put social in your sales process and get to the next level
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This is not your typical “you need to do social media” nor the old “10 steps to increase sales” event. We are talking straight:1) Why sales people are doomed to fail with the old processes2) The impact of the social customer to the traditional sales organization3) When sales teams ignore all the rules and thrive4) What YOU can do to to create a “high speed high reach sales team”.Join Andy Rudin, Expert in sales strategies for information technology products and services, Managing Principal at Outside Technologies, Inc and Axel Schultze, Founder and CEO of Xeequa, President of the Social Media Academy for an engaging discussion around techniques that help you deal with twice as many people in half the time and increase sales by 20%TRANSCRIPT
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Beyond Glen GarryPut social in your sales process and get
to the next level
Axel SchultzeXeesm.com/AxelS
Andy RudinXeesm.com/AndyRudin
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If I signed up for this webinar, what would I want from it?
Know how to solve a persistent problem or challenge in a new wayStrategies and tactics that provide me a competitive advantageSkills I can apply to a broad range of selling situations
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"You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing."
Alan Alda (1936 - American actor, screenwriter & director
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Fast facts
60% of B2B salespeople said sales cycles are getting longer.
25% of buyers said social media influenced the selection of a solution provider.
43% of buyers followed an online discussion or conversation to learn about a product.
22% of buyers connected directly with a solution provider via social networks Source: OneSource’s 2009 B2B Buyer Transformation Study
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Yet, some sales objectives are unchanged:
Beat the competitionIdentify new opportunitiesShorter buy cycles with better predictabilityGreater productivity
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Make lemonade with a new sales paradigm!
Asking the right questions:
From initial query to purchase, what is the path that prospects expect?
What path do they actually take?
What tools do prospects use and where do these fit in the buying process?
What must occur to ensure the buying process continues?
What tools are available to professionally leverage the connection web?
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Sales did evolve in the past and will continue to do so
Do you still carry your wares on your heads?Do you still sell door to door ?Do you still call up and down your rolodex?
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The buying – selling disconnect today (B2B)
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Sales processes need to be realignedCRM systems fail to support sales teams in the new reality
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The model of influence changed in its foundation
Leads represented the start of a sales process ending with an “Educated Purchase Decision”.But the customer education process has fundamentally changedThe leads sales people get today are nothing more than purchased addresses!
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Lead / inquiry flow over time
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Some did quite well regardless
WholeFoods (B2C)Grew during the recession despite the fact that it is a more expensive shop
Zappos (B2C)Grew from $500MM to $1B from 2006 – 2009 – selling shoes online
Comcast (B2X)Turned a mediocre and controversially discussed brand into a well respected company
Cisco (B2B)Bypassed any competitor, invested in new media while others filed chapter 11, got bought.
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The conversation age
Bottom line:Customers are in the process of redefining how they want to talk with you. - Louis Columbus (2008)
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Looking forward – not backward
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Buying and selling 2010 (B2B)
A similar realignment need to happen in B2C business
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First things first
Have your own presence up and running like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook…
Let all your contacts know where and how to find YOU – be approachable first
THENTake your customer list and see for yourself if they are engaged in social media.
Build your “Social Address Book” so that you can find any of your clients right away.(Like you have your physical address book – not your yellow pages with you)
Xeesm.com is a free Social Address Book
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Lead generation 2010
Social media monitoring100 different tools Scoutlabs, Biz360, Techrigy…Use Google Alerts
Daily prospect visits (You have 600 Minutes a day)
Networking (getting connected)Leave comments and notesCare & shareHelp people find what they are looking for
But don’t sell ! – Not NOW!
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Reference Selling 2010
Prospects want to connect with existing users
There is no longer “the reference customer” instead an entire community of references
Make sure prospects find your customers as easily as possible without your intervention or participation
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Social media is where customers meet customers for
experience, skill development, failure prevention…
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Your Customer Engagement Process
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Successfully leveraging social media
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Your customer engagement stream
Social engagement one person at a time(remember you have 400-600 minutes a day)
Day 1 review all sitesDay 2 listen / read several postsDay 3 chiming in the conversationDay 4 commenting on relevant blogsDay 5 commenting on a group questionDay 6 making an introduction to someone Day 7 suggesting an interesting site or postDay 8 invitation to your own groupDay 9 Have a conversation over the phoneDay 10 Bring others to the conversation
Do care – but do not sellBe social first – the selling comes at the end
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It’s a high speed, a high reach sales model
Social selling is a FAST, HIGH REACH sales model (if done right) – press the accelerator hard
Inside SalesReach up to 250 contacts a dayGet 30% response rate
Field Sales‘Visit’ 50 people a dayHave 30 meaningful dialogsAdd online to the mix of Phone & F2F
The power is in the mix & in the ratioF2F: 5 meetings a day | prep 1-2 weeksPhone: 10 isch conversations | prep 1-2 daysSocial: 30 dialogs | prep: Instant
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Prospects Need Pricing Early in their Research
Pricing
Contrary to what most people think,prospects need budgetary pricing earlyin the Awareness and Research Phases
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Social Selling Success
"I don't have enough quality leads to make my number.“ Intensify the amount of contacts"To reach my prospects, I need more than phone and email.“ Quadruple the number of touch points"If I knew more precisely what moves and motivates my prospects, I could be more effective communicating with them.“ Know what people care about
Make EVERY sales person a Sales Super Star
Increasing Sales by 20%Make the $1 Million quota $1.2 Million Because you canBecause your competitor is lame
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Turning this into a manageable process
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Social CRM
From entity focus to people focusFrom cold calling to socializingFrom cookie cutter sales processes to custom engagementsRelationship strength as new key performance indicatorFrom best guess forecasting to predictive models
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Where do you start?
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Creating an action road map for the next 3 quarters
20 Minutes a day ! (4%)Social media monitoring – the new lead genSocial engagement – the new cold callingSharing and caring – the new nurturing processCommunity management – the new reference sellingMind share development – the new competitive edgeAdvocates engagement – the new closing amplifierSocial CRM – your new Rolodex20% increase in sales by end of this year!
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A three quarter sales development process
Q1 Discovery Process (Apr, May, Jun)Social Media MonitoringIndividual engagementSubstantially strengthening relationships
Q2 High Impact Sales Process (Jul, Aug, Sep)Community Building ProcessVisiting 200 customer per day / per personSocial CRM expertise
Q3 Social Competition (Oct, Nov, Dec)Mindshare developmentAdvocacy engagement strategyRelationship based competition displacement
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Social Selling Training
Relationship & Social Selling TrainingStarting May 14
Four session, one per week, one hour Plus exercises (All Online)Dates: May 14, May 21, May 28, June 48 am Pacific Time (PDT),11 am Eastern Time (EDT),17:00 Central European TimeProgram no. SOMA-3012 Price: $495 per person
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There are the new leads
“there are the Glen Gary Leads”“they are not for you…“…they are for closers”
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Feedback – Q+A
Q + A
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Thank You
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About
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“…my customer is not using social media…”
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Changing the way we use Social Media
Moving from Network Focus to People FocusNo more searching every single personNo more distraction from the social chatterNo more random streamsInstead focus on relevant people
Moving from reacting back to actingNo more reacting what you accidently seeNo more reviewing who just happens to be onlineInstead visit all your connection and know what is on top of their mind – and ACT.
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Engagement and Socializing
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The toughest decision - Cutting the ropes