Client needs, buying habitsCompetitionIs there still a demand for what you offer?
What is the most effective way to grow your business? Increase revenue per clientIncrease the number of new clientsIncrease the average Sale SizeShorten the Selling CycleIncreaseLifetime Client Value (Explain this)WHAT ELSE??
How do you define success of each?Marketing = Generating leadsSales = Converting leads in to paying clientsWhen does marketing stop and sale begin?The line between sales and marketing is becoming blurred.
What are your corporate objectives?Sell more stuff?Build and sell the business?Grow regionally, or nationally?Simplify the business?Are Sales and Marketing working together to achieve your corporate objectives?
What are some of your sales and marketing challenges?Who owns each part of the process?We have to be client focused to achieve sustainable growthConsider:Who is your ideal client and what are they looking for?Do we fill their need?How will they find what they need and how will they buy it?Are we marketing and selling inline with their needs and process?
Our marketing message is getting lost in the noise.Marketing Messages 1M/yearGoogle – Unlimited access to informationChannel – how to reach your target**NOBEUS story: they wanted a marketing plan to create property management leads. No differentiation… We used their receivership services to create a new market, messaging and focused on a different market.
Before we had access to information the sales person had the answers (solutions) and the power.The power has shifted to the buyer. They have the money, information and the power.We need to even the playing fieldHARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW ARTICLE
A typical buying processDo we buy in a step1, 2, 3, manner? NOSo how do we know when to stop marketing and start selling?There is no stop and start any more, it has to be an integrates system.Must be able to score a lead as it moves thru the process
Sale and Marketing are in their own open loop systems with a vague relationship to each otherCreate a closed loop systemSystem that can assist in moving the lead to a prospect to an opp and close
A place to start is including sales in the marketing planning process.They have unique insight into the clients needsWhat is a good lead vs a bad leadWhat support they need to move a lead thru the buying process
Common goals that assist in achieve the corporate objectivesEveryone has to be client focused to achieve sustainable growthConsider:Who is your ideal client?What are they looking for?Do we fill their need?How to they buy?Are we marketing and selling inline with their process?
Define each
As you begin to integrate sales and marketing:Map the buying cycle, develop your processesLeverage technology, Inbound marketing, CRM, reportingMeasure in public, how to react
Client retention program to keep clients around longerAdding or bundling services to increase the average sale sizeChanging agreements, add value and length- Understand what they want…