Interviews and surveys: Conducted in-depth internal interviews to understand the company's context.
Hypotheses: Started breaking down problems into drivers for strategy design, which would inform further data gathering efforts.
Mission and Vision Review: Discussed mission and vision in a meeting with the client if issues were identified.
External Interviews and Surveys: Conducted external interviews and surveys if part of the project scope.
Needs and Decision Makers Analysis: Analyzed buying triggers using information gathered from interviews and structured them into a matrix.
Data Cleaning and Processing: Identified, corrected, and improved client data quality in databases, often requiring ongoing communication for new information.
Data Mining: Analyzed patterns, trends, and significant relationships in large datasets using advanced statistical techniques like clustering and classification.
Desk Research: Analyzed product, industry, and target market trends to identify opportunities.
First Partial Delivery to Client: Presented initial findings from internal and external contexts and an overview of data mining progress.
Marketing and Sales Materials: Analyzed sales and marketing materials for content structure, alignment with sales triggers, market focus, design, and quality.
Digital Presence: Assessed the client's digital ecosystem, including social media, website, advertising graphics, and active campaigns.
Communication-Market Alignment: Reviewed brand communication to ensure it aligned with clear sales messaging and reflected brand attributes, benefits, and market needs.
Results Review: Analyzed return on investment (ROI) and strategies used if there were advertising investment reports.
Client Intensity Matrix: Developed a matrix to classify clients based on alignment with the company's interests, optimizing sales efforts.
Benchmarking: Compared client practices with competitors to identify strengths and areas for improvement.
New Commercial Structure: Based on gathered information and hypotheses, designed a new commercial structure focusing on current issues and future vision.
Strategic Drivers Analysis: Analyzed market, commercial structure, processes/tools, product, and communication drivers to formulate a strategic declaration aligned with commercial strategy and achievable within the organization's mission.