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How Price Decreases Can Imperil Distributor Profitability

Al Bates examines supplier price reductions from two perspectives.
  • Al Bates
  • September 15, 2023
It’s Not the Customers Who Hate You That Are the Problem
Distribution Marketing

It’s Not the Customers Who Hate You That Are the Problem

Indifferent customers pose the biggest challenge to your business.
  • Ian Heller
  • July 28, 2023
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Distribution Marketing

Structured Market Growth for Distributors: Improving Profits with Alignment of Sales and Acquisitive Growth

Distributors need to embrace a new method for organic growth: structured market targeting.
  • Scott Benfield
  • July 18, 2023
Measuring Your Cost Per Lead
Distribution Marketing

Measuring Your Cost Per Lead: What Distributors Need to Know

Monitoring cost per lead helps you adjust marketing for better results.
  • Susan Merlo
  • June 26, 2023
Digital Strategy

The Goal of Digital Strategies Should Be to Remove Friction for Customers

The hows and whys of starting the digital journey.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • June 19, 2023
Distribution Marketing

4 Basic Principles to Get Pricing for Profit Right

Dr. Al Bates touches on the principles to take into account when formulating pricing strategies.
  • Al Bates
  • June 1, 2023
What Distributors Can Learn from Netflix’s Big Bet
Distribution Sales Strategy

What Distributors Can Learn from Netflix’s Big Bet

Distributors can learn from the evolution of the technology-powered online movie distributor.
  • Benj Cohen
  • May 2, 2023
Distribution Sales Strategy

How AI Can Support a Greater Customer Experience – and Drive Greater Margins

Offer better service and a more consultative experience with the help of AI.
  • Benj Cohen
  • April 3, 2023
losing customers
Distribution Marketing

How Many Customers Did You Lose Last Year?

The cost of losing customers goes beyond just the lost revenue.
  • Mark Peck
  • March 2, 2023
3 Principles to Move Customers in the Right Direction
Distribution Sales Strategy

The Psychology of Choice: 3 Principles to Move Customers in the Right Direction

Behavioral economics is the key to selling better, marketing with more intent and persuading others.
  • Lincoln Smith
  • March 1, 2023
ROI Customer Experience
Distribution Marketing

How a Measured Approach to Customer Experience Can Drive Real ROI for Your Company

Companies that focus on Customer Experience often outperform those that do not.
  • Dakotah Kirchenwitz
  • February 17, 2023
Secrets to Driving Growth
Distribution Marketing

The Secret to Driving Growth: Understanding Your Customers Better

Get a picture of what the customer cares about before you start making changes.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • January 24, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
Global Industrial
Distribution Marketing

How Global Industrial Uses Merchandising to Add Value and Solve Customer Problems

How merchandising in distribution compares to retail, and the importance of value-added services for Global Industrial.
  • Ian Heller
  • October 19, 2022
break down walls
Distribution Sales Strategy

Break Down the Walls Between Channels: How an Omnichannel Approach Keeps Customers Spending More

Going beyond the traditional approach and building an omnichannel experience.
  • Benj Cohen
  • October 4, 2022
Dead Skunk Pricing
Distribution Marketing

Distributors’ Dead Skunk Pricing: How to Avoid the Stink

7 examples of common dead-skunk pricing practices distributors need to let go of.
  • Scott Benfield
  • October 3, 2022

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Sales Force Compensation: Challenges and Solutions

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Sales Force Compensation: Challenges and Solutions

October 11 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT

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For many wholesale distribution companies, sales compensation is an essential piece of their overall commercial performance. The long-term trends driving change in customer acquisition behavior that were accelerated during the pandemic along with levels of inflation unseen for decades have led many distributors to reexamine the effectiveness of their current programs.  

As distributors explore the introduction of new or refined selling roles and look to mitigate the pressures on their bottom lines, they have realized that changes to their sales compensation programs are required.  

This session will focus on how sales compensation programs can be developed that support evolutions in selling roles without diminished risk or opportunity for program participants. Attendees will walk away with actionable approaches to mitigate compensation related obstacles along with implementation best practices.  

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    October 11 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
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    November 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST
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Operations

How Price Decreases Can Imperil Distributor Profitability

Al Bates examines supplier price reductions from two perspectives.
  • Al Bates
  • September 15, 2023
It’s Not the Customers Who Hate You That Are the Problem
Distribution Marketing

It’s Not the Customers Who Hate You That Are the Problem

Indifferent customers pose the biggest challenge to your business.
  • Ian Heller
  • July 28, 2023
plants growing out of coins making an upward trending bar graph
Distribution Marketing

Structured Market Growth for Distributors: Improving Profits with Alignment of Sales and Acquisitive Growth

Distributors need to embrace a new method for organic growth: structured market targeting.
  • Scott Benfield
  • July 18, 2023
Measuring Your Cost Per Lead
Distribution Marketing

Measuring Your Cost Per Lead: What Distributors Need to Know

Monitoring cost per lead helps you adjust marketing for better results.
  • Susan Merlo
  • June 26, 2023
Digital Strategy

The Goal of Digital Strategies Should Be to Remove Friction for Customers

The hows and whys of starting the digital journey.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • June 19, 2023
Distribution Marketing

4 Basic Principles to Get Pricing for Profit Right

Dr. Al Bates touches on the principles to take into account when formulating pricing strategies.
  • Al Bates
  • June 1, 2023
What Distributors Can Learn from Netflix’s Big Bet
Distribution Sales Strategy

What Distributors Can Learn from Netflix’s Big Bet

Distributors can learn from the evolution of the technology-powered online movie distributor.
  • Benj Cohen
  • May 2, 2023
Distribution Sales Strategy

How AI Can Support a Greater Customer Experience – and Drive Greater Margins

Offer better service and a more consultative experience with the help of AI.
  • Benj Cohen
  • April 3, 2023
losing customers
Distribution Marketing

How Many Customers Did You Lose Last Year?

The cost of losing customers goes beyond just the lost revenue.
  • Mark Peck
  • March 2, 2023
3 Principles to Move Customers in the Right Direction
Distribution Sales Strategy

The Psychology of Choice: 3 Principles to Move Customers in the Right Direction

Behavioral economics is the key to selling better, marketing with more intent and persuading others.
  • Lincoln Smith
  • March 1, 2023
ROI Customer Experience
Distribution Marketing

How a Measured Approach to Customer Experience Can Drive Real ROI for Your Company

Companies that focus on Customer Experience often outperform those that do not.
  • Dakotah Kirchenwitz
  • February 17, 2023
Secrets to Driving Growth
Distribution Marketing

The Secret to Driving Growth: Understanding Your Customers Better

Get a picture of what the customer cares about before you start making changes.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • January 24, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
Global Industrial
Distribution Marketing

How Global Industrial Uses Merchandising to Add Value and Solve Customer Problems

How merchandising in distribution compares to retail, and the importance of value-added services for Global Industrial.
  • Ian Heller
  • October 19, 2022
break down walls
Distribution Sales Strategy

Break Down the Walls Between Channels: How an Omnichannel Approach Keeps Customers Spending More

Going beyond the traditional approach and building an omnichannel experience.
  • Benj Cohen
  • October 4, 2022
Dead Skunk Pricing
Distribution Marketing

Distributors’ Dead Skunk Pricing: How to Avoid the Stink

7 examples of common dead-skunk pricing practices distributors need to let go of.
  • Scott Benfield
  • October 3, 2022

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Operations

How Price Decreases Can Imperil Distributor Profitability

Al Bates examines supplier price reductions from two perspectives.
  • Al Bates
  • September 15, 2023
It’s Not the Customers Who Hate You That Are the Problem
Distribution Marketing

It’s Not the Customers Who Hate You That Are the Problem

Indifferent customers pose the biggest challenge to your business.
  • Ian Heller
  • July 28, 2023
plants growing out of coins making an upward trending bar graph
Distribution Marketing

Structured Market Growth for Distributors: Improving Profits with Alignment of Sales and Acquisitive Growth

Distributors need to embrace a new method for organic growth: structured market targeting.
  • Scott Benfield
  • July 18, 2023
Measuring Your Cost Per Lead
Distribution Marketing

Measuring Your Cost Per Lead: What Distributors Need to Know

Monitoring cost per lead helps you adjust marketing for better results.
  • Susan Merlo
  • June 26, 2023
Digital Strategy

The Goal of Digital Strategies Should Be to Remove Friction for Customers

The hows and whys of starting the digital journey.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • June 19, 2023
Distribution Marketing

4 Basic Principles to Get Pricing for Profit Right

Dr. Al Bates touches on the principles to take into account when formulating pricing strategies.
  • Al Bates
  • June 1, 2023
What Distributors Can Learn from Netflix’s Big Bet
Distribution Sales Strategy

What Distributors Can Learn from Netflix’s Big Bet

Distributors can learn from the evolution of the technology-powered online movie distributor.
  • Benj Cohen
  • May 2, 2023
Distribution Sales Strategy

How AI Can Support a Greater Customer Experience – and Drive Greater Margins

Offer better service and a more consultative experience with the help of AI.
  • Benj Cohen
  • April 3, 2023
losing customers
Distribution Marketing

How Many Customers Did You Lose Last Year?

The cost of losing customers goes beyond just the lost revenue.
  • Mark Peck
  • March 2, 2023
3 Principles to Move Customers in the Right Direction
Distribution Sales Strategy

The Psychology of Choice: 3 Principles to Move Customers in the Right Direction

Behavioral economics is the key to selling better, marketing with more intent and persuading others.
  • Lincoln Smith
  • March 1, 2023
ROI Customer Experience
Distribution Marketing

How a Measured Approach to Customer Experience Can Drive Real ROI for Your Company

Companies that focus on Customer Experience often outperform those that do not.
  • Dakotah Kirchenwitz
  • February 17, 2023
Secrets to Driving Growth
Distribution Marketing

The Secret to Driving Growth: Understanding Your Customers Better

Get a picture of what the customer cares about before you start making changes.
  • Distribution Strategy Group
  • January 24, 2023
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
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
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
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
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
Global Industrial
Distribution Marketing

How Global Industrial Uses Merchandising to Add Value and Solve Customer Problems

How merchandising in distribution compares to retail, and the importance of value-added services for Global Industrial.
  • Ian Heller
  • October 19, 2022
break down walls
Distribution Sales Strategy

Break Down the Walls Between Channels: How an Omnichannel Approach Keeps Customers Spending More

Going beyond the traditional approach and building an omnichannel experience.
  • Benj Cohen
  • October 4, 2022
Dead Skunk Pricing
Distribution Marketing

Distributors’ Dead Skunk Pricing: How to Avoid the Stink

7 examples of common dead-skunk pricing practices distributors need to let go of.
  • Scott Benfield
  • October 3, 2022
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