Benefits of Relocating to Memphis, Tennessee RedRover Sales & Marketing Strategy is proud to call Memphis home because it's a city like no other -- full of world-class food and music, sports, culture, diversity, southern hospitality, and an authenticity you'd be hard-pressed to match. The Greater Memphis Chamber says it...

A few months ago, President Joe Biden proposed a mandate for private businesses with 100 employees or more ask their workers to either submit proof of vaccination against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing starting Jan. 4. Quickly, business leaders turned to the internet to begin understanding how the news might...

While COVID-19 caseloads continue to decline across the country, CEOs are breathing a collective sigh of relief. But as eager as we all are to go back to “normal” in the business world, there’s one problem — the pandemic has changed important parts of the buying cycle, and there’s no...

Established women in their careers have likely witnessed the gender gap first-hand on their way to the top. The easiest illustration of the gender gap is who holds leadership roles and gets the promotions. Leadership traits are not unique to any one gender, background, culture or industry, but the gap between...

In November, Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia, and Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former Finance Minister of Nigeria and seventh Director-General of the World Trade Organization, released a TED Talk titled, “6 Essential Lessons for Women Leaders.” The video has already received more than a million views, and the pair...

The pandemic has taught us how to keep moving forward amid chaos. More than ever, global business leaders have been working hard to create the best possible versions of their products, services and organizations. Even now, “good enough” isn’t a phrase in our vocabulary. The pandemic should also serve as...

Sitting in the CEO seat of a sales and marketing firm for the last 15 years gives me a unique vantage point. I’ve had the opportunity to look into the eyes of hundreds of CEOs looking to grow their companies. Most see unrealized opportunity that would fundamentally change their growth...

The turn of every new year needs a good countdown. With a nod to all that’s changed in our lives and society over the last year, this countdown presents 10 important factors that will affect your marketing success in 2021. 10. The Era of the Public Market research firm Kantar...

Raise your hand if you’re breathing a sigh of relief because 2020 is almost over. I’ll wait. Of course, I’m not an ostrich with my head in the sand – we still have challenges ahead of us in 2021. But just for a moment, let’s celebrate the ending of one…really…hard…year....

Starting to emerge is a more hopeful tone for the end of the pandemic, as both Pfizer and Moderna have applied for U.S. FDA authorization of their respective COVID-19 vaccines. Of course, a vaccine strategy doesn’t mean our collective memory about the pandemic’s shockwaves is quickly a thing of the...

Let’s face it; navigating the pandemic is going to be a marathon versus a sprint. Business conditions are likely to remain volatile and challenging to predict through at least the first half of 2021. Regardless, waiting for “the end of it” in order to act wasn’t a savvy strategy in...

"When you work at RedRover, you’re part of the 'Pack.' We use this terminology because we have a 'pack mentality' that invites a genuine care for one another and celebrating the team-win before the self-win," said Greer Stevenson, growth strategist at RedRover. But, that doesn't mean RedRover doesn't respect the individual....

Making Data-Driven Decisions After A Roller Coaster Year This roller coaster year has impacted nearly every aspect of the way businesses operate, from budgets and strategic plans to sales and marketing. While some changes may be temporary, many are here to stay. What has 2020 taught us that can be...

Webinar: 7 ESSENTIALS TO FIGHT ANALYSIS PARALYSIS A lack of a strong marketing strategy aligned with sales goals creates a lot of questions on whether or not your company is spending effort and dollars on the “right” marketing efforts. That concern can cause paralyzing indecision. This 30-minute webinar is designed for the CEO that wants...

Objectively Assessing The Skill & Fit of Your Sales & Marketing Teams for the Seats They’re In Are you poised to hit your top and bottom line goals with the team you have in place? Find out with a complimentary Culture Index survey for yourself and up to three members of your team...

Marketing automation can help you place leads that are more likely to convert in an account-based marketing (ABM) plan, so that your sales and marketing teams can operate on high efficiency. On average, marketing automation drives a 14.5% increase in sales productivity and decreases marketing overhead by an average of...

Don’t get dragged down by fear. In this new world of post-COVID customer habits and unknown economic predictions, sales leaders need to know how to act quickly and change old sales habits now. Today B2B companies need to be treating their digital interactions tenfold more important than they were before...

The development of ideal customer profile, buyer personas and the role of personalized content in virtual market Modern marketing and sales technology are more advanced than they have ever been. With the right tools you can track purchase habits, geo-locate their comings and goings, and even pitch them a product...

The market is likely close to hitting the bottom — with a fairly quick ascension anticipated in many verticals over the next couple quarters — and most communities are in the middle of a phased return to the workplace. While we may never see a return to business as usual,...

You can’t always control when a crisis is going to hit your business, but you can control how prepared you are. Every crisis a business faces is both a test in resilience and an opportunity to prove to your customers why they should spend their dollars with you. From a...

When everyone is distracted by the “new normal” and “unknown territory”, what can the other 13 recessions we’ve been through teach us about how to navigate this one to maximize revenue? Whether there is opportunity for revenue growth now or after the market has recovered, now is the time to...

If you’re in B2B sales, COVID-19 has forever changed the world as you know it. If you’re waiting for the way business is conducted to return to business as usual, you may be waiting a long time. In this can’t-miss FREE webinar, you will learn: Why you should move from...

“The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.” This quote by Pulitzer-Prize-winning author, Ellen Glasgow, has served as a North Star throughout my career. My takeaway has always been that if you’re standing still — not innovating or growing — you’re dying. This quote has been...

In times of crisis, the path forward is not always clear, especially when it’s a crisis you haven’t had the misfortune of navigating before such as a global pandemic on the scale of COVID-19. That lack of clarity can understandably slow decision making as you wait for the ideal path...

Don’t let indecision leave money on the table; by waiting until COVID-19 blows over before you adjust and deploy a growth strategy for the new normal. Find out why now is the time to become a first-mover. In this ON DEMAND webinar, you will: receive the insights from our recent Memphis...

If you’re in B2B sales, it may feel like the world as you know it has forever changed; and you would be right. If you’re waiting for the way business is conducted to return to business as usual, you may be waiting a long time. The current phased lifting of...

Like it or not, the Coronavirus pandemic has caused a massive and rapid evolution of the retail industry and not just in the short term. Retail, as we knew it pre-COVID-19, is essentially gone as high-contact consumer-shopping experiences will just no longer have the appeal they once enjoyed. To those...

Let’s face it. It’s been tough to find a silver lining amidst this soul-crushing, global healthcare pandemic and economic crisis, but here’s one. Some industry verticals that may have otherwise been slow to change to today’s buyer preference for a largely digital/virtual experience have been thrown into the deep end...

No matter what you call this – whether it be an economic downturn or a recession – our economy has nothing short of abruptly stopped moving in unimaginable ways. Recessions are fueled by a severe lack of consumption. It’s an unfavorable psychological climate where cautious consumers spend less – causing...

How do we get back to the business of growth? See what survey respondents had to say. No matter what you call this – whether it be an economic downturn or a recession – our economy has nothing short of abruptly stopped moving in unimaginable ways. Recessions are fueled by...

These are unusual times to say the least. For many businesses, the tried and true strategies that you leveraged to find new customers mere weeks ago are now completely irrelevant. In the B2B world, there are few, if any, prospects in the office to call, visit or send physical sales...

In this age of constant connection via social media and the entire world having more access to information than ever before, business leaders should be asking, “how much information is too much?” These are unprecedented times. With the newly implemented lifestyle of social distancing, our ability to connect digitally is...

It’s been just two weeks since gatherings of 50 or more were banned due to COVID-19, immediately obliterating the very nature of how we behave and conduct business. The rate and magnitude of change necessary to survive this pandemic on the business front is unprecedented. While it’s easy to allow...

There’s been a full-on assault on our economy and the financial health of most businesses thanks to Covid-19. In the spirit of the Godfather, it’s time to go to the mattresses. Together, we must go to battle to ensure that our businesses not only survive, but thrive on the other...

84% of people expect brands to produce content that entertains, provides solutions and produces experiences and events according to Meaningful Brands®. Insert content marketing. It involves the creation and sharing of materials – such as videos, blogs and social-media posts – that are intended to stimulate interest in a brand’s...

It’s likely you’ve heard talk around town of account-based marketing (ABM) – a more strategic version of lead generation where you focus on gaining new business from your key accounts and other prospective accounts like them through highly tailored, break-through strategies. The concept has been a popular topic at many...

As originally published in The Daily Memphian. Marketing of the past has been mostly “spray and pray,” where your brand’s message is sprayed to the masses in volume and you pray it resonates with enough of your ideal market to incite action. But marketing today is all about personalization to…