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Three Sure-Fire Ways to Kill Your Pipeline - and How to Avoid Them
CRM360
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 Part 3: 3 Sure-Fire Ways to Kill Your Pipeline  And
How toAvoid Them
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ABOUT ELLEN
 Expert on Sales-Force
Productivity
 Researcher, Metrics
Geek
 Provocateur
 20 Years Carrying a Bag
(and Scars to Prove It)
3 SURE-FIRE WAYS TO KILLYOUR PIPELINE
 No Prospect Profiling
 Ineffective or
Incomplete Lead
Scoring
 Mismanaging Pipeline
Data
THE LEAKYBUCKETASSESSMENT
 Leaking Like a Sieve
 Prospect Profiling
Encouraged  Not
Documented
 Lead Scoring Falls to
Hot Money
 Pipeline Targets?
Huh?
LEAKYBUCKET RESULTS 700 RESPONSES
Leaking Like a Sieve! Call the Help Line! Preventive Maintenance! WATERTIGHT!
HOME TRUTHSABOUT SALES-FORCEPRODUCTIVITY
 Sales Time Scarce
and Precious
 One Hour Puts
$1,100 - $15,000
Income at Risk
 How Much Is Your
Team Wasting?
PIPELINE KILLER 1: BAD PROSPECT PROFILING
 Focused on SELLER
 Anyone with Address
and Pulse Will Do
 If They Have Money,
Theyre Qualified
LEAKYBUCKET SCORES ON PROSPECT PROFILING
Leaking Like a Sieve: 15% Call the Help Line: 61%
THE CURE: PROSPECT PROFILING DONE RIGHT
 Focused on BUYER!
 Cousin Judy Approach
 Focus: Buyer Motivation,
Readiness to Buy
 Already Looking for
YOU!!!!
PIPELINE KILLER 2: LEAD SCORING
 Leads Not Scored or
Scoring Subjective
 Scoring is Fact-Based;
Qualitative Ignored
 Reps Ignore Scores
LEAKYBUCKET ON LEAD SCORING  SAME STATS!
Leaking Like a Sieve: 15% Call the Help Line: 61%
THE CURE: GOOD LEAD SCORING,ACCOUNTABILITY
KILLER 3: BACKWARDSPIPELINE MANAGEMENT
 Focus on Wrong End -
Closing
 Activity-Defined
Stages
 Progress is Subjective
 Easy to Game the
System
THE CURE: BEGINNINGEND, NOT ENDINGEND
CRM 360: DRIVING IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY
 Classic CRM: Expensive Rolodex,
Calendar, Trailing Pipeline Mgmt
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Sales-Force Productivity, Competitiveness
 Captures Data Supporting Analysis
 Evidence Drives Root-Cause Analysis
 Insights for Improvement Initiatives
 Feedback Loop for Lead Nurturing,
Outreach, Market ID and Selection
ANALYTICAL INSIGHTS
 Distribution ofAccounts by Scorecard Rank
 Distribution of Opportunities by Rank, Revenue
and Opportunity Stage
 Useful for:
 Root-CauseAnalysis
 Analyze Cycle Times Based on Data
 Understand, Improve Conversion Ratios
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BOTTOM LINE?
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THANKS!
Ellen Bristol
ellen@bristolstrategygroup.com
www.bristolstrategygroup.com
@BristolStrategy
786-554-2666

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