August 2021
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ITR Webinars - Get Signed Up
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With more webinar dates through November, register today and be sure to submit your questions for this members-only experience.

This series is being presented in an interview format and offered through Zoom. ITR uses the first 7-10 minutes of each session to provide an economic update and share emerging industry trends. The final 15-20 minutes of each event is reserved for answering questions from participating attendees.
SEPTEMBER WEBINAR SPONSORS:
Marketing Minute with AHTD's Mara Dickson
Mara is back with a quick Marketing Minute. Wonder what that red notification circle is on your LinkedIn dashboard and why it is important? Click here to read more.

Get caught up on all of Mara's past articles on our newsletter webpage. These Marketing Minutes provide lots of great content to read in just a short amount of time!
AHTD's Financial Benchmarking Report is Out
The AHTD Financial Benchmarking Survey is a profitability study of AHTD members designed to obtain, understand, and analyze “best practices” for Automation Solutions Providers/distribution companies. More importantly, the AHTD Financial Benchmarking Report helps AHTD members improve their financial performance.

 Free to members who participated in the survey!
$300 - Members
$400 - Nonmembers
What's Up Members?
As a member of AHTD, you’re tapped into a dynamic community of automation professionals. Check out some of these insights from our membership base. 
What's Up Strategic Business Partners?
We're grateful for our Strategic Business Partners. These companies offer strategic products or services in the industrial automation distribution industry.
Special Pricing and Rebate Management Solutions

Interlynx has solved one of the biggest points of friction between Manufacturers and their Distributors – Special Pricing and Rebate Management. Read more about the Interlynx solution.
Are You Ready to UPGRADE Your Industrial Automation Product Content?

DDS works with dozens of leading industrial automation manufacturers to facilitate faster, simpler delivery of next-generation product content to power distributors’ e-commerce websites. DDS currently offers e-commerce-ready product content for more than 1.2 million industrial automation SKUs, with more new products and new lines being added weekly. 
 
Click here to learn how DDS can help you improve your entire product content experience.
KYKLO Releases the Top Common Roadblocks when Launching an Online Solution

KYKLO, the trusted partner of leading manufacturers and distributors, continues to guide manufacturers and distributors in the right direction on how to avoid certain roadblocks when pertaining to building your online platform. Avoid the roadblocks.
MRA: You've Got Humans. We've Got Answers.

MRA continues to support organizations with strategies and best practices in response to the increase of COVID cases across the country. Vaccine mandates, mask orders, CDC/OSHA guidance, and COVID testing requirements are popular topics on our hotline. Click to access MRA’s most recently updated policies on masks and vaccines. Do you have questions about how to tackle the latest COVID challenges? 
Contact Peg Heinen at 262-696-3484 or [email protected]
One Last Thought
Hiring the Entry Level Salesperson
By, Troy Harrison

For years, I’ve been asked what to look for when hiring an entry-level salesperson. By “entry-level,” I mean someone who has never held a professional selling job before. My advice to my clients has always been, “Don’t,” for one simple reason. Most of my clients are in the small-to-medium-sized range of companies, and most are not set up to teach someone how to WORK, not just to sell. And make no mistake, you have to teach entry-level salespeople to work.