Using the Theory of Constraints to improve your Marketing Hourglass

How can the Theory of Constraints play a role in the Marketing Process? First, you have to create an organized structure. I use the Duct Tape Marketing Hourglass as a pattern to create a logical path. However, I don’t stop there, because if you want a flood of new clients…well read the e-book. Using the Read More …

Why use A3 in Marketing

I know you are thinking A3 is your first choice of paper size. Saying to yourself, I can’t be changing paper size, and I am not going metric. However, what I am addressing is the Lean Tool of A3 reporting. I believe it is a perfect tool to summarize many of the marketing projects that Read More …

Lean Six Sigma Advocacy at Xerox

This week podcast guest was Aqua Porter, a Vice President of the Corporate Lean Six Sigma Strategy at Xerox Corporation. She is an advocate for Lean Six Sigma at Xerox and has led many Black Belt projects including the nomination of Black Belt candidates and the growth of Xerox Team Accelerator. Team Accelerator is a Read More …

The best Marketing in the world has failed, NOW WHAT!

What happens when you have the best marketing system in the world, the best marketing plan,the best advertising, the best referrals, the best public relations and you still lack sales! Find out why you may not need any of these things and how changing one simple thing could bring you a flood of new customers. Read More …

Draw your Value Stream Map in Excel

People buy all these different products to do simple drawings for Value Stream Mapping using basic symbols. When they are done, they pull out the Microsoft Excel sheet and do the calculations. Sometimes they are even forced to create their own formulas. I became familiar with Systems2win and their Value Stream Mapping tool does both, Read More …