Build Your 2016 Sales Plan with Scott Sambucci
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This document provides guidance on building an effective sales process. It emphasizes focusing on the customer's problem by asking why it is important to them and using a 5 whys analysis. Different types of buyers are identified including user buyers, economic buyers, technical buyers, and product champions. Key principles discussed include thinking in terms of how the solution helps the customer rather than just selling products, and providing a view of what success looks like over time. The overall message is that an effective sales process starts by deeply understanding the customer's problem and needs.
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Build Your 2016 Sales Plan with Scott Sambucci
- 1. + Build Your 2016 Sales Process with Scott Sambucci
- 2. + Why are we here today?
- 4. + 2. Build your sales model
- 5. + 3. Scale your sales process.
- 7. … and gaps.
- 10. + Rule #1: Share ideas
- 11. + Rule #2: Ask questions
- 12. + Rule #3: Be honest
- 19. + WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
- 20. + If you don’t know your customer’s problem…
- 21. + …you’re a hammer looking for a nail.
- 22. + … you’re talking past your customers, not with them.
- 23. + But… when you know your customer’s problem…
- 24. + … you become a trusted partner.
- 25. + …you’ll deal directly with executives & decision-makers.
- 26. + …your customers will be more open & honest.
- 27. + …they’ll tell you the real problem & the politics involved.
- 28. + This will help you…
- 30. + …in less time
- 33. + “5 whys” analysis 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
- 34. + Improve Coordination Increase X-Efficiency Create New Information Reduce Transaction Costs (Think: Friction) Key problems worth solving
- 35. + A few more problems worth solving…
- 38. + Attracting & Retaining Talent
- 40. + Voice of the Customer
- 42. + THE TOOLS YOU NEED
- 43. + Discover “What problem am I solving?” 5 whys analysis 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
- 44. + Ask: “Why is that important to the customer?”
- 48. + RECAP: Tools you can use
- 51. + WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
- 52. + If you’re not focused on who you’re selling to…
- 53. + …you can never be perceived as a market expert.
- 54. + … you can’t speak with authority to any one customer.
- 55. + …you’re a hammer looking for a nail.
- 56. + When you focus on an industry and segment…
- 57. + …you’ll know more about your customer’s problem than them.
- 58. + …you’ll diagnose your customers’ problems more effectively.
- 59. + … and then be able prescribe your solution.
- 60. + This will help you…
- 61. + …become a trusted partner.
- 62. + … work by referral.
- 64. + … earn speaking opportunities. Authority. Voice. Expertise.
- 65. (Note: I may or may not be saying something profound…)
- 67. + Buyer Types
- 68. + USER BUYER ECONOMIC BUYER TECHNICAL BUYER PRODUCT CHAMPION
- 69. + User Buyer
- 70. + Economic Buyer
- 73. + USER BUYER ECONOMIC BUYER TECHNICAL BUYER PRODUCT CHAMPION
- 74. + THE TOOLS YOU NEED
- 82. + Why is this important?
- 83. + Companies buy answers, not products.
- 84. + Executives think: “What can this do for me? How can I put it to work for my business?”
- 85. + “What job is your customers hiring you to do?” -Clayton Christensen
- 86. + Source: “The SPIN Model,” White paper by Huthwaite Institute. Available online here: http://img.en25.com/Web/Huthwaite/%7B55d0f3f4-051e-4cdf-a25f-97cc3831c383%7D_The_SPIN_Model.pdf Implied vs Explicit Needs
- 87. +How big is the problem?
- 88. + “…when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it.”
- 89. + 4 Reasons why [people at] enterprises buy
- 91. + Revenue + Efficiency - Cost - Risk
- 96. + The Problem…
- 97. + Confused people don’t buy.
- 98. + You’re a risk to your customer.
- 99. + You’re a problem waiting to happen.
- 100. + They can’t trust you.
- 101. + The Opportunity…
- 102. + Small now. Grow later.
- 103. + You have a chance to be different.
- 104. + Key Principles
- 105. + Think “AND” not “OR.”
- 106. + “Send me a proposal…”
- 107. + “Send me a proposal…”
- 108. + Build a work plan.
- 109. + Give your customers a view of the future.
- 110. + “What happens next?” The first minute? The first hour? The first day day? The first week? The first month? The first quarter? The first year?
- 111. + Milestones
- 116. + Putting it all together…
- 119. + Identify risks…
- 120. … and gaps
- 124. + 1. Share with your team
- 125. + 2. Watch for the recording
- 126. + 3. Book your 1-hour session