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Streamline your business strategy with a business model generator. Automate tasks, create value propositions, and segment customers efficiently. Discover how AI-powered tools like Frictionless enhance model creation, saving time and improving strategic alignment.

Learn how to identify market gaps and opportunities by comparing competitors. This guide explores competitor analysis strategies and shows how AI-driven tools like Frictionless streamline the process, helping businesses stay ahead in a competitive landscape.

Discover how Frictionless serves as an all-in-one business strategy software, empowering companies to unlock growth potential with AI-driven insights, streamlined planning, and real-time collaboration.

Unleashing the Power of the Business Model Canvas The Business Model Canvas (BMC) has revolutionized the way businesses approach strategic planning. Conceived by Alexander Osterwalder in 2008, the BMC emerged […]

Your value proposition declares a big statement to your customers: “this is who I am and how I will benefit you”. Getting this statement right makes a massive difference in […]

Driving forward a business has its ups and downs – but one of the best ways to ensure a positive trajectory is investing in a strong value proposition. Nearly half […]

65% of B2B companies have built a solid value statement. And for good reason – a value proposition serves as a clear declaration of business intent both within the company […]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a futuristic concept; it’s a present-day reality transforming the marketing industry at an unprecedented pace. PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Global Artificial Intelligence Study predicts that AI will […]

The Power of Personas in B2B Startups For startup B2B companies, the ability to precisely target and personalize marketing efforts can be a game-changer. Personas, which are semi-fictional representations of […]

Developing a brand guide is all about maintaining brand identity by including specific instructions for every brand element in a single document so that employees, marketing agencies, and any approved […]

Transforming your vision into a lucrative business seems like the biggest challenge for most people. However, there has been a steady increase in business applications as of June 2023, adjusted […]

Content writing is a growing industry, and it’s a significant contributor to a $400 billion worth content marketing industry. However, as writers keep churning out new and fresh content, the content […]

Understanding the customers your business intends to target is an essential step in figuring out your brand’s identity. Who are you hoping to reach? How are you going to reach […]

Knowing your customers is how you reach them. Businesses worldwide focus their marketing on reaching the right audience segments, and to do that, you must have a deep understanding of […]

Any company’s branding strategy should intend to convey a positive and accurate message about the enterprise and its products to a target customer group. How potential and existing customers feel […]

In the past, market experts have emphasized the concept of settling for realistic goals rather than idealistic ones. This means that marketers have historically set achievable objectives and tapered their […]

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Easier said than done? Not necessarily. Fundamentally, grasping the persona builder basics will give you everything you need to stay ahead of the curve. Let’s dive deep into what makes […]

Are you struggling to make any significant strides with your current content marketing strategy? Do you feel like it’s simply not hitting the nail on the head? It’s possibly because […]

In marketing, the goal isn’t to appeal to as many people as possible. The goal is to appeal to as many realistic potential buyers as possible. This requires awareness from […]

The “Rockefeller Habits” are among the most regarded business strategy frameworks that have been practiced by numerous executives and entrepreneurs for the last 2 decades to make their businesses flourish. […]

1. Strategy Safari by Henry Mintzberg, Joseph Lampel & Bruce Ahlstrand As the first book on our list, Strategy Safari introduces readers to the concept of strategy. If you’re a […]

Oh, hey, you must be here to hear about BHAGs. BHAGs are Big Hairy Audacious Goals and they’re really meant to be something that you can define that will get […]

When it comes to core values, what we don’t want to do is make them vanity values. And what I mean by that is a lot of times people will […]

During the past few decades, consumers have become more engaged with what they see and learn online than with more traditional media forms like TV, newspapers, and magazines. While all […]

Making a strategic plan is resource-consuming. After all, a lot of research and effort from the whole team goes into it. A company has to take care of multiple components […]

With the best strategic planning methodology in place, your business will be proactive as opposed to being reactive. You will seamlessly increase your operational efficiency with proper strategic planning and […]

This system has been used by well-known companies such as Zoup!, McKinley, and imageOne, to name a few. In short, it’s a way of managing your company in an entrepreneurial […]

Starting a business will no doubt be among the highlights of your life. Unfortunately, a study conducted by the University of Tennessee found that 44% of companies fail within their first […]

Every business needs to do a SWOT analysis as it executes its operations. After all, each company should know where it stands and where it is heading. SWOT is simply […]

Before we start anything, we usually develop some idea about  the desired outcome. For a company or organizational startups seeking a refocus to get back on track, leaders also should […]

Strategic planning driven by meaningful Vision and Mission statements helps create common goals within any organization, according to a recent BoardEffect article. While the differences between these statements are often […]

Communication of strategic vision is effective when employees receive a message, understand its intent, and act on it. But the real world presents challenges for employees like: Getting swamped with […]

Marketing personas heavily influence business strategies, and when they are backed with solid customer research and insights, they will create better results. Every business has a core customer base, and […]

The branding of big-name brands like Apple, Nike, and Starbucks is often used as an example of successful marketing efforts. And why not? These brands spend big money on traditional […]

After interviewing dozens of successful founders, we’ve found that BHAGs often come up in conversation when talking about how those founders scaled up their business. In this article, we’ll provide […]

What are Core Values? Generally speaking, the Core Values of a business are a set of principles or philosophies that guide or shape the organization’s culture and identity. They are […]

So after a lot of workshopping, discussion, and perhaps even a bit of debate, your organization has just established its Core Values–maybe even using Frictionless to do it––congrats! However, that’s […]

Think about the last time you gave someone a gift. Odds are you didn’t give the person the same gift you had given to your spouse a few months ago. […]

Let’s face it – not everyone has time to sit down and read a lengthy article on a topic like marketing. Even if it’s critical to your company’s success, and […]

It’s a common quality across the board – people don’t like change. In fact, according to research, Americans buy the same 50 items, accounting for around 85% of household needs. […]