5 Steps to Carve Out a Niche for Your Business in a Crowded Marketplace »
There’s a lot of noise out there in the marketplace! Regardless of your product or service, your company likely has many competitors targeting the same market, offering similar solutions for similar pain points. Positioning yourself in a lucrative, distinct segment for your business in a crowded market is key to long-term revenue growth and business success. Here are five...
The Death of Marketing. Marketing is spiraling to its death… | by Bray Brockbank
Despite the ominous title, Brockbrand makes an excellent point in this article: marketing is the primary revenue generator for businesses, but “marketing” itself is a catch-all term that oversimplifies the highly customized mix of strategy, tactics, and expertise that makes up a company’s marketing approach. Brockbrand suggests that marketing “rebrand” itself to take more...
Ending the War Between Sales and Marketing
Competition between sales departments and marketing departments has been common over the years, despite each side having the same goal of increasing revenue for the company. Bridge the disconnect between your sales and marketing teams to create a more powerful, unified machine to drive your business forward! Create positions to liaise between the two teams, generate...
Sales vs. Marketing — Marketing Always Changes
It’s a long-standing battle in the business world: which is more important, sales or marketing? At Sales Renewal, we know that they’re two sides of the same coin, but there are some key differences that distinguish one from the other. Perhaps chief among them is the ever-changing nature of marketing. While sales tactics often stay the same over time, marketing...
Are You On Track to Hit Your Exit Revenue Goals?
How much should you sell your business for? Financial Advisors often advise you to sell it for X because X is what you’ll need to live the life you’d like in retirement … but they have no idea whether X is realistic or attainable – that’s up to you. And since businesses are bought and sold at a multiple of their revenue (1.2 times, 2.3 times, etc.), when...
The 12 Reasons Owner Transitions Are Not Successful (and What to Do About It)
While building your company is certainly of primary importance to any business owner, properly planning for and executing your exit plan is an often overlooked facet of business ownership that leaves many successful owners in the lurch when it’s time to move on. You’ve worked hard to grow revenue, increase brand awareness, and carve your foothold in the marketplace –...