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Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Coudal - (37signals)
Great article if you have 10 mins. Bootstrapped, Profitable, & Proud: Coudal
business  strategy  design  tobe  from twitter_favs
march 2011 by jbreazeale
SmartBlog On Social Media » How to get SmartBrief to ignore your post
Bloggers are always asking us how to get featured in one of our 100+ SmartBrief newsletters. Without going too deep into our proprietary search technology, editorial know how and super-secret selection algorithm, here are five factors that stop us (and every newsletter service worth its salt) from including your latest and greatest post.
howto  socialmedia  blogging  strategy 
august 2009 by jbreazeale
It's better to have a plan (jbreazeale.com)
I managed to carve out an hour yesterday for a “strategy and governance” webinar and I’m actually glad I did. Stacy Wilson of Eloquor Consulting (@stacylwilson) and Greg Reinacker of Newsgator (@gregr) walked us through the topic and provided lots of useful case studies, checklists, and best practices, as well as – surprise, surprise – demos of Newsgator products…
myblog  2009-July  newsgator  colorado+denver  strategy 
july 2009 by jbreazeale
4 Steps To Managing Your SMB’s Online Reputation | Small Business Trends
It used to be that only big companies needed to worry about their brand. Small- and medium-sized businesses were off the hook and free to humbly market their
article  social+media  small+business  strategy  howto  technology 
may 2009 by jbreazeale
Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit—And You Should Too - Harvard Business Online's Bill Taylor
Every so often, though, I spend time with a company that is so original in its strategy, so determined in its execution, and so transparent in its thinking, that it makes my head spin. Zappos is one of those companies.
via:kottke  via:hbs  business  customer+service  strategy  marketing 
may 2008 by jbreazeale
Bates Strategy Group
Bates Strategy Group serves technology firms in setting strategic direction and seeing through the tactical execution of marketing and business development strategies.
via:bfeld  via:newtechmeetup  strategy  colorado+boulder 
january 2008 by jbreazeale
adaptive path » the long wow
The Long Wow is a means to achieving long-term customer loyalty through systematically impressing your customers again and again. Going a step beyond just measuring loyalty, the Long Wow is an experience-centric approach to fostering and creating it.
via:adaptivepath  via:demandsatisfaction  marketing  customer+service  business  strategy 
october 2007 by jbreazeale
Ask the Wizard: Too Many Chiefs or Too Many Indians
"We’re growing the business from four people to twenty, and in our current structure, everybody reports to me.... What’s the best way to grow organizationally so that the company is structurally prepared for 20/30/40 employees?..."
via:askthewizard  entrepreneur  business  strategy 
october 2007 by jbreazeale
When does marketing become important?
Did you know that the average tenure for a Chief Marketing Officer in a technology company is about 23 months? That’s about half the time for a CEO or COO. In my mind, the reason is two-fold...
via:curiousoffice  business  strategy  marketing 
october 2007 by jbreazeale
The Unsung Heroes Who Move Products Forward
“My job is to make our customers look like heroes,” he says philosophically. Then he sums up the special role played by fellow members of the process tribe: “We are like Q to James Bond.”
via:nytimes  business  strategy  productivity 
october 2007 by jbreazeale
Stanford Social Innovation Review : Articles : Creating High-Impact Nonprofits (September 5, 2007)
This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
via:stanford  nonprofit  business  entrepreneur  strategy 
september 2007 by jbreazeale
Getting a startup right the second time
The road to success is hard. We all know this, but still hope for the quick success of a Twitter instead of the starting and stopping of a flickr (started as a game). ImThere is a startup that started and stopped. David documents their eventual success.
technology  entrepreneur  software  business  strategy 
september 2007 by jbreazeale
3 operating benchmarks founders should bear in mind now.
Insights from a PE investor on how his trade will assess your company down the road.
via:foundread  entrepreneur  business  analysis  money  strategy  measurement 
september 2007 by jbreazeale
Sometimes you have to wing it
Risk is in everyone’s mind at the moment, but that doesn’t mean they understand what it is or how it works. That’s the main reason why so many people, including some supposed experts, constantly get into a mess. Here’s how to avoid joining them.
via:slowleadership  leadership  management  business  strategy  personal  risk  knowledge  learning 
september 2007 by jbreazeale
Web 2.0: Profiting from the Threat
Fresh trends in consumer behavior driven by social media pose significant challenges to companies stuck in a traditional market-to-the-masses mind-set. Here’s how to thrive on the new Web.
via:strategy+business  strategy  business  social+media 
august 2007 by jbreazeale
Teaching eagles to run
Why do we persist in trying to turn ourselves (and other people) into what we and they plainly are not?
via:slowleadership  human+resources  leadership  management  business  culture  strategy  personal  jobs 
august 2007 by jbreazeale
Mini size me!
Bucking the trend of ever-expanding dining portions, Chicago-based Minnies is out to prove that bigger isn't always better.
food+drink  restaurant  business  strategy  marketing 
july 2007 by jbreazeale
Competitious
The smarter, quicker, and more collaborative way to discover and organize news and data about your competitors.
business  information  analysis  aggregator  strategy  community  collaboration  technology 
june 2007 by jbreazeale
Organizational Designs and Innovation Streams — HBS Working Knowledge
This research looks at a sample of 13 business units and describes the relations between alternative organizational designs and innovation streams.
via:hbs  business  strategy  organization 
june 2007 by jbreazeale
Extremeness Seeking: When and Why Consumers Prefer the Extremes
Gourville and Soman's research indicates that in certain, predictable cases, adding more alternatives to an assortment leads consumers to choose either the most basic or the most "fully loaded" product or service
via:hbs  business  marketing  strategy 
june 2007 by jbreazeale
How to make your personal opinion seem "popular"
Repeated exposure to one person's viewpoint can have almost as much influence as exposure to shared opinions from multiple people.
via:cognitivedaily  personal  opinion  psychology  business  strategy  marketing  influence  communication 
may 2007 by jbreazeale
The Speed of New Ideas: Trust, Institutions and the Diffusion of New Products
Key concepts include: * Entrepreneurs from less-trusted groups found it more difficult to overcome trust barriers. * Trust can act as a barrier to entry for new firms and products because trust makes existing relationships more productive...
via:hbs  marketing  entrepreneur  strategy  business  products  ideas  management  leadership 
may 2007 by jbreazeale
Practical Job Search Advice Blog
This is an advice blog for job-seekers, with new tips all the time.
blog  article  jobs  human+resources  business  strategy 
may 2007 by jbreazeale
Five Ways to Go Green
Going green is not only a feel-good proposition for small businesses, it may become a necessity in the coming years as fuel prices escalate and consumers (and even employees) become more green themselves--and want to do business (or work for) more environ
business  green  marketing  philosophy  strategy  sustainable  design 
may 2007 by jbreazeale
Idea Sandbox - Creative Problem Solvers
Idea Sandbox is about helping you create wicked good ideas. Ideas - that when implemented - are innovative, support your key strategy, and are truly remarkable.
reference  design  marketing  creativity  expert  innovation  strategy 
august 2006 by jbreazeale
Not Just for Profit
Emerging alternatives to the shareholder-centric model could help companies avoid ethical mishaps and contribute more to the world at large.
via:strategybusiness  strategy  business  design  community  entrepreneurship 
january 2003 by jbreazeale

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