profitable revenue growth presentation
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Profitable Revenue Growth -‐ Top-‐Line Growth, BoTom-‐Line Profit -‐
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Profitable Revenue Growth -‐ The Importance of Top-‐Line Growth -‐
• Top-‐line growth is essen.al to long term survival
• Profitability models: the power of incremental costs and sales volume
• Diversity of markets, products, and/or distribu.on essen.al to risk management
• People want to be part of a winning team Ø Employees, Customers, Vendors/Suppliers, Regulatory/Ra.ng Agencies, Community, etc…
• While each organiza.on is unique, profitable revenue growth should be a component of every company’s plan
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Profitable Revenue Growth -‐ Types of Growth Opportuni.es -‐
Short-‐term Ini-a-ves – lower risk and investment • More customers/clients • Customers buy more frequently • Customers spend more $ per transac.on • Cross selling – current customers • Keep customers longer
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Longer-‐term Ini-a-ves – complex • New products and services • M & A • Alliance/partnership • Global expansion
• Franchise • Target new markets • New sales/marke.ng strategy
(i.e. Internet sales)
Profitable Revenue Growth -‐ Cri.cal Components of a Growth Plan -‐
• Assessment of past/current performance and trends
• Current sales forecast
• Broad and granular market assessment
• Compe.tor analyses
• Gap analyses
• Scenario modeling/forecas.ng
• Business plan incorpora.on
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Profitable Revenue Growth -‐ Assessing Past/Current Performance -‐
• Determine profitability by revenue stream, include market, product, customer, etc…
• Consider capital strain and cash flow
• Analyze current customer and distribu.on performance
• Assess vendor capabili.es
• Determine infrastructure and service capabili.es
• Evaluate organiza.onal readiness
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Profitable Revenue Growth -‐ Current Market Assessment-‐
• Broad market assessment
• Market segment assessment
• Challenge your exis.ng paradigms – envision beyond exis.ng markets
• Explore from customer and compe.tor perspec.ves
• Iden.fy data driven opportuni.es
• Establish broad or niche market strategy
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Profitable Revenue Growth -‐ Compe.tor Analyses -‐
• The conclusions may not be obvious
• Ask your customers and distributors who they do business with, and why
• Let data drive your study and conclusions
• Focus on capabili.es, not solely on current products
• Revisit broad vs. niche market strategy
• U.lize the process to create an on-‐going compe.tor intelligence monitoring system
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Profitable Revenue Growth -‐ Gap Analysis -‐
• Iden.fy poten.al opportuni.es -‐ map against current capabili.es
• Involve current sales team – but ensure this is not a “sales-‐driven” effort
• Challenge exis.ng sales paradigms and processes
• Create high level ROI models
• Consider the obvious capabili.es: opera.onal infrastructure, financials, service, technology, risk
• Also consider: company culture, workforce capabili.es, marke.ng strategy
• Never forget the importance of distribu.on and service
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Profitable Revenue Growth -‐ Plan Development -‐
• Be inclusive and offensive
• Build into company-‐wide business plan
• Establish ROI baseline – consider pricing, costs, profitability, growth assump.ons, risk, etc…
• Priori.ze ini.a.ves ü Short vs. long-‐term ROI, level of investment, complexity, risk
• Find balance between short and long-‐term ini.a.ves
• Don’t overlook the importance of improved sales planning and execu.on
• Re-‐direct sales department urgency to the “drivers” of sales results
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Profitable Revenue Growth -‐ Quick Win Ini.a.ve –
#1
Improve current profitability and sales projec-on models
• Creates more accurate cost assump.ons – fixed/variable, incremental/marginal
• Establishes an important baseline for future growth models
• Highlights cost reduc.on opportuni.es • Helps establish appropriate pricing policies • Emphasizes the importance of growth, and the risks of declining revenue
• Reveals the power of leveraging infrastructure to achieve profitable growth
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Profitable Revenue Growth -‐ Quick Win Ini.a.ve –
#2
Leverage your exis-ng customers/distribu-on to grow sales
• Create a formal partnership program – “Joint Venture Ini-a-ve” • Share informa.on and improving the rela.onship • Iden.fy cri.cal informa.on about your partners business
ü Ask about their business strategy, strengths, opportuni.es, risks ü Iden.fy their percep.ons about your company, products and services – as
well as compe.tors ü Iden.fy and examine their exis.ng purchasing decisions, habits, processes,
history, etc. • Iden.fy mutually beneficial opportuni.es – create joint plan • Leverage this founda.on for future growth – expand program to addi.onal
customers/distributors
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Creed Business Solu.ons, LLC 13411 W. 128th Terrace Overland Park, KS 66213 Phone: (913) 940-‐6767 [email protected] _________________________________________________________________________
Profitable Revenue Growth -‐ Top-‐Line Growth, BoTom-‐Line Profit -‐
Q & A
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