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Throughout my years advising leadership teams on strategic planning, I’ve witnessed a consistent pattern: companies often judge the quality of their strategy by the sophistication of the final ...

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The following excerpt is from Robert W. Bly’s book The Marketing Plan Handbook. Buy it now from Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes Robert W. Bly explains how you can develop big-picture marketing plans ...

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