Business Growth Strategies For CEOs: Top CMOs On Marketing Strategy Implementations

Five Key Signals CEOs Need a Fractional CRO: Accelerating Growth for Mid-Market Companies

Tue, Dec 3, 2024 | Posted by Howard Doherty

For mid-market CEOs, navigating growth can feel like walking a tightrope. There's immense pressure to scale the company, optimize revenue streams, and hit ambitious targets without overextending resources or risking quality. While some companies have full-time Chief Revenue Officers (CROs) to spearhead these initiatives, others find that hiring a CRO on a fractional basis provides the right mix of expertise, flexibility, and cost-efficiency.

Read More

Creating a Strategic Mindset Within Your Sales Organization

Tue, Dec 3, 2024 — By cultivating a strategic mindset within your sales organization, you can drive customer-centric selling practices, create long-term value for the company and its customers, and position your organization for a sustained competitive advantage and growth. A strategic mindset helps align the sales team's activities and priorities with the company's long-term vision, mission, and objectives. This alignment ensures that the sales efforts contribute to the overall success and growth of the organization.

Nate’s Erroneous Thinking (but probably not yours)

Tue, Nov 26, 2024 — Let’s suppose that each of us is recognized at work for thinking clearly, correctly, maybe even insightfully. That is no guarantee that our significant others will recognize that quality in us at home. No, in our personal lives, our thoughts may be regarded by those who love us as Erroneous Thinking.

Top 10 Ways CEOs Can Improve Sales & Marketing Alignment

Mon, Nov 25, 2024 — Close Collaboration Ensures Go-to-Market Success A survey conducted by Chief Outsiders among mid-market companies found that nearly one-third of C-suite executives noted a misalignment between their Sales and Marketing teams. Further, only one-third of that group reported that their Sales and Marketing teams were working toward a common set of goals.

How A Customer Journey Map Can Supercharge Your Marketing Programs

Fri, Nov 22, 2024 — Written by: Rob Talbot and Bob Finlayson A customer journey map is a powerful tool for understanding and influencing customer behavior. Yet many marketing executives do not create, update, or effectively use this valuable tool. In this post, we’ll explain what a customer journey map is, why it’s important, how you can use it to enhance your marketing and sales programs and customer-acquisition campaigns dramatically, what you’ll miss if you don’t create a CJM, and how you can get started building and using this essential tool.

Financial Resilience: ITR Economics’ 15-Year Forecast to Help You Through the 2030s

Thu, Nov 14, 2024 — The below article from ITR Economics, a valuable and trusted resource for Chief Outsiders, details steps you can take to prepare for the economic depression coming in the 2030s. If you aren't confident that your business can weather the downturn, it may be a good time to reach out to one of our Fractional Chief Marketing Officers and Chief Sales Officers. They can provide the agile, adaptable support required to quickly pivot marketing and sales strategies as economic conditions evolve.

Shifting from a Founder-Led Business

Wed, Oct 30, 2024 — I recently sat down with Scott Alexander from Jairus Marketing for another insightful discussion about a topic that resonates deeply with both of us: shifting from a founder-led business to more sustainable business models. This is especially relevant for early-stage companies, particularly those in the healthcare sector where the CEO is vital as both the visionary and primary salesperson.

Winning the Budgeting Game in Healthcare Marketing, Part Two

Thu, Oct 24, 2024 — In the first part of this blog, my conversation with Scott Alexander from Jairus Marketing touched on some critical topics in budgeting for healthcare marketing, especially the need to re-think the planning process through a data-driven lens. In part two, we will talk about strategic investments and calculating ROI, while providing some actionable steps you can take to change your budgeting mindset and practice.

Digital Marketing Mastery: A CEO's Roadmap to Competitive Advantage

Thu, Oct 17, 2024 — In today's digital-driven business landscape, CEOs can no longer afford to take a hands-off approach to their company's marketing efforts. With over 80% of the modern buyer's journey happening online, a solid digital marketing strategy has become critical for driving growth and staying competitive.

Maximizing Returns with AI-Enabled Selling – A Strategic Blueprint

Mon, Oct 14, 2024 — In the first two blogs of this three-part series, we introduced the concept of AI-enabled selling, the need for an integrated strategy, and a framework for mapping the myriad technologies available to the needs of the sales organization. We learned that the adoption of AI-enabled selling—the sophisticated merger of AI technologies with traditional sales processes—has become instrumental in transforming organizational sales approaches. With this foundation in place, we are in a better position to discuss the payback and chart a path forward that aligns with a company’s highest priorities.

Next Page >

Growth Insights for CEOs