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12 Resources to Lead a Strategic Planning Process When You’re New

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Someone downloaded a free Brainzooming strategy eBook, noting his biggest strategy challenge is “how to do a strategic planning process when you are new.” Secure copies of previous plans and strategy documents, and don’t settle for the first things people offer you. Getting to What Is Strategic.

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Customer Experience Strategy: 4 Ideas for Creating Customer Focus

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The folks over at “Inside the Executive Suite” from Armada Corporate Intelligence addressed an important aspect of customer experience strategy this week: turning your organization’s claims of customer focus into real actions. Customer Experience Strategy: 4 Ideas for Creating Customer Focus. Making Customers Better Buyers.

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Competitive Strategy – 7 Ways to Avoid “Never and Always”

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They reported the team’s defensive coordinator, Bob Sutton, told them that when planning competitive strategy , “I want to stay out of ‘never’ and ‘always.’”. What fantastic competitive strategy advice to incorporate this time of year as you implement new strategies. Who Sees Predictable Competitive Strategy Moves?

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5 Implementation Strategy Steps Pave the Way for Success

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Try these 5 implementation strategy steps for launching a big initiative properly so the initial implementation leads to outstanding results later. The big first implementation strategy step is assembling the right team with the skills, experience, and perspectives to make a big initiative happen. Make Sure You Have the Right Team.

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3 Ways to Stay Ahead of Disruptive Brands Screwing Up Your Customer Expectations

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To the extent that they have meaningful comparisons in other industries , search out the highest-performing providers outside your market. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth.

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3 Big Differences between Branding Strategy and Advertising

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The talk prompted several conversations about the distinctions between branding strategy and advertising. I surprised several attendees by discussing branding strategy as a fundamental element of business strategy for any organization. 3 Big Differences between Branding Strategy and Advertising. Enjoy this resource?

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Project Management – 8 Chracteristics of a DRI

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Amanda Sibley recommends making sure you have at least one DRI for each significant activity in lead generation projects (which was the topic of her presentation at the Social Media Strategies Summit). The DRI concept, however, obviously extends into all project management situations.

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