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Overview of MBTN

Becoming fluent in marketing metrics and terminology requires practice.

Similar to mastering a foreign language, your business students will

benefit from immersion into the language and metrics of business.

Management by the Numbers (MBTN) allows students to review and

apply business concepts at their own pace through a series of vignettes

based on realistic company dilemmas. The easy-to-use tutorials and

problem sets are designed by professors at leading business

schools and have been refined based on years of classroom

experience. Students continue to practice the multi-part questions until

they reach a faculty defined level of competency.

Faculty may customize their online course from the many modules

currently available and dynamically track student progress. Our goal

is to improve your students’ business acumen through these experiential

exercises.

Student View

On-line and Compatible with all Major Browsers

and iPad

Assessment Scores Available for Students and

Faculty

Student View – Problem Sets

Each module has 4 problem sets and each problem set has from 4 to 8

questions. Values change each time the student goes through the

problem set to allow students to practice mastering the topic. If the

student answers the question incorrectly, the correct answer is provided

along with an explanation.

Faculty View

Scores may be downloaded into Excel

Original ppts Available for Faculty Use

View Student Results in Real Time On-line

Display Due Dates for each

Module

Monitor Student Time Spent per

Module

MBTN Marketing Modules

Market Share Metrics I+II Customer Lifetime Value I+II Sales Force Management I+II Cannibalization New Product Forecasting Distribution Measures Promotion Metrics Advertising Metrics Web Metrics Pricing I+II Marketing Variance Analysis Perceptual Mapping Conjoint Analysis

Calculating Margins Breakeven Analysis Profit Dynamics Growth Rates Net Present Value Descriptive Statistics

CORE ADVANCED

MBTN consists of core

modules to build

fundamental skills and

advanced modules to

cover more specialized

topics

Core Modules - $9.95

The six core modules of MBTN represent the fundamental building

blocks that everyone needs for business. This is knowledge that should

be “top of mind” that doesn’t require reference.

Calculating Margins covers margins and how selling prices relate to margins, markups,

and margins in the context of multi-level distribution channels.

Breakeven Analysis explains variable, fixed and average costs, marginal costs,

contribution, contribution margin, unit and dollar breakeven sales, and target profit.

Profit Dynamics teaches the concepts of target profit and volume, and price--‐ volume

interaction.

Growth Rates explains simple growth, average annual return, compound average

annual return, and converting effective growth rates from one time period to another.

Descriptive Statistics covers statistics commonly used to describe or summarize a set

of data, including measures of central tendency and measures of variability.

NPV I covers the time value of money, interest rates, discount rates, future value of an

investment, present value of a future payment, and NPV of a future stream of payments.

Advanced Marketing Modules - $19.95

The advanced marketing modules cover more specialized topics in-

depth. Purchase of the advanced modules for $19.95 includes full

access to the core modules as well.

Market Share Metrics I + II Customer Lifetime Value I + II Sales Force Management I + II Cannibalization New Product Forecasting Distribution Measures Promotion Metrics Advertising Metrics Web Metrics Pricing I + II (Linear Demand + Constant Elasticity) Marketing Variance Analysis Perceptual Mapping Conjoint Analysis

Interpretive / MBTN Special Bundles

MBTN Bundled Price $14.95*

9 Modules

MBTN Bundled Price $14.95*

9 Modules

MBTN Bundled Price $9.95* 6 Modules

MBTN Bundled Price $9.95* 6 Modules

These specially priced bundles are available for your marketing class and

purchased with the simulation. Or, provide your students unlimited

access to all modules for only $19.95.

* Price for MBTN modules if adopted with simulation. Simulation cost additional.

PharmaSim / MBTN Special Bundle

Any 9 modules bundled with PharmaSim, Interpretive’s leading Marketing Management Simulation.

Suggested Modules: Calculating Margins Breakeven Analysis Profit Dynamics Market Share Metrics II Cannibalization New Product Forecasting Distribution Measures Promotion Metrics Advertising Metrics

MBTN Bundled Price $14.95*

* Price for MBTN modules if adopted with simulation. Simulation cost additional.

StratSimMarketing / MBTN Special Bundle

Any 9 modules bundled with StratSimMarketing, Interpretive’s leading Marketing Strategy Simulation:

Suggested Modules: Calculating Margins Breakeven Analysis Profit Dynamics Market Share Metrics I New Product Forecasting Perceptual Mapping Conjoint Analysis Marketing and Finance Marketing Variance Analysis

MBTN Bundled Price $14.95*

* Price for MBTN modules if adopted with simulation. Simulation cost additional.

MarketShare / MBTN Special Bundle

Any 6 modules bundled with MarketShare, Interpretive’s Marketing Principles Simulation:

Market Share Metrics I Calculating Margins Breakeven Analysis Profit Dynamics Advertising Metrics Customer Lifetime Value I

MBTN Bundled Price $9.95*

* Price for MBTN modules if adopted with simulation. Simulation cost additional.

NewShoes / MBTN Special Bundle

Any 6 modules bundled with NewShoes, Interpretive’s Leading Marketing Principles Simulation:

Market Share Metrics I Calculating Margins Breakeven Analysis Profit Dynamics Advertising Metrics Customer Lifetime Value I

MBTN Bundled Price $9.95*

* Price for MBTN modules if adopted with simulation. Simulation cost additional.

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Pipeline Analysis - Stages

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Cold Leads

Warm Leads

Prospects

Pre-Purchase Meeting(s)

Purchase Meeting

Delivery

Support

Interest Creation

Pre-Purchase

Purchase

Post-Purchase

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Full topic

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Cold Lead: A lead that has not expressed interest. Examples include

mailing lists, business listings, etc.

Warm Lead: A lead that is expected to be responsive. Examples leads

generated through company website, product information requests, etc.

Prospect: A potential customer who has been identified as a likely

buyer, possessing the ability and willingness to buy.

Pipeline Analysis - Stages

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Several of the important distinctions among the different

potential customer stages* in the interest creation and pre-

purchase stages are described below:

* Note that the names of the stages may vary by company and industry, and some

stages may be omitted or added, but the general evolution of a potential customer

through the various stages from lead creation through purchase (or not) still occurs.

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Pipeline Analysis – Sales Funnel

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An important characteristic of pipeline analysis is the

observation that from a population of potential

customers, only a subset will actually make

purchases. Throughout the process from lead

generation to purchase, some portion of the

population is winnowed out at each stage. This is

often called the sales funnel due to the “shape” of the

process. Interest Creation

Pre-Purchase

Purchase

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Pipeline Analysis - CRM

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Once these stages in a company’s sales process are

defined, managers and salespeople can use this

information to improve their effectiveness. Generally,

this information would be collected in a Customer

Relationship Management (CRM) system. The CRM

system would keep track of what stage potential sales

are in the process for each salesperson.

Let’s explore some examples of how this information can

be used to determine:

• Successful Closure Rates

• Sales Forecasting

• Workload Planning

• Performance Analysis

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Pipeline Analysis – Closure Rate

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One of the most basic measures that a salesperson and a sale

force manager should know is the percent of leads that are

ultimately converted to sales. While this calculation is often

used to compare the performance of individual salespeople, it

can also be used to compare the effectiveness of lead sources,

segmentation approaches, sales training programs, and other

aspects of the sales pipeline.

Definition

Closure Rate (for a particular time period) =

Sales derived from a population of leads / Same population of leads

Insight

Be sure when comparing to use the same time period. For example,

do not compare the 6 month closure rate for one mailing list with the 2

year closure rate for another. Those would not be equivalent.