Seven Strategies to Turn Sales Obstacles into Opportunities

May 17th, 2007 at 2:30Eastern/11:30Pacific for about 1 hour

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Beth Goldstein
CEO/President
Marketing Edge Consulting Group
BethG@m-edge.com


Dennis Ceru
CEO/President
Strategic Management Associates, LLC
dceru@strategicma.com

 


 

   

Session Description:

Have your company’s sales stalled or is your pipeline running dry? Perhaps your customers are grumbling that you’re not delivering on your promise. You've hired experienced sales people and installed a CRM system to support them, so why aren't your sales numbers where they're supposed to be? Is your sales team simply not motivated to sell? Do your customers have unreasonable expectations? Or, does the problem lie in the back office? Something is out of alignment and it’s a mystery to your management team why your sales and marketing investments are not paying off. If any of this sounds familiar, don't panic. These unfortunately are very common dilemmas faced by managers responsible for growing a business and taking it to the next level.

Our presentation outlines 7 strategies you can deploy now to turn your company’s sales obstacles into opportunities. Since the real challenge is identifying the root cause of the problem, these strategies will get you several steps closer to unraveling the mystery and creating opportunities for business growth.

Presented by Beth Goldstein of Marketing Edge Consulting Group, LLC and Dennis J. Ceru of Strategic Management Associates, LLC, these two experts have partnered to bring effective solutions to growing businesses. They are entrepreneurs, educators and business leaders with a long track record of helping people and businesses succeed.

This session is appropriate for senior financial executives with responsibility for Retail Banking, Sales, Marketing, Channel Development, Market Research and Strategy Groups.


About Beth Goldstein:
Beth Goldstein is President and CEO of Marketing Edge Consulting Group, LLC. In addition to consulting, Beth teaches at the Boston University School of Management. She is the author of “The Ultimate Small Business Marketing Toolkit” and has more than 20 years of sales, marketing, and business development experience, providing creative business solutions to organizations challenged by limited time and financial resources. Her clients include individual entrepreneurs as well as small to mid-sized companies in the US and Europe, in industries ranging from finance and high-tech to academia, healthcare and manufacturing.


About Dennis J. Ceru, PhD:
Dennis Ceru is President & CEO of Strategic Management Associates, LLC.
He is an Adjunct Professor at Babson College and Boston University as well as an entrepreneur and business leader with more than 25 years of experience delivering successful business and technology solutions through leadership and management positions in the high-tech, financial services, and healthcare fields. He is a recognized speaker and author on key topics in strategy and technology for the financial services industry and has been quoted extensively online and in print periodicals. He has worked with Fortune 100 clients and mid sized companies to create tactical strategies to grow business and revenues.


About Marketing Edge Consulting Group:
Marketing Edge Consulting Group, LLC provides creative marketing, sales and business solutions to organizations challenged by limited time and financial resources. Clients include individual entrepreneurs as well as small to mid-sized companies in the US and Europe, in industries ranging from finance, healthcare and high-tech to academia, medical technology, and engine components. Marketing Edge helps these businesses develop and implement solid marketing strategies, optimize their sales and marketing programs for greater ROI and create lead-generating sales programs. The company also conducts sales training seminars for clients and organizations in the US and Europe. Marketing Edge has offices in Massachusetts and New York as well as partner offices in Argentina and Germany.

www.m-edge.com


About Strategic Management Associates:
Emerging companies today face the turmoil of rapid growth, the trials of lightning fast competition, and the threat of overnight obsolescence. Strategic Management Associates, LLC provides you with the tools you need to expand and manage growth.

We help you address the many challenges you face as you grow your business, such as:

  • Building and implementing tactical action plans to achieve strategic goals.
  • Designing work flows to reduce inefficiency and optimize performance.
  • Aligning business operations and people for optimum effectiveness.

www.strategicma.com
 



 

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