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I have found the book perfect for these economic times. The book will
show you how, to take more from the market than the market is prepared
to give you buy out strategizing, out managing, and outselling your
competitors.

Rather than writing about rehashed sales and sales management
methodologies, the author, Dirk Beveridge went to the heart of the
issue of sales performance and productivity, by researching – what is
it that separates those businesses who consistently outperform their
competitors. And what he found is gold.

The research led to defined best practices that are spelled out in
this book that form a roadmap for you and your organization. A
roadmap for significant top and bottom line sales results.

But more than a listing of best practices, you will hear the stories
of execution, stories of performance and success, providing a unique
insight that you’ll immediately relate to your business.

Now, there are no quick-fix-promises as part of what you’ll find in
this book, but you will want your entire management team to immerse
themselves in the provided wisdom and implementation tools. Then as a
team, together you can use the implementation roadmaps provided to
guide you in:

* Institutionalizing a differentiating sales process
* Developing and nurturing a high performance sales culture where
the team is committed to your vision
* Guide you in implementing a training and development program to
foster continuous skill development – even from your veterans.
* And… this book will show you how, to take more from the market
than the market is prepared to give you buy out strategizing, out
managing, and outselling your competitors.

Click here to read the 31 key-take-aways you will gain by reading this book and
to order your copies of Driving Distributor Sales Beyond for you and
your management team.

About The Author: Dirk Beveridge

Dirk Beveridge is president and chief executive officer of 4th
Generation Systems, a sales, marketing, and leadership development
firm that helps distributors and manufacturers become more competitive
and provider deeper value to customers. Dirk is an experienced
business executive who has helped strengthen the sales and marketing
strategies of leading firms, such as Time Warner, IBM, Andersen
Windows, Avaya and Berlin Packaging.

For more than 20 years, he has worked with over 3,000 firms as a
leadership consultant, trainer and speaker.

In addition to leading 4th Generation Systems, Dirk is one of the
nation’s most requested and highest-rated business speakers. He
provides timely, pertinent information to organizations on the topics
of customer focus, sales motivation, and market leadership. He is a
passionate, energetic and entertaining presenter and has been featured
on international speaking tours addressing groups on six continents.

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I recently replied to a question on LinkedIn that asked what the difference was between marketing and sales. I am always surprised by how good the answers are when posed out to a wide and diverse group of people. The replies were quite eye opening because there were some experts who said they saw no difference. There were many more who saw a difference but the differences varied greatly.

Some saw marketing as the necessary foundation to build sales. Others saw sales as the most important part of the business development cycle as that is where the real relationship begins with one’s client or customer. I weighed in on the discussion emphasizing that I see sales and marketing as equally important along with the element of networking that basically glues the two initiatives together when done right.

What the answers revealed to me most is that when marketing, sales and even networking experts have such differing opinions as to the role and importance of the strategies they suggest businesses use, how do business leaders decide how to most effectively grow revenues? One of the most important things I would suggest is to start to read some of the marketing and sales questions on sites like LinkedIn. I found I gravitated to answers that were simple, to the point and often metaphorical. For example, one person said something like selling without good marketing to support it would be like trying to row a row boat without any oars.

Keep your marketing, sales and networking as simple as possible–focused on the end goal–continuously creating value for your client. The rest is just background music.

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