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November 5, 2015 | Julie Thomas
*The key to selling value
The business of knowing your customer’s business*
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Who’s on the call today?
Sales Executive(VP)
SalesRep
Marketing Manager
OtherOther
Sales Director/Manager
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ValueSelling Associates is in the business of helping sales teams optimize how they engage, qualify, advance and close opportunities with their prospects and clients.
ü Skills
ü Tools
ü Integration to existing management processes and tools
ü Common language and framework
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Today’s objectivesWhat is business literacy and why is it important?
How to prepare for a business conversation
The relationship between business issues and justifying the sale
How to be a better business professionalA special offer for all of you attending today’s session
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The Rule of “Big”“BIG decisions, about or for BIG bucks, are made by BIG people, who live in a BIG world, who what to generate BIG
results.”-Jeff Blackman
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Business acumen is keenness and quickness in understanding and dealing with a business situation
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Business literacy is the knowledge and understanding of the financial, accounting, marketing and operational functions of an organization
Acumenis “the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions”
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The relationship
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The steps for preparing for an executive sales call
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INVESTIGATE PREDICT PREPARE
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Solve my problems. Don’t push!
Focus: Customer is “buying” versus Salesperson is “selling”
My Industry
My UniquenessMy Problems
My Business Objectives
Show me that you know me!
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InvestigateLocal information─ Business Journals
Industry information─ Associations
Trade Press─ Lists
Company Information─ Financial statements
Executive messages─ Analyst Reports
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INVESTIGATE
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Investigate: ResearchResearch about them and the company/agency (looking for challenges they may be facing –helps us connect to Business Issue…)─ Company/agency website
─ Earnings report if public
Look for trends in key financial metricsHow does this company describe, manage and measure the business health?
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INVESTIGATE
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PredictBusiness Objectives
Business Goals
Business Strategies
Business Initiatives
Business Issues
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PREDICT
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Value created by resolving Business Issues
Business ObjectiveWhat the organizationneeds to accomplishto maintain or growtheir business/entity.
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Business IssueWhat the organizationneeds to address andresolve to achievebusiness/entityobjectives.
ProblemDifficulties that prevent them from being able to satisfactorily deal with or resolve business issues – technical, process, people.
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Characteristics of a Business Issue
Has a direct (business) impact
Will align to a (business) objective
May need to be discovered
Has a cost and a corresponding value
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Executive dialogue question types
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Verifies shared understanding and confirms what we heard customer say.
Designed to surface customer’s view of current conditions.
Raises issues that didn’t surface on their own. Used to differentiate and create need for your products and services.
Aimed at getting prospect to momentarily experience the consequences of not having your product or service.
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Open QuestionsWhoWhatWhenWhereWhyHowTell me more….
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Questions to uncover Business Issues
What’s your #1 priority or challenge?
What stands in the way of you contributing to your organization’s objective?
What’s your most important concern this year?
What customers need to address/resolveto achieve business objectives
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Probe QuestionsDiagnostic and deliberate─Is it because…─Have you considered…─What if you had…
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Value created by resolving Business Issues
Business ObjectiveWhat the organizationneeds to accomplishto maintain or growtheir business/entity.
Business IssueWhat the organization needs to address and resolve to achieve business/entity objectives.
ProblemDifficulties that prevent them from being able to satisfactorily deal with or resolve business issues –technical, process, people.
SolutionCapabilities any vendor needs to supply to enable customer to properly address Business Issues
ValueThe only thing that matters is customer’s perception of the value of being able to resolve their business issues; always a combination of tangible and intangible components.
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Justifying the SaleTangible Business Value: Measurable or quantifiable positive impact on the Business Issue.
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VALUE
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Uncovering Business Value
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An increase in revenue/market share
An increase in efficiencies/productivity
An increase in quality/reliability
The opportunity costs of not resolving the Business Issue
IS IT WORTH IT?
An reduction in operating expenses/COGS
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The Role of Personal Value
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Personal ValueWII-FM
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The Value ConversationWithout the Value conversation, the only thing to talk about when it comes to price, is cost.
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What can you do today?Commit to staying current and relevant!
Industry knowledge
Financial literacy
Specific company knowledgeBusinessSpeak: Preparing for Business Conversations with Executives eLearning course
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PREPARE
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SummaryWe must become business professionals first, sales professionals second
Business executives expect peer-level value-added relationshipsInvestigate, predict, prepare – all three steps are key to execution!
Invest the time and effort to stay current and relevant to your customers and prospects
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Special offer!
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99$a $500 value!
Coupon code SELLINGPOWERavailable 1Q16
New launch eLearning course that shows you how to INVESTIGATE | PREDICT | PREPARE
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Thank you!
Julie Thomas | President and [email protected]
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