Staying Ahead of Your Sales Cycle
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Staying ahead of your Sales CycleCombatting outside forces to keep driving sales
Dave MeyerPresident, BizzyWeb
[email protected] 612-424-9990
Welcome!
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Who are We?Who are We?
What do we Do?What do we Do?
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At its core, marketing is about getting results.
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Clicks / downloads
Visits to the store / office
Reservations /
appointments Calls
What kind of results?
Revenue
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Agenda1.Managing the Sales Cycle2.Measuring and Setting a Plan3.Responding to Events / Issues4.Next steps
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Managing the Sales Cycle
You need to measure your results and look for patterns
To manage your sales cycle
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Do your Sales:
1.Pick up in the fall? 2.Slow down in the summer?3.React to specific outside changes
a.“Lever events” like funding, product launches or new hires
b.Who are your best buyers, and what affects their buying decisions?
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Look at your CRM or Sales flow
• How many leads to get a sale?
• How is your output affected by the type of lead
• Look at historical data to get an idea of future results
• Example: Lots of proposals = lots of contracts
Engagement is the new word of mouth
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1. Why use social media?
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1. Why use social media?
Entice to stay in touch
Engage people
Engagement drives social visibility
Provide a “wow!”experience
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Agenda1.Managing the Sales Cycle2.Measuring and Setting a Plan3.Responding to Events / Issues4.Next steps
What are reports and analytics?
Reports Analytics
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Types of campaigns and reports
2. Marketing campaigns types and reports
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Look into individual campaigns
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2. Marketing campaigns types and reports
Campaigns and Reports
Email Event Survey Offer/Promotion Donations Social
Media
• Open rateIndicates which subject lines & topics interest your audience
• Click-through rateIndicates which content, products & services are most relevant
• Bounces• Spam• Opt-outs
• Registration statusIndicates effectiveness of your promotions & number of people interested in your event
• AttendanceIndicates if event topic, logistics and promotions appealed to audience
• Payment status
• Response rateIndicates how many customers are engaged with your business & call to action
• Open rate• Click-through
rate to survey
• Number claimed/soldIndicates which products, services & offers your audience prefers
• Revenue• New
customers• Audience
reach• Shares
• Funds raisedIndicates success of communication& audience interest
• Number of donorsIndicates awareness of appeals & level of investment
• Donation amounts
• EngagementIndicates if fans are connecting to content
• Click-through rateProvides information on which multimedia, blog posts, products or services resonate
• Reach• Fans/
followers
• Open rate
• Click-through rate
• Bounces
• Spam
• Opt-outs
• Registration status
• Attendance
• Payment status
• Response rate
• Open rate
• Click-through rate to survey
• Number claimed/sold
• Revenue
• New customers
• Audience reach
• Shares
• Funds raised
• Number of donors
• Donation amounts
• Engagement
• Click-through rate
• Reach
• Fans/followers
Reports measure...
Campaigns
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3. How to evaluate a marketing campaign
Set a goal
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3. How to evaluate a marketing campaign
Set a goal
Identify success metrics
7% Click Rate
16% Open Rate
3. How to evaluate a marketing campaign
Set a goal
Create a campaign
Identify success metrics
3. How to evaluate a marketing campaign
Check out our new website!Half Moon Yoga <[email protected]
Inbox
Contacts
Favorites
Chat
Mailbox
Set a goal
Create a campaign
Identify success metrics
Send the campaig
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3. How to evaluate a marketing campaign
Set a goal
Send the campaig
nReview reports
Create a campaign
Identify success metrics
10% Click Rate
12% Open Rate
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3. How to evaluate a marketing campaign
Set a goal
Send the campaig
nReview reports
Apply lessons
Create a campaign
Identify success metrics
Check out our new website
BeforeRegistering for your favorite class just got easier!
After
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Set a goalSelect the best campaign for
your goalWhat metrics will define success? Results What worked? What didn’t?
Drive traffic to the new Half Moon Yoga website
SAMPLE•Email •Event•Survey•Offers/promotions•Donations•Social media
•Open rate – average is 16%
•Click rate – average is 7%
•Open rate – 12% - lower than expected
•Click rate – 10% - higher than expected
•Call to action was clear and easy to find
•Kept content short•Listed benefits of using the website
•Subject line was not compelling.
•Try a different day of the week and time of day
•Email •Event•Survey•Offers/promotions•Donations•Social media•Email •Event•Survey•Offers/promotions•Donations•Social media•Email •Event•Survey•Offers/promotions•Donations•Social media
3. How to evaluate a marketing campaign
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When Measuring:
• Set benchmarks for yourself.• Set a frequency to review reports
and make changes to your marketing.
• Don’t change everything at once.
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Finding inspiration
Check the news! Magazine headlines/covers
Look at what others are doingSearch results headlines
Blog titlesTweets on Twitter with lots of engagement
‘Listicles’ that make you curiously click their headlines like: • Buzzfeed• Upworthy• Mashable
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Agenda1.Managing the Sales Cycle2.Measuring and Setting a Plan3.Responding to Events / Issues4.Next steps
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Know Your Clients’ Lever Points
• New Funding• Have money, need to spend
• Executive Changes• New strategy, no loyalty to status quo
• New Product or Service• Need to change their strategy, gives you an “in”
Source: Flickr user a.rey via Photopin
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When a Lever Event Occurs
• Reach out proactively• LinkedIn: Congratulate or send a message
• Keep your notes and updates in line with the seasonalityof your clients
• Send targeted emails to your lists: VIPs, Purchasers, New clients, specific industries
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Agenda1.Managing the Sales Cycle2.Measuring and Setting a Plan3.Responding to Events / Issues4.Next steps
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• Watch your Sales/CRM flow
• Look for Lever Points• Segment your Lists• Be proactive as things change
• Always measure, and respond
Source: Flickr user Luca Florio via Photopin
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Questions?
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Dave MeyerPresident, BizzyWeb
[email protected], 612-424-9990
Thank You!
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