Managing Customer Value
I asked that question of next week’s Business 901 podcast guest, Joseph Michelli, author of Leading the Starbucks Way: 5 Principles for Connecting with Your Customers, Your Products and Your People. I am a big fan of Joe’s work and had the pleasure of interviewing him about two years ago, The Zappos Culture Defined! about Read More …
I have found when introducing a Kanban board to Sales and Marketing people that some find Kanban limiting from a planning perspective. They like the concept but have difficulty seeing the entire picture of flow and what the expectations and resources needed. This coupled with the fact that many of the teams are made up Read More …
Many small organizations procrastinate on their marketing efforts. They already have another job or working on a sufficient number of bids. When they finally reach out for marketing assistance, what they are looking for is sales. On the other side of the coin, people often times start out marketing creating brochures, advertisements and other marketing Read More …
The Lean Marketing Lab presentation is a summation of the Lean Marketing House 2 –day workshop. It discusses how you can start a lab in your own organization and how you should proceed. I think it is very difficult to bring Lean Sales and Marketing to an organization without a consultant. The supply and demand Read More …
Lean Sales and Marketing is built upon the philosophy that there has been a subtle shift to knowledge as the way to engage, develop and retain your customer base. The sales and marketing team must act as a vehicle to cultivate ideas not only within their four walls but more importantly from their customers and Read More …
This part of my Lean Sales and Marketing Workshop is going through a significant change. In the upcoming months, you will see my latest thoughts on how I approach this area for Lean Sales and Marketing. My most current thinking was posted in the blog post; Value Stream Mapping should be left on the Shop Read More …