B2B Digital Transformation in Sales: Facts & Trends

Facts and trends about the B2B digital transformation.

If you are leading a Business-to-Business manufacturer or distributor, you know it already: sales is currently experiencing a massive transformation across the globe.

Advancement in artificial intelligence technologies of the last five years is providing manufacturing businesses and distributors with new exciting potential.

According to McKinsey, companies now have at their disposal a set of powerful technological tools that are, when properly implemented, able to guarantee future growth:

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New Technologies in Sales Mistakes

Five Mistakes in the Implementation of New Technologies (AI) in Sales

 
Introducing new technologies for B2B sales is not always easy. In this article, you will learn which mistakes you should avoid.

Joachim Meyn has many years of experience in B2B sales and has managed many projects in the area of CRM implementation. The following five mistakes when implementing new technologies are based on his experience.

This article is closely linked to my article on the acceptance of new technologies in sales.

This article applies not only to introducing new technologies in sales but also to introducing significant innovations or restructurings in all departments. In many companies, such processes run pretty smoothly, while in others, problems are on all fronts, and resistance is forming everywhere.

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Change of Perspective: Biases in B2B Sales

Why You are Not as Successful as You Think - Cognitive Biases in Everyday B2B Sales.

 

Do you f.e. know the "egocentric bias"? What perception disorders influence your (mis)success in B2B sales?

I'm pretty sure you won't like to hear some of the things in this article. However, my advice to you is: open your eyes and get through it! It will be worth it for you...

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Challenges Wholesale

Current Challenges in B2B Wholesale

 
Between supplier price pressure, supply chain problems and customer anger: Why wholesalers win with value-based customer management.

Many wholesalers are currently struggling with sudden increases in purchasing and cost prices as well as unprecedented restrictions on their own ability to deliver. This has consequences. According to a recent survey by the IFO Institute, 62.4% of wholesalers see the need to significantly increase sales prices in the near future.

In a press release, the Central Association of German Electrical Engineering Trades (ZVEH) angrily complains that orders for almost all relevant products can no longer be processed due to worsening supply bottlenecks in the wholesale trade.
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