Connecting business with quality leads
Sales is not an easy job, and, although I am not a salesperson, I know what I am talking about. I have worked hand in hand with top sales managers in the most competitive industries. A quite challenging experience. In those days, I helped them to design effective strategies to connect with their leads and …
Recently, I watched a famous documentary: Jiro’s Dream. The film tells the story of Jiro, an eighty-five-year-old sushi chef who runs a tiny sushi restaurant in a Tokyo Subway. Originally, I was interested in this film because I love Japanese food, I live in Asia and I usually visit Japan. It was the perfect choice …
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Many leading companies are getting rid of the Chief Marketing Officer role, some recent examples are Johnson & Johnson, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Coca Cola, Hyatt, Uber, and Lyft. Is this the extinction of marketers? It may be if marketers don’t change their mindset. Last month, I wrote the article “Why CMOs are not driving growth”. …
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Recently, I read the following article, “Marketing’s moment is now: The C-Suite partnership to deliver on growth”, in the McKinsey & Company blog. McKinsey’s analysis reveals that a marketing organization’s ability to drive growth depends heavily on the strength of the partnerships the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) can forge with the C-Suite executives and …
When you hear the word “influencer”, what comes to mind? You may think of famous people, models, actors… with hundreds of thousands of fans that will follow what they do and buy what they recommend. Most of the people will think of celebrity influencer marketing when they hear the word influencer. However, celebrity influencer …
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