Offers strategies for growing a business while maintaining operational efficiency, vital for scaling marketing efforts.
Covers people, strategy, execution, and cash – four critical areas for marketers to focus on for growth.
Helps in setting actionable goals and KPIs to guide marketing strategies and team performance.
"Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't" is a comprehensive guide to growing a successful business. Written by Verne Harnish, the book provides tools, techniques, and insights to help companies scale up effectively without losing their core values and culture.
"Scaling Up" has been an invaluable resource in my understanding of business growth. The four decisions framework has provided a clear roadmap for scaling, and the practical tools have been instrumental in implementing these principles. The emphasis on aligning people, strategy, execution, and cash resonates with my approach to business, and I've found the insights on managing cash flow particularly enlightening.
In the context of growth marketing, "Scaling Up" offers valuable insights into building a scalable marketing strategy. The principles of aligning people, defining clear strategies, executing with excellence, and managing resources can be applied to create effective and sustainable growth operations. The book's emphasis on understanding the core customer and delivering on brand promises is also highly relevant to growth marketing.
While "Scaling Up" provides a comprehensive guide to growth, it may be overwhelming for some readers, especially those new to business or in very small enterprises. The book's focus on larger-scale growth may not be as applicable to micro-businesses or those in the very early stages.
"Scaling Up" is a must-read for anyone looking to grow a business successfully. Its holistic approach to scaling, combined with practical tools and exercises, makes it a valuable resource for business leaders and growth marketers alike. While it may be more suited to companies at a certain stage of growth, the principles and insights it offers can be adapted to various business contexts and industries.
Double your revenue without doubling the work, and save your team from burning out.
Find and solve issues that limit your growth to improve sales and performance.
Build loyal customers and increase repeat purchases for steady revenue.
Streamline checkout to reduce cart abandonment and close more sales.
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Best for marketers looking for flexibility and customisation. With a large ecosystem of plugins, WordPress can be adapted to fit any B2B business model, but it requires more setup and maintenance compared to other tools.
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Learn the core principles of e-commerce growth.
Understand how to analyse your current funnel and identify weak points.
Take actionable steps to improve performance across key metrics.
Take control of your workload
Prioritise key tasks when you are overwhelmed
Learn to structure your week to get things done without feeling overwhelmed
Gauge the performance of two variants in your campaign to optimise user response.
Learn to convert an interested party into an active user through effective engagement strategies.
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A timeless guide to understanding customer psychology and the marketing funnel, "Breakthrough Advertising" introduces core principles that form the basis for modern funnel thinking.
Scaling requires systems. "Work the System" teaches you how to document and refine your processes, making it essential for marketers who aim to build a scalable, repeatable foundation for growth and operational success.
Ewoud provided me with the right tips to gain more focus in my work, set long- and short-term goals and make more strategic decisions. Thanks to Ewoud, my day-to-day work is clear and fixed, whilst working on goals that help our business grow.
Very good training, gained many new detailed insights, and Ewoud is extremely helpful in answering all the questions posed.
Ewoud has helped me well in identifying the biggest challenges of my business. By listening carefully and asking the right questions, I realized that the biggest 'problems' I thought were hindering growth are not the issue.
Ewoud helped us find impactful retention funnel improvements with a framework suited to our business model. He challenged our approach with the right questions. Overall, Ewoud combines high-level strategic thinking with detailed campaign expertise.
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