Unfortunately, what worked in the past rarely works in the future, because markets shift.
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Gone are the days when publishers pumped out books and waited to see what worked.
Markel was tapped by the CDC to study what worked and what didn't during the 1918 flu disaster.
What worked for the highly successful Limited Brands company should work for you.
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If so, please share any tips or suggestions on what worked for you.
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When they write the book about what worked in 2010, investing in the BRIC nations will probably not make the list.
But one can already see how the company, and its CEO, have locked-in on what worked early in the company lifecycle.
Quake figured what worked for toilets might suffice on a microscopic scale.
Now, you would go back to past campaigns and see what worked.
Every evening I looked at what worked and repeated it the next.
But of course, a part of me says it's a good thing I did as I did, since perhaps that's what worked.
Not long after launching in 2005, Minkoff noticed that users on the Purse Forum blog were talking about her products and what worked.
For the next round of Lincolns to be successful they can't just harness what worked in the past, however, and McGovern knows this.
What worked for me was (years ago) letting my mother know I wanted to be able to help her if and when the time came.
What worked before then just may not work as well now.
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As he indicated, marketing mix modeling is great to explain what worked last year, but experimentation is the basis for understanding what will work next year.
In Aligned companies the conversation is centered around what is happening in the market, what worked and what needs to be changed to meet the company goals.
When you go about adapting, how do you balance the essence of what worked about a show internationally with the tweaks necessary to cater to U.S. sensibilities?
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The constant communication between Sales and Marketing enabled the two teams to quickly assess what worked, refine activities to be more effective, and determine which programs to drop.
But what is important now is that the right lessons are learnt: we will talk to voters, candidates and returning officers to understand what worked and what didn't.
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Prince, in keeping with his conservative upbringing, gave some of them a hard time about their appearance, but they insisted it was what worked best among the local population.
The broader question is whether what worked for Yale and Harvard, for a time, can be a successful strategy for a much broader range of universities over a much longer period.
What worked in the past is no longer working.
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He clearly feels completely bought into the mission and values of the company, and I imagine that what worked for him has also worked for thousands of other employees who are redefining the Club Med experience.
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But, as I point out in my Boing Boing piece, actually passing legislation is a whole new ball game that will require us to learn from what worked in SOPA and to strategically build upon that strategy.
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My entire Steam list (yes, I actually took the time to check to see what worked and what did not) has bee rendered useless, Origin dead, and any and all other games aside from emulators crash instantly.
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