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Featured guideGuide · 32 pages

A step-by-step guide to a sales process your team follows instead of guesses at.

  • Mapping the process you actually run today
  • The stages, and what has to be true to move between them
  • The weekly cadence that keeps it from decaying
  • Template · CRM

    CRM RFP template for distributors

    Ask the right questions, spot the red flags early, and pick a CRM your reps open.

    Template · 14 pagesGet the guide
  • Guide · CRM

    The definitive guide to CRMs for distributors

    How to evaluate a CRM for distribution, and what an underperforming one keeps costing.

    Guide · 28 pagesGet the guide
  • Playbook · CRM

    The inside sales playbook for distributors

    Lead generation through close, with the coverage model behind each stage.

    Playbook · 22 pagesGet the guide
  • Guide · Order entry

    Practical AI use-cases for distribution sales and ecommerce

    Where AI earns its keep first, and what has to be true before you start.

    Guide · 26 pagesGet the guide
  • Report · eCommerce AI

    AI-powered disruption: lessons from Amazon’s winning formula

    How the largest distributor in the world runs its data, and which parts transfer.

    Report · 24 pagesGet the guide
  • Field guide · eCommerce AI

    The distributor’s field guide to winning with ecommerce

    The pieces that decide whether your site earns reorders or only records them.

    Field guide · 30 pagesGet the guide
  • Guide · CRM

    The contemporary guide to distributors' growth

    Churn, supply disruption, and sales productivity, handled in the order that works.

    Guide · 20 pagesGet the guide
  • Guide · CRM

    The 2026 CRM evaluation guide for distributors

    Find the right CRM for your team, and avoid the ones that look good in demos but fail in the field.

  • Report · Industry

    The 2025 tariff impact report

    How 90+ distributors are adjusting pricing, sourcing, and contracts for tariffs.

  • Guide · AI

    The distributor’s AI handbook

    The basics of AI and machine learning, and the data it takes to put them to work.

  • Guide · eCommerce AI

    How AI-powered personalization is changing distribution

    What personalization does for B2B distributors, and how to put it in place.

  • Guide · Adoption

    Best practices for tech rollouts and change management in distribution

    Minimize risk and get your team using the new tool, from day one.

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