David A. Fields shares a few key tips to get the ball rolling for effective marketing of your consulting firm. Effective marketing will increase awareness, engagement and credibility among your consulting firm’s target audience. However, your efforts to build visibility consume considerable time and money while producing questionable results. A couple of proven, consulting firm marketing principles will boost your marketing success. FLYWHEELS Flywheels are difficult to set into motion, and the weightier the wheel, the more effort is required…

James Black shares an article on structuring tests to learn from marketing performance. As your marketing shifts from planning to execution, it’s important to structure tests to understand how well your marketing is performing, and to learn from it.  While the old adage “Half of my marketing isn’t working, I just don‘t know which half” often rings true, today you have access to more and better data to track the performance of your marketing and ideally the return on your…

In this detailed and informative article, Johannes Hoech provides the key to effective digital lead generation. There’s a story that small- to mid-sized startup CEOs love to tell about the early days of their business: The story of the CEO, alone with nothing but a laptop and a phone, dialing lead after lead after lead until, finally, enough business is inked for the company to start growing legs. Chances are you’ve worked for – or perhaps even been – that…

James Black shares timeless marketing advice that identifies the role and benefits of testing. As your marketing shifts from planning to execution, it’s important to structure tests to understand how well your marketing is performing, and to learn from it.  While the old adage “Half of my marketing isn’t working, I just don‘t know which half” often rings true, today you have access to more and better data to track the performance of your marketing and ideally the return on…