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Corporate Performance Management (CPM): A Strategic Overview

Corporate Performance Management (CPM): A Strategic Overview

Corporate Performance Management (CPM) Monitoring, managing, and reporting an enterprise’s performance are all part of a Corporate Performance Management strategy. Business management can be improved using CPM processes and methods. CPM can be categorized as a business intelligence tool and strategic management tool, which is actually quite simple in concept. This article represents all the …

Competitive Forces Model: Six pillars of competition

Competitive Forces Model: Six pillars of competition

Competitive Forces Model: What is it? An industry’s competitiveness can be analyzed using the Competitive Forces Model in strategic analysis. Porter’s Five Forces Model, which includes five forces namely Intense rivalry Threat of potential new entrants Buying power Supplier power Threat of substitutes are more commonly referred to as the Porter’s Five Forces Model. We …

E-commerce: Online Shopping | Web/App Buying & Selling

E-commerce: Online Shopping | Web/App Buying & Selling

E-commerce – what is it? Commercial transactions that take place over the Internet are referred to as e-commerce.  With the advent of e-commerce, the traditional retail approach has rapidly evolved into a vertically integrated model that combines both online and offline sales. A variety of products and services are available through e-commerce companies. There are …

Bootstrapping: Starting a Business Without Investments

Bootstrapping: Starting a Business Without Investments

Bootstrapping: what does it mean? By bootstrapping a business, you build it from scratch without any external capital or investment. The idea is to finance small businesses by purchasing and using resources at their expense without putting up equity or taking out huge loans. In a bootstrapping business, credit cards, mortgages, and loans are the …

Optimal Organizational Structures: Effective Info-flow b/w Depts

Optimal Organizational Structures: Effective Info-flow b/w Depts

How Should a Business Be Organized? Organizational structures reflect how the company operates and how information is shared. In its simplest form, an organizational structure represents the organization’s logistical system. It is important to consider a variety of factors when choosing the best organizational structure for a business. In choosing a business’s organizational structure, you …

Suppliers’ bargaining power: Suppliers’ influence on companies

Suppliers' bargaining power: Suppliers' influence on companies

Suppliers’ bargaining power: what is it? It refers to the pressure suppliers can exert on companies by raising prices, lowering their quality, or reducing the availability of their products. The Bargaining Power of Suppliers is one of Porter’s Five Forces Industry Analysis Framework’s forces. It represents the mirror image of the bargaining power of buyers. …

Buyers’ bargaining power: Customer is the king

Buyers' bargaining power: Customer is the king

Buyers’ Bargaining Power: What is it? It describes how customers/consumers can exert pressure on businesses to provide better service, lower prices, or improve the quality of their products as one force in Porter’s Five Forces Industry Analysis framework. In analyzing the bargaining power of buyers, the seller (the company) takes the perspective of the buyer. …

Ansoff Matrix: A Guide to Market Expansion

Ansoff Matrix: A Guide to Market Expansion

Ansoff Matrix: What is it? To plan and evaluate growth initiatives, management teams and analysts utilize the Ansoff Matrix, also known as the Product/Market Expansion Grid. By using the tool, stakeholders can visualize how different growth strategies differ in risk levels. In 1957, Harvard Business Review published a matrix developed by business manager and mathematician …

Guerrilla Marketing: A low-cost marketing strategy

Guerrilla Marketing: A low-cost marketing strategy

Guerrilla marketing: what is it? Advertising techniques such as guerrilla marketing are used to generate maximum exposure for a brand or product at a low cost. In 1984, American business writer Jay Conrad Levinson published the book “Guerrilla Advertising”, introducing the term “guerrilla marketing”. The internet has made guerrilla marketing more popular among marketers due …

5 P’s of Walmart Marketing Mix: Detailed Analysis

5 P's of Walmart Marketing Mix: Detailed Analysis

In addition to its many strengths, Walmart has a competitive marketing mix that gives it an advantage over its competitors. The retail market cannot be survived with only a large capital base and luck. Despite being a large company, Walmart is able to maintain continuity with its management practices. It is Walmart’s Marketing Mix that makes …

4 P’s of Marketing Mix: Product, Price, Promotion, Place

4 P’s of Marketing Mix: Product, Price, Promotion

How do the 4 Ps of marketing mix work? Marketing is comprised of four key elements called the “4 P’s”. Marketers use the marketing mix to influence customers into buying their products by utilizing a set of tools. Among the factors that make up the marketing mix are: Knowing what consumers want or need Finding …

Affiliate Marketing: Promoting other companies – Revenue Sharing

Affiliate Marketing: Promoting other companies - Revenue Sharing

Affiliate marketing: what is it? When an individual or business markets the products and services of another company or entity, it is known as affiliate marketing. Your marketing efforts can lead to someone purchasing the product, and you receive a commission. Affiliate Marketing Process It rewards individuals who promote a company’s products on social media and …

5 C’s of Marketing: Analyzing Company’s Viable Environment

5 C's of Marketing: Analyzing Company's Viable Environment

5 C’s Analysis: What is it? An organization’s environment can be analyzed through a 5 marketing C’s Analysis. As well as providing insight into the factors that drive success, it can also provide insight into risks. 5 C’s are. Company Competitors Customers Context Collaborators The company It is crucial to identify the Sustainable Competitive Advantage …

4 pillars of corporate strategy: A Concise Analysis

4 pillars of corporate strategy: A Concise Analysis

Corporate strategy: what is it? By analyzing all the company’s businesses to determine how to create the most value, Corporate Strategy takes a portfolio approach to strategic decision making.  It is important for firms to consider the following factors when developing a corporate strategy: The relationship between their various businesses Interactions between them Governance, processes, …

First Mover Benefits and Drawbacks in Business

First Mover Benefits and Drawbacks in Business

How does being the first product introducer in the market benefit you? Companies gain a competitive advantage when they introduce a new product or service to the market first. Before their competitors can achieve market recognition, first-movers gain loyalty from their customers. Whenever large companies enter a market first, they have an advantage. Amazon did …

Brand positioning: Changing consumer perceptions of your brand

Brand positioning: Changing consumer perceptions of your brand

Market positioning: what does it mean? Consumer perception of a brand or product can be influenced by its market positioning relative to its competitors. Positioning focuses on creating a consumer’s perception of a brand or product by establishing its image or identity. An example would be: Luxury status symbols may be used by handbag makers …

Consumer Buying Cycles: A Marketers’ Guide

Consumer Buying Cycles: A Marketers' Guide

There is a widespread misconception among retailers that consumer purchases are random. Buying a certain product happens either because it appeals to a certain customer or because it doesn’t. As with product marketing, they use trial and error to discover what works and what doesn’t. Would consumers follow a distinct process when deciding whether to …

Meta vs. Google Display Ads: How to stand out

Meta vs. Google Display Ads: How to stand out

Google Self vs. Social Self on Instagram/Facebook In the early stages of the sales funnel, you are building awareness of your brand. It is important for your target market to be aware of your existence. The message needs to be spread. There are two great ways to spread the word: Google Adwords Facebook Ads Google …

What Makes Google Search Ads So Effective?

FB vs Google search ads

You can take your brand to the customer interest and desire stages in the buying process through Google Search Ads. Google Search Ads are explained in a lot of material online. Despite that, marketers were unable to find much information about why Google Search Ads are effective. As a result, this post was written. Imagine yourself …

Customer Journey vs Ad Campaigns: Advertiser-Customer Relation

Customer Journey vs Ad Campaigns: Advertiser-Customer Relation

CRM and Ad Goals: Connecting the Sales Funnel The importance of long-term relationships with customers is not fully appreciated by most businesses and their leaders. Having new customers sounds more attractive than having old ones. I would rather use Tinder than eHarmony on a lighter note. Your current bills are paid by your old customers. …

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