clients, nurture those the company already has, enDce former clients back into the fold and reduce the costs of markeDng and client service” A tool to help manage your sales opportunity pipeline with the aim of increasing the Return for your Investment in sales.
Budget for the business (even at the top level)? Can you afford to win new customers? Can you afford not to do so? How much will you invest in building revenues? How will you Measure success?
a percentage of your working day how much Dme do you honestly admit to wasDng or allowing other people to waste? Most people will confess to a third, probably more like > 50%
requirement that your product/service is able to fulfil at a price that is acceptable to them (and YOU). Or: They are unaware that they have a parDcular requirement and you, (or your team), are able to convince them that your product/service was what they required all along!
at later stages in a sale. People buy for emoDonal reasons! (SomeDmes they will seek logical reasons to support their decision). Around 85% of buyers are not looking for a soluDon to a problem. The other 15% are probably already talking to companies who might provide them with a soluDon.
loss People will buy when they have a “PAIN”. It is logical that you should be prospecDng in the “don’t know they have a problem or that a pain exists”
Winning -‐ What selling is all about Contact Nurturing -‐ Someone who is interested in buying Lead GeneraDon -‐ Someone who is interested Target MarkeDng -‐ Who we would like to sell to
It can be a card index system, an Excel spreadsheet, a low cost “Open Source” applicaDon or a highly complex expensive (£40/user/month-‐ Salesforce.com). We chose EverydayCRM as having used “Corporate” systems for 20 years I needed something simple and easy to use.
your: Goals Economics Measures 3. Sell your camel at ALL levels to a prospect 4. Increase your “Face to Face” Dme. Remember “Iswot?” 5. Work on your “Elevator Pitch” and “Value Proposi2on” 6. Select a CRM that meets/matches your business requirements 7. Work to a structured Sales Process that suits your business 8. People will buy on emoDon. Define their real PAIN