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How A Data Driven Approach Benefits Your Company
Embracing data-driven strategies is not just a trend but a proven path to success. According to Forbes, companies that adopt data-driven approaches are 23 times more likely to outperform their competitors in customer acquisition and 19 times more likely to maintain profitability. Invoca's research further reveals that these companies drive five to eight times more sales than those not leveraging data. This data underscores the immense potential for growth and success that data-driven strategies …
We’ve Had the Same Damn Marketing Problem for Years. Why Can’t We Fix It?
Organizations that can’t get ahead with their marketing have plateaued—nothing seems to work, even though they feel they have tried everything. They are in a spot where they need to better leverage marketing to grow or scale their business sooner rather than later. But when my conversation with them turns to their marketing strategies, the responses often get pretty vague:
We consistently post on LinkedIn and send emails weekly.
Yes, we’re going to do some LinkedIn and Google ads. (as if it’s a la…
How Much Will It Cost to Work with a Fractional CMO?
If you’re evaluating whether a fractional CMO is right for your business, that is sure to be one of your first questions. Getting a clear answer to this question can be challenging because there are a variety of fractional CMO models that offer different levels of engagement, expertise, and pricing structures.
The fractional model is especially advantageous for financially constrained companies or those undergoing transitions. Integrating a fractional CMO allows businesses to stay on course wit…
Case Study: From Divided Attention and a Lack of Accountability to a United Direction
All organizations if they last long enough will eventually plateau. They will reach a point where they’ve established brand recognition in the market, have loyal customers, and are perceived as a “traditional” brand. Usually, when a brand is described this way, it means that it is outdated but can still be relied upon for something.
This success should be celebrated and it’s vital that the leaders of the organization recognize that what got them there, isn’t going to take them successfully into…
How Can a Fractional CMO Help Me Grow My Business?
A fractional CMO can be an effective solution to the strategic shifts we’re seeing in corporate structures and the evolving role of the Chief Marketing Officer. Considering the many strategies, tactics, channels, and platforms available to drive growth, and coming up with a holistic marketing plan that takes a business’s stage and industry into account is a complex job. This is one of the core responsibilities of a Chief Marketing Officer—long-term strategy.
That is the role of a CMO or market…
How to Know When Your Business is Ready to Hire a Fractional CMO
A Fractional CMO offers a unique mix of flexibility, cost-efficiency, deep experience, and specialized expertise, adeptly filling the gaps left by the ever-changing landscape of traditional marketing roles. Through many conversations with founders and executives, we’ve identified some of the most common indicators that it’s time for an organization to hire a fractional CMO. The following six signs might indicate that your business is ready for a fractional CMO.
So how do you know you are ready …
Scale Your Business Better: 3-Stages You Need to Know
What does it mean to scale your business?
How is it different from growing your business?
Is scaling the same for all businesses?
These seemingly common questions have very different answers. Growth and scaling are often talked about as if they were one and the same. But they're not and it's important to know the difference.
Scaling is about increasing revenue without incurring significant costs.
The intention is that as revenue grows, expenses only increase incrementally. When an organization is l…
The Fundamentals of an Effective Go-To-Market Strategy Improved
Go-To-Market ensures that what you’re selling is what you’re delivering and that it always works for you. It focuses on brand experience from prospects through repeat clients and processes between marketing, sales, and client experience. Go-To-Market is about the entire revenue stream and creating high-performance revenue teams or RevOps.
Ok, now that you know what Go-To-Market is about and the results it seeks to achieve, let’s talk about how it accomplishes this. A successful Go-To-Market Str…
5 Tips to Developing a Successful Brand Positioning Strategy
An effective brand positioning strategy is an absolute must for scaling brands to succeed. It’s a strategy that seeks to influence how the market perceives your brand and the value you provide. It’s specific, clear, and distinctive from your competitors. It’s the process of strategically placing your organization, a product, or service that you offer in the market so that your target audience can easily notice and take action.
A successful brand strategy yields benefits such as increased client…
Successful Scaling Brands Benefit More from a Positioning Strategy
What is a snowflake? More importantly, what do snowflakes have to do with branding and scaling your organization?
A snowflake is when a brand believes that it is unique in its market and that the market should go out of its way to recognize it. It’s mostly ego-driven and is guaranteed to backfire. The moral of the story: don’t be a snowflake. The reality is because you are still reading this, you’re not.
When an organization struggles with fundraising, generating leads, closing sales, or retai…