An introduction to an iterative Lean Marketing Cycle?

I believe in an iterative or Agile type of a process in sales and marketing. I think that the typical marketing funnel (Kill the Sales and Marketing Funnel) that sets the framework and deliverables at the start of a cycle is outdated. The primary reason is that it assumes that sales and marketing is a Read More …

Changing Shape of Your Funnel

These five terms form a hierarchy of value in which data have the least value and wisdom has the most. I first ran across a similar description in the The Experience Economy an article published in 1998 by Joe Pine which I discussed in the blog post, Does your Value Proposition speak of the Customer Read More …

Can you really use Lean for Marketing? – Dr. Balle

Lean technology has now evolved from the manufacturing floor to the whole enterprise. Many companies have found real value in applying the fundamental concepts of Lean throughout the organization. The lean concepts of Kaizen, PDCA and the tools such as Pareto Charts, 5 Why’s and even Poka Yoke are commonplace. As a result of discussing Read More …

Views on Lean IT with Dr. Michael Balle

Lean technology has now evolved from the manufacturing floor to the whole enterprise. Many companies have found real value in applying the fundamental concepts of Lean throughout the organization. The lean concepts of Kaizen, PDCA and the tools such as Pareto Charts, 5 Why’s and even Poka Yoke are commonplace. As a result of discussing Read More …

Are right brain thinkers better leaders?

Timothy W. Fowler (also known as The Right Brain) is CEO of BusinessLeadership.com. He details numerous process improvement efforts utilizing right-brain dominant-skills in the Business901 podcast and answered a few questions I had… Specifically what is Right Brain problem-solving? How can right brain thinking help business leaders? Do you want a whole group of right Read More …

5 Cs of Driving Market Share Special Offer

Organizations need to change from a customer satisfaction focus to a customer value focus. The Five Cs of Driving Market Share serves as the template for this transaction. 5 Cs of Driving Market Share is not a project-by-project approach for reducing the costs of marketing activities, but rather an approach that seeks to enhance marketing’s Read More …