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Robert Kelley

Robert Kelley is Partner with Distribution Strategy Group. He’s had an extensive career as a technology leader with high-growth companies from high-technology startups to large public corporations. Using quantitative analytics models and software applications, Rob now helps distributors optimize pricing, quantify economic value, analyze the competition, and build customer profiles and market segmentation. Reach out to Rob today to take a data-driven approach to your business problems:
rkelley@distributionstrategy.com.

Articles by Robert Kelley

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Digital Strategy

Webinar: State of Analytics in Distribution

In this webinar, we reveal the results of our survey of distributors on how they’re using analytics now and their plans for leveraging data
  • Robert Kelley
  • July 14, 2021
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Digital Strategy

Webinar: 10X Tech Stack: 3 Technologies That Supercharge Your Procurement-to-Payment Cycle

In this webinar, Jonathan Bein and Rob Kelley present technologies that dramatically shorten the time from procurement to payment while reducing errors, rework and
  • Robert Kelley
  • June 30, 2021
2021 State of Technology in Distribution: Automating the Customer Journey
Digital Strategy

2021 State of Technology in Distribution: Automating the Customer Journey

Distribution Strategy Group conducted a survey and other primary research about how distributors anticipate ongoing, rapidly changing technologies will affect them, and how and
  • Robert Kelley
  • June 11, 2021
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Digital Strategy

Webinar: State of Technology in Distribution

In this webinar our hosts discuss how and where distributors are automating the customer journey, from searching for the right product to the purchase
  • Robert Kelley
  • June 3, 2021
Prevent Customers From Leaving You
Distribution Sales Strategy

Prevent Customers From Leaving You

For some companies, an annual increase of 1% in customer retention over each of the next ten years results in 20% increase in annual
  • Robert Kelley
  • November 12, 2020
Products and Marketing Mix
Distribution Marketing

What is Your Product? Knowledge, Information and Service

Here’s what to consider when considering what “product” means to your distribution business and your customer relationships.
  • Robert Kelley
  • September 10, 2020
Marketing Mix: The Value of Getting It Right
Distribution Marketing

Marketing Mix: The Value of Getting It Right

Since the early 1960s, most companies have organized marketing activities into the “Marketing Mix,” or the “4 Ps”: Product, Place, Price and Promotion. Distribution
  • Robert Kelley
  • July 22, 2020
What’s a Good Customer Profile Worth? A lot.
Distribution Marketing

What’s a Good Customer Profile Worth? A lot.

Most distributors keep busy enough just handling incoming calls, emails and, in many cases orders from their website. But how do we know if
  • Robert Kelley
  • June 17, 2020
Value Proposition: Time of COVID-19
Distribution Marketing

Value in the Time of COVID-19: What Customers Value Changes with the Times

It’s probably even more important for your long-term success to take some time now to revisit why you are in business and what customers
  • Robert Kelley
  • April 23, 2020
How to Use Analytics to Make Money with Small Customers
Digital Strategy

How to Use Analytics to Make Money with Small Customers

For the best customers, Distributors can devote resources to maximizing the business relationship, while for less profitable and less efficient customers, Distributors can find
  • Robert Kelley
  • February 6, 2017
What to Do About Accounts That Cost You Money
Digital Strategy

What to Do About Accounts That Cost You Money

A surprise for many Distributors is that a lot of accounts they consider “good customers” because of the frequency or regularity of orders, the
  • Robert Kelley
  • January 23, 2017
How and Why to Use Analytics to Segment Customers for Maximum Profit
Digital Strategy

How and Why to Use Analytics to Segment Customers for Maximum Profit

While most distributors learned long ago to avoid managing for top-line sales revenue as a measure of results, many of today’s distribution businesses still
  • Robert Kelley
  • January 9, 2017
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