Quickest Way to A Quality Marketing Plan

A lot of us will procrastinate writing a marketing plan and for good reason. Planning is painful. If done correctly, it forces us to face current reality. Adding insult to injury, it forces us to face future reality. It is simply a disheartening process for most. I wrote an outline on what I think a Read More …

Not as easy as you think, A SWOT Analysis

In a past blog of mine, Growing your Company thru SOAR, I discussed the uses of SWOT (Strength-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats) outside the regular marketing realm and added some other areas as throughout the organization and also in Key Account Management. I also alluded to the regular practice of using SWOT simply as a 4-quadrant matrix that most Read More …

Growing Your Company thru SOAR

We are all familiar with SWOT – Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.  Few of us have not experienced creating one; it is sort marketing101 and even Business Planning101. It is effective and often used tool. What you put into it, is what you will get out of it. I challenge the use of SWOT occasionally, Read More …