Leadership. Open minds. Parking your Ego. Gathering previously unknown information. Understanding Real Strategic Marketing vs. Digital Marketing. Strategic Mindset vs Tactical Mindset. These are the critical components that will allow you, as a leader in an organization, to facilitate business growth in an organized and logical way. It will enable you to navigate the waters of complexity and [...]
What is a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer (FCMO)? A Fractional Chief Marketing Officer (FCMO) is a professional marketing executive that can be a game changer for your business. Hiring the right FCMO provides the company with extraordinary marketing expertise, helps you grow your business and generate innovative ideas all while you can stay focused on other important tasks. FCMO's are Chief[...]
Digital Marketing is one of the fastest growing industries in the world today. 60% of the world’s population is online and over 4 billion people use social media. A strong digital presence and user experience is crucial in today’s world, whether it be to greatly increase sales, recruiting, branding, customer service, analytics, or eCommerce, just to name a few. A report by LinkedIn [...]
Our goal at Mastermind is not to sell a specific product or service. It is, in fact, to create happy and content clients who, with our help, achieve their goals. What this means is that we don't blindly do what clients ask us to do. We question and challenge what may have been seen by the client as the only way to move forward, and by doing that we help clients become true leaders in their [...]
There was a time that businesses could operate successfully on a whim. Without data or knowledge. Just put out a product or service and people will buy. No strategy. No plan. No understanding of what was happening around them. Ohhh, those were the days.... Or were they? Those days feel so long ago that most of us old enough have already forgotten about them. And the younger generation[...]
Canada EU CETA It was 4 years in the making, and the timing of the signing of the Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) in the light of the protectionist approach being promoted by the new Donald Trump administration should not be overlooked. The timing for business expansion into new markets may be just right for you. Yes, the USA is Canada’s [...]
The days of compartmentalizing business functions into tightly controlled areas of influence (like marketing, sales, operations etc) are long gone - we just need to accept this Change Reality and buy into a new way of thinking: Business Growth. "Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning." Thomas Edison It is no coincidence that Edison had the foresight and [...]
Mastermind Solutions helps companies with business growth and expansion - locally or internationally. That includes companies looking to export to Canada/USA from anywhere in the world. We help North American and International clients with knowledge, information, management, implementation, finance and entrepreneurial advice to tackle a growth initiative. We can act as consultants, project [...]
Forget about laptops, iPods, iPads, desktops - technology is advancing more rapidly than we ever imagined So when will we reach the point of not really needing our brains? As long as you have technology at your fingertips, maybe that day will arrive in the not too distant future :-). if you have a smartphone you really only need to know one thing: how do I work it? Don't stress your brain[...]
The advent of the digital age has given emphasis and greater relevance to some media over others. This change is simply evolution in its natural form, something that all businesses need to embrace if they are to remain relevant. For example, while print is declining in importance, it is highly unlikely that it will ever die. It will however evolve to end up in its rightful place just as some of[...]