The world changed Mobile ! Cloud ! SaaS ! Datafication ! - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The world changed Mobile ! Cloud ! SaaS ! Datafication ! - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
The world changed Mobile ! Cloud ! SaaS ! Datafication ! Artificial Intelligence ! The relation with your customers changed Please meet the new buyer Highly informed Higher expectations Less time The buyer journey changed
The world changed
- Mobile!
- Cloud!
- SaaS!
- Datafication!
- Artificial Intelligence!
The relation with your customers changed
Please meet the new buyer
Highly informed Higher expectations Less time
The buyer journey changed
Research First contact with supplier Purchase decision
57%
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The sales and marketing funnel changed
The role of Sales changed
Death of the Salesman
Complexity
- f offering
Complexity of decision making
Simple Complex Complex
Order takers
Death of the Salesman
Complexity
- f offering
Complexity of decision making
Simple Complex Complex
Order takers
Death of the Salesman
Complexity
- f offering
Complexity of decision making
Simple Complex Complex
The salesman is dead. ! Long live the salesman!
Non – digital channels remain important
67% 82% 91% 67% 64% When expensive When complex When negotiating price Requires Installation Requires service Source: Forrester 224 US B2B Buyers and Sellers
Long live the Salesman
Complexity
- f offering
Complexity of decision making
Simple Complex Complex
Explainers Consultants Navigators
Loyalty is a result not of WHAT you sell, but HOW you sell…
A new way of selling
Commercial Teaching
The content struggle
How sales experiences it
Marketing Sales
The new buyer does not like the old sales rep
66% of buyers feel most of the information shared during the buying process is not relevant.
(Forrester Research)
The new buyer does not like the old sales rep
Only 15% of buyers believe that their meetings with salespeople are valuable.
(Forrester Research)
Some more data about the new buyer
53% of buyers doesn’t want to talk to sales.
(Forrester Research)
And businesses are starting to feel this
Highly informed Always connected More options
2017 2016 2018 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2019
% of reps achieving quota 58.1% 63.0% 58.2% 54.6%
But Sales Teams ARE NOT READY
With Relevant Content For The Last Mile
Scaling Sales Excellence
120 80 40
12 8 4
120
12 24
80
8
40
4
80
8
80
8 48 8
80
8
80
8
Top performers Average performers Bottom performers
Quota attainment 10% increase in success Overall increase What does this typically mean?
=
Productivity Cross-sells Upsells Sales cycles
The Content chaos before Showpad
No feedback No feedback
PURCHASE EVALUATION INTENT CONSIDERATION INTEREST AWARENESS
The New Buying Funnel
Aligning Sales with Marketing Closing the feedback loops
Analytics Insights