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Beating The 80/20 Rule
The span of control of sales managers has a major bearing on saleperson effectiveness. In B-2-B sales the optimum ratio of sales manager to salesperson is around 4-5 to 1

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Getting Smart A Buyers Guide to Market Research
Research extends the information available to you, and provides an important weapon in the battle to survive and prosper. Market research is available from a wide variety of sources, including market research firms, information services, advertising agencies, information brokers and information consultants. Some targeted research can be done in-house, but, in many areas, this is more expensive and less effective than outsourcing to an information services company.
Lesson #4: Never Underestimate the Power of Research
Ogilvy came from a background in research; in his early years he had worked for the world-renowned George Gallup Audience Research Institute, which he later called “the luckiest break of my life.” It was at Gallup that Ogilvy learned about research and its importance in advertising. In fact, research became so central to Ogilvy’s philosophy of creating advertising that when he opened his own agency in 1952, Ogilvy billed himself as Research Director.

Exploring Beyond Keywords Into Behavioral Research
Let's talk a bit in this article about researching the "search behavior" of your target audience as opposed to just "hunting for the keywords" they might be using. The difference between "keyword research" and "behavioral research" is that keyword research keeps us in a rather technical mode and focused on finding out what words people are entering into a search box while searching. But "behavioral research" has the added advantage of enlightenment and understanding that not only reveals what keyword phrases are being used, but why those keywords are being used.

Affordable Web Hosting
Affordable web hosting is easy to come by, per se. But unless you do your research, research, research, you never know what you’ll be buying into. Some of the worst horror stories I’ve had about hosting services have come from those companies charging the lowest rates out there. Read the fine print of any agreement. Chances are you’ll be getting exactly what you pay for.

Keyword Research For PPC
Both SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and PPC (Pay Per Click) require keyword research as part of the preparation stage. While some of the methods are similar, there are major differences when conducting keyword research for PPC when compared to research for SEO purposes. You will typically need to use different tools and certainly need to ascertain different information
My Advice for Other African Startups
Work hard and be patient- a successful, sustainable business will not happen overnight. Quality control is vital. Establish benchmark standards and never compromise them.

Keywords Research Tips
Keyword research in short is the process of identifying the words those buyers could be looking for. Every keyword that's missed during the keyword research is an opportunity gained by the competitor who has successfully incorporated the missing keyword1. So, it's necessary that our keyword research should always be a good as possible. Today search engine marketing has heavily changed the business process and has become an unavoidable tool for the marketers, and keyword research is an important part of the same.
HOW TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE MARKETING STRATEGY BY UNDERSTANDING MARKETING RESEARCH FUNDAMENTALS
A marketing strategy is a long term plan of set policies and guidelines to enable your online business achieve its marketing objectives. It revolves around effective ways of executing the marketing mix. Marketing strategy ensures that the customer's needs are met and satisfied and the business makes profit. The key question is how do you develop a marketing strategy? First you need to understand the market; this can be done by marketing research. To introduce marketing research I would like to make you understand three main methodologies applied in the marketing research process. These three methods are desk research, qualitative research and quantitative research.

Benchmarking (Part 2)
If we decide that benchmarking makes sense, we have to decide what we should benchmark and how we can get the data we need - internally ... and from those we want to benchmark against.
ESCAPE THE MATRIX PROGRAMED INTO US
The events of September 11, 2001 are a benchmark for understanding that we are all programed through the matrix we all live in.
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