Experienced distributors know that customer relationship management (CRM) has become a standard practice. By following the sage advice offered by CRM-experienced wholesaler-distributors in Getting the Most Out of CRM: Best Practices for Wholesaler-Distributors, you will avoid common mistakes, overcome predictable challenges, minimize frustration and disruption, and achieve more targeted benefits and faster business results. This book provides a soup-to-nuts planning framework, best practices from leading distributors and ready-to-implement management tools for engaging your leaders and salespeople.
CRM can help distributors because CRM fills a void. Automation tools are common in all other aspects of running a distributor’s business, but they are sorely lacking in the sales organization. When aligned with an effective strategy and deployed with thorough planning, CRM will deliver data-driven business results. Increasingly, CRM is becoming necessary to stay competitive and improve profits. In the long run, CRM will be instrumental for distributors to survive and thrive in today’s economic environment.
April Michelle Davis worked with the author to copyedit the manuscript and prepare it for publication.