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Workshop Leaders:
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Key Terms
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The First Leg of the Journey was “How to Sell”
Internal View of Sales External View of Sales
It is not what you sell It is not about how we sell
It is how you sell It is about how they buy
It’s Not About How You Sell, It’s About How They Buy!
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3 Primary Types of Buyers
Price
Price, delivery, works
out of box
Value
Solution first, value Strategic
justification next Ability to deploy
Efficient Buying cycles
company resources
Buying cycles
extended in tough Longest Buying
times Cycle
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Best of Breed Align Sales
and Marketing in 3 Main
Areas How
Customer’s
Make
Buying
Decisions
Aligned
Common Common
Language Sales
Method
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Why Align Sales and Marketing?
A 2010 Survey of 453 companies indicated those businesses which
report the greatest success in aligning Sales and Marketing:
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Presentation Paradigm
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CEO Scenario
Marketing
Messages =
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Would you change your answer if the “usage” was to
carry large critical files while traveling?
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Which Customer Would You Rather Be?
Tips on How to Align Sales and Marketing Around How Your Customers Buy
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The Buying Cycle
Continuous
Improvement
Compelling
Latent Needs Needs/Looking
to Improve
Reviewing &
Measuring Evaluating/Buying
Results
Installing/
Implementing
Product
Usage
Knowledge
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Behaviorally
Correct
Skills
Best B2B
Buying
Experience
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Where Do You Lose the Race?
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Aberdeen Group, Best Practices Sales Marketing Alignment, Dec
If: 3 + 7 = 5
Active Leak
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What bad things happen if we don’t focus on
individual’s making buying decisions?
• Common Language
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Questions?
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