COVID-19 has us distancing ourselves from our families, friends, colleagues, and customers. Instead of making time to visit them in person, we’re relying more and more on video conferencing keep in touch. There are many platforms to choose from. There’s FaceTime, Microsoft Teams, Skype, and Slack. But the one that has taken the world by storm, is Zoom.

The industrial B2B world is evolving rapidly. Current market dynamics are leading to increased merger and acquisition activity with large corporations. A recent report from Thomson Reuters indicated that global manufacturing M&A totaled over $92 billion in 2019.  With organizations looking for opportunities to scale in saturated markets, coupled with the number of legacy industrial businesses that cannot keep up with changing dynamics, the opportunities for mergers and acquisitions are plentiful. 

For industrial B2B companies, COVID 19 has forced individuals to completely rethink the way they work and sell. Sales teams are now finding themselves trying to manage pipeline, make sales calls, close deals, and manage sales management processes from their home office. On top of that, many of these individuals may have limited experience working from home.

A Beginner’s Guide to Sales Enablement

Sales enablement is a powerful concept that helps drive sales success. However, many industrial B2B businesses that are trying to understand the concept are left wondering - "what is sales enablement"?

For B2B industrial businesses, CRM systems are no longer a “nice to have” option. They are now the centerpiece for effectively executing a winning digital sales and marketing strategy. However, with industrial businesses historically being laggards on digitalization, CRM implementations many times end up with low utilization rates, frustrated sales teams, and relatively poor ROI. In this whitepaper, we will focus on 5 key concepts you can apply to get more value from your CRM platform and improve the ROI from your implementation.

The rapid expansion of IoT and Industry 4.0 Solutions has created exciting opportunities for B2B companies to develop nontraditional business models that address new and previously untouched markets. Although this paradigm shift presents many great opportunities for growth, sales and marketing leaders are experiencing significant challenges in implementing strategies to effectively drive the sale of IoT-based solutions.

The rapid expansion of IoT and Industry 4.0 Solutions has created exciting opportunities for B2B companies to develop nontraditional business models that address new and previously untouched markets. Although this paradigm shift presents many great opportunities for growth, sales and marketing leaders are experiencing significant challenges in implementing strategies to effectively drive the sale of IoT-based solutions.