Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Create Systematic Competitive Advantage or Perish

“When the economy slows down, the pace of decision-making has to speed up, because you can’t put off the tough choices anymore. The companies that are readiest to act on solid information are primed to shoot ahead of the business cycle.”

The current market place gloom creates opportunities for the professional services firm if you are set up to compete, have courage and patience.

We know however from experience when the economy is hurting, that hurt can affect marketing. Traditionally our budgets are one of the first budgets to be stalled or slashed in a cost saving environment. Therefore, we need to be as of yesterday actively looking outward, digging deeper and embedding innovation around the issues our market intelligence is telling us and calling in the affects of our awareness campaigns and establishing our unique competitive advantage.

In my paper entitled "Create Systematic Competitive Advantage or Perish", I outline how you can instigate a marketing intelligence and strategic execution strategy (MISE Strategy) to create competitive advantage and long term growth awareness strategies.

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