grow your business with bigger deals, bigger customers
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anita.grantham@jokake.com | www.thewhalehunters.com1
Grow Your Business with Bigger Deals, Bigger Customers
anita.grantham@jokake.com | www.thewhalehunters.com2
Background
• A little about me
•The Whale Hunters Story
•Why Hunt Whales?
•Key Concepts for Today
•Whale Hunting Culture•The Whale Hunters Process™•Whale Hunting Roles
anita.grantham@jokake.com | www.thewhalehunters.com3
Modern Lessons from Ancient Wisdom
•Repurpose existing resources•Allocate resources sensibly•Fish along the way to feed the village•Engage everyone in business development•Learn to harvest what you land•Celebrate the whale
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Whale Hunting Culture
CharacteristicsInuit Culture Your Company
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Whale Hunting Roles
•Chief
•Shaman
•Scout
•Harpooner
•SME
“The Boat”
“The Village”
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Scout: Know, Seek, Harpoon
The process of scouting includes
• defining your message to market• creating a target filter• making a whale chart of companies that fit your target filter• creating dossiers on some of the whale chart companies• defining “whale signs” (readiness to buy)• watching key whales for signs of readiness• making an initial contact with one or more whales on your chart
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Scouting– Sample Tools
Today I will illustrate one scouting tool
•Target Filter
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Target Filter--Sample
Filter Category A: Opportunities C: Opportunities
Revenue > $500M < $150M
Online Marketing Budget > $10M < $1m
Online Sales Volume >50% of sales < 50% of sales
Industry Retail B-to-B
Structure Private Public
Marketing Savvy Strong Marketing Team No Inside Marketing Team
Growth History Aggressive Flat
Quality Product High Quality Reputation No Reputation
Market Gen Y Boomers
Location East Coast Midwest
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Target Filter
Filter Category A: Opportunities C: Opportunities
Your Target Filter
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Hunt: Ride, Capture, Sew
The Hunting Process includes
•Defining your process steps, metrics, and time frames•Determining what to discover and what to disclose at each step•Deciding whether to launch a boat•Locating members of the Buyers’ Table•Understanding and alleviating Whale Fears•Engaging your Subject Matter Experts•Making the presentation(s)•Closing the deal•Negotiating the Contract
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Hunting– Sample Tools
Today I will illustrate one hunting tool
•Buyers’ Table
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Buyers’ Table
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Harvest– Beach, Honor, Celebrate
The Harvesting Process includes
•Bringing your new whale onboard smoothly•Completing handoff from sales to operations•Managing trust with your whale throughout the organization•Celebrating the whale•Learning from the whale hunt•Preparing to sell new business to the whale
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Harvest– Beach, Honor, Celebrate
Today I am going to share one tool from the Harvest Process
•The Cycle of Trust
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The Whale Hunters Services
•Local Chapters•Open Enrollment Workshops
•October 19th @ Skysong & November 19•Private Workshops•Consulting/Implementation Services•Online Community and Training•Winning RFPs•Deal Coaching•Anita.grantham@jokake.com or info@thewhalehunters.com
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