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5 Strategies B2B Companies Can Use to Maintain Margins When Inflation Is High

Prima Resource

Even as sales are increasing, margins are shrinking, which puts companies in a difficult position. The post-pandemic rise in inflation is something that businesses haven’t seen in almost forty years. Many are ill-equipped to handle this change. COVID has created a lot of inflation because of problems and delays in the supply chain.

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WITCE Wednesday — Gross Margin

A Sales Guy

I talked about the profit and loss statement in an earlier post, but wanted to tackle gross margin today. Gross margin is a part of the P&L statement and if you’re in sales it’s important to understand for both YOU and YOUR customers and prospects. The higher the gross margin the better the business.

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4 Forever Changes Transforming B2B Revenue Activities

Sales and Marketing Management

The B2B buying process isn’t as linear or predictable as most companies assume. Before the pandemic 70% of B2B selling was already “inside selling.” These are the exact moments where salespeople, who are continually being marginalized by buyers, can step in and add value. Marketing is the sales development team.

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The Importance of VoIP in a B2B Sales Strategy

Sales and Marketing Management

Have you met your target margins or is there much to be desired in terms of success? It is a well-known fact that telecommuting is becoming the norm regarding B2B sales. Another issue which has plagued B2B sales for years involves scenarios when a client (or prospective client) contacts the firm directly.

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How Will Advances In Artificial Intelligence Change The B2B Data Industry?

Zoominfo

And like anything ambitious, there are plenty of possibilities and drawbacks to consider, so let’s scale the enormity of it all back, and focus on the following question: How will GPT-3 impact the B2B space? Let’s examine 3 data-centered predictions from the perspective of a prospective buyer , aspiring vendor, and B2B, at-large.

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Inventory Clearance B2B Style

The Pipeline

In the process the can also open up shelf and storage space, again to make way for newer more salable goods; not so much out with the old in with the new, more like out with lower potential goods and in with better margin and turnover potential. There are some lessons here for B2B sales people as well.

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Churn Is A Variable of Quota You Need To Know

The Pipeline

The familiar expression “measure twice, cut once”, has validity in B2B sales as well. Actively trading out lower margin or otherwise weaker quality revenue accounts with better attributes is part of the job. We should all seek higher-margin, less resource consuming accounts that have other pluses. By Tibor Shanto.

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