How to get sales and marketing to speak the same language.

Post on 13-May-2015

237 views 3 download

Tags:

description

Your company's inbound marketing engine will need constant improvement. You have researched how buyers are making purchasing decisions, you modeled that process using content, but sales needs to be able to give you feedback when it comes time to close the new inbound leads into customers.

Transcript of How to get sales and marketing to speak the same language.

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

CMB Partner Office Hours

How to get sales and marketing speaking the same

language.Every Tuesday @3pm Eastern

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Max TraylorVP Business Development at Content Marketer’s Blueprint

Director of Client Services at Innovative Marketing Resources

+MaxTraylor

Linkedin/in/maxtraylor

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Jason SwenkDigital-preneur

https://twitter.com/jswenk

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonswenk

https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JasonSwenk01

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

What is the CMB Community?

A team of inbound marketing agencies that sell and deliver services using the Content Marketer’s Blueprint.

Join the Conversation:@CMBlueprint or +ContentMarketersBlueprint

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Today’s Schedule15 minutes: Presentation

20 minutes: Open discussion

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

After the Webinar

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com/blog

• Webinar recording

• Slides

• Blog article

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Today’s Topic:Get marketing and sales speaking the same

language.

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

The disconnect with most companies.

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Typical Inbound Process(Static)

Planning

• Buyer persona research• Content marketing plan

Marketing

• Create content to attract• Nurture leads

Sales

• Follow up with leads• Close some / Lose some

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Remember, inbound is a process that

requires constant improvement.!

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Evolving Inbound Process

Planning

MarketingSales

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

What is the common language?

Everyone needs to understand how buying decisions are made!

Initiative

Success factor

Perceived barriers

Decision criteria

Buyer’s journey

Image Credit: Buyer Persona Institute

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Marketing and sales can speak “buyer

persona”.

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Research drives marketing

Interview with the buyer persona and members of sales.

Initiative

Success factor

Perceived barriers

Decision criteria

Buyer’s journey

Resources:

Buyer persona institute

Content Marketer’s Blueprint questionnaire

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Marketing caters to the buying process.

Website design

Content MarketingStrategy

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Sales provides feedback on the buying process.

One of four things can happen when sales gets a lead from marketing:

Win

Loss (to a competitor)

Suspended (no decision)

Abandon (not the right lead)

Design the feedback loop in CRM

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Dropdown options in CRM

Win

Success factors

Decision criteria

Loss

Success factor

Decision criteria

Suspended

Decision Criteria

Perceived Barriers

Abandoned

Not the right fit (quality)

Unresponsive (sales process)

www.contentmarketingblueprint.com

Next Session: Tuesday May 6th @ 3:00 PM

“12 Surefire Strategies that can get your Digital Agency "UNSTUCK" and more

PROFITABLE.”

Sign up at: www.contentmarketingblueprint.com/2014-

webinars