The document summarizes a presentation on developing a successful sales strategy. It discusses defining key elements of a sales strategy, including goals, target markets, products/services, competitive advantages, and the selling process. It also covers developing a sales value proposition, generating sales leads, applying the AIDA model during presentations, and building a sales strategy canvas to plan strategy. The presentation takes questions from a panel of CEOs on their sales strategies and tips.
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Product Management Principles in a Services CompanyClifford Dive
....or "we're brilliant guys and we can do clever stuff for you."
Companies delivering services have many of the same challenges as product companies but there are some significant differences too.
Berenice Mann and Clifford Dive look at what makes service companies special, the challenges and possible solutions. They describe their experience of working together in Marketing and Business Development as a local consultancy went through a transformation process, and touch on:
- how to promote the company as thought leader
- coordinated product and services story
- innovation
- sales and marketing working together
Some things worked, and others didn't.
Berenice comes from an R&D background, with a PhD in Physics. She has experience of technical project and team management, from product development and production through to marketing.
Cliff has broad experience in product innovation and realisation, with roles including product management, programme management and business development.
Berenice and Cliff have experience both of product and services companies. They first met at Sentec, where Berenice was Marketing Manager, and Cliff was Business Development Manager, at a time when the company was rapidly evolving, attempting to grow both revenue and profitability.
Product Management Principles in a Services Company (or how to sell brains!)Berenice Mann
Selling and marketing services is not easy and differs from product marketing, but it also has much in common. Cliff and Berenice discussed this at the Cambridge Product Managers Network on 29 September 2014.
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Building a rapport and relationship
Handling objections
Understand how to organizing your sales
Simple tricks to start calling customers
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2. Build a Successful Sales Strategy
What is (and why have) a sales strategy?
Key elements of a sales strategy
The Selling Process
‘Sales Value Proposition’
How to build a successful sales strategy
Ask the Panel
Coming up...
3. A plan to achieve the sales goal of a
business
Describes how a business will win, retain
and develop customers...
A blueprint for success
Build a successful sales strategy
What is a sales strategy?...
4. What does a sales strategy do?…
Build a successful sales strategy
‘Defines the selling activities and
allocates resources to deliver the
sales goal of the business…’
5. Why have a sales strategy?
Build a successful sales strategy
‘Without a sales strategy the
company’s customer facing people will
struggle to obtain the focus needed for
successful selling’...
‘every organisation needs a sales strategy’
‘A sales strategy aligns the company’s
sales goal with the approach to
achieve that goal’
6. Key elements of a sales strategy?…
Build a successful sales strategy
1. Goal and Objectives
• What is the goal of your business? e.g. ‘We want to become the UK’s leading
supplier of solar powered generators by sales within 3 years’
• What are the objectives that when achieved will deliver the goal?
2. Target Market (Customer)
• Who is your target customer group? What /how/why… do they buy?
• Who is the person you are selling to? What are their needs
3. Products/Services
• What are you selling to the target market? Why would the customer buy?
• What is your sales value proposition?
4. Competitive Advantages
• Who are your competitors? What are their strengths/weaknesses?...
• What are your competitive advantages ? How are you better, cheaper, faster?
7. Key elements of a sales strategy?…
Build a successful sales strategy
7. Resources, Skills and Capabilities
• What resources (e.g. sales time, money), skills and capabilities (e.g. sales
planning, key account management ) are required to sell
• How will you develop and improve skills e.g. selling skills training…
8. Sales Management
• How is the sales target set, sales performance reviewed, coaching provided?
• What performance incentives are provided? e.g. bonus scheme
5. Route to market
• How will you reach the customer? e.g. direct, channel partners, internet
• What direct route will you adopt? e.g. sales team, telesales, trade shows
6. Selling Process
• What are your selling activities? e.g. prospecting, approaching and presenting
• How will you maximise success during the ‘critical hour’ in front of customer?
8. A sales strategy addresses
common business challenges?
Build a successful sales strategy
Stagnant or declining sales revenues
Merger of sales forces after an acquisition
New product introductions
Launch of a new competitor
Expansion to new markets
9. Key Partners Key Activities
Key Resources
Customer Relationships
Channels
Customer Segments
Cost Structure Revenue Streams
Off grid solar/hybrid power generation industry
New customers
Construction and Plant
Hire firms – need to
service client projects
Advocates
Trialists
Sales team
DFID, Aid Agencies
Range of peak power
outputs
Reliable power delivery
Silent operation
Zero/reduced CO2
pollution
Portable
Designing, manufacturing
and supplying generators
Marketing and selling
Recruitment and training
of resellers
Working capital
Technical/commercial staff
– develop and market
International resellers
Plant and hire firms
Battery and power inverter
suppliers
Electronic circuits suppliers
Simple
installation/commissioning
Investors
Facility landlord
Cost of sales (<50%)
Salaries (£zk pa)
Facility (£xk pa) Price set at £x FOB
Revenue £1.8m rising to
over £25m by year 5
Gross Margin: min. 50%
Knowledge and expertise
Range of purchase options
Marketing (£yk pa)
Resellers
Selling is a key activity of
your business model...
Business Model Generation: Alexander Osterwalder & YvesPigneur
2010
International Aid agencies
– Need robust power
generation solutions at a
low cost
Event and Broadcast
organisers – need a
source of reliable power
that is non polluting at an
affordable cost
Value Proposition
10. What is selling about?…
Selling is helping the customer to buy
Helping the customer to make up his mind
based upon the satisfaction of his/her
needs
Selling is about going for a ‘win-win’ for you
and the customer
Selling is not so much about shifting
product as making... customers
Successful selling is about
asking questions and listening to
the answers…
11. Customer orientation is a vital
concept in selling…
Focus on the customer NOT the company!...
Know that customers buy to satisfy needs...
Recognise needs are fulfilled by benefits
derived from features...
Deliver desired outcomes
12. How customer orientation works!
Need Benefit Feature
Reliable off grid power
generation that helps its
customers manage/
eliminate their challenges
and deliver their projects
on time and within budget
and… that yields a strong
return on investment
Provides reliable, silent and
emission free power
generation solutions that
eliminate challenges faced
by users helping them
reduce costs and for Speedy
Hire improve profits
Firefly designs and
manufactures off-grid,
portable and permanent
solar-powered generators
for a wide range of
applications from festivals
to construction site offices
A UK based manufacturer of solar powered generators
An equipment rental and support services supplier
Customer orientation drives sales
13. Understand the ‘selling process’
A communication and learning experience
Salesperson learns the needs of the customer
and the customer learns whether the product
will meet needs
Characterised by nine activities that are
directed at winning customers
Successful management of the selling process
requires good analytical, communication,
decision making, and organisational skills
14. Engaging the selling process…
1. Prospecting: generating leads
2. Classifying leads: identifying leads with largest revenue potential
3. Developing a sales plan: setting objective and defining how to achieve
4. Making the approach: reaching out and establishing contact
5. Presenting (‘critical hour’): pitching your sales value proposition
6. Trial closing: Early attempt to close sale
7. Overcoming objections: Removing barriers to making a sale
8. Closing: Asking for the order
9. Following up: Delivering product and supporting customer
15. Prospecting
About identifying potential new customers and
generating sales leads...
Essential in a dynamic and changing market
Must allocate time to generating quality leads
16. Ten ways of generating sales leads
Ways of generating leads
1. Seek referrals from present satisfied users e.g. Balfour Beatty, Coca Cola Enterprises
2. Ask channel partners e.g. Speedy Hire
3. Attend conferences and exhibitions e.g. Renewable UK Annual Conference
4. Engage web marketing and social media
5. Register and advertise with trade associations e.g. Construction Plant Hire Association
17. Ten ways of generating sales leads
Ways of generating leads
6. Publicise your business via news media e.g. Forbes, Guardian, Telegraph, Evening
Standard, City AM; retain a PR firm - check out www.prweek.com
7. Post offers of information/product trial for limited period on your website
8. Personal visits/cold calls to potential customers e.g. Brandon, HSS
9. Partner with a plant hire firm to stage promotion events
10. Engage Telemarketing e.g. The Telemarketing Company
Be imaginative
in finding ways
to generate
leads
Use own networks
18. Simple ways to generate leads on
LinkedIn…
Join (or start) a group
• Find top groups where suspects/customers spend time e.g. ERP
• Post discussion and participate in Q&A and position yourself as an expert
• Seek replies and elicit contact details
Post links to content of value to potential customers
• Become a source of business information and attract connections
• Add value to each conversation
Build and manage your LinkedIn company page to be seen…
• Write your company description to include keyword rich text that resonates
with products and contributes to network search visibility
• Refresh page and add regular (daily/weekly) postings (of testimonials, news
and features) to get into network updates and grow brand awareness
Follow pages of (prospective) customers e.g. Ashtead
•
Remember posting is important but engaging is vital
• Comment around the most relevant conversations; reply to CEO blogs
• Offer ways to help customers with their business
19. Presenting
A crucial step in the selling process
Beginning of a two-way communication between the
salesperson and the customer…
This is the pitch to capture attention, develop interest of
the customer, raise desire and evoke action
The selling model
A – Attention
I – Interest
D – Desire
A – Action
Aiming to win customer acceptance of the
sales value proposition
Selling benefits is what moves the
customer to buy…
The sales value proposition must feature
prominently in the sales strategy
20. Applying the AIDA selling model
State of customer
engagement
What you might say…
A – Attention ‘Winning more customers would grow your
business…’ [address the pain…need]
I – Interest ‘How would it be if Firefly enabled you to win
more customers…’ [likely reply…’tell me’]
D – Desire ‘Let me show you how Firefly can do this…’
[present sales value proposition]
A – Action ‘Let me arrange a demonstration’ or ‘hire a unit
for 6months and see the results…’ [trial close]
21. Sales Value Proposition
A benefits statement
Differentiates product/service from competition
Dramatically improves marketability of product/service
A powerful branding tool that supports the sales
strategy through marketing communications e.g.
advertisements, website, social media
Forges a lasting reputation that allows realisation of
sales and raises customer awareness
22. A winning Sales Value Proposition
‘Cygnus delivers reliable off grid power,
reduces pollution and saves money for
the user whilst improving revenue and
profitability for the plant hire firm more
than any other generator...’
23. How to build a successful
sales strategy?
Step 1
Engage the
customer
facing
team
Step 2
Describe the
current
situation
Step 3
Create the
‘Sales
Strategy
Canvas’
Step 4
Prepare
sales
strategy
document
Step 5
Launch/
review
progress
and adapt
24. Sales Strategy Canvas
A UK based manufacturer of solar powered generators
Products/Services
- Cygnus range
- Sale/rent/lease
- Sales Value Proposition
Target Market (Customer)
- Construction , Events and International
- CEO/FD/PM
- Seeking an economic return
Competitive Advantages
- Easier installation
- Remote monitoring
- Lower maintenance
Route
- CEO
- Sales team (5)
- Distributors
Sales Goal
- Year: £Xm
- Q: £ym/£zm
- Month by person
Selling
- F2F (‘critical hour’)
- Exhibitions
- LinkedIn
Resources , skills
- Time and money
- Marketing collateral
- Skills training
Sales Management
- Meet Monday (9-10.30am)
- Weekly reports submitted
- ‘On the job’ coaching
25. Meet the panel
Nitzan Yudan
Co–Founder and CEO
FlatClub
Chris Floyd
Co-Founder and CEO
Cranworth Medical
Jonathan Smith
Co-Founder and CEO
LendMeYourLiteracy
26. What is your sales strategy?
What was/is your biggest challenge about selling?
What surprised you most?
What has been your learning experience?
What are your top three tips for someone developing
a sales strategy
Asked the panel to address five
questions...
27. What would you suggest Aoife Mhuiri,
CEO of Sports Clinic Plus might do to
sell its services?
28. Where to go to find out more
about sales strategy – further
reading
1. ‘How to Win Customers and Keep Them for Life: Revised and
Updated for the Digital Age’ by Michael Le Boeuf (August 2000)
2. ‘High Performance Sales Strategies: Powerful Ways to Win New
Business’ by Russell Ward (Oct 2013)
3. Getting to Yes: Negotiating an agreement without giving in by Roger
Fisher and William Ury (Jun 2012)