You have a working product, your technology seems strong, now sell it! Take your company to the next level with sales and marketing, and hear how to measure your success. Most investors will tell you they need to see traction before they sign a check. Hear from the experts on what that means and how to scale your sales and show real traction!
Venture Fast Track - Scaling with Sales and Marketing, and Defining KPIs
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It’s NOISY out there.
You have a story to tell.
You have a product to pitch.
Who cares?
Who’s listening?
Who’s taking an action?
Who’s your advocate?
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Media and message overload
On any given day, the average
customer will be exposed to
NEARLY 3,000 MEDIA MESSAGES.
• Will pay attention to 52
• Will positively remember 4
ABOUT 0.13%!
- D. Mastervich
VP. Sales Strategy, U.S. Postal Service,
VDP Conference Presentation
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Source: Page Engagement Model
Authentic sales and marketing engagement
FORGING
SHARED BELIEF
A virtuous cycle
of advocacy
Belief
Engage the decision-maker
by forging a shared belief.
Confidence
Increase their confidence
that their action matters.
Advocacy at scale
Build constituency with more
audiences through the
network of these advocates.
Action
Spur the decision-maker to
act on that belief.
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Customize
What do THEY want to learn, to know?
What’s an INSIGHT about their challenges?
cares and who’s listening?
their sphere of influence?
informs their decisions?
do they consume information?
WHO
WHAT’S
WHAT
HOW
6. ‹#›
Community
Are you building and
retaining
communities of
interest –
communities that
become advocates?
Are you
participating in
conversations
WHERE they
happen?
HOW are you
attracting and
encouraging people
to believe and take
action?
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Content…make that, QUALITY content
Are you providing the
relevant, engaging, QUALITY
content that motivates
people to take action?
Is your content focused more
on their needs than yours?
8. ‹#›
Count
Are you measuring what
counts and applying
actionable insights to data?
Are you applying data to
better customize
communication?
Editor's Notes
Now we have a dizzying array of technology.
Amazing customer relationship marketing databases
Content management systems… variable data design…composition engines… multiple channels of communication …
sophisticated response tracking mechanisms.
But it’s a double-edged sword. People are inundated with information and bombarded with marketing messages … thousands a day from a wide variety of new interactive media channels.
Think about it…when you’re watching football on TV, there is branding on the first yard line. I recently noticed a big Allstate logo go up behind the goal post during every field goal attempt at a college game. Allstate bought the rights to the field goal. Pretty soon, we may buy that space on the bottom of Robbie Gould’s sneaker. And to offset rising costs, some schools have sold advertising space on hallway lockers.
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Customers see nearly 3,000 messages a day!
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They notice barely 50 …
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And remember only 4!
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One out of every 750 messages remembered.
That’s little more than one-tenth of 1 percent. Try telling that to your CFO when defending your marketing budget.