Product-based Sales Training Market Insights and Forecast 2020 to 2025 – Cole of Duty
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This report additionally covers the effect of COVID-19 on the worldwide market. The pandemic brought about by Coronavirus (COVID-19) has influenced each part of life all inclusive, including the business segment. This has brought along a several changes in economic situations.
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TheMajorPlayersCovered in this Report:ASLAN Training and Development, DoubleDigit Sales, GP Strategies, Miller Heiman Group, Altify, CommLab India, Cohen Brown Management Group, Carew International, Janek Performance Group, Kurlan & Associates, Mercuri International, Richardson, RAIN Group, Sandler Training & More.
Product Type: Blended Training,Online Training,Instructor-Led Training
Application: Consumer Goods,Automotive,BFSI
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North America(United States, Canada, and Mexico) Europe(Germany, France, UK, Russia, and Italy) Asia-Pacific(China, Japan, Korea, India, and Southeast Asia) South America(Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, etc.) Middle East and Africa(Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Nigeria, and South Africa)
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Market Overview: The report begins with this section where product overview and highlights of product and application segments of the Global Product-based Sales Training Market are provided. Highlights of the segmentation study include price, revenue, sales, sales growth rate, and market share by product.
Competition by Company: Here, the competition in the Worldwide Global Product-based Sales Training Market is analyzed, By price, revenue, sales, and market share by company, market rate, competitive situations Landscape, and latest trends, merger, expansion, acquisition, and market shares of top companies.
Company Profiles and Sales Data: As the name suggests, this section gives the sales data of key players of the Global Product-based Sales Training Market as well as some useful information on their business. It talks about the gross margin, price, revenue, products, and their specifications, type, applications, competitors, manufacturing base, and the main business of key players operating in the Global Product-based Sales Training Market.
Market Status and Outlook by Region: In this section, the report discusses about gross margin, sales, revenue, production, market share, CAGR, and market size by region. Here, the Global Product-based Sales Training Market is deeply analyzed on the basis of regions and countries such as North America, Europe, China, India, Japan, and the MEA.
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Dedication and Strong Will Helped This Sales Entrepreneur Make 7 Figures In 2 Years – Entrepreneur
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Vandit Shah's company has clients from all over the world and is considered to provide exceptional IT-related assistance in the market while competing against decade-old players
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June 18, 2020 3 min read
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If one has a thirst for knowledge and learning, success will find its way to him/her, this is life philosophy for Vandit Shah, a 28-year-old entrepreneur who runs an IT consultancy and sales training company in Gujarats Ahmedabad.
He is among a handful of entrepreneurs born in this country who has seen an exponential rise in growth and acknowledgement in a short duration of time. His sweat breaking dedication which is directly impacting thousands of lives, has helped him to become a seven-figure entrepreneur within just two years, a goal that few achieve.
From an early age, Shah discovered his forte i.e. communication and sales specialist that people often discover in their 30s. A man with an action-oriented approach, Shah knew that a college degree will end up hanging on a wall and not aid him to become an entrepreneur and build his empire that he has envisaged.
Shah, who himself refused to get a degree from any business schools, is now training business managers. He is even called by elite business schools to share his inspiring journey and valuable insights into entrepreneurship.
From Working In Call Centre To Running A Company
At a time when students are preparing for their class 12 boards with no worldly burden on their shoulders, Shah had to work in a call centre to meet his days needs. Sacrificing his social life at such an early age, he mastered sales and communication.
Feedbacks that he received made him realize that he could be a communicator and use these skills for more significant causes by training others on a micro-level. Slowly yet steadily five years later, when he learnt to sustain on his own, Shah registered his company in 2017 with employees on board.
Currently, Shah deals with clients from all across the world. His services are considered to provide exceptional IT-related assistance in the market while competing against decade-old players.
He often trains micro small medium enterprises (MSMEs), students, business directors, managers, and sales executives of eminent firms to enhance their practical knowledge.
The company bags over a thousand projects per year and has an annual growth rate of 30 per cent.
Later, to reach a broader audience, he even wrote a bookYou Gotta Close The Dealwhich received encouraging reviews and won - One of the Best Non-Fiction Books of India award in 2020.
Due to his phenomenal work, he has been awarded with prestigious - Young Entrepreneur and Professional Trainer in India" in 2019.
COVID Impact and Future Plans
Like all other businesses, COVID-19 outbreak followed by three months of stringent lockdown has put the brakes on Shahs company. We have fewer projects in our hands as of now because of disturbed funds all over the market, added Shah.
He is confident that when the situation gets back to normal, fund flow will recover soon as the projects are postponed and not cancelled. Understanding the importance of mental health and financial stability, Shah has continued to pay full salaries to his employees and has even organized online fun games every weekend.
Shah plans to increase the annual project intake from existing 1,000 to 5,000 along with numbers of employees in the years to come. He considers his employees as gems and wishes to hire more great minds to cater more IT and sales services. Shah, along with his team, is working arduously to establish their firms overseas and have more international clients.
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Fly me to the moon – upnorthvoice.com
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By Joel Vernier
Flying and napping just seem to go together! Unless you are a white-knuckle flyer.
The seats on a modern jet are not all that comfortable, especially if the person in front of you puts their seatback all the way back. If you have your tray down, it jams into your knees and is just not relaxing. I think they built the seats to accommodate people from the middle ages.
Over the last 150 years, human's average height has grown 4 inches. Weight has gone up dramatically; just look at the movies, commercials, and newsreels from the 1950s and Americans have gained a lot of weight. I attribute this too fast-food chains; portion size has gotten a lot bigger just look at a burger, fries, and a coke years ago compared to today. Do we really need a triple burger? The airline industry had to create seat belt extensions for passengers that need a skosh more room to be able to hear the click of the seat belt.
I remember my first flight with my Mom & Dad to Raleigh North Carolina to visit my brother and pick up a new car from him with his employee discount. I was very nervous, I gripped the armrests, looked around the sealed fuselage and thought to myself, I have no control of my destiny. The take-off seemed to stretch out the runway, and as the lift was attained, I began to sweat, rapid heart rate, nausea. I was 16.
My next flight, I was 22 and was going to Princeton, NJ, for training to begin my career in pharmaceuticals. The same nervousness took over my body. For the next few years, I flew 2-3 times a year, mostly for business. We did fly for Disney vacations and award trips, including Bermuda, Paris, Amsterdam, and most of the 50 states.
Each take-off and landing was an unsettling experience for me. I actually logged my take-offs and landings. I took a promotion in sales training, and I began to fly multiple times a week. After my 300th flight, I figured I was either going to be okay or not, but I did get acclimated to flying. I began my napping on planes. I adapted to the point that I would get in my seat, fall asleep after take-off and wake up just as the coffee cart reached my aisle. I became a seasoned flyer.
When you watch a person flying in a movie or television show, they go to the airport, next scene they are on the plane taking off with some elevator music playing and then landing and next they are checked into a posh hotel.
They don't show the hassle of getting to the airport on time, which meant 20 minutes ahead of your flight before 911. There was no security screening, carry on anything that fits in the overhead or under your seat. Today it's even more of an adventure, long waits, check your pockets for a pocket knife or lighter. Please do not leave a gun in your carry-on like my brother did, which extended his vacation in the local jail, and added $10,000 in legal fees, that was not in his vacation budget.
I don't fly much anymore, no business travel, we generally vacation within a 5-hour drive. Although I became quite comfortable with flying, the hassle, cost, and now with the Wuhan Virus, flying is even more uncomfortable. Yes, I am ready to fly again, the views from the window of the plane give you a different perspective on life, the planet seems smaller, looking down at cities, mountains, lakes, oceans are beautiful. I have flown over the Grand Canyon and over the brush fires in California. But for today, I'm going to take a nice uneventful nap in my "Comfy Chair!" I think I will ask Alexa, my personal computer, to play Frank Sinatra's version of "Fly Me To the moon!"
"Remember, every day is a gift! Some are just a little more fun to open than others. Joel M. Vernier 06/16/2020 Author of: "The Guinea Pig In The Freezer." joelmvernier@aol.com
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Are organisations now paying the price for not selling value? – Jamaica Observer
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Why should organisations master the art of value selling?
In a nutshell, if done correctly, value selling allows organisations to close sales even if their competitor has a cheaper price. Given the current circumstances a global pandemic and an economy where so many industries have been shut down or compromised selling value will be important now more than ever.
A sales' executive reached out last week, and was worried that most salespeople interpreted the value selling competency as an invitation to promote the company's unique value proposition...sad to say but he's right.
The average salesperson will jump at an opportunity to share what they know because it is so much easier than asking the tough and timely questions that is required to really survive during this crisis. Let us look at the data.
Think Grow Lead (TGL) has evaluated approximately 3,700 salespeople in the region. In the table below, you can see the percentage of salespeople who are strong in three core sales competencies; as well as, their sales DNA (average score of the six competencies that make up sales DNA) all of which has a direct impact on one's ability to sell value.
Though shocking, the data are revealing that most of the region's salespeople are not good value sellers. Here is why:
Wrong Sales Process Most salespeople are not following or using a sales process that supports value selling. As seen in the data only 45 per cent of all salespeople has value selling as a strength.
Wrong Approach Most salespeople have not mastered the art of consultative selling; which is key in the value selling process. A seen in the data only 15 per cent of all salespeople have consultative selling as a strength.
Wrong Sales DNA Most salespeople's sales DNA doesn't support consultative or value selling. As seen in the data only 28 per cent of all salespeople have sales DNA as a strength
Wrong Company Policy Most companies are not decisive when it comes on to offering discounts; which sends conflicting messages.
So, what is the bottom line? Salespeople will not be able to sell value properly and effectively, until they have been trained on using the correct sales process, mastered the art of consultative selling and has been coached on sales DNA. Selling value will help your company navigate the economic ripple effect from the coronavirus. You'll not only continue to generate revenue; you'll be able to maintain your margins too.
Duane Lue-Fung is an award-winning entrepreneur and is the Founder & Chairman of the Caribbean's #1 Sales Development Company, Think Grow Lead. For more insights on sales training, sales recruiting and sales outsourcing please visit TGL's website. http://www.tgltrainers.com/ http://www.tglsalesschool.com or email me your comments at topsalesguruja@gmail.com
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A new program for those looking to learn the ins and outs of defense contracting – Federal News Network
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Defense contracting is a multi-hundred-billion dollar activity. It can also be highly technical and demanding. Now the University of Oklahomas Graduate School of Business has launched an online graduate degree program for aerospace and defense. Joining me with the details, the program director, Shad Satterthwaite.
Tom Temin: Mr. Satterthwaite, good to have you on.
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Shad Satterthwaite:Good to be on, Tom. Thank you.
Tom Temin: So what is the motivation for launching a program like this at this particular time?
Shad Satterthwaite:Yeah, thats a good question. Oklahoma is an energy state but our second largest economic sector is aerospace and defense. And the University of Oklahoma in Norman is just south of Oklahoma City. And Tinker Air Force Base is right here in the center. And so Oklahoma is really a hub in many ways for the aerospace and defense industry. Its very important for us politically, our Sen. [Jim] Inhofe chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine was a former member of Congress from Oklahoma. So its a very important industry for our state. Because were close to Tinker Air Force Base there have been a number of defense contractors that have located here. And there is a need, as this sector grows in Oklahoma, to have an educated workforce in aerospace and defense, a lot of those are engineer positions. But the Business College was approached by the industry saying, Hey, we need management training for this sector. And so they stepped up and put together this program where you can get an executive MBA in a years time for those that are working in the industry right now. Its kind of a hybrid, mostly online. There are three residency weeks here too. But that was the impetus behind getting this started.
Tom Temin: And what are the unique managerial challenges in defense and aerospace say that you might not find in, you know, chocolate making or automobile building?
Shad Satterthwaite:Thats true. Thats true. You know, and Ive been asked that before what why not just a standard MBA? You know, could it be applicable here to aerospace and defense? The answer is what theyre finding its a highly technical industry. And we, even in the state of Oklahoma want to recruit more engineers to this field. But theres a need to bridge the gap between the vision that our defense contractors have and what the government needs them to produce, and then the actual production of it. And so youve got a lot of bright people that are very tech savvy, very talented, and yet they need training to manage that to be able to share that vision to talk that talk, as well as talk with the engineers are talking about and be able to relay that both up and down in the production lines.
Tom Temin: And I guess over the decades, companies that have both military aerospace contracting businesses and commercial have struggled, really, with trying to combine them into one company, unless youre maybe like a General Electric where the engines are essentially the same whether for a commercial aircraft or a defense aircraft.
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Shad Satterthwaite:Yeah, you make you make a very good point there, because they are different. Theres a lot of different pieces there. And translating that into something where you can be able to relate that with the needs are of the government with the industry can provide. And then getting back to where thats produced. You know that the single largest customer in aerospace and defense is the U.S. government. And so we do feel thats an important piece of this program is teaching those that will be in the class, how the government process works, the contracting process works in those kinds of things.
Tom Temin: Were speaking with Shad Satterthwaite. Hes director of the executive business programs in aerospace and defense at the University of Oklahoma. And what types of people do you wish to attract to this program? Engineers that want to get on to the business side perhaps, or mid-level executives in the business end already, or what?
Shad Satterthwaite:Yeah, what were seeing as prospective students are inquiring about the program they come from three areas, primarily. One is military personnel that are transitioning out of the service and want to start another career in defense and aerospace on the civilian side. The other is with, as you mentioned, engineers, aerospace engineers in particular that have management aspirations. And then the other, the third part are those that are in leadership or managerial positions already, that just want to get an added credential and learn even more so that they can apply those skill sets more fully to their organizations.
Tom Temin: And what about people that might be in government say, as contracting officers or program managers in some of these areas? Would they benefit and are they eligible?
Shad Satterthwaite:Yeah, they certainly would. In fact, we would like to attract more of those there. And I think right now the program is so new in our marketing efforts. That is a sector that we havent marketed to as much as we could have, as the program develops, our first cohort is going to be starting this August. We hope to have more in there because, as you mentioned, Tom, we think this program can be very valuable to someone in that position.
Tom Temin: And what are some of the business, I guess, understandings that maybe aerospace executives or would-be executives would need to have? I can think of one for example, is that the sales cycles and the payment and accounting processes can be very different, when you have a federal customer versus a commercial customer.
Shad Satterthwaite:It is. Ill tell you about some of the courses that you take in that and sales is certainly one of those. One of our faculty members is he started his own company, you know, because he was very good at government contracts. Hes a lawyer by trade, and he is going to be teaching the government contracts course. And he started up his own company here in Oklahoma City, and is very excited about this particular program, because just as youre pointing out, he thinks its very important to understand how that process works. And so we have a number of different courses managing government contracts is one of those courses. But also, you mentioned the sales, marketing. There are specific rules and regulations that need to be understood for that. Mergers and acquisitions, global aerospace and defense strategy and thats a particularly neat class because thats going to be done overseas. And so its an executive program thats mostly online. But we do have three resident modules throughout the course of the year at the beginning, in the middle and at the end, and the one in the middle is going to be in Europe. So were going to be doing some field trips there to some different sites to give the students a better idea of what the global and aerospace defense strategy is kind of a birds eye view, if you will.
Tom Temin: It sounds like a good opportunity for participants to meet people in the cohort and maybe form relationships that could take them through their industrial careers.
Shad Satterthwaite:Oh, you bet it is. Thats really the whole point of the class, the executive education, doing it in the format that we are. Its a cohort model. So students will come together. Well bring em in that first week here in Oklahoma City. Theyll work together for a week with a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives, they get to know each other, they get to establish those relationships. Then they go back to their places of work and do the online training til they meet again, to go to Europe. More online training after the European resident phase. And then the very end theyll meet back up in Oklahoma City. And so yes, they are networking, but you know, also creating lifelong friendships and connections through this cohort model.
Tom Temin: And what is your own background that led you to this particular perch at Oklahoma?
Shad Satterthwaite:Yeah, so Ive been on faculty at the University of Oklahoma since 1998. And then Ive had different administrative positions. My last position prior to this one was I was the associate dean for extended campus. And we have programs at the University of Oklahoma on military bases in North America and and Europe as well as online courses. And so Im also the faculty adviser for our Student Veterans Association. So I have a background in the military. Im currently a colonel in the Army Reserves. And I just had this is a very interesting sector for me, obviously. And so being able to marry my academic interest with my interest in the military and government just seemed like a great fit when I moved over to the College of Business. So its something Im obviously very excited to do.
Tom Temin: And the first cohort begins when?
Shad Satterthwaite:Aug. 16.
Tom Temin: All right, well, good luck.
Shad Satterthwaite:Thank you, Tom.
Tom Temin: Shad Satterthwaite is director of the executive business programs in aerospace and defense at the University of Oklahoma. Thanks so much for joining me.
Shad Satterthwaite:My pleasure, Tom, its great being with you today.
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Face mask rules are being enacted across the country. In one city, they’re required through June 2021. – Poynter
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared Thursday that people in his state who are doing a number of public activities taking taxis, rideshare vehicles or public transit; standing in line to enter a building; or walking through common areas like hallways, stairways, elevators or parking garages must wear a mask. And it goes further.
You must wear a mask if you are working in a building open to the public. You must wear a mask anywhere food is prepared or packaged for sale. If you are outdoors and you cannot be six feet apart from others, you must wear a mask.
Starting noon Friday, Raleigh, North Carolina, will have a similar rule.
The Florida Keys will require masks through June 2021, a date that rocked me back. In Key West, if there is a roof over your head, there should be a mask on your face.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is about to impose a mask law for seven counties, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Here is a state-by-state list of mask laws around America.
My son was banned from wearing a mask with a little valve on it at the dentists office the other day. Forbes said:
You should know that face masks with valves are being banned in a growing number of places, from much of California to the Colorado cities of Denver and Boulder.
The non-compliant masks have a one-way valve that allows your exhaled air to pass through a small round or square filter disk attached to the front of the mask.
At first blush, valve masks may seem technologically superior to plain old cloth or disposable surgical masks, but in fact they fall short. Designed to ease exhalation and decrease humidity for the wearer, they do not block transmission of COVID-19 because they allow exhaled air and droplets to escape.
By the way, I think its funny that on that very page right next to the Forbes article about why masks with valves are problematic and why you should check local guidelines before you wear one is an ad for a mask with a valve.
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My single biggest complaint about wearing a mask is not that somebody is taking away my Constitutional rights or turning the country into a police state. Its that my mask steams up my glasses.
Why do they fog?Whenever warm air hits a cool surface, you get fog. It is true over a lake and it is true on your glasses. Your warm, exhaled breath hits the cool surface of your glasses while you walk through your air-conditioned grocery store and there you have it fogged lenses.
What can you do about it?Make sure your glasses have a nose bridge, which is a bendable material that makes the mask fit snugly around the bridge of your nose. That way, when you exhale, the warm air does not hit your glasses.
For homemade masks, sew a little twist tie, like the ones that keep bread fresh, into the nose of the mask. Or, for those of us from Kentucky, try duct tape. OK, maybe not. Maybe try bandage strips or even a cloth adhesive.
You can also use your glasses to make the seal. Put the mask on first, then put the glasses on top of the edge of the mask.
Or you can use the soapy water and soft cloth hack. Ask any glasses-wearing doctor or nurse and they will tell you they dip their glasses into soapy water, let them air dry then wipe them lightly with a soft cloth. The soap will leave a thin film on the lens and the fog wont stick to it.
Be careful with lens wipes. Make sure they wont damage the protective coatings on your lenses.
You may have noticed it, too the many people walking around the neighborhood. Maybe this will force us to think about the dire conditions of our sidewalks. But with local budgets about to be gutted by the COVID-19-caused tax crunch, sidewalks may get pushed even further down the priority lists.
This week, President Donald Trump pushed for a major infrastructure bill to stimulate Americas economy. When we think of infrastructure, we usually think of bridges and highways. But what is more local than sidewalks?
Bloomberg CityLab reported:
Current sidewalk deficiencies have accumulated over decades of neglect. In the pre-automotive era, many cities had far more space for pedestrians, says Arlie Adkins, a professor of urban planning at the University of Arizona. Since the 1920s weve seen this explosion of driving, and theres been a competition for fairly scarce real estate, he says. Theres only so much space between buildings, and weve made some clear choices about how that should be distributed.
The Bloomberg story said when push came to shove, cities opted to spend more money on streets and widening roads than sidewalks. And newer cities shorted sidewalk budgets even more than older cities that were built on pedestrian traffic. In Los Angeles, one group estimated half of the citys 11,000 miles of sidewalks were in disrepair.
In a place like New York that were built out before cars were dominant, youll see a more robust sidewalk network, Adkins says. But if you come to newer cities in the West, youll see a different picture. In Austin, for example, barely half of the citys nearly 5,000 miles of streets had sidewalks in 2017.
Where they do exist, sidewalks are treated as public spaces like streets but theres no consistency around who pays for sidewalks. Theyre the most bizarrely funded thing ever, says Emiko Atherton, Vice President for Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America. Depending on your jurisdiction, the homeowner or the city has to pay for it.
If a street is built without sidewalks, adding them is expensive. The Federal Transportation Department said the cost runs about $125,000 to $150,000 per mile to build a sidewalk that is up to code.
Sidewalks add to street safety. In my neighborhood, walkers mostly have to stroll with their dogs on the street.
Walking promotes health and sidewalks promote walking. The U.S. Transportation Department said:
14% of adult Americans state they never take walks.
The presence of sidewalks has a slight positive effect on the tendency for adults to take walks, but has no effect on the frequency of those walks. If people in communities without sidewalks (about one-third of the population), were to walk at the same rate as they do in communities with sidewalks, an additional 2.8 million adults would join the ranks of the walking.
Nonwalkers are more likely than walkers to assert that their communities need more sidewalks and to voice dissatisfaction with their community designs in making walking safe (overall 17%). In communities without sidewalks, adults are three times as likely as other adults to state their dissatisfaction.
Curbed, a blog that looks at urban planning issues, took a deep dive look at the politics and conflicts that come with sidewalks. Think of, for example, how restaurants right now are using public sidewalks for dining areas, and shops and vendors are moving items outside to keep traffic down inside the stores.
This weeks surprisingly good retail sales figures give us a few clues about what the public is planning this summer. MarketWatch reported:
Sales at auto dealers soared 44%; excluding cars, overall retail sales increased by 12.4%; the auto sector generally accounts for one-fifth of all retail spending.
The explanation is that people may be getting their cars ready for summer vacation road trips, rather than flying. People were buying auto parts similar to how they purchased home improvement materials in April and May.
40% of the retail sales increase came from the auto sector last month.
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But be careful not to paint too rosy a picture. A big increase in sales follows an even bigger decrease in March and April car sales. The auto industry is not back to normal, not by a stretch.
Comparing May 2020 to May 2019, sales were down 29%. In April, year-to-year sales were down 48%.
An interesting chunk of this story is in the unsexy category of fleet sales. Normally, fleet sales account for one in five vehicles sold in the U.S. But as car rental companies saw the bottom drop out of their business, fleet sales tanked. The National Automobile Dealers Association said:
As a result, fleet sales were down year-over-year by a whopping 72% in May, while retail sales only fell by 17%.
The association said even while vehicle sales gain strength over the summer and fall, there is no reason to believe fleet sales will bounce back this year.
Everybody is trying to get Congress ear right now, including the businesses that build and sell big trucks, which said they want Congress to suspend the federal excise tax on 18-wheelers. The trucking industry pays a 12% federal excise tax on heavy-duty trucks and trailers.
The truck companies said about half of the big trucks on the road now are 10 years old or older and if the government cut the federal excise tax, companies that need to refresh their fleets might do so.
The tax adds about $12,000 to $22,000 to the price of a new big truck. The National Auto Dealers Association said, Due to the pandemic, heavy-duty truck sales in the U.S. fell 62.5% in May 2020 compared to the same time last year the lowest point since 2011.
Steve Bassett, chair of American Truck Dealers, wrote:
There is broad support across the entire trucking industry for suspension of the FET, including original equipment manufacturers, such as Daimler Trucks North America, Mack Trucks, Navistar Inc., PACCAR Inc and Volvo Trucks North America, suppliers, and purchasers. And in a recent survey of trucking fleets, American Trucking Associations (ATA) found that nearly 60% of respondents would be somewhat or very likely to buy additional trucks and/or trailers beyond their scheduled buy if the FET was eliminated.
I ran across this flipping through Overdrive Magazine:
A survey of more than 1,600 truck drivers found that they have felt safe overall during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they are concerned for their own health, as well as bringing the virus home to their friends and families.
The survey conducted by Professional Driver Agency found that 72% of respondents said the biggest concern for truckers is bringing the virus home to family and friends. Of these drivers, 42% said they are staying out on the road longer instead of going home during the pandemic.
I am seeing this happening around the country. Drownings are way up this spring. WJHG TV in Panama City Beach, Florida, reported that childhood drownings are up 70% from a year ago. One reason why is that kids are home more.
In Houston, KHOU said drownings ticked up there, too, partly because people were locked up at home and when they went out to play, they looked for places that were away from other people.
In the Tampa Bay area, Johns Hopkins All Childrens hospital said drownings reported at its locations are up 100% this spring. In part, it is because kids are around home pools and their parents are busy working.
In the Dallas area, last weekend was particularly deadly, with three drowning deaths in two days. WFAA reported:
The American Academy of Pediatrics warned drownings could be on the rise this summer nationwide. The AAP says parents need to be more attentive as children spend more time at home because of COVID-19, with caregivers who may be distracted by work and other responsibilities.
With a number of public pools and popular attractions still closed because of the global pandemic, more parents are turning to small plastic or inflatable pools for the back yard. The small size can give parents a false sense of security as small children can drown in even a few inches of water, according to the AAP.
Childhood drownings have increased in the U.S. in recent years, even before the pandemic. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission released new data this month saying childhood drownings have been slightly rising in recent years.
Almost 400 children under age 15 die by drowning in the U.S. each year. The commission said, In addition to fatal drownings, CPSCs new data shows that there were an estimated 6,700 pool-or-spa-related, hospital emergency department-treated, nonfatal child drowning injuries each year for 2017 through 2019. This is the equivalent of about 18 children every day, 365 days a year.
Six Olympic swimmers, two water polo players, 27 coaches and 5,000 aquatic industry-related businesses sent a letter to President Trump and state leaders pleading with them to open public pools as quickly as possible. The co-signers include Olympians Rowdy Gaines, Amanda Beard, Nathan Adrian and Amy Deloris Van Dyken-Rouen.
Here is a constantly updated state-by-state list of state regulations on public pools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most states opened pools at a greatly reduced capacity in the last couple of weeks.
The CPSC study I mentioned above also said home pools, not public pools where there are lifeguards, pose the biggest risks. The report said, Residential locations, such as a childs home, a family or friends house or a neighbors residence, made up 71% of the reported fatal drowning incidents.
The letter to public officials said, in part:
During these unprecedented times we truly believe we can safely return to the pools without jeopardizing the new normal that all Americans want and deserve. The CDC and NIH has confirmed that the disease cannot spread in properly chlorinated water. For physical and mental health, the water is one of the safer places to be at this time, and swimming is a lifelong activity. Opening swim centers would allow children to learn much needed water safety and drowning prevention skills. It would allow the 500,000 youth athletes on Americas swim teams to get back to their training. It would allow MILLIONS of American adults to exercise safely and build their immune systems which is needed now more than ever! We can do this safely. Swim training programs are carefully structured and can follow all recommendations that the CDC has recently released to reopen swimming pools.
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Al Tompkins is senior faculty at Poynter. He can be reached at atompkins@poynter.org or on Twitter, @atompkins.
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5 Reasons for Low CRM Adoption and How to Tackle It – G2 Crowd
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Most organizations rely on sophisticated customer relationship management (CRM) tools to manage their orders and revenue and organize business flows.
Implementing CRM solutions modernize sales processes for organizations and improve their customer experience by empowering salespeople to accelerate the sales cycle and get more control over opportunities.
Organizations are well aware of the fact that the right CRM tool can completely transform their sales workflow and accelerate productivity which is why many organizations have a CRM tool. Unfortunately, investment in a CRM alone doesnt equal broad user adoption.
According to CSO Insights, only 40% of businesses claim a 90% CRM adoption rate, while the majority of businesses struggle to encourage system adoption. We can conclude that implementing a CRM system in your organization will not always lead to a success story.
To turn the tables around, organizations need to get to the root cause of this failure, that is, low user adoption. The sad truth is that even with the aim of improving efficiency and productivity, the CRM projects often fail to translate into real-world usage by the people most likely to benefit from them.
Ineffective use of CRM can mismanage customer relationships, fail to capture important data and insights, or even lead to a loss of potential customers leaving unfavorable consequences on your business.
The CRM adoption challenge is difficult to tackle as its not just one problem, its a series of problems that feed into each other and create a vicious never-ending cycle.
We know that data is the lifeblood of every business, but for it to be of any value to the company it is critical for a salesperson to input, store, and update accurate data as well as ensure data quality and integrity.
For instance, after a prospect is discovered, a sales representative has to fill in its detailed info into the CRM and the same process has to be repeated after each interaction. Logging emails, phone calls, and recording meeting details become a major part of a sales reps daily routine which adds a lot of manual data entry tasks to their work which might complicate their job and drive them away from adopting the software.
This is where the vicious cycle begins - sales teams fail to see the CRM value right off the bat causing them to put in a very little effort in the data entry stage. Entering the data manually into the CRM is just a workplace drudgery for them. According to HubSpot, manual data entry tops the list of CRM adoption challenges and around 32% of sales reps spend over an hour on data entry every day which, lets face it, is not a very good use of their time.
Experts say that salespeople are reluctant to put in the manual effort as they think that the CRM solution is a way of controlling them and is a digital evidence that could be used against them in case they fail to reach their goals. Another reason for their resistance could be the complex interface of the application and lack of practical training which leaves them intimidated by the system.
With a decreased effort, the sales team might input low-quality data or leave out essential data points, causing the CRM to be powered by poor, inaccurate data. Poor data quality can become a huge overhead for companies. In fact, organizations believe that poor data quality is responsible for an average of $15 million loss per year.
Inadequate data makes the CRM system less valuable thereby decreasing its usage among the employees. The poor data also leads to poor insights that provide very little value to the sales and business development teams. This is a huge problem for management as well, since, without the data, a manager cant run reports or conduct analytics on those reports. And without the analytics, they fail to answer critical business questions. So the whole point of having a CRM in the first place is actually lost.
With little insight being gained from the inadequate data, the CRM will reinforce the sales team to believe that theres nothing in it for them. The cycle continues to repeat itself leaving them to grow more and more disinterested in the tool. Its not hard to see how this cycle can affect the CRM adoption rates. Most companies dont fully consider user adoption issues while planning a CRM project but it is critical for them to build a strong adoption strategy from the very beginning and keep it in focus throughout the CRM lifetime.
To break this vicious cycle of adoption, it is important to understand the challenges and then figure out the suitable solutions. So here are some of the most critical challenges of CRM user adoption.
Most CRM platforms are tailored according to the requirements of sales managers and leaders since they are the key decision-makers in purchase decisions. So to get the deals finalized, suppliers optimize the CRM features that are most suitable for the decision-makers, mainly pertaining to reporting, pipeline visibility, or forecasting. The result of this optimization is that ease of use is compromised, making the CRMs too cumbersome for sales reps to adopt.
Also, the decision-makers do not really understand the real value of the CRM tools and focus more on spending as little as possible. Hence, the CRM might not end up mirroring how sales reps actually wanted to execute the sales process but they are still expected to adopt the tool effectively. In most cases, almost no effort is made from the organizations to make users aware of the tool background or show them how and why it can help them achieve their KPIs. As a result, the moment they feel uncertain about how to use the tool, they fall back to the traditional methods of getting things done.
The less understanding users have about the benefits of the CRM, the more resistant they are towards the change. Its a sum-total of all this dissatisfaction that tends to impact the user adoption rates.
Businesses rely on certain tools like email or spreadsheets to run a wide variety of day-to-day processes. These tools are the center of gravity that define the workflows for a company. When a CRM is introduced, it often ends up competing against these tools for the similar tasks.
A CRM is implemented to achieve more consolidated communication and less use of spreadsheets. Failing to achieve these results can be an indication that the team is not using the CRM at the optimum level.
Since employees have been stuck with the old methods for a very long time, they feel comfortable in entering the data into the old, familiar spreadsheets, rather than putting additional effort to learn entering data into the new CRM. Most employees prefer traditional methods of getting things done. Another reason for people going back to the traditional methods could be the lack of on-the-go training on how to navigate through the complex interface of a CRM.
Instead of investing in customization and training processes, most companies simply purchase the software and ask the employees to figure it out themselves and expect them to start working right away.
As a result, employees are forced to navigate their way through the complex system, leaving them overwhelmed with the number of steps and features, again forcing them to switch to old methods. They would rather pull data from different sources and work with spreadsheets to make reports because it seems easier than navigating through the complicated CRM that doesn't provide the right training.
Even if some companies take initiatives to develop training programs for their employees to improve adoption rates, the challenge here is that the traditional system education methods arent suited for the digital world anymore. These methods are only setting the company up for failure. Lets see why:
How an organization decides to rollout a change can either make or break the user adoption efforts. If the organization fails to convey the whats in it for you factor to the users, it might lead to low accountability to use the tool. First impressions matter the most, and if the staffs first experience with a new CRM fails to meet their needs, people lose confidence in the capability of the software.
Even if the organization tries to make improvements, it would still be a huge challenge to actually change peoples minds and push them to accept the change because they will always hold the first impression in their minds.
In an ideal world, the CRM would have a "guru" who is an expert, a cheerleader, and a 24/7 point of contact for any issues faced by the users. But lets face it, the world is not ideal and the guru doesnt exit. Organizations mostly do not focus on supporting the new software users once the product is implemented which discourages the employees from adopting it.
Organizations fail to understand that a CRM is not a set it and forget it system as it is likely to release new features on a regular basis hence a constant promotion and support is required throughout its lifecycle. For instance, if a CRM admin needs to add custom objects for better report visibility, without the post-implementation support and lack of testing skills, the admin would modify the solution without checking if the objects reflect the necessary data and increase report visibility. This could lead to wrong data output.
Employees will always have queries and issues while trying to work with the new tool and features. Failing to provide users with enough support at the time causes a lack of enthusiasm leading to lower adoption rate and underutilization of the product.
So with the challenges well-known, once the platform is selected for a business, what are the CRM best practices that can help ensure a successful implementation? Lets discuss some targeted strategies and techniques that might help solve user adoption challenges.
Employees play the most significant role in successful CRM implementation. Hence, it is always wise to involve them from the very beginning of the implementation process and exhibit how the new system will reduce their workload. It is critical for organizations to make individual users understand the need of a new system to get the adoption process started off on the right foot.
To tailor the CRM according to user needs, the representative users across the sales hierarchy need to be involved in the software selection and design process. As a gesture for effective user adoption, users should be run through all the features to seek their perspective on the ideal CRM experience. Their inputs will help determine which application and workflow will be best suited to improve sales efficiency.
Also, communicating the staff about the value a CRM will bring to them and tying user adoption with personal growth and development will make users embrace the transformation more easily.
By now we already know that a CRM is only as good as the data in it. Only by filling it with quality data can the cycle of poor CRM adoption be broken. But manual effort is a big part of getting that quality data, which is just a monotonous, boring task for a user that keeps them from seeing the actual benefits of the tool. This is where CRM automation can change the game.
Automating time-consuming data entry and management tasks like customer outreach with quick email and call logging or email templates with merge fields can help reduce the manual entry efforts and make users see the CRM as a labor-saving tool. Every manual effort reduced by automation translates into lower frustration levels for the users and increased efficiency.
Automation fits into the business workflows and maintains quality data through automatic contact updates while ensuring that users dont have to change their ways of working just to get the data entered. Automation helps clean up the data, keep it up-to-date and also generate valuable insights that are easily visible and accessible by sales reps.
In addition to data automation, CRM can also be optimized with tools like relationship intelligence automation (RIA). RIA collects, stores and analyzes customer data from multiple resources like emails or social media and delivers automatically to the sales team without any manual input. It serves the CRM users with workable relationship insights that can help accelerate sales and strengthen customer relationships.
When it comes to the adoption of complex CRM applications like Salesforce, training cannot be just about sending employees to a traditional training class for a few weeks and overwhelming them with too much information at once. Instead, a short, initial training period that focuses on onboarding and a few key processes is the right way to get started with the training plan.
Digital adoption solutions (DAS) can be overlaid onto CRM applications (like Salesforce) to offer automated continuous learning while onboarding users to the new app. The system helps accelerate Digital Adoption in an organization by placing employees on the front lines and assisting them while working a typical day, providing walkthroughs to tackle practical tasks like adding an opportunity, data entry, data update, etc. DAS enables learning in the flow of work and prevents users from exiting the application to find help.
Digital adoption solutions can help improve CRM user adoption by:
The sales reps should always feel empowered to provide suggestions for improvements in the tool or report a process that is too complex for them. There is nothing more motivating to a user than knowing that their opinion is valued which keeps them engaged and makes them feel more invested in making the implementation successful. Hence, it is vital for organizations to understand the pulse of the users by regularly collecting their feedback and then channeling it to make improvements or add new features in the CRM.
Apart from providing in-app guidance, DAS also enables the monitoring of employee-software interactions as well. This monitoring is done by tracking user behavior like which CRM features are being used and how, record creation or updation rates, activity completion, open or closed tasks etc. Such insights can be used to understand software usage, what features the users need more help in, errors, and plug the gap accordingly. This can help improve the adoption metrics and create a better user experience.
CRM is meant to organize data and contacts based on targeted groups of customers, provide reports that give a direction to a business, and integrate with other software so it never moves away from the sales process.
CRM is an effective tool that salespeople should not fear. Instead, its up to managers to make their teams aware of how it can make their lives easier. It is important to pay attention to what users want, give them the chance to voice any concerns, and highlight whats in it for them to encourage adoption.
The CRM strategies discussed above can help organizations to encourage user adoption because they are all focused on the sales team. All of these aspects run parallel to each other and are tied together for a successful CRM implementation.
A CRM is not a static thing; rather, it is complex and needs to be constantly supported, maintained, and shaped toward refinement. Achieving the desired user adoption rates does not happen overnight; it requires an ongoing investment in improvement and dealing with milestones.
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Disha Gupta is a content marketer at Whatfix. She helps organizations accelerate digital adoption by spreading awareness through her content. She has a great passion for writing anything and everything from poems to blog posts.
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Reinventing the channel: COVID-19 and beyond – ITWeb
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Louise Taute, Director, Comstor Southern Africa
It has not been an easy few years for the channel. A new generation of technologies has radically altered the value propositions offered to the market, not to mention how they generate profits. Customers have been urged to adapt and change, and that same requirement soon impacted the channel as well. How we do business shifted as radically as what we offer. The big bang projects have made way for long-term, iterative value generation. Its been important for channel providers to catch up to the new trends.
Then COVID-19 appeared on the scene, doubling down on the urgency. In some ways, the world has and will be changing forever. But there are also spaces where the outbreak has accelerated certain anticipated outcomes, explains Louise Taute, Comstor Director Southern Africa.
I think we can all agree that the companies which adopted new digital systems have been able to navigate the pandemic better than their competitors. This trend is evident in how some companies could switch to work-from-home arrangements almost overnight. Another example is the rapid adoption of video conferencing. These are examples of changes that have been ready and waiting in the wings, but suddenly became very relevant when the older ways of working were no longer practical.
Such outcomes might seem like great news for the channel. Yet in reality, many are still in the process of transforming. Transformation is particularly relevant to frontline channel providers those who form the layer between customers, and distributors and vendors.
Serving the new channel
Distributors, in particular, are vital to helping the frontline evolve and thrive. By placing end-user needs at the heart of changing business demands, they can help channel companies provide customer-relevant technology solutions. But this will require far more than catchy marketing slogans.
We have to appreciate that both the channel and its customers are under extreme pressure. Channel partners need to find increasingly innovative ways to install, manage, and support solutions for their customer, Taute elaborates.
The channel demands a new approach, consisting of training and enablement, professional services, software as a service and cross-vendor solutions. Distributors are the primary facilitators of this approach, providing their focus settles on helping partners and customers embrace change with future-proof technologies.
Specifically, two areas need attention. First, the traditional way of managing the sales cycle is evolving to become more digital-centric. This shift prompts the need for digital platforms that give channel companies a single view both of customer activities and the choices they can offer them. The channels operating model must change into a more efficient one, befitting their customers digital-centric business environments that require round-the-clock access to ICT solutions.
Secondly, there has to be more clarity on what vendors can offer and how different offerings can combine to deliver solutions. The biggest downside of new technologies is the complexity they create under the hood. Customers look to channel partners to navigate those complexities, who rely in turn on distributors to help illuminate different choices. Vendors are doing the same: they increasingly lean on distributors to appreciate and communicate the various combinations offered by their products.
These were already pressing challenges before the COVID pandemic. But the latter has both accelerated these trends and disrupted them significantly. More than ever before, customers look to channel partners for certainty, and the channel turns to distributors for guidance. If the channel is to reinvent itself successfully, distributors are the linchpins. Their investments in digital tools for pre-sales, sales, training, inventory, marketing and other services are crucial for enabling the channels evolution.
Distributors must serve the channel via their traditional channel-centric models as well as innovative digital options to drive a digital-first strategy, says Taute. They must equip their channel partners with the tools, technology integration and automation they need to better sell technology, no matter the logistics behind how solutions are delivered.
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Contributing to the community: Milwaukee business brings vegan twist to Juneteenth celebrations – WITI FOX 6 Milwaukee
Posted: June 18, 2020 at 4:47 am
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MILWAUKEE -- An idea from a Milwaukee business owner hit hard by the pandemic is growing, looking for ways to celebrate Juneteenth throughvegansoul food.
Juneteenth is formally recognized as June 19, marking the emancipation of the last remaining slaves in the U.S. and a celebration of African American culture. But celebrations are stretching all week long in Milwaukee. At Alice's Garden near 21st and North, one event aims for the soul.
"Create menus that honor the heritage and culture of African American people," said Zakiya Courtney, owner of Vegan Soul.
Courtney has been a personal chef and caterer for years, running Vegan Soul out of her kitchen. The coronavirus hit her business hard.
"It stopped. This is my first event that I've had. My business totally stopped," Courtney said.
But, featuring some ingredients grown right in the community garden, a sold out pop-up soul food restaurant is showing Courtney what the pandemic has returned to us.
"Just being able to sit down at a table and talk with your family -- what their day has been like. What their world has been like...goals, plans...all those discussions take place at the table and usually over food," said Courtney.
Also important, customers are there to support a local black business owner. It's an appreciation and celebration Courtney will extend beyond Juneteenth.
"When people choose to support businesses like mine, they are contributing to the community," Courtney said.
In case you are wondering how Courtney makes ribs -- a soul food staple -- vegan, she says she uses gluten as a meat alternative.
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From Funfetti Whoopie Pies to Cookie Dough Bites: Our Top Eight Vegan Recipes of the Day! – One Green Planet
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Source: Apple Strudel With Custard
What better excuse is there to have an amazing and super easy dessert? This Apple Strudel With Custard by Philipp Ertl is becomes golden brown goodness as it bakes and the fragrant, sweet scent of apples is amazing.
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