BIG IDEAS
for small business
Customer Development

BIG IDEAS 
for developing your customer-base

  • Business owner for "Corporate Advantage" national roll-out, with direct responsibility for merchandising, marketing, pricing, branding and website launch (10 Reports, $1m Marketing Budget)
  • Combined sales quote / catalog merchandising process with shared competitor info created highly competitive pricing (won 50% of quotes) while safe-guarding margin (1% above target)
  • Weekly customer profitability reviews to drive customer sales growth while maintaining gross margin targets
  • Launch marketing for Staples Europe’s first website in Germany focusing on e-mail  capture via sweepstakes, etc. and building awareness for site launch (3 reports, $100K marketing)
  • Business / consumer sales algorithm to split all product sales between customer groups - including cash transactions, etc. without identified customer data (previously believed to be impossible)
  • Focused customer insight analysis on ‘What problem do you want to solve?’, instead of ‘What data do you want to see?’ to improve business relevance and actionability of results


Ed Carter
Independent Consultant
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