flevyblog

Flevy Blog is an online business magazine covering Business Strategies, Business Theories, & Business Stories.
MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP STRATEGY, MARKETING, SALES OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN ORGANIZATION & CHANGE IT/MIS Other

About Shane Avron

Shane Avron is a freelance writer, specializing in business, general management, enterprise software, and digital technologies. In addition to Flevy, Shane's articles have appeared in Huffington Post, Forbes Magazine, among other business journals.

Author Archive | Shane Avron

woman with laptop typing  at home

Blogging 101: How to Effectively Promote Your Posts

New to the world of blogging? There’s more to it than headline writing and thinking up ideas for fresh posts. These days it seems like everyone has a blog. How will you stand out? Use these tips to effectively promote your posts: Post Regularly We’ve all had that one coworker or friend who ambitiously starts […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }
shutterstock_188149367

Make the Most of Any Holiday: 3 Strategic Marketing Tips

It’s not all that difficult to market your business at the end of the year for those huge Christmas and New Years sales, but the smaller holidays are less intuitive. For Valentines Day, Mother’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day and other holidays, it can be challenging to come up with creative hooks to bring in new […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }

Make eWoM Work for You

Marketing professionals know that social media marketing is word-of-mouth selling multiplied by a million. Philosophically, electronic word-of-mouth (eWoM) is a logical context for any marketing campaign, but practically, implementing eWoM so that it drives web traffic and convertible sales is another matter. We Are All Connected In an article published in the journal of Business […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }

Improve Your Website to Satisfy Customers

Company websites serve businesses in a variety of ways. To some, it’s the mecca that showcases all of your best work. To others, it’s a way to capture leads. However you categorize your company website, the fact is it projects your brand’s digital presence. It can also be a helpful tool in serving customer needs […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }

4 Strategies to Increase Workplace Collaboration

When you enable employees to collaborate freely, you set the stage for business growth. Many people don’t feel like their employer facilitates collaboration, however—in a worldwide survey on workplace communication conducted by Queen’s University, 39 percent of respondents felt their organization didn’t collaborate enough. These findings indicate a desire to work together and communicate effectively, […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }

Better Business We Learned from the Creators of ‘South Park’

Great TV shows have creators who spend many hours of many days perfecting every detail of every show before it’s taped. And then there are the co-creators of “South Park,” who do the whole thing in a week. Matt Stone and Trey Parker are the brains and voices behind the wildly popular TV cartoon series […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }

Break the Habit: 4 IT Codes That Can Hurt Your Business

Whether you’re a startup or a seasoned business, your IT team is as close to the heart of your everyday functionality as it gets. Making sure your IT team is on the up-and-up is always good for business. An IT person faces many challenges each day to maintain the business and help it establish itself […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }

Creating an Unforgettable TV Advertising Campaign: 4 Tactics We Like

What goes into making a great TV ad campaign? Today’s viewers are savvy to marketers and their tactics, and advertising execs must become even more creative to draw in consumers. Here are some of the creative ingredients that lead to a great TV commercial: Use a Quirky Spokesperson Humor is, obviously, a good way to […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }

3 Ways to Easily Increase Employee Productivity

There are many ways to increase productivity and employee satisfaction in the workplace. From the layout to the design to the office decorations to the company culture, all of these areas affect how employees feel and how they work. Here are just a few things to consider: Decorate With Plants Researchers have concluded that adding […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }

4 Excel Functions Every Business Professional Needs to Know

Microsoft Excel is powerful. You can use Excel to solve simultaneous differential equations, develop financial statements and run a statistical analysis on large data sets. The power of the program comes down to the user’s creativity and the software’s copious functions and formulas. With the introduction of Excel on the new Apple iPad Air, you can […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }

Build a World-Class Customer Service Team Now

A product is a tangible thing. From the framework of relationship marketing theory, a product can never create or maintain a connection. This ability to develop long lasting relationships falls to the customer service team. Customer care is more than simply fixing problems. It is establishing a continual link between your customer and your business. […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }

Four Lesser-Known Websites that Help Deliver a Big PR Punch

As a business owner, you are always searching ways to get your company name into the public eye. While you might be tempted to focus on major news organizations and perhaps working with a high priced public relations firm, there are plenty of lesser-known but reputable websites that can help you boost your PR. For […]

Continue Reading · Comments { 0 }
Complimentary Business Training Guides


Many companies develop robust strategies, but struggle with operationalizing their strategies into implementable steps. This presentation from flevy introduces 12 powerful business frameworks spanning both Strategy Development and Strategy Execution. [Learn more]

  This 48-page whitepaper, authored by consultancy Envisioning, provides the frameworks, tools, and insights needed to manage serious Change—under the backdrop of the business lifecycle. These lifecycle stages are each marked by distinct attributes, challenges, and behaviors. [Learn more]

We've developed a very comprehensive collection of Strategy & Transformation PowerPoint templates for you to use in your own business presentations, spanning topics from Growth Strategy to Brand Development to Innovation to Customer Experience to Strategic Management. [Learn more]

  We have compiled a collection of 10 Lean Six Sigma templates (Excel) and Operational Excellence guides (PowerPoint) by a multitude of LSS experts. These tools cover topics including 8 Disciplines (8D), 5 Why's, 7 Wastes, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), and DMAIC. [Learn more]
Recent Articles by Corporate Function

  

  

  

  

  


The Flevy Business Blog (https://flevy.com/blog) is a leading source of information on business strategies, business theories, and business stories. Most of our articles are authored by management consultants and industry executives with over 20 years of experience.

Flevy (https://flevy.com) is the marketplace for business best practices, such as management frameworks, presentation templates, and financial models. Our best practice documents are of the same caliber as those produced by top-tier consulting firms (like McKinsey, Bain, Accenture, BCG, and Deloitte) and used by Fortune 100 organizations. Learn more about Flevy here.


Connect with Flevy:

     
  


About Flevy.com   /   Terms   /   Privacy Policy
© . Flevy LLC. All Rights Reserved.