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Keeping “Be Yourself” Part of Your Brand (George Brown)

“We strayed too far from home” is one of the explanations often heard about product development initiatives that failed to result in success. But for many business-to-business firms, especially those whose roots are in manufacturing, staying close to home has become a major challenge in recent years, given the emphasis that has emerged on digital content and on services. This webinar by George Brown of B-to-B Advisors explores strategies that firms have successfully incorporated into their product development initiatives to marry their own firm’s core competencies with the messages from the market that are asking for them to move in new directions.

November 7, 2018

Converting Value Pricing and Value Selling Capabilities into Growth and Profits (James Anderson)

Today, everyone wants to be on top of value pricing and value selling. Despite some positive results from your investments of money and time to build value selling and pricing capabilities, your organization has fallen short of its goals. Was it all hype? Or are there obstacles that your organization hasn’t fully addressed. In the interactive session lead by moderator James Anderson and panelists Todd Snelgrove and Eric Berggren, you will get 3 different perspectives on the 5 most overlooked barriers that prevent firms from becoming the customer value leader in their market.

October 18, 2018

Diagnosing Your B2B Growth (Dan Adams)

What are the top 3 drivers of B2B organic growth? (Hint: B2B-optimized customer interviews is #3). You’ll learn how 24 growth drivers stack up in this AIM Institute research… based on over 10,000 years of professional experience. But which are the right drivers for your company to pursue right now? That’s where this new B2B Growth Diagnostic—a free service for ISBM webcast attendees—comes in. You can benchmark your company on the same 24 growth drivers against average, top quartile and top decile companies. No need to hire a growth consultant: This free research and diagnostic lets you quickly and easily plan the best growth path for your business. Dan Adams of the AIM Institute explains how in this webinar.

September 27, 2018

Capturing Customer Loyalty (John Larson)

In work done across a broad series of different industries, including both business-to-business and business-to-consumer, it is found that creating strong levels of customer loyalty leads to greater sales and profit growth. We find that truly loyal customers give you a greater share of their business, are less price-sensitive, are cheaper to serve and are more willing to recommend your products and services to others. For one client we found that their truly loyal customers were over eight times more profitable than their average customer.

This webinar by John Larson will present these findings and then discuss how to handle three critical challenges that companies face when they try to increase customer loyalty.

July 18, 2018

Dynamic Pricing in a Digital World (Manish Prabhu)

Successful pricers have started to piece together the digital bread crumbs to now provide a digitized version of the traditional pricing solution. A dynamic pricing solution provides customized price recommendations that are in line with the context of the product(s) / customer segments and associated pricing power. Come join us as we discuss approaches, techniques and outcomes from using digital enablers to provide dynamic support to a complex and complicated market place. Prabhu Mishra (Deloitte) presents how to use the traditional framework (identify business value, price to value & capture price) with a digital twist as we apply modern day analytics and capabilities to defend and enhance the traditional sources of price value and premium.

July 11, 2018

AI Within Reach: Demystifying Artificial Intelligence and Making It Work For You (Jessica Fewless)

Whether we realize it or not, we’ve all been using artificial intelligence (AI) for years to make our daily lives easier (think Siri). But it wasn’t until recently that Sales and Marketing organizations began realizing the power of AI to drive measurable business outcomes. While surveyed marketers believe AI will be transformative, fewer than 20 percent are actually using AI-powered applications today. All that is about to change and it’ll be easier than you might think. Watch this session with Lisa Ames to see real-life examples of sales and marketing organizations using AI and learn how you can:
– Boost pipeline generation by leveraging AI-powered applications
– Improve alignment by empowering your sales team with AI-driven insights
– Overcome the pitfalls that prevent companies from using AI successfully

June 6, 2018

Impact of Digital on the Sales Force (Mike Ahearne, Thomas Steenburgh)

Experienced marketers know that their sales force can have a greater impact on results than any other element of the marketing mix. The challenge has always been to deploy limited resources efficiently and effectively. Fortunately, today’s digital technologies make it possible to scale diverse resources, enabling the sales force to manage profitability across a wide range of account types and sizes. Few question technology’s pervasive impact on selling and the sales profession. Yet many firms are not adequately positioning their sales organizations for optimal performance in the digital age. This webinar examines the relationship of digital technology and the sales function, while offering specific strategies for leadership to fully leverage technology’s impact. Professors Mike Ahearne and Thomas Steenburgh provide examples of how world class organizations leverage digital capabilities to increase profits and gain competitive advantage, and will describe the shifts sales organizations will be required to make in sales process and training investments.

May 30, 2018

The Golden Thread: Creating a Customer Centric Culture (Ed O’Boyle)

B2B companies are struggling to grow organically. The question then becomes: How can companies grow using their current customer bases? Through 80+ years of experience and over 100 million customer interviews, Gallup has developed a unique perspective on the matter. The short answer is that B2B companies can improve by optimizing their customer relationships. During this webinar, Ed O’Boyle, Gallup’s Global Workplace and Marketing Practice Leader discusses how focusing on your entire ecosystem can help unlock new ideas and growth opportunities for your organization.

May 22, 2018

Brand Safety (Raji Srinivasan)

Brands want their ads to run against content they’re proud to associate with. But because of the programmatic nature of most digital advertising, brands have been forced to hand over control of ad placement to the algorithms of companies like Google and Facebook. Unfortunately, some brands have been seeing their advertisements placed next to extremist or controversial content just because those pieces are generating a lot of engagement or activity. Companies in every market need to ensure the safety of their brand by assuring the quality and nature of the content that brands are running ads against, some of which may be offensive and hurt the brand’s reputation. This webinar by Professor Raji Srinivasan will highlight strategies that companies can employ to ensure the safety of their brands.

April 17, 2018

Customer-based Strategy to Grow Sales (Hari Sridhar)

A 2006 study showed that customer satisfaction is the only metric that predicts sales, market share, gross margin, cash flow, and shareholder return. Yet, a 2017 study of over 70,000 customers showed that managers do a poor job predicting and measuring customer satisfaction. As such, B2B firms invest heavily in strategic initiatives that are not aligned to customer needs. This webinar by Professor Hari Sridhar will present a systematic methodology and multiple B2B case studies to show how B2B firms can use customer‐satisfaction to drive strategic priorities and predict financial outcomes.

February 28, 2018

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