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Keeping close to channel partners

Sales and Marketing Management

Author: Paul Nolan As with everything else in 2020, many B2B companies’ relationships with channel partners, which are critical to their success, have been disrupted. Often, a company representative visits channel resellers in person or connects with them at trade shows, but that has been taken off the table this year.

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A new normal for meetings and events

Sales and Marketing Management

What does it mean for business events and incentive travel programs? SMM: In a year-end letter that you posted on your website at the end of last year, you referred to 2019 as a “turbulent year for the world in general,” and expressed optimism that 2020 would be “a year of positive changes.” Have things been permanently disrupted?

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E-commerce That Avoids Channel Conflict

Sales and Marketing Management

Over the past three years, we’ve seen a 20% to 30% e-commerce annual growth rate, especially in 2020, as in-person prospecting proved difficult if not impossible during the pandemic. It’s a way of providing customers many incentives to do business with the distributors without mentioning the price will be lower as well.

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Managing for peak performance in a remote worker world

Sales and Marketing Management

Use of digital gift cards in the incentive division of Blackhawk Network, a leading gift card provider, is up 200% in 2020, according to Blackhawk’s Vice President of Marketing Theresa McEndree. Companies are also using Tango cards as incentives to complete training. Gift cards to the rescue. a virtual swag bag of sorts.

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Sales Hacker’s Top Sales Trends & Predictions You MUST Be Aware Of In 2018

Sales Hacker

Trade show and conference networking and selling – Places like Sales Machine and Dreamforce are ideal to make sales calls and the CEO is always there. By 2020, 70% of sales teams will be using analytics to understand their customers. Adopt a millennial-focused incentives and promotions scheme. The atmosphere is relaxed.

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