With sales of mobile devices surpassing PCs, it’s easy to see why both consumers and producers of mobile media are flocking to it. Smartphones capture consumers’ undivided attention while enabling them to work in “microtime” – grabbing small slices of productivity as they use these devices...
Published: May 12, 2014
Amazon, Ebay, Alibaba … be they large or small, general or specialised, the economic position of marketplaces is always secure. Marketplaces are very effective for online retailers: their large amounts of traffic can give great visibility to your products, and therefore increase sales dramatically.
But...
Published: Dec 14, 2016
The marketplace environment is very varied, and lets all types of retailers to sell in a particular zone to a particular audience. There are B2B, B2C and C2C marketplaces, where people exchange physical goods, intangible goods, and services. With so many different marketplaces, it is important to distinguish between generalist...
Published: Oct 15, 2016
Building a foundation of people and processes is an essential step toward experience optimization success.
Download this guide which covers the best practices of some of the most successful and well-run optimization teams including:
How to choose the best optimization platform for your organization...
Published: May 10, 2016
The science of customer loyalty isn’t new—marketers were introduced to it more than 20 years ago.1 But the pursuit of loyalty is an ongoing struggle; marketers still grapple with disjointed, and even dysfunctional, toolsets as they attempt to engage each customer in a personal, long-term relationship with a...
Published: Aug 04, 2014
Managing subsidiaries – not to mention suppliers and other partners – is a complex undertaking. With SAP® software, you can empower them all to function independently yet still coordinate operations enterprise-wide. Designed to fit each entity’s needs, SAP software is preconfigured to support best...
Published: Oct 19, 2013
Nearly every enterprise has some form of an intranet, but how many view it as a strategic business tool, investing levels of budget and resources similar to other critical business systems? While traditionally the intranet has been treated as a necessary cost of doing business that should be minimized, today’s intranet...
Published: Feb 09, 2011
As manufacturers strive to keep pace with customer expectations, sellers are faced with understanding a rapidly evolving portfolio of products, product configurations, and new value-added services. How can you optimize the sales side of your manufacturing process for long-term sustainability?
This white paper introduces...
Published: Jan 11, 2016
It’s hardly a secret that marketing executives of all types are using more data. Data is more powerful than ever, driving decision-making and informing strategy. Increased reliance on data has upended traditional marketing approaches and added greater layers of accuracy, targeting, analytics and measurability to...
Published: May 10, 2019
The first generation content management system (CMS) essentially supported your website as a digital brochure. As digital technology started to become a bit more interesting, the second generation CMS added functionality to keep pace with video, interactive multimedia and, eventually, the social media revolution, along...
Published: Jan 14, 2016
Your salespeople are spending too much time doing paperwork and not enough time selling. They can’t get the information they need when they’re meeting with customers. Teams don’t collaborate or share best practices. Sales productivity is down and so is quota attainment.
After gathering data from...
Published: Jan 11, 2016
Take a moment and hark back to the time you’ve had the best ideas of your professional life. Where were you at the time? Taking a walk? Having a discussion with your friend over a pint of beer? Or, better still – in the shower?
The notion that you’re most productive at your job in the office is becoming...
Published: May 11, 2016
Record global automotive sales are expected in 2017 after sales accelerated towards the end of 2016. Thanks to economic recovery, competitive finance options and rising earnings, sales have been boosted and we are seeing a rise in customer confidence.
Social media has had a huge, game-changing effect on the automotive...
Published: Oct 03, 2017
Industry experts predict that successful businesses will soon become 100% digital for all transactions. Sales teams that leverage digital technology close more deals faster, improve the customer experience, and gain clear competitive advantages.
Sales professionals are most effective when they’re equipped with...
Published: Jul 30, 2019