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Growing a business is all about attracting new customers, but repeat customers are also an important component that tends to be forgotten. Engaging a customer and successfully leading them through a transaction is not enough of a guarantee that the customer will return again in the future. That’s why it’s key for businesses to develop a follow-up strategy that will retain customers for the long term.
In the workplace, lessons don’t always have to come from the top down. Employees working to execute business initiatives also have the ability to impart wisdom that helps entrepreneurs become better employers and better leaders overall. Whether it’s a matter of making changes that will increase productivity or implementing an approach that focuses more on the human side of doing business, every small suggestion helps contribute to a workplace that people will want to work in. Below, a panel of Forbes Business Council members each share one valuable business lesson they’ve been taught by an employee. Read on to learn more about how these lessons have impacted how their businesses operate.
nDemand will complete all logistical, administrative, project management, and recruitment tasks associated with planning, staffing, and executing two 2-day trainings on Political Journalism & Election Coverage for 20 journalists, expanding its global footprint to Abuja, Nigeria.
nDemand will complete all logistical, administrative, project management, and recruitment tasks associated with planning, staffing, and executing four 3-day trainings on Reporting Conservation Crimes for journalists in Libreville, Gabon and Accra, Ghana
As 2022 gets off to a volatile start, I've been pondering some of the biggest crisis management implications this year may bring. From research and rumor mills, it is clear that the world has turned its attention to riskier ways to make money via NFTs, crypto, day trading and much more. So how do we protect ourselves from financial demise?
Oscar and Kiya Frazier bring the fire with a discussion around creating the agility needed to adapt and adjust to market demands within your target market.
Frazier has achieved success in crisis management with nDemand Consulting. Along with wife Kiya, the couple are thriving and allowing private and public organizations to excel. Now, Frazier is taking a step into the speaking, training, and coaching sector. He aims to impact individuals and help them achieve their own goals in business and life.
Oscar and Kiya Frazier bring the fire with a discussion around leading other leaders. When a leader is called to lead other leaders, how do you: Establish a level of authority that still recognizes the others as leaders.
“Fall seven times and stand up eight.” This Japanese proverb speaks volumes about the importance of perseverance. While standing back up after taking a hit is easier said than done, it is important to remember that persevering through difficulties is an experience countless others have tackled before.
Oscar has set a goal to positively impact 100,000 people by 2025. He believes that many individuals have not reached their full potential simply because they have not had someone to remove the mental roadblocks that separate the good from the exceptional. Oscar's message will remain - "You can do it, with what you have."
Working closely together is a dream that grows from love and enthusiasm, and Oscar and Kiya have developed strategies to help themselves, and others, achieve that dream. They advise couple-preneurs on areas including building a stress management plan, trust and respecting boundaries, optimizing your combined efforts, avoiding communication breakdowns, the art of unplugging, and letting the bedroom be a bedroom. Listen to learn more.
When my wife and I built our firm almost two decades ago to focus on Global Crisis Management, never in a million years did we anticipate the world's present battle with disinformation and propaganda. Our crisis management journey morphed from small consulting gigs to help struggling journalists to just finishing up project 14 in the Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo and kicking off project 15 in Albania and Kosovo.
At first glance, setting up a website seems simple. However, behind the scenes, every little button, word and image needs to be considered with the utmost care and attention in order to deliver an excellent user experience. Whether you're designing a new website or trying to optimize an existing one, every element you work on needs to be put in place with the impact on the users in mind. Here, an expert panel of members from Forbes Business Council share the best practices entrepreneurs can leverage to ensure their websites have great user experience (UX) features.
Marketing is a science, and you need a solid strategy to make the most of your efforts. Many entrepreneurs and small businesses don't have large enough marketing budgets to hire a team of professionals to handle their marketing, but you don’t need a big team to get results.
People depend on leaders to make the right decisions that will guide them to success. As a leader, it's important to be confident in the decisions you make because people will hesitate to follow you if you hesitate to trust yourself.
Fears, Failure, Health, and Love - the Evolution of Oscar Frazier was discussed with a room full of business owners spanning numerous industry sectors.
Business leaders have to focus on so many different areas to keep things running smoothly. Even leaders with the best of intentions sometimes make mistakes. However, if a leader is making decisions without considering how the consequences will affect a specific individual, a group or an entire demographic, it's crucial for them to learn how to take a step back and address the unconscious bias that's playing a role in their decision-making process.
The Fraziers are multi-entrepreneurs in diverse spaces such as trucking, restaurant, global crisis management, consulting for business, and couplepreneurs. This podcast tells their story of losing everything. Their comeback as entrepreneurs, and setting boundaries along the way. To reach Oscar & Kiya visit their website or text the word BUSINESS to 6786721444.
2020 has changed the landscape for crisis management in aspects even beyond a global pandemic. Many organizations are now focusing on and fine-tuning their pre-crisis management planning at the employee and project levels.
nDemand will complete all logistical, administrative, project-management, and recruitment tasks associated with planning, staffing, and executing international media training and/or affiliate conferences globally.
Agile principles were first developed to support the tech industry, and now they have become so much more than that. Used in a variety of industries, these methodologies get people out of their functional silos and boost multidisciplinary teams for greater efficiency, productivity and flexibility.
Happily Ever After is not just a mythical place somewhere over the rainbow. With attention and love you can bring that feeling to your relationship. Learning to communicate your real needs and desires as well as understanding your partners’ will help you foster the feeling of acceptance and contentment you’ve always dreamed of. It’s not just magic and chemistry but a way of thinking and behaving that lets you develop as equal partners. Join us on Happily Ever After for practical tips you can use right now in your daily communications, thought processes and decisions.
A new business venture won’t get very far without the right funding. In some cases, this means seeking the help of outside investors. Done right, the relationship between a business owner and their investors can be incredibly fruitful for all involved. However, it’s crucial to understand the process and keep the necessary considerations in mind.
Highly motivated employees are more profitable for businesses. They're happier and more satisfied in their jobs, and they are able to come up with more innovative ideas, connect with customers and be more productive. Employees who are motivated save their companies thousands of dollars through their increased efficiency and the higher retention rates. Organizations can greatly benefit from making motivation a priority.
Oscar and Kiya Frazier were still in corporate life — Oscar in project management, Kiya in marketing — when they started nDemand Consulting. But when, within a few months of their wedding they both lost their jobs, they decided to do the “entrepreneurial thing” full time and, as Oscar puts it, “have not looked back.” Today nDemand Consulting brings ideas into reality, shapes brands to be instantly recognizable and takes concepts from ideation to launch. A division of their company — KO Thought Leaders — advises couple-preneurs on topics such as building a stress-management plan, trust and respect boundaries, optimizing your combined efforts, avoiding communication breakdowns and the art of unplugging.
Now, this one was fun! There are clues that a VEER is coming…pay attention. Learn about some of the stressful events that took place over the course of Oscar and Kiya's building of nDemand - from losing everything to rebuilding again.
With KO Thought Leaders, a division of nDemand Consulting Services, Oscar and Kiya strive to help couples in business to develop structure and strategies that nurture the balance between business and home. Working closely together is a dream that grows from love and enthusiasm, and Oscar and Kiya have developed strategies to help themselves and others achieve that dream.
I used to love watching and following drama-filled social media posts until approximately four years ago when my wife and I, owners of nDemand Consulting Services, won a federal contract with the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to provide global crisis management training focused on countering violent extremism (CVE) and eliminating disinformation. In working with media journalists across nine countries spanning the continent of Africa, I began to see trends in how crisis scenarios tend to have similar beginnings, middles and ends: two conflicting sides, partial truths from the conflicting sides and the struggle to ascertain which side is more “right” than the other.
A pitch can make or break a small business, especially when it comes to investor capital. A good pitch can land your dream investors and enough capital to bankroll your growth, while a bad one might ruin your company's reputation. To help make your pitch as strong as possible, the experts of Forbes Business Council share their experiences. Below they discuss the mistakes entrepreneurs often make when pitching to investors and what they should do instead.
nDemand will complete all logistical, administrative, project-management, and recruitment tasks associated with planning, staffing, and executing international media training and/or affiliate conferences globally.
Oscar and Kiya share their experiences growing nDemand Consulting on the Influential Entrepreneurs show with Mike Saunders. Mike Saunders is the Authority Positioning Coach at Marketing Huddle, the author of Amazon Bestselling book Authority Selling™, Adjunct Marketing Professor at several Universities, contributor to The Huffington Post, and member of the Forbes Coaches Council – an invitation-only community for the World’s Most Influential Business Coaches.
Oscar and Kiya share their experiences growing nDemand Consulting on the School for Startups Radio, a podcast considered to be one of the most engaged business listener-ships on the radio today. School for Startups Radio boasts over 3 million listeners per month and a daily audience of 150,000+. School for Startups Radio is rich in content including editorials, interviews and advertising for businesses and entrepreneurs.
The popularity of freelancing has been growing exponentially recently. In the last few months as more professionals enter the market, more businesses are becoming aware of the benefits of outsourcing work to freelancers instead of doing everything in-house.
The FBI uses the term "synthetic content" to describe the end result of the digital manipulation of text files, images, audio recordings, and videos utilizing new technology like artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning (ML).
Co-Owner & Chief Technologist of nDemand accepted into Forbes Business Council. Forbes Business Council Is an Invitation-Only Community for Successful Business Owners and Leaders.
The coronavirus pandemic has had a disastrous impact on small businesses across the country. While it doesn’t look like our problems are going to go away anytime soon, small businesses can take several actions to stay afloat — even grow — during this difficult time.
Super excited to announce our story placement on Forbes related to global crisis management. "A Crisis Like No Other Requires Novel Solutions."
PCM & Statistical Modeling Analysis Support - nDemand was tasked with providing project management and wireframe graphic services to assist with the technology modernization efforts as it pertains to the OIT Navigator and EASi Program.
RADV - MRRC B Contract - nDemand was tasked with providing project coordination, project management, and process improvement services to support the prime’s mission of creating an automated system to detect FWA using Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing (NLP).
Program Assurance Data Optimization Support (PADOS) - nDemand was tasked with providing program and project coordination to facilitate the design, development, administration, daily maintenance, and implementation of enhancements for technology solutions, predictive data models, statistical models, pilot modeling, program optimization, project management, and assurance activities.
Global Media Training: nDemand was tasked to organize, design curriculum, and execute a training program for journalists from mainstream media outlets that took into account the specific cultural climate and practices of Angola, and the sensitive nature of the material being reported on.
Global Media Training: nDemand was tasked to organize, create curriculum, and carry out the training program in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and to provide succinct and knowledgeable training on elections, ethics, fair and balanced reporting, interviewing tactics, social media, disinformation, and security.
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Reporting Training & Logistic: nDemand was tasked to organize, design the curriculum, and execute a training program for best practices of CVE reporting, taking into account the specific cultural climate and practices of Djibouti City and the sensitive nature of the material being reported on.
nDemand Consulting chosen as a recipient of The 2020 Corporate Coaching & Recruitment Award