Our Ideal Customer
We're looking for companies who are selling to Retailers and need to embark on the EDI wagon! We're also looking for SME retailers who need to automate their processes. We're the supply chain optimization experts.
I also have a consulting practice for marketing strategies. My ideal customers are companies that need strategic direction for their digital marketing imprint and need someone to drive the initiative and ensure that it meets the corporate goals (creating a collaboration between all channels involved).
Partner types we’d like to work or share referrals with
About Us
EDI Gateway is Canada’s leading EDI Outsourcing Center, providing complete EDI solutions to corporations across North America. We service the small entreprise to the Fortune 500. We specialize in Retail: apparel, pharma, hardware, grocery with over 300 retailers on our platforms.
About Me: I have been an entrepreneur, intrapreneur and business coach for over 20 years. I am particularly talented in leading change with a soft spot for sales, marketing and operations. I am an avid lover of tech and creative concepts that enhance productivity.
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Since EDI is a business requirement when a business wants to sell to major retailers, we offer a full personalised service to our customers so that they are able to concentrate on their core competencies. We enable the communication, either create and exchange the EDI documents on their behalf,...
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Since EDI is a business requirement when a business wants to sell to major retailers, we offer a full personalised service to our customers so that they are able to concentrate on their core competencies. We enable the communication, either create and exchange the EDI documents on their behalf, or provide a user-friendly portal, allowing them to exchange their business documents with their clients. We also offer full integration in their ERP system and full EDI implementation services to retailers across Canada and the US.
Hi Charles, It's a good start to have a strong referral but it not enough to generate leads and close sales. I am not sure about your business and who is your target customer, but you need to get out there :-) Fix your objectives as a company and develop strategies around your objectives; ...
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Hi Charles, It's a good start to have a strong referral but it not enough to generate leads and close sales. I am not sure about your business and who is your target customer, but you need to get out there :-) Fix your objectives as a company and develop strategies around your objectives; online blogging, SEO, SEM, Social Media, Direct Sales, Telemarketing, Trade Shows visits, Trade show exhibits, look at what would yield best ROI and develop your market. You need good credibility, notoriety, unique value proposition and competitive pricing. Make sure your website describes your offering well and create campaigns (either though email marketing, various promotions, etc). Good Luck!
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You are in a field where your credibility, testimonials and your popularity will generate opportunities. You need to built your credibility first: Use social Media and marketing opportunities to write valuable content, create videos and post them on YouTube, write a book, write a story...
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Hi:
You are in a field where your credibility, testimonials and your popularity will generate opportunities. You need to built your credibility first: Use social Media and marketing opportunities to write valuable content, create videos and post them on YouTube, write a book, write a story to attract people to want to listen to what you have to say. Make sure your website addresses the right personas.
Give people advice on how to stay motivated for example. Then start by inviting people to a free conference, be creative :-) Gather testimonials and get feedback. Adjust and repeat. Promote yourself to companies by using those experiences and the feedback (testimonials) from participants. Build your network. Use all the relevant conferences that you can get into and network with others!
Talk to people, LISTEN to people, show how fabulous you are with great advice and personality, generate opportunities and close yours sales. Success is all about integrating all your efforts and focussing on your global strategy. Use all the channels that you can.
I wish you all the best!
I have been a business owner and manager in SME firms most my life. The best approach is coaching your leads and managers and offering them the ability to take classes. There are plenty of very affordable classes online that your managers can take that will help them grow, combined with good...
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I have been a business owner and manager in SME firms most my life. The best approach is coaching your leads and managers and offering them the ability to take classes. There are plenty of very affordable classes online that your managers can take that will help them grow, combined with good mentoring and coaching from the top. You must coach and grow your management team according to your values and corporate culture.
In addition, I have seen very poor leadership in major corporations as some managers are promoted because of longevity, this doesn't result in good leadership and management.
A good manager will also want to grow their own skills and look for courses and mentoring themselves.
Sears was once a precursor in their field, but they failed to adapt to the market. They constantly refused to adapt to their clients. When boutiques started to open until 9 weekdays, they refused. When online came, they were lagging, hey didn't adapt with their brand and they managed like the...
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Sears was once a precursor in their field, but they failed to adapt to the market. They constantly refused to adapt to their clients. When boutiques started to open until 9 weekdays, they refused. When online came, they were lagging, hey didn't adapt with their brand and they managed like the 70's.
What you need to learn is that you cannot surf on your past gains anymore. You need to constantly adapt. There has never been as many tools as today to analyse your consumer, their behavior and their purchasing habits. The global experience, omni-channel offering and ensuring that you are presenting the right brands and that you are offering your consumer the right experience (Zara for example is great at this. You can purchase online or at the store, you can return anything, no questions asked, you receive your purchase in a box wrapped like a gift, they make their customers feel great, in addition to making sure that they renew their inventory and offer fashion that appeals to their clients).
Another major issue in the retail industry is the recycling of the same people at the top level. That too prevents fresh ideas. (in the case of Sears, hiring your wife in a major role is also not very smart).
Lesson to learn: Adapt to changing times, create great experiences to your customers and offer brands that appeal to a growing market, not the ones that are no longer buying.
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Hi: I have add a few businesses with partners and here is what I would suggest:
1) Complementary skills
2) Same goals for the business
3) Same values (values on work, life, family, human resources, how to treat people, etc.)
4) Background check the skills (some have fabulous skills o...
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Hi: I have add a few businesses with partners and here is what I would suggest:
1) Complementary skills
2) Same goals for the business
3) Same values (values on work, life, family, human resources, how to treat people, etc.)
4) Background check the skills (some have fabulous skills o paper but then can't put a feet in front of the other in real life)
5) A good Partnership convention (think about all the things that can happen and cover them, what will happen if...this process will teach you a lot about the other person)
6) A fun personality, someone you enjoy talking with (you'll spend more time with that person than your own family for a good first 5 years, ensure you like that person and respect each other)
7) Someone healthy (ask questions, get medicals)
I could go on and on, but these are probably my top ones.
Good luck!
Sophie
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I prefer Get Response. The designs are better (more choices). But the main reason is that it offers so much more than just email marketing. You can create Surveys, Webinars, Emails, Landing Pages, etc. The price is the same as MailChimp but offers more. I have used MailChimp and GetResponse and I...
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I prefer Get Response. The designs are better (more choices). But the main reason is that it offers so much more than just email marketing. You can create Surveys, Webinars, Emails, Landing Pages, etc. The price is the same as MailChimp but offers more. I have used MailChimp and GetResponse and I prefer GetResponse by a mile. Just be careful when you are creating email templates to make sure that you delete both CSS and visual if you make a change in your email automation process affecting the visual!
I prefer Get Response. The designs are better (more choices). But the main reason is that it offers so much more than just email marketing. You can create Surveys, Webinars, Emails, Landing Pages, etc. The price is the same as MailChimp but offers more. I have used MailChimp and...
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I prefer Get Response. The designs are better (more choices). But the main reason is that it offers so much more than just email marketing. You can create Surveys, Webinars, Emails, Landing Pages, etc. The price is the same as MailChimp but offers more. I have used MailChimp and GetResponse and I prefer GetResponse by a mile. Just be careful when you are creating email templates to make sure that you delete both CSS and visual if you make a change in your email automation process affecting the visual! -Sophie
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