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Making the Most of Regional Pricing Meetings

Distribution Pricing Journal

Providing Training and Guidance Even though web conferencing tools have made huge strides in the last few years, nothing beats face-to-face meetings for training and guidance. Sales reps may not feel comfortable asking questions on large web meetings, but in the familiarity of their own branch location they may be willing to chime in.

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Boosting Margin with Sales Tools

Cincom Smart Selling

I’m not talking about supply or production cost, I’m talking about paying for the process of selling things —the cost of the person, their phone, their software, their travel, their lunches and most of all, their time. Consider that a 1% reduction on the expense line shows up as a 4% increase in margin on the profit line.

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6 Practical Tips for Protecting Profit Margin

The Brooks Group

In order to maintain a healthy profit margin, you must reinforce the importance of value within your sales culture. Keep in mind these 6 tips for protecting profit margin: 1. Build a sales compensation plan that focuses on gross margin, not volume. Only hire salespeople who truly believe in the value of your product.

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Beyond Borders: Transforming Sales Strategies in a Post-Brexit UK

Allego

Cost and Delay Concerns: New tariffs and customs checks have introduced delays and increased costs, directly impacting sales cycles and squeezing margins, making seller effectiveness even more crucial.

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Can Distribution Pricing Managers Work Remotely?

Distribution Pricing Journal

Can they really work remotely and still create great pricing strategies and drive better margins? With better web-accessible software platforms and data tools, pricing managers no longer need to be tethered to the office to get real time data. But do you really care where the pricing manager does her analysis if she is driving margins?

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Almost Too Late, These CEOs Learned their Pricing Problem was Really a Packaging Problem

SBI Growth

Taking the above conclusion at face value, it forces a hard choice – drop the price and hurt margin, or maintain the price and sacrifice sales. Rock, meet Hard Place. That sort of choice can stymie decision-making, causing you to.

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The Future of CRM Software: 4 Trends Sales Leaders Will be Seeing in 2024 and Beyond

SugarCRM

The integration of AI and machine learning is revolutionizing how businesses manage customer relationships because of its ability to enable CRM software systems to analyze data on a larger scale, providing valuable insights for personalized and proactive customer engagement. We believe technology should make life easier for its users.

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