Creating the strategy: Winning and Keeping Customers in B2B Markets
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1. Verfasser: Gould, Rennie (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Kogan Page 2012
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Beschreibung:Creating the Strategy is a practical, "how-to" book that brings together the most important elements of business strategy, B2B marketing theory and sales management. Aimed at those wanting to structure their organisations around the winning & keeping of customers in B2B markets, the book introduces a number of unique and powerful methodologies proven in workshops conducted with clients such as Mercedes-Benz and AXA Insurance. It looks at those elements responsible for creating outstanding sales and business performance in B2B markets. The book identifies the importance of sales & customer stra
Introduction; What is this book about?; Who is this book for?; How does this book work?; Part one Sales and Customer Strategy; Sales and customer strategy in B2B markets; The importance of sales and customer strategy; The Business Performance Value Chain; The role of management; Business performance; Creating strategy; Managing strategy; Workshop tested; Self-assessment questionnaire; The sales and customer strategy self-assessment; The self-assessment; Part two Creating Strategy; 02 Strategic direction; The external environment; SWOT analysis; Vision; Overall goals
Core competenciesMarket definition; Competitive positioning; Strategic direction and business strategy; Implications for management; Workshops and case studies; 03 Customer strategy; Customer strategy and marketing theory; Customer importance; Customer understanding; The Customer Relationship Matrix; Customer importance mapping; The customer journey; Sources of customer information; Customer profiling; Previewing sales process; Workshops and case studies; 04 The value proposition; Products and services; The total proposition; New product development; Differentiation; The Differentiator Matrix
Creating customer valueAspects of value; Value mapping; Creating value propositions; The Value Balance Sheet; The value proposition creator; Workshops and case studies; 05 The sales process; The sales process; Stages in the sales process; Developing the sales process; Activity management and account management; Business buyer behaviour; Choice of development account; Development account entry strategy; Time and territory management; Automating the sales process; Workshops and case studies; Part Three Managing Strategy; 06 Business purpose; Strategy and business purpose; Culture
Beliefs and valuesCommunicating business purpose; Primary mechanisms of culture; Secondary mechanisms of culture; Leadership; Workshops and case studies; 07 People and performance; Structure; The Organizational Blueprint; Controlling performance: The sales performance framework; Key performance measures -- the ends; Intermediate performance measures -- progress; Competence -- the means; Knowledge, skills and behaviour; Standards of performance; Example competency profile: Account manager; Workshops and case studies; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; 08 Development and motivation
The personal development planTraining needs analysis; Creating a philosophy of development; Training v coaching; Developing competencies; Developing knowledge, skills and behaviours; Coaching; Team development; Team life cycles; Note on recruitment; A motivation exercise; Some traditional theories of motivation; The motivational framework; Some common sales motivation issues; Workshops and case studies; Part Four Implementing Strategy; 09 Implementing strategy; Priorities for action; Strategic v operational change; Leading operational change; Leading strategic change: Lessons from consultancy
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (248 pages)
ISBN:0749466189
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