The 2022 AD eCommerce & Marketing Summit brought together digital and marketing leaders from AD owner/members, supplier partners and eCommerce partners from December 5-7. Over 470 attendees gathered in San Diego for a week of panel discussions, roundtables, networking, and collaboration opportunities.
As the popular saying goes, "branding is what people say about you when you're not in the room," while marketing is how you communicate your brand message to the world.
Affiliated Distributors (AD) named APR Supply Co. the 2022 Digital Innovator of the Year at the AD eCommerce and Marketing Summit in San Diego, California on December 6th.
Marketing’s value is often overlooked, but I think it’s safe to say it might be even more so in this industry. I’ve often attributed this to simple misconceptions or ignorance of marketing’s value in the industry. Perhaps the expensive nature of hiring marketing experts (whether it be in-house or outsourced) also adds to this, which would certainly not be unique to this industry.
While outside sales reps dominated the distribution sales landscape for years, inside sales reps with the right tools can be equally or even more effective. Our customer’s inside sales rep used AI to perform inventory counts remotely, effectively replacing in-person stockroom checks.
Did you know Mark Zuckerberg originally founded Facebook in 2004 as an online website tool to help connect his fellow Harvard students with one another? Today, depending on who you ask, the purpose of Facebook could be many different things, but you can’t deny that it still connects people.