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© 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com

5 Funnel Management Coaching Mistakes

to Avoid in 2012

Presented by Mark Sellers and hosted by EcSell Institute


“A terrific book!” Gerhard Gschwandtner, Publisher Selling Power Magazine


A global client list


Best Practices

• Use funnel to define customer buying process• Creating global processes to manage the funnel • Commit to institutionalizing selling to customer buying

process


“Every salesperson in the company, up the entire chain of management, is accountable for the completeness and accuracy of the pipeline. Incomplete or false data leads to bad business decisions and puts our business at risk.” Andy Mattes, President

Top management has ownership to process


Do you know how your customers buy?


Why the funnel?

Need

funding

alternatives

purchase

Stages


Align your selling with customer buying

Seller actionsCustomer actions


We created the funnel that defines the customer’s buying process


We’re a process solution, not trainingThis is how you institutionalize the right selling behaviors


Mistake 1: Assuming that defined funnel stages drives the right selling behavior


Solution

• Use the intent of the stage definition to drive dialogue

• Do spot ‘deal reviews’ • Train


Mistake 2: Making time for forecasting calls, but not for ‘funnel’ calls


Solution

• Separate forecasting calls from funnel health calls

• Focus Audit on ‘Nonviable’ section of funnel


Questions to ask

• How has your funnel changed over the past 30 days? • For opportunities that moved stages do you know why that

happened? What did the customer commit to for the opportunity to move stages?

• Did you add new Stage 1s? What was the lead source? • How many new customers did you add to the funnel vs new

opportunities from existing customers? • Did you complete 100% of your action items from the last Funnel

Audit?


Mistake 3: Thinking that a CRM solution fixes a sales process problem


Solution

• If you haven’t yet implemented CRM…• If you have implemented CRM…• Don’t let the ‘data’ speak for itself


Questions to ask

• Not yet implemented CRM – How can I help my

salespeople gain insight into their funnel health?

– Where would CRM help then better manage their funnels?

– What can I do to keep the focus on the process, not the CRM when we get it?

• Have implemented CRM– Do my people have the right

funnel reports? – Is CRM giving them insight

or just visibility?– Is CRM making Funnel

Audits (eg inspections) easier to do or harder?

– Am I having funnel health calls or just forecasting calls?


Mistake 4: Managing all of your reps to a 3X expectation


36M

= 11.8M


36M

= 9M


36M

= 5.4M


Solution

• Know the true win rate of each rep • Use it to create more credible 30 day funnel

action plans • Update regularly


Action Plan

• Each Funnel Audit leads to a specific 30–60 day Action Plan

• Priorities and time management are identified


Action Plan

• Goals – Ex: Find €400,000 of TVR in next 30 days

• Actions– Ex: Convert 3 of my Stage 2s to Stage 3, totalling

€400,000 of funnel value TVR


Mistake 5: Your veterans do not need coaching


Solution

• Veterans want coaching• Be mindful of your approach to coaching

veterans • Going to the driving range


We’re a process solution, not trainingThis is how we institutionalize the right selling behaviors


Learn more – Mark Sellers

Website/Blog

funnelprinciple.com

blog.funnelprinciple.com

Email

[email protected]

Phone

614.571.8267

Twitter

@funnelprinciple

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