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Key issues in Marketing and Business Development Planning: Engage, Analyse, Expand, Innovate and Measure

Red Star Kim

Communication and education are required to manage expectations and promote enthusiasm and momentum. A bite-sized approach to engaging fee-earners in the planning process was suggested: marketing planning process into a professional service firm (kimtasso.com). Review our business plan. 50% Sector plan.

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Proactive marketing and business development executives – CRM, internal engagement and career insights

Red Star Kim

Four themes in the art of selling – Integrating marketing and sales (kimtasso.com) A creative exercise on engagement generated some interesting metaphors – for example, a brick wall suggesting a lack of communication, a carrot considering motivation and a Leonardo di Caprio shrug suggesting indifference.

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The 5 Stages of Entrepreneurship

Hubspot Sales

How to Validate Your Business Idea One way to validate your idea is to evaluate the performance of similar businesses. Chanty is a communication and team collaboration app that went head-to-head with companies like Slack. Developing a business plan helps you estimate costs, identify risks, and set up risk mitigation measures.

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Update on marketing and business development (M&BD) team structures

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I presented a methodology to design marketing and BD team structures in November 2015. Here I review recent developments and look at some case studies of how M&BD teams are structured: An update on marketing and business development (M&BD) team structures. Other firms will have these roles integrated.

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4 Growth Strategies Used By The Most Successful Companies

Hubspot Sales

Strategize, consider the available options, and build it into your business plan. In less than six years, Slack has become the go-to platform for online collaboration and communication for both professional and personal users. From just 8,000 users at launch in 2013, Slack hit one million daily active users in late 2015.

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The Ultimate Guide to Startup Accelerators

Hubspot Sales

From nearly zero programs in 2005 to almost 200 in 2015 (and even more in the last few years), the number of startup accelerators in the U.S. In theory, you’d apply to and attend a business incubator prior to a startup accelerator. Business idea or business plan. Established business model and MVP.

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Leadership, emotional intelligence and teams in change management

Red Star Kim

And this requires more than excellent internal communications Book review: Influential Internal Communication by Jenni Field (kimtasso.com). A key part of successful change management is engaging with employees Change management and Employee engagement (kimtasso.com).