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Employment

Is It Time to Make a Career Change

This is a really important question that you should take a lot of time to answer to. There are way too many people that are currently holding a job that they hate. This eventually creates a lot of resentment and can easily lead towards many other problems that are correlated […]

Branding

The Visible Approach to Marketing Products for Women

The two main methods for reaching consumers of either gender we call the “visible” and “transparent” approaches to marketing—plus a third or “hybrid” approach that combines the two. Each of these options can be highly effective in reaching women in particular. The success of one approach or another depends on […]

Business planning

Strategy Innovation vs. Strategic Planning

If you are intrigued by the potential of strategy innovation for your company, be aware that you will not get it from your current strategic planning process. You will have to create a separate process for strategy innovation, one that is: 1. Creative 2. Market-centric 3. Heuristic (discovery-driven) Creative Strategy […]

Marketing

Online Merchandising Strategies

Building a profitable and scalable e-commerce business requires flexible merchandising and an effective infrastructure. Flexible merchandising (delivering value and quality in meeting customer needs) is covered in this article. Effective infrastructure (building efficient processes to create the information required for flexible merchandising) is covered later in the article. Flexible Merchandising […]

Management

Basic Elements of an E-business Model

The emerging e-business market affords companies of all sizes and types the opportunity to leverage their existing assets, employees, technology infrastructure, and information to gain or maintain marketshare. For example, in the telecommunications industry, service, rather than technology, is now the key differentiator. With lower barriers to entry, new competitors […]

Advertising

Forms of Advertising

Advertising can take a number of forms, including advocacy, comparative, cooperative, directmail, informational, institutional, outdoor, persuasive, product, reminder, point-of-purchase, and specialty advertising. Advocacy Advertising Advocacy advertising is normally thought of as any advertisement, message, or public communication regarding economic, political, or social issues. The advertising campaign is designed to persuade public […]

Advertising

Advice on Planning an Exhibition Display

Exhibition displays provide an invaluable opportunity for business organizations in any industry, enabling them to create a retail experience that effectively brings the customers to them. What’s more, it’s a retail experience that makes the customer or potential client feel as if they are in the driving seat, without all the […]