thru Adaptive Marketing Practices
The 5 Cs of Adjacency In the Funnel of Opportunity (https://business901.com/building-a-funnel-of-opportunity/) I discuss working from the known to the unknown. After “really” understanding our Core Customers…Clusters…Markets we can then start finding Adjacent Prospects…Clusters…Markets. When looking at Adjacent structures: 1. Connect: What people are the most accessible and similar to the core? 2. Concepts: What key jobs Read More …
Are you doing the necessary research to give your products/services half a chance? What do you presently learn from your sales and marketing efforts? Are they always increasing your knowledge about your customers? Prospects? I found it helpful to review this framework and ask these questions upfront, and several times during the product/service development process. It Read More …
When we start with our customers and their stories things begin to change. We create better relationships and a higher level of learning opportunities. Thus, we can communicate more effectively across with our customers and their markets, develop more business development opportunities and connect with influencers. You must be willing to dig deep to understand customers. It becomes Read More …
When traversing through the Funnel of Opportunity (The picture on the left, download PDF of the diagram: http://bit.ly/2BX5um4) I use the outline below to help people describe their process when moving through the FoO: Empower-Engage-Explore. Handoffs are so important in customer-facing positions that I find it an integral part of any business development areas. It slows Read More …
Should research become a larger part of the marketing budget? Should marketing research drive innovation or should innovation drive marketing? What happens in your company? Though most of us are past that idea of a silver bullet, the viral marketing campaign still exists in many minds. I am not saying they don’t happen but just Read More …
FIRST IMPRESSIONS COUNT: If you create a great customer onboarding experience, you more than likely will have a great customer. When working with companies, I put a great deal of emphasis in this area. I think doing it well creates growth opportunities and doing it poorly is a significant hindrance to growth. If we create that Read More …