Your customers buying habits have changed, your business mixed has changed, and things just aren’t the same as they once were. How has your business strategy changed? What have you put into place that allows you to get closer to your customers? Working towards being...
Do you have a chief sales officer (CSO) at your company? This could be the missing piece to your senior team. In many small to medium size businesses, this roll commonly falls onto the CEO or owner. As time is precious, this effort fights to get their attention. The...
Your customers are slowly emerging from the health crisis. The focus and alignment of your efforts will be critical success factors to how well your company re-engages with them. While the goal is to refill your pipeline and to get some work in the shop, the business,...
Best business practices include re-examining your processes and procedures to make sure that they remain relevant. This review becomes crucial during major transitions in the marketplace. As I wrote in Prepare for the All-Clear: 4-Takeaways, “your value proposition...
Most likely, your latest offset press or digital device required special tools for maintenance or repair. As a result, you would make sure that operators had everything they needed. Having the right tools to do the job can make the work look effortless. Watch a good...
After a long pause, customers are beginning to go back to their offices and resume the business at hand. Not all, but many — and it certainly depends on what part of the country you’re in. It would be wishful thinking to imagine that the sales pipeline will fill to...