5. Leads typically hear
from a business or
organization after
opening communication
instead of getting a
random cold call from
someone who
purchased their contact
information.
HubSpot
11. Sales stages
Stage Demand Gen/Qual Disco Preso/Demo Trial Proposal Negotiation Close
Sales Cycle Time: 4.6 months
Benchmark
metrics
Pipeline contribution:
40% marketing
sourced
34% outbound SDR
19% Sales
(self-sourced)
7% channel
N/A
Demo-to-close:
35%
Trial-to-clo
se:
56%
Proposal-to-cl
ose: 77%
N/A
Close rate:
20%
(opportunity
created /
closed)
Analysis
While 74% of pipeline
is delivered via
outbound SDRs and
marketing, that
contribution starts to
decline for higher ACV
deals, at $50k-75k
Distinct
discovery
meeting
Customized based
on discovery and
delivered in the
same meeting
30 days
Customized to
prospects
challenges,
solutions and
ROI;
presented via
proposal
meeting
Separate
negotiation
conversations
with champion
and
stakeholder
committee
Handoff to
prospect
success and
schedule
kickoff meeting
12. Sales
Accepted
0%
Sales Qualified
20%
Proposal
50%
Sandbox
60%
Negotiate
75%
Contract Out
90%
Objective
Company is a Fit
Company
Qualify the
opportunity. Gather
BANT criteria
Proposal and
Sandbox can be
combined into one
step or separated
into two stages.
This is a judgment
call
SE or AE setup
integration including
sandbox & drive
data flow for the
sample use case(s)
Prospect has
agreed to move
forward. Negotiate
pricing and review
terms
If sending a
contract, the Buyer
needs to be ready
to sign
Stage
Requirement
Problem to solve:
Meeting has been
scheduled
BANT
* Prospect agrees to
another meeting,
meeting scheduled
on the calendar
Continue to
crystalize BANT and
continue to map out
the organizational
structure
Confirm solution,
use case(s) and
success criteria
Update notes Contract out for
signature
Required to
Exit Stage
Fill out:
Problem to Solve
Why Evaluate VGS
Identify Pain =
Identify challenges
and the
consequences of
solving or not
solving those
problems
Champions
Buying Process:
Determine the
buying process
Update BANT fields
Prospect has
agreed to terms and
pricing.
Signed and
countersigned
contract
Move opportunity to
Ready to Close
Stage
Deal vetting by
finance and moved
to closed-won
Sales stages
13. Strategic
ABM
ABM Lite
Programmatic ABM
Value of ABM
1. ICP
2. Qualification criteria
3. Business persona
4. Pain-gain-JTBD
5. Campaigns
6. Multichannel approach
7. Sales, CS, Marketing,
Product / Development
alignment
8. Measurable results
9. Iterations
The three types of ABM
One to one
accounts
One to few
accounts
One to man
accounts
The need to scale has
led to emergence of
three types of ABM
I
n
v
e
s
t
m
e
n
t
&
R
O
I
p
e
r
a
c
c
o
u
n
t
High
Low
18. Account sourcing routine
Tools youll use to add these accounts
into CRM
LeadIQ, ZoomInfo, Lusha ->
to find valid emails + email
validator
Sales Navigator -> to find
relevant prospects and
research their backgrounds
CRM - > to check if account
exists already
Workflow
Allocate some period of
time for account sourcing
Check all newsletters and
funding news
Read Twitter/LinkedIn
influencers to find new
companies
23. LI as the main
sales channel
30% of our
results are coming
from LinkedIn, but
within LI ->
24. LI Sales Navigator
Create lead lists
Follow current customers - look-alikes
Boolean search
Notification/Alerts
Three sales insights:
Alerts aimed at giving you more signals to
understand how to engage with your Saved Leads
and Accounts
Saved lead has engaged with
LinkedIn posts from your
company (sponsored or organic)
Someone at an account viewed
your profile
Account just raised money
37. TEAM -> 丐丕丐亂
SDA >> SDR >> AE
+ sales-ops & other sales teams
PODs >> (SDR + AE)
+ sales-ops & other sales teams
SDR >> AE
+ sales-ops & other sales teams
39. Please, check
Expandi referral link
LI Navigator
recommendations
Boolean Search. How to use
LI Alerts
Lead Gen strategies 2021
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