3/24/2021 10:58:39 AM SOCIAL SELLING - "Convince me, and tell me every last detail" By Digital Leadership Associates When I first moved into sales, it was cat and mouse and Billy Big-time that seemed to be the call of the floor. Everyone looking to play...
5/27/2020 9:41:28 AM How B2B Decision Makers are Responding to the Coronavirus Crisis By Tim Hughes Covid19 has transformed the business world. There used to be companies that insisted you had to be in the office. There was also people...
2/17/2020 2:39:18 PM Are you a Fashion Swisher - Yes, its a real trend? By Stephen Sumner Sustainable fashion is most definitely becoming a mainstream strategy for brands and retailers alike, but it's the consumer whose driving...
2/17/2020 12:00:00 AM Not Another Transformation Project! By Stephen Sumner When you hear the words 'business transformation' do you switch off and think "here we go again, another tech project"? It seems that's...
2/5/2020 12:00:00 AM The Analog Wolves Leading Digital Lions. By Stephen Sumner I recently wrote a few articles on here about analog leadership in what is today a digitally savvy social media connected world. From the...
12/17/2019 8:40:50 AM Do you work for a Socially connected CEO? By Stephen Sumner Global business advising firm Brunswick Group conducted a study to determine the top 100 connected CEOs, based on their digital presence...
12/17/2019 8:19:51 AM Are Brands really starting to act like real people?. By Stephen Sumner Hootsuite, the leader in social media management trusted by more than 18 million customers and employees at 80 percent of the Fortune...
12/3/2019 10:47:23 AM Display advertising could reach nearly $80 billion by 2021 as technologies evolve. By Stephen Sumner History shows that the most successful advertising channels have been the ones that have reached consumers in their homes, where the vast...
11/25/2019 1:06:04 PM "Social currency is the fuel of the modern retail economy, and community is its killer app". By Stephen Sumner 52 percent of millennials say that they always research background information before buying goods or services, compared with 45 percent...
11/19/2019 11:23:54 AM Secrets for Strong Supplier Relationship Management By Tim Hughes The secret to any supplier relationship is communication. No surprises and no secrets. This can be difficult when you have a large...
10/16/2019 9:59:39 AM TikTok's In video search will power UGC 'Social Commerce' to another level. By Stephen Sumner Video-sharing app Douyin (known as TikTok outside China) is trialing a new function that allows users to perform in-video search. I write...
10/15/2019 12:04:17 PM Why Nike and other Brands going 'Direct to Consumers' will impact Retailers. By Stephen Sumner I started my retail career with what was recognised as one of the most innovative retailers of the 1980's 'Olympus Sport', a company...
10/14/2019 11:58:45 AM Has the YouTube model shed an untapped light of opportunity for TV Shopping? By Stephen Sumner Everywhere we look today we can access virtually any kind of content, many are of course subscription based, whilst the majority are...
10/14/2019 11:10:57 AM It’s not the MACRO competitors in retail you should worry about, it’s the MICRO ones. By Stephen Sumner People today don't have to go to your website, in fact it's probably one of the last places to go to, they also don't have to be...
10/11/2019 8:54:07 AM Should You Start Thinking Experience Instead of Service in Retail?. By Stephen Sumner Many companies today have a 'Customer Service' team, these are the unsung heroes of a company who to be frank, are tasked with dealing...
10/8/2019 10:00:23 AM TV Shopping, YOUR TIME IS NOW! - but not as you know it. By Stephen Sumner The traditional sales prospecting landscape in B2B has undeniably changed, forever!. The need for 'social proof' as part of any due...