1. Best Practices in Making the Sale Happen
Delivering a World-Class Customer Experience
2. Introductions
KIRK THACKER
Master Principal Sales Consultant
Mobile: +1.949.310.3178
Kirk.Thacker@oracle.com
17901 Von Karman Ave
Irvine, CA 92614
LORIN COOK, MBA, PMP
Principal Sales Consultant
Mobile: +1.720.326.9602
Lorin.Cook@oracle.com
Denver, CO
MATT RYAN
Account Representative
Mobile: +1.847.915.9529
Matt.Ryan@oracle.com
570 Lake Cook Road #200
Deerfield, IL 60015
4. Oracle: 2nd Largest Cloud Vendor, 2nd Largest Apps Vendor
21,500,000+
End Cloud Users
13
Global Data
Centers
Cloud Customers In
34
Languages
Cloud Customers in
180+
Countries
10,000+
Cloud
Enterprise Customers
2,100+
Cloud
CX Customers
16. How Customer Advocacy Has Affected Us
86%
CUSTOMERS TAKE CONTROL
of consumers will pay more for a
better customer experience
1% of consumers feel their expectations
for a good experience are met
89% of consumers switched to a
competitor after a poor experienceMass media Internet/1:1 Social/Mobile
Source: RightNow Customer Experience Impact Report (2012), based on a survey
conducted by Harris Interactive
18. The Grand Disconnect
Social
Mobile
Store
Call Center
Website
eCommerce
Need > Research > Select > Buy > Use > Recommend
Individual disconnected interactions? or the connected customer journey?
20. How Do You Start?
of execs say customer
experience is critical
to their business advantage
are just getting started with a
customer experience initiative consider their customer
experience initiative to be
advanced
97%
39%
20%
Source: 2013 “Global Insights on Succeeding in the Customer Experience Era” survey of 1300 senior level execs in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America .
21. Source: Invesp Research
A customer is 4 Times more
likely to churn from Customer
Experience-related issue
THE REALITY: Customers Will Leave You
28. Oracle Fills In the Missing Pieces of the Salesforce Solution
SPM
Field
Service
Marketing
Policy
Automation
CPQ
Commerce
Industry-leading Modern Marketing, SPM, CPQ,
Commerce, Field Service & Policy Automation
Integrated with Salesforce.com Platform
Empower customer across entire lifecycle
Deploy modularly for discrete business
problems, or
Deploy together to address touch points across
customer lifecycle
33. Make it Easy for Me to Use
• Lets You Work Wherever & However You Want
Desktop UI
Simplicity & productivity
on any device
Professional strength
when you need it
Makes the most of your
iPad & iPhone
Mobile Apps
Oracle Sales Cloud
Outlook
SFA in favorite
tools
Any Device UI
35. • Integrated Communication, Coaching and Team Selling drive Productivity
Grow More Rainmakers in your Org
• Intelligent coaching built into the sales process
• Faster and effective execution through social
collaboration
• Complex and complete account management
“Oracle Social Network is tightly integrated with Oracle’s cloud applications,
including Oracle Sales, Human Capital Management, and ERP cloud services.”
Who Can Help Me Sell?
36. “Walmart and Hurricanes” – What’s Your Guess?
When a Hurricane was about to hit Florida, what products did
Walmart load up to send to the stores in the vicinity of the storm?
Fact: Knowledge is not only power, it is profit too!
What Should I Sell?
37. What Should I Sell?
Top recommendation is visible to sales rep
42. Proven Results
Oracle Confidential – 42
100% Forecast driven by real Quotes
30 minute to 3 minute quotes
30% increase in Avg Selling Price
100% adoption by sales team
Live in 40 days
44. Add slide – incent based margin, quota attainment, etc.
45. Results for Sales
Being realized by world-class companies
95%
Reduction in time to
create reports
60%
increase in quote
volume
20%
Growth in year-to-
year revenue
15%
Reduction in sales-
support costs
20%
Reduction in admin
time for sales
managers
50%
Gain in product
penetration
48. Additional Resources
Click on the Links
• eBook: Modern Sales in the Cloud
• eBook: Oracle CPQ Cloud: Sell More. Sell Faster. Sell Anywhere.
• "Delivering on the Promise of Great Customer Experiences" from Harvard
Business Review.
• Oracel CX Survey: Global Insights on Succeeding in the Customer
Experience Era
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