This is a good question and always pops up in many projects. We always try to look at the customer life time value as the long term KPI. In most businesses 20 % of your valuable customers account for 80 % of the overall sales. It helps to identify those customers, by setting up a clear funnel ana...
Organisationally, the resellers would have to match the potential volume. The organisation needed to support Software and Services are different that resellers of SaaS. With a target of 250k annually in volume, would only leave room for a few employees, depending on where you are in the world, so...
It’s all about ensuring the value delivered becomes mission-critical to the end-user team. Once other solutions are replaced or surpassed by the efficacy and ease of use of your platform, there are ripple effects that impact later tech evaluations and even change staffing plans over time. Once ...
Pipedrive has a free ebook about how to increase the conversion rate of your sales funnel. It's not explicitly about sales scripts as such, but there are some really interesting insights in there: http://pipedrive.com/ You should also check out 'How to Write Copy That Converts' by Ray Ewards for...
There are a couple of routes you can take. You can research people with the background you are looking for in LinkedIn, post a job to indeed, recruit on indeed, network or hire a recruiter. There are pros and cons to each. Let me know if you'd like to chat about these options. I have experience d...
Hello! My name is Humberto Valle, I'm the founder of Unthink Digital Marketing (www.Unthink.me) I have been helping new businesses and startups for the better part of 10 years. I have sold 2 companies as well as failed a few others and currently ran my agency for 7 years. To start I want to cong...
Congrats on finding early success in your new venture. I've had 10+ years of experience building my own and helping others build their business development processes (including in the retail space) - I definitely agree that developing/improving your business sales protocol is critical if you wan...
You need leverage. The objection "you might not be around in awhile" is semi-valid but not a deal-killer. Something else was missed. "So are you saying you would NEVER, under any circumstances, work with a company less than a year old?" I'd go back to prospects who have turned you down and ask...
I'd be happy to speak w/ you on a call and share some meaningful insight. Thanks.
As an introvert that had to overcome my resistance towards sales outreach, I can imagine how daunting it can be. Contrary to popular belief, from my experience I've seen introverts become the best sales professionals. As you may know, introverts are often very good at focusing on their strengths...