we have conversations with customers about measurement, metrics, dashboards and scorecards. Given that today, almost everyone is able to click on some kind of Martech or CRM tool and produce a data report, you might wonder why this topic keeps surfacing?
Vision Edge Marketing
AUGUST 24, 2021
You probably recognize by now that we’re big fans of Peter Drucker. We consider him the father of modern management. One of his quotes is particularly pertinent to this post on the subject of strategy and the future. Drucker said, “The best way to predict the future is to create it.”.
Speaker: David Edwards, Senior Manager, Virtual Events, BrightTALK
While B2B marketers have used events as an effective marketing tool for decades, virtual events have more recently evolved into an essential part of the marketing mix. But the myriad of options can make it confusing to put together a virtual event strategy that positively impacts your marketing goals - not just your budget.
Vision Edge Marketing
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Thriving companies are always innovating by creating and introducing new methods, ideas, or products and services, all designed to improve customer experience. Customer acquisition and retention often depend on new solutions.
Vision Edge Marketing
NOVEMBER 9, 2021
Who wouldn’t want fast and easy customer growth for your business? How can there be a downside to quickly closing new deals and acquiring easy wins? Fast-growing trees provide insight into 4 potential pitfalls of fast growth. And that’s the focus of this episode.
Vision Edge Marketing
MARCH 30, 2021
If you had a chance to read the recent Korn Ferry article The CMO is Forever Changed , perhaps the statement “linking marketing activities and business results hasn’t always been the strong suit of CMOs” rang familiar. It did for me.
Vision Edge Marketing
MAY 25, 2021
Many of our customers are committed to successfully bringing new products to market. But they often find that it’s a daunting undertaking and sadly many new products fail. This episode of One Good Idea offers guidance for launching a new product. Product launches involve a lot of moving parts.
Vision Edge Marketing
DECEMBER 15, 2020
Most business leaders and Marketing and Sales professionals today understand the impact that peer reviews and stories make on the customer bying journey, including the B2B purchase journey. This trend has certainly added more twists and turns to the buying process.
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Vision Edge Marketing
MARCH 16, 2021
This episode of One Good Idea explores the value of being connected with your peers, especially the connections between members of the C suite to support growth. You probably know that old adage, “Bird of a feather flock together.” Well, it’s true. That’s why peer groups are so successful.
Vision Edge Marketing
MAY 11, 2021
Every month or quarter, leaders in most organizations report on the state of business performance. We are strong proponents of taking an outcome-based approach to performance measurement and management.
Vision Edge Marketing
APRIL 20, 2021
Growth remains a major mandate for most every company we work with. We are often asked for how to identify and pursue a new market and build a segmentation model. This is the focus of this One Good Idea episode.
Vision Edge Marketing
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Several recent conversations with new entrepreneurs as well as veteran business owners have been on the topic of entering a new market or new customer segment. In each instance, a key concern was a strategy for mitigating risk of entry.
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Digital fatigue is a thing, no surprise there. The good news: you can break through the noise using a new channel! Find out how to get creative and build rapport with prospects & customers offline with strategic direct mail and corporate gifting.
Vision Edge Marketing
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
Ever wish you had a crystal ball to see the future and plan accordingly? More effective than a crystal ball, future proofing is the process of anticipating what the future might bring, in order to minimize the potential downside of future events. And it is one important way to protect your growth.
Vision Edge Marketing
MARCH 23, 2021
Measurement. Everyone in business today accepts the merits of measurement. One key category of measures, productivity measures, provide insight on how to improve performance. and operational excellence.
Vision Edge Marketing
APRIL 27, 2021
In a recent SuperOffice study of nearly 2,000 business professionals, 49.5% indicated that their number one priority over the next five years is improving customer experience (CX).
Vision Edge Marketing
APRIL 13, 2021
If there is a market for what you sell, it won’t be long before you face competition, if you don’t already. The key to long-term success is to stay ahead of the pack.
Speaker: Brian Carroll, CEO & Founder of markempa
The highest priority for B2B marketers is effective demand generation (increasing lead quality and quantity). However, we can get so caught up in our ABM strategies, systems, tools, and investments that we lose sight of building deep empathy for the people in the accounts. In this webinar, you’ll learn how to go beyond rational-logic-based sales/marketing and adjust your strategy to understand better how buyers feel so that you can connect and help more customers buy.
Vision Edge Marketing
JUNE 10, 2021
In this episode we’re using a fishing story to illustrate how to ensure Marketing and Sales work together when it comes to customer acquisition.
Vision Edge Marketing
MAY 19, 2020
Welcome to What’s Your Edge – a series of VisionEdge Marketing podcasts dedicated to helping you use data, analytics, process, and measurement to create an edge for you and your customers. In today’s episode we’re exploring upstream and downstream marketing.
Vision Edge Marketing
JANUARY 26, 2021
Strategy. Entire books and academic courses are devoted to it because the development of an effective strategy is critical to the success of all organizations. And strategy is the focus of this episode.
Vision Edge Marketing
OCTOBER 5, 2021
There’s nothing more comfortable than something that fits perfectly. Whether it is great fitting shoe. A right fit job. Or the right fitting customer. Finding customers, acquiring customers, and retaining right fit customers is the focus on this episode of What’s Your Edge.
Speaker: David Pitta, CMO, BrightTALK and John Steinert, CMO, TechTarget
Customer acquisition and growth requires intentional strategy. Join David Pitta, CMO, BrightTALK and John Steinert, CMO, TechTarget as they share their 20+ years of experience in crafting engagement engines at scale.
Vision Edge Marketing
JANUARY 19, 2021
We often think of experiments as something we do in the realm of science, but there is a place for experimentation in business, especially when needed to make data-informed strategic and tactical decisions.
Vision Edge Marketing
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
You’ve heard the quote by Meister Eckhart, “ The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.” ” It’s important to understand that inaction isn’t simply the lack of action. Inaction is a conscious choice not to act.
Vision Edge Marketing
OCTOBER 20, 2020
Nearly every organization we speak with believes they’re customer-centric. Work by MarketCulture Strategies , found that “a strong customer-obsessed culture is the single most important driver of future business performance.”
Vision Edge Marketing
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Growth. It’s still the top mandate for every organization. Perhaps work by PwC provides some insight.
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Vision Edge Marketing
NOVEMBER 10, 2020
We hear a number of reasons for why performance target-setting efforts grind to halt. Among the most frequent is the lack of data or lack of confidence in the data. While it is always better to have data or better data, our suggestion is to embrace the zero!
Vision Edge Marketing
JULY 8, 2021
Process is one of the four pillars of high performing organizations. Highly functional organizations leverage distinctive capabilities and processes to improve efficiencies and effectiveness. Firms with highly functional organizations experience more innovation, market share growth and profit.
Vision Edge Marketing
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Using real examples from our work, each episode of One Good Idea provides a smart business tip to help you grow. This episode is based on work with a customer who developed a software product that is now part of a well-established highly competitive market that wants to grow.
Vision Edge Marketing
JANUARY 12, 2021
Using real examples from our work each episode of One Good Idea provides a smart business tip to help you grow. This episode is based on work with a B2B customer who was looking to expand their business.
Speaker: Jen Dewar, CEO of Jalydew
Brand awareness and website traffic are great, but bottom line: you need your marketing programs to generate sales leads, and you need those leads to turn into new customers. There are many things you can do to increase leads and customers without increasing your marketing spend. Join Jen Dewar, CEO and Principal Consultant at Jalydew October 20th, 2021 at 11:00 am PDT for an insightful look into how to optimize your conversion rates.
Vision Edge Marketing
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
When it comes down to the wire as a business leader are you more likely to go for it or punt? In American football punting occurs when a team believes they cannot score in the final down or their chances of making another first down are low.
Vision Edge Marketing
MAY 18, 2021
Logic and math are two essential accountability skills. Both are integral to performance management for every part of your organization. If you have ever worked a Sudoku puzzle you understand the difference between logic and math.
Vision Edge Marketing
MARCH 2, 2021
The purpose of every marketing effort, whether delivered via email, a landing page, social media, or a digital ad, etc., is to motivate the recipient to take a real next step in their buying journey.
Vision Edge Marketing
AUGUST 25, 2020
How you approach the market and address the competition to achieve your objectives is the realm of strategy. Strategies can be defensive or offensive or a combination of both. One offensive strategy you can leverage to outmaneuver competitive rivals can be taken from the sports world: the fast break.
Speaker: Adam Dorfman, Head of Product Growth at Reputation & Michele Bettinazzi, Customer Experience Manager at PeakMade Real Estate
Improved marketing conversion, happy customers, and faster growth - that’s only three things that can be accomplished by just listening to your customers. Customer feedback is an extremely invaluable tool to keeping retention high, attracting new business, and improving the general operations of your business. The question is - how do you capture all this? Join Adam Dorfman, Head of Product Growth at Reputation & Michele Bettinazzi, Customer Experience Manager at PeakMade Real Estate, for this essential discussion on the ins and outs of brokering the optimal customer interaction.
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