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The First-Mover Advantage, Explained

Hubspot Sales

Brand leadership and loyalty are usually awarded to first movers, but they must continue to evolve to avoid being surpassed by competitors. Their 2000 acquisition of Kashi allowed Kellogg’s to evolve with the natural and organic food boom -- key to maintaining their popularity as a brand.

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Growth Implications of Outbound Lead Gen For Agencies

Liston Witherill

I have a distant family member who lost millions of dollars in the  Stanford Ponzi scheme back in 2009. Outbound lead gen is when you initiate communication and send it directly to a specific person. Even without an exit in your future, having more control over client acquisition will be better for the business as a whole.

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Growth Implications of Outbound Lead Gen For Agencies

Liston Witherill

I have a distant family member who lost millions of dollars in the Stanford Ponzi scheme back in 2009. Outbound lead gen is when you initiate a communication and send it directly to a specific person. Even without an exit in your future, having more control over client acquisition will be better for the business as a whole.

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4 Growth Strategies Used By The Most Successful Companies

Hubspot Sales

Growth can be achieved by adding new locations, investing in customer acquisition, expanding a product line, etc. Investing in customer acquisition. Your particular industry and target market will influence your decisions, but it's almost universally true that new customer acquisition will play a sizable role.

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The Value of Taking a Sabbatical

Help Scout

Absence is a great measure of leadership effectiveness. But in hindsight, it’s exactly what I needed to understand my leadership strengths and weaknesses. Another thing you have to be intentional about in a company with so many owners and decision-makers is closing the loop — communicating key decisions with the rest of the company.

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Book review: Influential Internal Communication by Jenni Field

Red Star Kim

I haven’t reviewed a book on the topic of internal communication and yet it’s a vital element of marketing, branding, organisational culture, change management and leadership. This contemporary book (published in 2021) is just 200 pages and is subtitled “Streamline your corporate communication to drive efficiency and engagement”.