The Annual 2023 AHR Expo was held this week in Atlanta Feb. 6-8th. As the largest HVACR show in the world, it was packed with hundreds of manufacturers representing over […]
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The National Association of Wholesale-Distributors Executive Summit was held this week in Washington D.C. Jan 31- Feb 2nd and this event has a wide mix of distribution leaders from industrial,
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Has your distributor digital transformation journey seemed like an endless race with hurdle after hurdle? I’ve been in the B2B digital race many times as a distributor in my career,
The past few weeks I have had the opportunity to spend a lot of face-to-face time with distribution leadership teams working with them on their go-to-market sales plans. I have
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The struggle with pricing your products online as an HVACR Distributor is never ending, but there is hope. Many manufacturer and distributor online teams attempt to use SEO, SEM, and
Last month HARDI held its Annual Conference and, like most, it attracted many manufacturers, distributors and independent representatives from the industry. All had similar questions … “how has your business
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Twenty years ago, CRM systems were considered as an electronic Rolodex or a “Big Brother” management surveillance system. A lot has changed in 20 years and the new CRM solutions
One of the areas where we hear companies are continuously challenged is recruiting quality people that have some experience with the HVAC industry and targeted product categories. It’s usually not
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Over the holidays I was contemplating writing a “10 Trends” type of article. You know, the type where you theorize what will occur in the coming year and talk about
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Over 1,000 HVACR distributor associates will have new names on the bottom of their paychecks soon. What do the acquisitions mean for the HVACR channel and your distributor and manufacturer
