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How to Evaluate User Experience on Your Website
How can you tell whether your website is working for your customers? Start with the why, and implement ongoing evaluation of how successful your customers are in accomplishing their intentions on your site.
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The Golden Rule of Distributor Marketing
Can there be a golden rule for such a broad discipline as distributor marketing, which includes everything from public relations to direct mail, advertising and SEO? The answer is yes, and the golden rule is: The more frequently you put relevant offers in front of targeted customers, the more frequently customers will buy from you.…
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Why Improving User Experience on Your Website Should Be a Top Priority
These days, your customers care about more than their relationship with a sales rep. That’s because people are shopping differently – namely, online. As such, the experience that B2B distributors create on their websites for their customers has a big impact on their success. And a negative experience could negatively affect your engagement on other…
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Stop Leaving Supplier Marketing Co-Op Funds on the Table
When it comes to taking advantage of manufacturing marketing co-op funds, too many distributors are leaving money on the table.
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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 Strategy Group shares how to get that mix right.
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Wholesale Change Show: The Golden Rule of Distributor Marketing (July 15, 2020)
Marketing is too broad to define easily because it includes everything from market research to SEO. But the objective of marketing should always be to help drive the long-term growth and profitability of the firm.
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Wholesale Change Show: How to Earn and Get a Return on Supplier Marketing Co-op (July 8, 2020)
The murky world of marketing co-op baffles distributors and manufacturers alike.
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Wholesale Change Show: The Future of Value-Added Services in Distribution (May 13, 2020)
Distribution Strategy Group’s Ian Heller and Jonathan Bein discuss the importance and future of value-added services in wholesale distribution. They also discuss why distributors need to promote their services, and the best way to do that on their websites.
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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 want and need most from you.
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Anti-Social Distancing: The Best Worst Advice on Working from Home
Antisocial Distancing: The Best Worst Advice on Working from Home As the COVID19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, it’s causing sickness, death, and economic damage. It’s also resulted in a new recommended behavior: “Social distancing,” which means we’re supposed to stay six feet apart from each other at all times.