Here are the top 6 current concerns of CEOs we advise:
1. Cash Flow
SOS Advice: “Add more sales channels to increase cash flow. For example, along with normal or higher margin items, consider higher volume, lower margin B2B channels such as private label working with distributor/retail partners. Rebrand these higher volume items if necessary to avoid sales channel conflicts. No time or your sales people too busy? Hire an industry expert business development expert to do it”. Get More SOS Advice. No Obligation.
2. Creating Growth
SOS Advice: “Stick with your core business and look for your hidden product and service assets that can be applied to new sales channels. These assets may include those that can be rebranded and reformulated. Do not use in-house marketing resources for this, work with an outside industry expert and branding/product specialist to move a project like this along”. Get More SOS Advice. No Obligation.
3. Staying Competitive
SOS Advice: “Rather than relying only on your sales people and staffers for their opinions, get market research done from an industry expert. The data will reveal what you will need to do next”. Get More SOS Advice. No Obligation.
4. Changing Customer Relationships and Expectations
SOS Advice: “Step up your inside CSR and outside sales training. Either get a CRM program or make better use of the one you have to increase the quality of and mine your data to understand the buying habits and demographics of your customers”. Get More SOS Advice. No Obligation.
5. A Challenging Economy
SOS Advice: “Plan for downturns and recessions. They happen. Develop a line of lower cost products, create affiliate and partnership relationships to offset marketing, sales, and administrative costs. Use an outside industry expert who does business development to do that so that this initiative gets done”. Get More SOS Advice. No Obligation.
6. Controlling Costs
SOS Advice: “Look at overhead factors. Do a thorough COG review annually, including all incremental costs involved with marketing. Look at wasted time spent on social media posting with little to no ROI. Too much to evaluate, hire an outside industry expert to evaluate your products and marketing spends”. Get More SOS Advice. No Obligation.
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