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Distribution Sales Strategy

The Sales Rep Reimagined: Tech-Enabled Selling in 2025

Distributors that are winning in 2025 are the ones rewiring their sales model.
  • Brian Hopkins
  • August 5, 2025
Operations

Critical Skills for Front-Line Leaders, Part 3: Effective Communication

The best leaders don’t just talk. They listen. They translate. They show up. And they speak in a way that moves people forward.
  • Will Quinn
  • August 1, 2025
Distribution Technology

Voice Picking Technology: Tech That Boosts Margins and Worker Morale

Known as “pick-by-voice,” this system guides workers through their tasks using voice commands and barcode scan validation, creating a streamlined, hands-free workflow.
  • Patrick Hanrahan
  • August 1, 2025

Upcoming Programs

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Creating Clean and Accurate Product and Customer Data

Join us on Aug. 13, 9 PT/12 ET, as we discuss tackling the data challenge with technology leaders.
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  • Upcoming Program

Elevating the B2B Customer Experience

Join us on Aug 20, 2025 at 9PT/12ET as we delve into ways to transform your customer experience strategy.
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  • Upcoming Program

Economic Crossroads: Forecasts and M&A Trends Shaping Distribution

Join us on Aug 28, 2025 at 9PT/12ET as we navigate both economic forecasts and M&A trends with Economist Alex Chausovsky.
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  • Upcoming Program

The Sales Rep’s AI Playbook: What’s Working in Distribution Today

Join us on Sept 17, 2025 at 9PT/12ET as we delve into what real AI adoption looks like in the field today and how
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Innovation

Reclaiming Time: Automating Accounts Receivable & Payables

AR/AP automation represents one of the fastest, most measurable wins in the automation journey.
  • Brian Hopkins
  • July 29, 2025
Distribution Sales Strategy

Distributor CEOs: Your Company Could Be Doing SO Much Better!

The most effective sales organizations have clear sales methodologies in place.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • July 25, 2025
Distribution Industry Analysis

How Distributors Are Solving Supply Chain Challenges

Distribution continues to navigate complex supply chain disruptions.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • July 24, 2025

Recent Reports

Transforming Wholesale Distribution with AI

State of CRM and Sales Analytics in Distribution

2025 State of Technology in Distribution

From Silos to Synergy: Transforming B2B Distribution with Automation and Collaboration

Where Well-Intended Customer Loyalty Surveys Go Wrong for Distributors
Distribution Marketing

Where Well-Intended Customer Loyalty Surveys Go Wrong for Distributors

Here are the traps to avoid when implementing a Net Promoter Score (NPS) program.
  • Mark Peck
  • January 20, 2023
Is eCommerce Your Best Bet for Recession-Proofing Your Business?
B2B eCommerce

Is eCommerce Your Best Bet for Recession-Proofing Your Business?

eCommerce can enhance productivity, bring in new business and improve market share during a slowdown.
  • Ryan Francis
  • January 17, 2023
Discovery Skills + Patience = The Superpowers of Selling
Distribution Sales Strategy

Discovery Skills + Patience = The Superpowers of Selling

B2B buying research studies consistently report that modern buyers are disappointed with their seller counterparts. Here’s why.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • January 17, 2023
The 2 Reasons Your Customers Won’t Buy Online
B2B eCommerce

The 2 Reasons Your Customers Won’t Buy Online

If you measure your ecommerce success with this ROI model, you’re doing it wrong.
  • Ian Heller
  • January 16, 2023
Digital Strategy

Distributor eCommerce Now 20% of Sales and Accelerating

eCommerce continues to grow as a percentage of sales for distributors: What’s driving the trend?
  • Ian Heller
  • January 12, 2023
lead boldly
Strategy

What Does It Mean to Lead Boldly?

In the Noble Calling leadership style, management is called to make an oversized impact.
  • Dirk Beveridge
  • January 9, 2023
5 phases
Digital Strategy

The 5 Phases of “Marketplacification”

The market strongly favors broad assortments and sticking to your own products is a big disadvantage.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • January 9, 2023
erp is worse than before
Distribution Technology

Why Your New ERP is Worse than Your Old One (for Now)

To get the most from your new ERP, your team must understand and help you get through the Trough of Despair.
  • Ian Heller
  • January 5, 2023
how to navigate
Distribution Sales Strategy

How to Navigate the Buyer Landscape

Understanding key factors in the buyer landscape.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • January 5, 2023
Digital Strategy

Distribution Leaders Offer 5 Tips to Get the Most from Your eCommerce

Distribution leaders share lessons learned on their ecommerce journeys.
  • Dean Mueller
  • December 21, 2022
How to Evaluate Potential Online Partners
Distribution Sales Strategy

Distributor Strategic Growth in the New Economy, Part 3: How to Evaluate Potential Online Partners

Build a process to evaluate online-channel partners to determine if partnering with them is profitable.
  • Scott Benfield
  • December 20, 2022
elephant in the room
Distribution Sales Strategy

The Elephant in the Room: Winging Sales Calls

How sales call preparation using a CRM solution is an efficient way to increase success.
  • Kurt Nelson
  • December 20, 2022
Distribution Sales Strategy

How to Get Business Value from Sales Training

Why sales training fails and how to adjust your approach.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • December 19, 2022
Launching New Products to Existing Accounts
Distribution Sales Strategy

Distributor Strategic Growth in the New Economy, Part 2: Launching New Products to Existing Accounts

Improve Return on Time Invested by focusing on new products and new technologies.
  • Scott Benfield
  • December 15, 2022
customers pushing back
Distribution Sales Strategy

Customers pushing back on fee-based services? Here’s how to negotiate

Frank Hurtte answers: How should you respond to customers who push back against fee-based services?
  • Frank Hurtte
  • December 15, 2022
allied beverage
Digital Strategy

Allied Beverage Group’s Digital Evolution

How Allied Beverage Group is building a technological ecosystem to better support their team.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • December 9, 2022
Thinking Beyond the Singular Sales Call
Distribution Sales Strategy

Distributor Strategic Growth in the New Economy, Part I: Thinking Beyond the Singular Sales Call

As distributors consolidate, growth becomes far more complex than a singular sales call. 
  • Scott Benfield
  • December 6, 2022
Digitalization Q&A
Distribution Technology

How Digitalization Changed the Manufacturer-Distributor Relationship

Using your unique relationships to propel the customer journey into the future.
  • Alex Chausovsky
  • December 6, 2022
inside sales Q&A
Inside Sales Strategy

6 Keys to a Successful Proactive Inside Sales Program

Selecting the right support, technology and people for a successful inside sales program.
  • Ian Heller
  • December 5, 2022
multitasking
Distribution Sales Strategy

Why Cross-Selling is Hard (And 4 Actionable Ways to Make it Easier)

Even if reps increase their cross-sell efforts, without technology for support, they will not succeed.
  • Benj Cohen
  • December 5, 2022
Price Cutting
Distribution Marketing

Price Cutting: The Profit Implications of ‘Taking It to the Street’

Distributor- and supplier-driven price cutting is destructive to profit.
  • Al Bates
  • December 2, 2022
decoding
Operations

Decoding the Supply Chain for 2023: Your Next Steps

The past two years of supply chain disruption and how to plan for 2023.
  • Alex Chausovsky
  • November 21, 2022
no charge invoice
Distribution Sales Strategy

Distributor Services: Reinforcing Value with No Charge Invoices

Is adding a “No Charge” to invoices helping – or hurting distributors?
  • Frank Hurtte
  • November 21, 2022
Operations

Stop Using Yesterday’s Obsolete KPIs

Distributors need to work off new KPIs that match today’s market to achieve profitable growth.
  • Jonathan Byrnes
  • November 18, 2022
Four Acronyms that Can Improve Your Sales Effectiveness
Distribution Sales Strategy

4 Acronyms that Can Improve Your Sales Effectiveness

These four acronyms, and the concepts behind their meaning, will improve your sales force’s effectiveness.
  • Mike Kunkle
  • November 17, 2022
warehouse-master-distributors-and-marketplaces
Operations

Distributors’ Warehouse Operations: Room for Improvement

Distributors share how they currently manage warehouse operations – and what their plans are given these realities.
  • Jonathan Bein
  • November 10, 2022
price increase
Distribution Marketing

5 Key Principles for Executing Your Next Price Increase

Here are five principles to keep in mind for your pricing strategy.
  • Pete Morelli
  • November 10, 2022
Distribution Technology

How to Amplify Productivity with AI: Think Beyond the Tech

To reap the benefits of technology like AI, companies must go above and beyond the initial tech investment to build ‘intangible assets.’
  • Benj Cohen
  • November 8, 2022
attracting top talent
Operations

How Distributors Can Attract and Retain Top Talent

Distributors continue to face struggles in the labor market and need to be aware of how to attract and retain talent as the economy
  • Alex Chausovsky
  • November 8, 2022
5 steps to rein in pricing
Distribution Sales Strategy

Stop Shaking Your Fist and Act: 5 Steps to Rein in Pricing

Here are five steps to take back control of your pricing.
  • Scott Sinning
  • November 7, 2022
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