Fred Reichheld is best known for his (over) exuberant advocacy of the Net Promoter Score. Introducing Net Promoter he suggests a difference between good and bad profits; an interesting, though theoretically imprecise, idea. Are All Dollars In The Same? Short of outright fraud, isn’t one dollar of earnings as good as another? Certainly, accountants can’t…
Category: Accounting and Marketing
Marketing State Of Mind
Marketers often brag about understanding external customers. They often do this while ignoring internal customers. To be a great marketer understanding the end consumer isn’t enough. Having a “marketing state of mind” means trying to solve the problems of your internal customers. Why is that? Internal Customers Of Marketers Imagine a simplified firm: the accountants…
