Summary of Karen Hayward's Stop Random Acts of Marketing


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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 CEOs need to understand and use the most basic tech tools today, such as Google Analytics. Without understanding your digital footprint, you’ll be left behind. #2 The digital age has changed how companies need to market themselves. The salesperson no longer holds all the information and educates the customer. In the digital age, the customer self-educates, eliminates most options themselves, and might reach out to the final three options for closer evaluation. #3 The modern marketing and sales funnel is made up of three stages: top, middle, and bottom. The stages help you reach the right people where they are, move them through the sales process, and ultimately convert them into customers who must be nurtured. #4 The reality today is that buyers have all the power. Therefore, they behave differently than they once did, and we should treat them differently.




The Rebel Girl’s Guide to Marketing: Stop Committing Random Acts of Marketing!


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Ever feel like you’re just committing random acts of marketing? Do you know you need marketing yet have NO IDEA where to start? Start here. If you’re looking for a boring business book, put this one down—it’s not for you. This book is about having a RebelMindset and intended to make you think outside the proverbial box of how you create your sales and marketing strategies, considering what marketing is and what it is not. This book is for: • business owners who are frustrated because their marketing is not working • organizations that are getting less than stellar reviews • entrepreneurs who hate to sell • business owners who need to generate leads and find more customers How do you know if you need better marketing? Trust your instincts. You picked up this book, so somewhere in the back of your mind you know your sales and marketing strategies can be improved. At its core, marketing is perception. The hard part is knowing the who, how, when, why, and where to build that perspective! For example: do you know what your voicemail greeting sounds like to a customer? Is it welcoming and inviting for them to leave a message? Or does it sound like you are rushed and just too busy to bother answering the phone when they call? Still not sure this book is for you? Ask yourself this: do you know how you and your organization is being perceived by your customers, prospects, network, and your team? WARNING: As you read this book, you’ll need a pen. The content is intended to be interactive. Each chapter has a downloadable PDF worksheet for you to fill-in so you can take what you learn and customize it to you and your organization. The old saying is that “you cannot see the forest for the trees.” Let me be your guide out of the marketing wilderness and help you create sales and marketing strategies that work!




Stop Random Acts of Marketing


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Many mid-market companies in today's digital era lack a comprehensive growth plan. They launch sales initiatives that are reactive and ineffective, not supported by solid marketing plans, lack KPIs, and are frustrated by the lack of ROI on monies spent. Without a systematic roadmap, you can't take your business where it needs to go. Karen Hayward worked in the trenches with Fortune 1000 companies for twenty years. As a consultant, she's used the knowledge gained through experience to help mid-market CEOs see the bigger picture and develop in-house marketing and sales strategies based on the voice of the customer and real market insight. In Stop Random Acts of Marketing, she provides you with the necessary tools for prioritizing, optimizing, and initiating a clear plan for sustainable growth. It's time to stop undervaluing your marketing, delegating your growth strategy to outside agencies or your most junior marketing resource, and relying on sales to understand your customers. It's time to re-architect your company with a new methodology for success.




The Next Cmo


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The world is changing and so is the marketing profession. CMOs and the next generation of marketing leaders need to read this book to develop a strategy for ensuring operational excellence to achieve their goals. This book will provide a best practices approach for forming your marketing goals, creating a strategy, building a plan, crafting impactful campaigns, optimizing budgetary spending, and measuring true ROI. This book provides models, practical approaches, and templates to help the reader structure their own marketing strategy.




Connect


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Connect and engage across channels with the new customers Connect is the ultimate marketing guide to becoming more relevant, effective, and successful within the new marketplace. Written by a team of marketing experts serving Fortune 500 brands, this book outlines the massive paradigm shift currently taking place within the industry, and provides the insight and perspective marketers need to stay on board. Readers will find guidance toward reaching a customer base that sees marketers as an unnecessary annoyance, and strategies for engaging those customers at touch points throughout the customer lifecycle. The book's scope encompasses both digital and real-life avenues, discussing the new ways of thinking and the new tools and processes that allow marketers to function in the new era where digital customer experiences are increasingly important. Marketing is undergoing a revolution to rival the impact of Gutenberg's printing press. Customers are in control, with more choice and more access than ever before, and they refuse to be "sold to" or "managed." Many marketing professionals are flailing for a new strategy while the winners are clearly jumping ahead – Connect takes readers inside the winners' world to learn the approach that's engaging the new consumer. Discover the technology and processes that allow marketers to remain relevant Craft a personal, relevant, and accessible customer journey that engages the connected customer Keep in touch throughout the customer's life cycle, both online and offline Link digital goals and metrics to business objectives for a more relevant strategy Smart marketers have moved to a higher level that achieves business objectives while increasing relevance to the customer. Connect provides readers a roadmap to this new approach, and the tools that make it work.




1-Page Marketing Plan


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Marketing is critical to the success of your business. But too many people just wing it and commit random acts of marketing. Is that you? Are you confused about where to start with marketing, knowing what to do and why to do it? This book will help you to stop random acts of marketing. Whether you have a marketing budget or not, you'll learn a step-by-step sequence to plan and execute a successful marketing campaign.This book will teach you:A step-by-step Ready, Aim, Fire approach to executing a marketing plan.Why small business owners struggle with marketing and to overcome it.How to choose a clear marketing goal.The four rules for choosing a marketing strategy.How to select a specific strategy to achieve each marketing goal.The customer journey sequence and what tactics you should deploy at each stage.How you can execute a marketing campaign if you have no marketing budget.The difference between a target market and target audience, and how to choose who to target.How to craft a compelling message with the 6-Step Marketing Message Matrix.How to increase conversion of sales and landing pages by following the included Sales Page Audit tool.How to create a free marketing dashboard to measure and improve performance.Plus you'll get access to free, fillable templates that you can customize for your own business!Stop committing random acts of marketing. Start taking a logical, sequential approach to using marketing effectively to grow your business. Whether you're a farmer, an entrepreneur, or owner of any small business, buy and read the 1-Page Marketing Plan today. It will transform your marketing and help you to get growing!




By the Numbers


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In By the Numbers, industry expert Gary J. Naples offers a comprehensive guide to navigating the complexities of modern parts department management. Designed for both new and experienced professionals, this book provides a solid foundation in essential business and personnel management techniques. Understanding that effective parts management requires more than just product knowledge, the author explores the broader aspects of the role, including: • Business acumen: Develop the financial and operational skills needed to succeed. • Inventory management: Optimize stock levels and reduce costs. • Team leadership: Build and motivate a high-performing team. • Customer service: Deliver exceptional service to enhance customer satisfaction. Featuring a new self-assessment tool, Inventory Effectiveness Quotient (IEQ), this book empowers parts managers to measure and benchmark their department's performance. With clear explanations, practical examples, and real-world case studies, By the Numbers equips readers with the tools and knowledge to excel in today's dynamic automotive industry. (ISBN: 9781468608304 ISBN: 9781468608311 ISBN: 9781468608328 https://doi.org/10.4271/9781468608311)




B2B Marketing Strategy


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B2B marketing is functioning in an increasingly fast-paced and complex business landscape, with a wealth of new technologies, tools and channels, and where customers are more in control of the buying process than ever before. With the imperative to become 'digital', B2B marketers have become consumed by the marketing activity itself - the tactics - instead of the outcomes marketers want and need to achieve for customers and businesses. B2B Marketing Strategy provides fresh insight into the challenges marketers are facing in such an environment and offers a new framework for developing B2B marketing strategy and plans. Written by an internationally recognised and award winning senior marketing strategist, B2B Marketing Strategy is a thought-provoking and comprehensive exploration of the state of B2B marketing. Expertly examined, this book will challenge the perspective of B2B marketers by confronting and refuting the many fallacies that currently dominate the industry. Filled with real-world case studies and practical, actionable insights, B2B Marketing Strategy takes the reader through three phases of thinking, doing and being different in order to make B2B marketing memorable in the hearts and minds of customers, creating lasting customer engagement.




Stop Random Acts of Marketing: Deliberate & Practical Growth Strategies for Mid-Market CEOs


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Many mid-market companies in today's digital era lack a comprehensive growth plan. They launch sales initiatives that are reactive and ineffective, not supported by solid marketing plans, lack KPIs, and are frustrated by the lack of ROI on monies spent. Without a systematic roadmap, you can't take your business where it needs to go. Karen Hayward worked in the trenches with Fortune 1000 companies for twenty years. As a consultant, she's used the knowledge gained through experience to help mid-market CEOs see the bigger picture and develop in-house marketing and sales strategies based on the voice of the customer and real market insight. In Stop Random Acts of Marketing, she provides you with the necessary tools for prioritizing, optimizing, and initiating a clear plan for sustainable growth. It's time to stop undervaluing your marketing, delegating your growth strategy to outside agencies or your most junior marketing resource, and relying on sales to understand your customers. It's time to re-architect your company with a new methodology for success.




Because Self-Publishing Works


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If you want to use your words to change the world in a positive way, there is no better time than now to write and publish your book. This book will give you the tips, tools, checklists, and templates to help make your self-publishing journey easier and better. In Everything I Learned About How to Publish a Book, you will learn: - The advantages and disadvantages of self-publishing - Whether self-publishing is right for you - The seven steps to publish your book - The best practices on editing, cover design, formatting, and pricing - How to avoid costly mistakes - Where to get help and what tools to use - Self-publishing costs and how to save money - How much and when you get paid