Yes, it’s tough out there. As I write this, we are all faced with the specter of the invisible coronavirus bug attacking our health, threatening our own lives and that of our family and friends, and doing serious, and potentially long-term damage to our financial well-being. We are all getting tired of talking about what […]
The CEO of a large international corporation was asked, “How do you select your professional advisors: lawyers, bankers, auditors etc? Is it their track record, industry expertise, technical know-how, product innovation?” The response was telling. “I take all that as a given. In a world where products and analyses are commoditised, I look for […]
As a CEO or business owner, you have some tough decisions to make about your marketing and sales operations. Traditionally, this has involved hiring one or more marketing personnel, and paying them a salary (sometimes with a bonus) as your in-house marketing department. I worked in this model for two decades, earlier as a marketing […]
Why You Need to Explore the Pull Marketing Model Imagine the next meeting of the local B2B marketing group, and you stand up and say. “‘I’m Chris R and I used to be a pusher.” Not a pusher of drugs of course, but a pusher of marketing. Most of us who have been in the […]