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Distributor Management – Motivation & Reward Planning – Staying Ahead. Part 4 of 4

March 15, 2016/in Customer Management /by Dr Mark Hollyoake

In the fourth blog on effective Distributor Management, Mark Hollyoake looks at the role of Motivation & Reward planning. Even when organisations enjoy excellent relation… Read more

Distributor Management – Avoiding the Pitfalls. Part 3 of 4

March 9, 2016/in Customer Management /by Dr Mark Hollyoake

In our third Blog Mark Hollyoake looks at some of the common problems which beset Distributor Management. The most common challenges organisations face when starting to work in d… Read more

Distributor Management – Getting It Right! Part 2 of 4

March 2, 2016/in Customer Management /by Dr Mark Hollyoake

In our second blog on managing distributor markets, Mark Hollyoake looks at getting the foundations of Customer Management right. The term distributor is widely used to describ… Read more

Why Distributor Management Is The Same As Good Customer Management. Part 1 of 4

February 25, 2016/in Customer Management /by Dr Mark Hollyoake

To celebrate the launch of our new Distributor Management Programme, Distributor Management Expert Mark Hollyoake unpicks some of the complexities of working with distributo… Read more

12 Days of Xmas #12: my key account said to me “you can sharpen terms on the doves and pear trees”

December 24, 2015/in Sales and Account Management /by Dr Mark Hollyoake

On the 12th day of Christmas my key account said to me “you can sharpen terms on the doves and pear trees”. When a lot of your business is controlled or dependent on a few large accounts… Read more

12 Days of Xmas #11: My true love gave to me a £100,000 training budget to improve my team’s Customer Management capabilities!

December 22, 2015/in Customer Management /by Alan Thompson

On the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me a £100,000 training budget to improve my team’s Customer Management capabilities next year! I can imagine that many of us would be… Read more

12 Days of Xmas #10: My Sales Director said to me “We are all miserable and down-trodden, even though we’re bringing sales in”

December 22, 2015/in Sales and Account Management /by Peter Lavers

On the 10th day of Christmas my Sales Director said to me “We’re all miserable and down-trodden, even though we’re bringing sales in.” There is no doubt that many B2B busines… Read more