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Book review – Managing Brands

Red Star Kim

So here’s a book review – Managing Brands which will provide an overview and revision aid to students. Towards the end of the post is a review of a classic brands book “ Brand Leadership” By David A Aaker and Erich Joachimsthaler which I published some time ago. It’s interesting to see how brand management has developed.

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11 Best Small Business Books to Add to Your Reading List Today

Nutshell

The average American reads about four books a year. We’ve compiled an essential list of the best small business books for your reading list. In honor of World Book Day, he even shared his list of 65 books that everyone should read in their lifetime. Bill Gates reads 50. But where do you start?

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How to Measure the ROI of Your Sales Enablement Program

Mike Kunkle

Then, the rest of this makes sense and can be really valuable. Targeted Performance: meaning a specific effort focused on a KPI in need of improvement, such as decreasing Closed-Lost or No Decision rates and improving Closed-Won rates, or improving overall profitability in a certain product line where deep discounting is rampant.

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Context and curiosity drive commerciality and pricing

Red Star Kim

This week’s PM Forum training workshop “Commerciality: Finance, Pricing, Innovation and Research” was attended by delegates from law, accountancy and insolvency firms. The crux of marketing is to anticipate (and meet) client needs whilst maximising profit. Price is a major driver of profit.

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Sales Targeting Toolbox for Professional Services Firms

Red Star Kim

In the highly regarded business strategy book “Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works” (by former leaders of Procter & Gamble Lafley and Roger) the strategy cascade process is broken down into five key questions. Essentially a focus on the most profitable clients. So targeting is often more important and more challenging.

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21 Books About Starting a Business You Can’t Afford Not to Read

Hubspot Sales

Books About Starting a Business. Profit First. Consider that Bill Gates reads 50 books every year , Mark Cuban reads for three hours each day, and Elon Musk -- when asked how he learned to build rockets -- said, “I read books.”. But knowing which books to start with can be overwhelming. Reach for this book.

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How can agencies make client relationships more profitable?, with Chris Merrington

Account Management Skills

In this episode we talk about making client relationships more profitable. and so much more… At the end of the podcast, Chris makes a special offer to send three copies of his book to 3 people selected randomly who sign up for his monthly bulletin. ’ If you haven’t read this book, you really should.