OGS Blog
What Bed Bath’s Failure Can Teach You
Most everything in my kitchen came from Bed Bath & Beyond. Everyone shopped there. My sister ran into Barbara Streisand shopping at one in LA. A visit to the Bed Bath at the Galleria in Roseville, CA at Christmas was a delight. The store shone with holiday magic....
How to Develop Your Marketing Dream Team
Right People. Right Seats. First popularized by Jim Collins author of Good to Great, the term means that the power in any organization is having the people best suited for the role in the role. And the power of right people, right seats goes well beyond just their...
Are You Too Busy to Grow?
Your business is moving full speed ahead and there aren’t enough hours in the day to meet all your customer, product and sales obligations. You’re slammed, so of course your business or practice is growing! How could it not be? We are serving customers, moving...
The Biggest, Most Common and Most Fatal Messaging Mistake You Can Make
As a young reporter fresh out of school I learned two fundamentals about the news business. The first was: If It Bleeds, It Leads. The second was: Never Bury the Lead. Remember old movies? The movie credits would roll for five maybe ten minutes at the beginning of...
Traditional Marketing is Dead! Now What?
It’s official. Traditional marketing is dead. The pandemic sent traditional marketing into a death spiral. Now AI has really put the nail in the coffin. What will replace traditional marketing that meets the demands of today’s AI-driven marketplace? We have an idea....
It’s Gone and It’s Not Coming Back
It’s mid-July. Half the year is gone and it’s not coming back. Where did the time go? Where did you focus your business energies? Did you hit your sales and revenue goals? Do you have more happier and referral-ready customers today than you did in January? Half of...
Leads? What Leads? Are You Kidding Me?
Hear that? It’s the sound of your marketing and sales teams battling it out over the quality of the leads they are getting and giving. In most business organizations sales and marketing get along like jealous siblings. They’re either not speaking to one another or are...
Growing or Scaling? Where is your company headed?
Is your company growing or scaling? What's the difference and why should you care? We talk about business growth. We talk about scaling a company. Often interchangeably. Same thing? Nope. Growing a business comes from a single-minded pursuit of increasing revenues....
These Three Beasts Are Killing Your Growth
Figuring out what to do to market your products and services is one challenge. The other is finding the right marketing partners. You want a team with knowledge, experience, market savvy and creativity. You want someone who knows how to cut through the noise and lead...
Looking to Scale to the Next Level? Know Your Numbers!
We just finished Tax Day 2023. Everyone with a P&L had to take a hard look at their numbers. As business owners we know how important those financial indicators are for the health of our business. But what about your #marketing activities? How well are you...
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