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Ofer Yourvexel, Pepperi

October 26, 2021 by John Ray

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Ofer Yourvexel, Pepperi

On this edition of Business Leaders Radio with host John Ray, Pepperi Co-Founder and CEO Ofer Yourvexel discussed his company’s work with medium to large consumer packaged goods, health & beauty, and other brands, and the success of the Pepperi platform in supporting and driving B2B sales both online and in-store. Yourvexel shared why Pepperi’s mobile component is so vital for the success of their customers, the flexibility of the platform, and much more. Business Leaders Radio is produced virtually from the Business RadioX® studios in Atlanta.

Pepperi

Pepperi is an omnichannel platform for both online and in-store B2B sales and retail execution. With over 1000 customers in more than 65 countries, Pepperi provides consumer goods and brand manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers with a comprehensive solution to increase sales figures, reduce inefficient processes and speed up operations.

Combining sales force automation, retail execution, route accounting and B2B eCommerce in an integrated out-of-the-box solution, their customers rely on Pepperi to plan, execute and analyze their B2B omnichannel sales:

• Online/offline order taking made easy with e-catalogs, trade promotions and full customer data

• Retail execution app for in-store auditing, merchandising and replenishment

• Direct Store Delivery and van sales powered by a route accounting app for iOS and Android mobile devices

• Web and mobile B2B eCommerce enables buyers to order anytime from anywhere

• Central management streamlines omnichannel operations across customer touchpoints

Pepperi’s enterprise-grade platform integrates seamlessly with ERPs such as SAP Business One, SAP Business ByDesign, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Nav, NetSuite, and many others, making data fully accessible to field reps and buyers on all devices, on and offline.

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Ofer Yourvexel, CEO & Co-Founder, Pepperi

Ofer Yourvexel, CEO & Co-Founder, Pepperi

Ofer has 25 years of experience in international marketing, sales, business development, and management.

He was formerly an executive in multiple Nasdaq companies such as Jacada (JCDA) and Amdocs (DOX).

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Questions and Topics

  • Tell us about your solution
  • Who are your customers?
  • Why do B2B brands and wholesalers need your solution if they can sell D2C (direct to consumer) or on marketplaces?
  • We see a lot of M&A in the CPG industry, especially in the Food and beverage. How does it impact you and F&B companies?
  • Tell us about your most successful implementation
  • Who are your competitors?
  • What’s the role of mobile in B2B sales?
  • Any crazy customer requirements you ever implemented?

 

Business Leaders Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.  The show can be found on all the major podcast apps and a full archive can be found here.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Tagged With: b2b sales, Business Leaders Radio, consumer packaged goods, CPG, eCommerce, John Ray, Ofer Yourvexel, Pepperi, renasant bank

Jim Barnish, Orchid Black

September 22, 2021 by John Ray

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High-growth technology firms often experience a plateau in their growth, and that’s where Jim Barnish and the Orchid Black team come in. As Jim discussed with host John Ray, Orchid Black helps technology companies get “unstuck.” Their work turns high-level strategic objectives into actionable plans which produce demonstrable and significant increases in company valuations, examples of which Jim shared. Business Leaders Radio is produced virtually from the Business RadioX® studios in Atlanta.

Orchid Black

Orchid Black partners with tech-forward companies to build smarter, better, game-changing businesses. Orchid Black ensures clients hit bigger milestones and see greater returns faster. You could say we’ve cracked the code.

Human capital is their greatest asset.

Their differentiator is their team. Behind Orchid Black’s customized assessments, strategy and effective execution is its people. They are skilled problem solvers, operators, and entrepreneurs. They get it.

They use their collective business intellect, insights, and experience to interpret client company data and give it insight. Then, with this knowledge, their operators clear a path to alignment, healthy growth, and results-driven success.

Orchid Black’s formula for success starts with their Team who combines Data and Insights in their Value Creation Assessment. Learn more at www.orchid.black.

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Jim Barnish, Co-founding Managing Partner, Orchid Black

Jim Barnish, Co-founding Managing Partner, Orchid Black

Jim is a strategic change leader with over 15 years of leadership experience in global and integrated operations, M&A, and strategic go-to-market planning. Drawing on deep operational and investment experience at startup and scale-up businesses, he has created and curated a collection of proven, data-driven processes and methodologies to help companies build scalable and fundable VC-ready solutions—accelerating organic growth.

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Business Leaders Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.  The show can be found on all the major podcast apps and a full archive can be found here.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Tagged With: Business Leaders Radio, high growth, High-Tech, Jim Barnish, John Ray, Orchid Black, strategic planning, technology companies

Michael Katz, Blue Penguin Development

July 23, 2021 by John Ray

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Michael Katz, Blue Penguin Development

Michael Katz is an authority on email newsletter marketing for small professional services firms and solopreneurs.  Michael shared with host John Ray how he got into his work, the power of story, why email marketing still works, how to decide where to place your marketing emphasis, and much more. Business Leaders Radio is produced virtually from the Business RadioX® studios in Atlanta.

Michael Katz, Chief Penguin, Blue Penguin Development

Blue Penguin Development Inc is a marketing and advertising company based out of Hopkinton, Massachusetts.

An award-winning humorist and former corporate marketer, Blue Penguin founder and Chief Penguin, Michael Katz, specializes in helping professional service firms and solos develop effective email newsletters.Blue Penguin Development

Since launching Blue Penguin in 2000, Michael has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Business Week Online, Bloomberg TV, Forbes.com, Inc.com, USA Today, and other national and local media.

He is the author of four books and over the past 20 years has published more than 500 issues of “The Likeable Expert Gazette,” a twice-monthly email newsletter and podcast with 6,000 passionate subscribers in over 40 countries around the world.

Michael has an MBA from Boston University and a BA in Psychology from McGill University in Montreal. He is a past winner of the New England Press Association award for “Best Humor Columnist.”

Company website | LinkedIn

Questions/Topics Discussed in this Show

  • Why is having a niche so important?
  • What are some of the biggest mistakes professionals make in marketing themselves?
  • How can small business owners benefit from “storytelling” in their marketing?
  • With so many marketing/visibility options, it can feel overwhelming. How does a business owner decide where to put their energy?
  • How does one balance “making a personal connection” with not being seen as “unprofessional?”
  • Are email newsletters still effective marketing tools?

Business Leaders Radio is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.  The show can be found on all the major podcast apps and a full archive can be found here.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Tagged With: Blue Penguin Development, Business Leaders Radio, email marketing, John Ray, marketing, Michael Katz, professional services firms, professional services marketing, Solopreneur

Wendy Weiss, Tech Time

July 23, 2021 by John Ray

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Wendy Weiss, founder of Tech Time, joined host John Ray to share her journey from a Wall Street career to fulfilling her passion for helping others better utilize their technology devices. Wendy discusses how the pandemic changed what she teaches, a powerful feature of the iPhone all users should more fully utilize, her service of digitizing all one’s relevant records in one place, and much more. “Business Leaders Radio” is produced virtually from the Business RadioX® studios in Atlanta.

Tech Time

Tech Time offers one-on-one and group instructional courses in-person, as well as lessons available online for those based anywhere via Zoom, Google Meet, with remote access capabilities. Learn in a friendly setting and at a comfortable pace to use your iPhone, Tablet, Mac, Desktop with confidence! Topics of focus include texting/e-mailing, applications, Microsoft Office, Google Suite, the internet (e.g. browsing the web, online banking and shopping, booking travel, etc.), social media, compiling/digitizing personal data, and more.

Company website | LinkedIn | Facebook

Wendy Weiss, Tech Time

TechTime Tutor
Wendy Wiess, Founder, Tech Time 

After two decades of working in the financial services sector selling market data to institutional investors, Wendy realized it was time for a change. She said goodbye to Wall Street and since then has redirected her passion for educating and training toward helping others gain a better understanding of the technological world in which we live…. making it easy and approachable for everyone!

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Questions/Topics Discussed in this Show

  • How did Tech Time come to fruition?
  • During the Pandemic, how did you move your clients remotely?
  • How do you encourage people to stay in touch with loved ones?
  • What are you asked the most about the iPhone?

“Business Leaders Radio” is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.  The show can be found on all the major podcast apps and a full archive can be found here.

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Tagged With: Business Leaders Radio, consumer technology training, iphone, Tech Time, technology training, TechTime Tutor, Wendy Weiss

Jason Forrest, Forrest Performance Group

December 22, 2020 by John Ray

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Forrest Performance Group CEO Jason Forrest joins host John Ray to discuss how his company focuses on behavioral changes to improve results of salespeople, how he uses video to prospect on LinkedIn, achieving a “Best Place to Work” culture, the problem with sales recruiters, and much more. “Business Leaders Radio” is produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta.

Jason Forrest, CEO, Forrest Performance Group

Jason is a leading authority in culture change programs and an expert at creating high-performance, high-profit, and “Best Place to Work” cultures. The winner of five international Stevie Awards for his training programs, Jason is also an award-winning author of six books, including Leadership Sales Coaching – rated as one of Selling Power Magazine’s Top Sales Books.

In 2018, FPG earned a rare honor by being named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies list for the third consecutive year, one of just 1,200 companies nationwide to achieve that honor out of a field of more than 7 million.

Company website

Jason on LinkedIn

Questions/Topics Discussed in this Show

  • Prospecting
  • 5/4/3 Factor
  • The Six Virtues of a Warrior
  • Helping every business owner get their vision to the masses
  • Sales Recruiters should be the last people to recruit for you

“Business Leaders Radio” is hosted by John Ray and produced virtually from the North Fulton studio of Business RadioX® in Alpharetta. You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show can be found on all the major podcast apps by searching “Business Leaders Radio.”

Renasant Bank has humble roots, starting in 1904 as a $100,000 bank in a Lee County, Mississippi, bakery. Since then, Renasant has grown to become one of the Southeast’s strongest financial institutions with over $13 billion in assets and more than 190 banking, lending, wealth management and financial services offices in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. All of Renasant’s success stems from each of their banker’s commitment to investing in their communities as a way of better understanding the people they serve. At Renasant Bank, they understand you because they work and live alongside you every day.

Tagged With: behavioral changes, Business Leaders Radio, Forrest Performance Group, Jason Forrest, prospecting on LinkedIn, sales recruiters, sales training

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