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Sales Workshop Accelerating Sales Momentum Creating a Culture of Performance. Hopes and Fears. Hope is not a Strategy. MONEY MAKING MACHINE. Money Making Machine Steps. Which Actions Will Create Value Fastest ? Which Actions Eliminate the Most Waste ?
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Sales WorkshopAccelerating Sales MomentumCreating a Culture of Performance
Hopes and Fears
Hope is not a Strategy
MONEY MAKING MACHINE
Money Making Machine Steps • Which Actions Will Create Value Fastest? • Which Actions Eliminate the Most Waste? • Which Actions Will Release Most Money or Free Up Most Resources? • Which Actions Are Required for Compliance? • Will this Action be Fun, and Will I Learn Anything?
Action Point • How can you apply the principles of the Money Making Machine to YOUR role?
Selling Harder... or ...Making Buying Easier?
The Hunter has Become the Hunted... “The hunter has become the hunted. Buyers are more informed and seek information independent of sales. They have access to overwhelming amounts of information, but seek intelligence they can trust to support their decision making process. How sales people want to sell has little impact on how buyers choose to buy. The knowledge driven buyer has raised the bar for sales people to be more informed and better prepared to bring value to the interaction” Sirius Decisions
Selling and Marketing Smarter Vendors cannot hope to win over this new generation of highly-informed buyers simply by “selling harder” B2B vendors have to learn to sell and market smarter, and to focus their energies on understanding and facilitating their prospects’ decision making process ... ... by developing a heightened capability to help their prospects makesense of their choices and enabling them to solve their most pressing business problems
Crossing the Chasm PRODUCTS SOLUTIONS
Discussion • What are the characteristics of a Solution Selling Organisation?
Without a Problem There is no Solution
Solution-Driven Organisations... Enable their customers to: • Solve Problems • Simplify Complexity • Cope with Change
Why Change is Worth It OLD WORLD • Sales performance is unpredictable • Prospects show interest but not urgency • Hard to defend price points • Every sale is “hand-to-hand combat” • Success due to luck rather than process NEW WORLD • Widely recognised as thought leaders • Most sales people on / above quota • Prospects willing to make buy decisions • Easy to attract and retain top talent • They make winning a habit
Organisations who do not change will have change forced upon them
Down the Drain... 80% ...of Marketing Materials
Down the Drain... 80% ...of Sales Training
Down the Drain... 80% ...of Sales Leads
Vision • Vision not Hallucination • Customers vs. Company • Markets vs. Products • Destiny vs. History
Focus • Identify With • Issues vs. Features • Trusted Advisors • Find vs. Found
Differentiation • Get Found • Always a Choice • Different vs. Better • Urgent vs. Interesting
Trust • Language • Credibility • Empathy • Issues not Features
Collaboration • Common Language and Goals • Sharing • Best Practice • Continuous Improvement
5 Sources of Momentum • VISION • FOCUS • DIFFERENTIATION • TRUST • COLLABORATION
Focus on Value ROI Return on Investment COI Cost of Inaction
PAIN OF STATUS QUO RISK OF CHANGE
Trends and Triggers What are the most common trigger events - both inside and outside their company - that might cause your prospects to suddenly recognise that the status quo no longer prevails, and that they may need to take action as a result? TRENDS What are the key trends affecting your prospect’s most important markets? What effect is legislation, competition, new technology or structural change having on their business? How is their competitiveposition being affected? TRIGGER TRIGGERS