1) The document outlines 5 steps to creating a lead generation machine and predictable revenue: 1) discover your unique genius, 2) distinguish lead types, 3) specialize sales roles, 4) build an outbound sales machine using email prospecting, and 5) become indispensable to the CEO.
2) It recommends defining your company's purpose and how you help customers to attract quality leads. Distinguishing "seed", "net", and "spear" leads allows targeting the right prospects.
3) Specializing sales roles into frontline, customer success, and sales development ensures leads get proper attention. Outbound prospecting is improved by using email over cold calls to generate warm introductions.
1) The document outlines 5 steps to creating a lead generation machine and predictable revenue: 1) discover your unique genius, 2) distinguish lead types, 3) specialize sales roles, 4) build an outbound sales machine using email prospecting, and 5) become indispensable to the CEO.
2) It recommends defining your company's purpose and how you help customers to attract quality leads. Distinguishing "seed", "net", and "spear" leads allows targeting the right prospects.
3) Specializing sales roles into frontline, customer success, and sales development ensures leads get proper attention. Outbound prospecting is improved by using email over cold calls to generate warm introductions.
5 Steps To Creating A Lead Gen Machine & The Predictable Revenue That CEOs Love 2 What Works In Sales Has Changed All salespeople prospect ABC / Always Be Closing Measure activities (Dials) Cold calls Manipulative selling CRM hurts productivity Long letters & emails
1.0 2.0 Dedicated prospecting team Is there a mutual fit? Measure results (qualified leads) Research, referral calls Short and sweet text emails CRM multiplies productivity Authentic selling
3 5 Steps To A Lead Gen Machine & Predictable Revenue 1. Discover Your Unique Genius 2. Distinguish Your Leads: Seeds, Nets & Spears 3. Specialize Sales To Ensure Every Lead Gets The Attention It Deserves 4. Build An Outbound Sales Machine (Cold Calling 2.0) 5. Become Indispensable To Your CEO
4 STEP 1
Discover Your Unique Genius, Your Purpose, Translated Into Customer Success & Trust 5 What Is Your Purpose, & How Is It Different? 6 Customer Trust => Extraordinary Growth 7 Unique Genius Attracts Results 1. What is your purpose that is bigger than you? If your company is on the cover of BusinessWeek for changing ____, what did you do? 2. Do you only say it or do you LIVE it? Salesforce.com No software Zappos: Provide the best customer service possible Google: Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful 8 Forget About What You Do Customers care less about what you do than the results you create We are the leading application platform for widget integration on the social graphblah blah My example: I am a sales & management consultant vs. I help companies create predictable revenue & I help leaders turn their employees into Mini-CEOs 9 Homework When someone asks What do you do?, pretend they asked How do you help customers? What is your Ideal Customer Profile? Talk to your customers & ask them: What difference have you made to them? Why did they do business with you? Why do they continue to do business with you? Why would they refer others to you?
10 STEP 2
Distinguish Your Leads: Seeds, Nets & Spears 11 Distinguishing Lead Types 12 Distinguishing Lead Types Lower volume Highest value/lead Harder to increase Higher volume Low value per lead Easiest to increase Lower volume High value per lead Medium work to increase Grew Salesforce.com Revenue 60%! 13 ___ Website Visitors ___ Leads (Registrations) ___ Qualified Leads ___ Qualified Opportunities $___ Pipeline $___ Bookings __% Conversion __% Accepted __% Converted $___ Avg /Oppty ___% Close SALES DEVELOPMENT SALES MARKETING Sales Cycle Length ____ __ Lead Qualification Reps per __ Leads per Month __ Account Execs per $__ Pipeline per Month Cost per Lead $___ Example Nets Funnel 14 Add Target Accounts Add Contacts __ Call Conversations Example Spears Funnel (Cold Calling 2.0) __ New Opportunities __ Closed Deals Prepare Prospect Begin Sales Cycle Work Responses (9% Response Rate) __ Demos/Appointments Define Ideal Target Profile Send __ Cold Emails / Make __ Mapping Calls 15 STEP 3
Specialize Sales Roles To Ensure Every Lead Gets The Attention It Deserves 16 Layers Of The Onion 17 Critical Success Factor: Specialize Four Sales Functions Outbound
Customer Success Sales Frontline Sales Organic & Marketing Leads Inbound Qualified Opportunities New Customers 18 3 Keys To Making Contact 1. Train salespeople to be business people who can sell, not sales people Use role-playing 2. Keep initial emails/vmails short & relevant Make it about giving them value, not about you If they pick up: Did I catch you at a bad time? 3. Propose a specific time to talk Wrong: Reach out when you have time Right: Are you free Thursday at 9a PST?
19 6 Step Qualification Call Agenda Did I catch you at a bad time? 1. Introduction (SHORT) 2. Be curious 3. Current challenges? 4. Position your solution 5. Probe/confirm/qualify 6. Next step recommendation
Total Time < 20 minutes
20 The Simplest Ways To Nurture Leads Two SIMPLE options that require < 4 hours An email newsletter (email out your blog posts) Hold a monthly webinar (or teleseminar) Guidelines: Share your expertise - TEACH them something beyond your product How can you help them do their job better? Be interesting / authentic (dont be boring) More trust = more sales 21 STEP 4:
Build An Outbound Sales Machine (Cold Calling 2.0) 22 23 Youve Been Doing It Backwards Cold Calling 1.0
1. Cold CALL
2. Cold Email Cold Calling 2.0
1. Cold EMAIL (9% response rate) 2. Warm call people who respond (internal referrals) 24 Prospecting Emails: Less Is More 1. You can get a 9%+ response rate asking for referrals 2. State simply why you are reaching out and be honest! (In every way) 3. Make the first email SHORT & SWEET: easy read & respond to on a mobile
25 Build List Run Email Campaigns Sell The Dream Pass The Baton Generate Internal Referrals Connect Their Need To Your Solution Seamlessly Handoff To Quota- Carrying Salesperson Import Into Sales/Mar keting Systems 5-Step Outbound Process Ideal Customer Profile Highest Revenue Potential & Close Rates 26 STEP 5
Become Indispensable To Your CEO 27 Law Of Reciprocity If you work to make others successful, they will work to help you succeed Do you know whats important to your CEO? Its not leads All quality CEOs care about: 1.Money (Revenue, finance, metrics, investors) 2.People (Attracting, developing, turning them into Mini-CEOs) 28 CEO Sweet Spot 29 The CEO Is The Pebble In The Pond 30 Whats The Value Of A clear, step-by-step plan to create predictable revenue? The ability to repeatedly source sales-ready leads from ideal clients who arent calling you? The ability to attract and develop driven sales talent? Peace of mind and freedom of predictable results and self-managing systems? Contact
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