You Got New Game?  Secrets of Funnel Management  in a Sales 2.0 World Gerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power Mark Sellers, Breakthrough Sales Performance Ken Rudin, LucidEra
Today’s Agenda Introduction Gerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power Funnel Management Mark Sellers, Founder of Breakthrough Sales Performance The Sales Metrics that Matter Ken Rudin, Founder of LucidEra Sales Best Practices Discussion Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
Polling Question In our Company Sales is Treated as: An Art A Science A Combination of Art and Science A Black Box (Nobody Really Knows How it Works) Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
Today’s Agenda Introduction Gerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power Funnel Management Mark Sellers, Founder of Breakthrough Sales Performance The Sales Metrics that Matter Ken Rudin, Founder of LucidEra Sales Best Practices Discussion Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
Got New Game?  The Secrets of Funnel Management  in a 2.0 World © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting  | www.breakthrough-sales.com
VPs of Sales Want RESULTS! Reps hitting quota! Reps being productive New customers © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting  | www.breakthrough-sales.com
Changing the Game  THE OLD GAME Funnel free for all Funnel afterthought ABC! Bad data Visibility Gotcha! conversations THE NEW GAME One  funnel for all Funnel process Building healthy funnels  Good funnel data On demand diagnostics Diagnostic and planning conversations © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting  | www.breakthrough-sales.com
New Game Pillars  A buying process funnel model Business process investment and commitment to funnel management  Reinforced by analysis  © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting  | www.breakthrough-sales.com
 
© 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting  | www.breakthrough-sales.com Funnel metrics vs fiction Deal metrics Sales call metrics
© 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting  | www.breakthrough-sales.com Traditional Funnel – Selling Activity Focus   Prospect Qualify Make Presentations Submit Proposal Close Monitor Results
A buying funnel and a selling funnel  © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting  | www.breakthrough-sales.com Buying Process  Order Order Selling Process
Merge the two funnels  © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting  | www.breakthrough-sales.com Order Buying Process  Selling Process
© 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting  | www.breakthrough-sales.com
With good funnel data… Diagnosis (‘funnel ability’) is meaningful  Action plans are more effective  Achieving quota is more likely  © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting  | www.breakthrough-sales.com
Ensuring good funnel data throughout the year Scheduled ‘inspections’  Funnel Audits Focus on the conversation  © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting  | www.breakthrough-sales.com
The Path to Execution:  The 8-Step Process  © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting  | www.breakthrough-sales.com
Today’s Agenda Introduction Gerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power Funnel Management Mark Sellers, Founder of Breakthrough Sales Performance The Sales Metrics that Matter Ken Rudin, Founder of LucidEra Sales Best Practices Discussion Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
Top 5 Sales Goals This Year Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved Optimizing direct and indirect sales capabilities has been among the  top four CEO strategic priorities for the past two years. “ ” Increase Revenues Increase Sales Effectiveness Increase Market Share Optimize Lead Generation Improve Customer Loyalty
CRM Alone is Only Half of the Solution Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved Unpredictable revenues  and missed forecasts One-dimensional CRM &  Excel reports do not deliver critical revenue trends Lack of time, budget and resources for  “ business intelligence” Buyers recognize that  actionable information is the elusive but greatest value  they gain from customer management tools and technologies. “ ” The Customer Management Market Sizing Report, 2007–2012, June 2008
Analytics: The Critical Second Half of CRM Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved In the projects we've benchmarked over the past few years, we often find that  CRM systems give sales managers numbers – but what they want is insight. ” “
The Shift to SaaS is Helping… Simplicity Focused Applications Platform Power Customer Success Copyright © 2007 LucidEra – All rights reserved The faster time to value and lower operating costs  associated with SaaS solutions have made these web-based, on-demand services a timely alternative to legacy applications. “ ”
But Do You Have the  Right  Metrics? Batting Average .406 The Old Way… On-Base  % Batting Average + Walks + Sacrifices + Hit By Pitch The New Way…
But Do You Have the  Right  Metrics? .406 The Old Way…
Sales 2.0   Metrics That Matter Total Sales Total Pipeline Count of Lead  Companies Lead to Oppty Conversion Avg Days from Lead to Oppty  Avg Age of Open Oppty’s Avg Days from Lead to Close Avg Oppty Amount Avg # of Oppty’s Lead to Close Conversion The New Way… Sales Rep Scorecards Sales Rep A Sales Rep B Sales Rep C Sales Rep D Sales Rep E Sales Rep F
New Sales Pipeline Metrics That Matter Pipeline Size Changes Due To: New opportunities added Amount added this period, and % of overall pipeline Opportunities pushed out or pulled in Opportunities that grew or shrank Pipeline Velocity Time to convert a lead to an  opportunity Conversion rates from stage to stage Pipeline velocity by stage Sales cycle times by type of deal Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
The Sales Metrics That Matter Pipeline It’s not just the # of deals, it’s how they’re moving Total value vs. velocity People It’s not just how they’ve done, it’s how they’re going to do Quota vs. scorecard Process It’s not just one home run, it’s predictable hits over time Sales cycle time vs. stage cycle time Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
Getting the Metrics that Matter Quickly The FREE LucidEra Pipeline Healthcheck™ Assess the metrics that matter in 48 hrs Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved How Does it Work? We take snapshots of opportunities in Salesforce.com We highlight potential areas of opportunity or concern based on our best-practice analytics We review our findings with you and help you get started
Today’s Agenda Introduction Gerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power Funnel Management Mark Sellers, Founder of Breakthrough Sales Performance The Sales Metrics that Matter Ken Rudin, Founder of LucidEra Sales Best Practices Discussion Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
Panel Discussion Gerhard Gschwandtner Mark Sellers Ken Rudin Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved www.lucidera.com

The Secrets of Funnel Management

  • 1.
    You Got NewGame? Secrets of Funnel Management in a Sales 2.0 World Gerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power Mark Sellers, Breakthrough Sales Performance Ken Rudin, LucidEra
  • 2.
    Today’s Agenda IntroductionGerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power Funnel Management Mark Sellers, Founder of Breakthrough Sales Performance The Sales Metrics that Matter Ken Rudin, Founder of LucidEra Sales Best Practices Discussion Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
  • 3.
    Polling Question Inour Company Sales is Treated as: An Art A Science A Combination of Art and Science A Black Box (Nobody Really Knows How it Works) Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
  • 4.
    Today’s Agenda IntroductionGerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power Funnel Management Mark Sellers, Founder of Breakthrough Sales Performance The Sales Metrics that Matter Ken Rudin, Founder of LucidEra Sales Best Practices Discussion Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
  • 5.
    Got New Game? The Secrets of Funnel Management in a 2.0 World © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com
  • 6.
    VPs of SalesWant RESULTS! Reps hitting quota! Reps being productive New customers © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com
  • 7.
    Changing the Game THE OLD GAME Funnel free for all Funnel afterthought ABC! Bad data Visibility Gotcha! conversations THE NEW GAME One funnel for all Funnel process Building healthy funnels Good funnel data On demand diagnostics Diagnostic and planning conversations © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com
  • 8.
    New Game Pillars A buying process funnel model Business process investment and commitment to funnel management Reinforced by analysis © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com
  • 9.
  • 10.
    © 2008 MarkSellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com Funnel metrics vs fiction Deal metrics Sales call metrics
  • 11.
    © 2008 MarkSellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com Traditional Funnel – Selling Activity Focus Prospect Qualify Make Presentations Submit Proposal Close Monitor Results
  • 12.
    A buying funneland a selling funnel © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com Buying Process Order Order Selling Process
  • 13.
    Merge the twofunnels © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com Order Buying Process Selling Process
  • 14.
    © 2008 MarkSellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com
  • 15.
    With good funneldata… Diagnosis (‘funnel ability’) is meaningful Action plans are more effective Achieving quota is more likely © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com
  • 16.
    Ensuring good funneldata throughout the year Scheduled ‘inspections’ Funnel Audits Focus on the conversation © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com
  • 17.
    The Path toExecution: The 8-Step Process © 2008 Mark Sellers and Breakthrough SalesPerformance LLC Sales Consulting | www.breakthrough-sales.com
  • 18.
    Today’s Agenda IntroductionGerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power Funnel Management Mark Sellers, Founder of Breakthrough Sales Performance The Sales Metrics that Matter Ken Rudin, Founder of LucidEra Sales Best Practices Discussion Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
  • 19.
    Top 5 SalesGoals This Year Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved Optimizing direct and indirect sales capabilities has been among the top four CEO strategic priorities for the past two years. “ ” Increase Revenues Increase Sales Effectiveness Increase Market Share Optimize Lead Generation Improve Customer Loyalty
  • 20.
    CRM Alone isOnly Half of the Solution Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved Unpredictable revenues and missed forecasts One-dimensional CRM & Excel reports do not deliver critical revenue trends Lack of time, budget and resources for “ business intelligence” Buyers recognize that actionable information is the elusive but greatest value they gain from customer management tools and technologies. “ ” The Customer Management Market Sizing Report, 2007–2012, June 2008
  • 21.
    Analytics: The CriticalSecond Half of CRM Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved In the projects we've benchmarked over the past few years, we often find that CRM systems give sales managers numbers – but what they want is insight. ” “
  • 22.
    The Shift toSaaS is Helping… Simplicity Focused Applications Platform Power Customer Success Copyright © 2007 LucidEra – All rights reserved The faster time to value and lower operating costs associated with SaaS solutions have made these web-based, on-demand services a timely alternative to legacy applications. “ ”
  • 23.
    But Do YouHave the Right Metrics? Batting Average .406 The Old Way… On-Base % Batting Average + Walks + Sacrifices + Hit By Pitch The New Way…
  • 24.
    But Do YouHave the Right Metrics? .406 The Old Way…
  • 25.
    Sales 2.0 Metrics That Matter Total Sales Total Pipeline Count of Lead Companies Lead to Oppty Conversion Avg Days from Lead to Oppty Avg Age of Open Oppty’s Avg Days from Lead to Close Avg Oppty Amount Avg # of Oppty’s Lead to Close Conversion The New Way… Sales Rep Scorecards Sales Rep A Sales Rep B Sales Rep C Sales Rep D Sales Rep E Sales Rep F
  • 26.
    New Sales PipelineMetrics That Matter Pipeline Size Changes Due To: New opportunities added Amount added this period, and % of overall pipeline Opportunities pushed out or pulled in Opportunities that grew or shrank Pipeline Velocity Time to convert a lead to an opportunity Conversion rates from stage to stage Pipeline velocity by stage Sales cycle times by type of deal Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
  • 27.
    The Sales MetricsThat Matter Pipeline It’s not just the # of deals, it’s how they’re moving Total value vs. velocity People It’s not just how they’ve done, it’s how they’re going to do Quota vs. scorecard Process It’s not just one home run, it’s predictable hits over time Sales cycle time vs. stage cycle time Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
  • 28.
    Getting the Metricsthat Matter Quickly The FREE LucidEra Pipeline Healthcheck™ Assess the metrics that matter in 48 hrs Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved How Does it Work? We take snapshots of opportunities in Salesforce.com We highlight potential areas of opportunity or concern based on our best-practice analytics We review our findings with you and help you get started
  • 29.
    Today’s Agenda IntroductionGerhard Gschwandtner, Selling Power Funnel Management Mark Sellers, Founder of Breakthrough Sales Performance The Sales Metrics that Matter Ken Rudin, Founder of LucidEra Sales Best Practices Discussion Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved
  • 30.
    Panel Discussion GerhardGschwandtner Mark Sellers Ken Rudin Copyright © 2008 LucidEra – All rights reserved www.lucidera.com

Editor's Notes

  • #2 For VPs of Sales, what was optional yesterday is required today to compete effectively and hit your number. You may have heard of Sales 2.0, but how does this new reality actually translate to increased revenues? It's time to rethink the traditional sales funnel and put in place the performance metrics you need to predictably grow the business and avoid unwanted surprises.