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Mark I LaRosaSALES 101 FOR YOUR START-UP
THINGS TO CONSIDER Who do you sell to? (sniper or shotgun) Do you market or sell? (both) When do you hire someone to focus on  revenue? Who do you hire? Blue Jeans or Grey Hair
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SALES / SALESPEOPLE   Type of customer and product drives type(s) of    sales functions needed:     Marketing     Business  Development     Inside Sales / Tele-sales     Outside Sales     Account managers     Hunters vs Farmers
PIPELINE   Deals currently being worked in        various stages   More calls = more leads = more sales   PR is best (driving inbound) = qualified leads   Outsourced lead-generation       Hourly / Success-based
SELLING VALUE OVER FUNCTION
RESIST DEMOS
EMBRACE THE WORD “NO” Ask for the sale No gives the chance to ask why? No can mean:     Not now     Not in that way     Not at that price
NEGOTIATION If I… will you…. Good Cop – Bad Cop End of quarter pushes
YOU NEVER CALL ANYMORE   Use the phones….   SEO is great, but nothing beats personal    contact.   Don’t expect your prospects to do the hard    work
MANAGING SALES PEOPLE Manage to metrics Ultimately expect results Let comp plan do the heavy lifting Press on accelerating the close     Flush out deals that are not real     Don’t let salespeople trend to the easier      conversations   Great salespeople are easier to manager
COMPENSATION TERMS AND BASICS Base Commissions Draw       Recoverable / Non-recoverable Bonus Quota / Accelerator SPIF (Sales Promotion Incentive Fund) OTE (On Target Earnings) Up-side: DO NOT CAP!
YOUR BIGGEST CAPITAL EXPENSE• Finding  great salespeople is biggest bottleneck for a    growing company• Failed     salespeople are the biggest waste of capital• Right     sales team = life or death• Don’t     Scale until you know your head from your feet     •   Never more than double any sales force•
FINDING GOOD PEOPLE•55% of sales professionals are                        1 in the wrong occupation                                                      20%                                                                        A Players                                                                        Top Performers                                                                        Account for 80% of•Sales professionals that are                                           Sales job-matched outperform their counterparts by 40% and are                                                                                             55%                         2                                                                                          C Players twice as likely to stick                                                25%                                                                                                                    Should not be in                                                                                                                    sales at all                                                                    B Players                                                                    Should be selling•Try all angles: recruiters, job                                    elsewhere boards, recommendations                          1. Croner, Christopher and Richard Abraham, Never Hire a Bad Salesperson Again, Inner Workings LLC, 2006.                          2. Greenberg, Herbert and Jeanne, ”Job Matching for Better Sales Performance,” Harvard Business Review no.80505
WHAT TO LOOK FOR•   Expensive Hobbies•   Confidence•   Ability to listen and answer questions directly•   Grasp general ideas around your product quickly•   Creative thinking on new ways to pitch your product•   Construct a pitch on the fly…

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  • 1. Mark I LaRosaSALES 101 FOR YOUR START-UP
  • 2. THINGS TO CONSIDER Who do you sell to? (sniper or shotgun) Do you market or sell? (both) When do you hire someone to focus on revenue? Who do you hire? Blue Jeans or Grey Hair
  • 3. DIFFERENT TYPES OF SALES / SALESPEOPLE Type of customer and product drives type(s) of sales functions needed:  Marketing  Business Development  Inside Sales / Tele-sales  Outside Sales  Account managers  Hunters vs Farmers
  • 4. PIPELINE Deals currently being worked in various stages More calls = more leads = more sales PR is best (driving inbound) = qualified leads Outsourced lead-generation  Hourly / Success-based
  • 7. EMBRACE THE WORD “NO” Ask for the sale No gives the chance to ask why? No can mean:  Not now  Not in that way  Not at that price
  • 8. NEGOTIATION If I… will you…. Good Cop – Bad Cop End of quarter pushes
  • 9. YOU NEVER CALL ANYMORE Use the phones…. SEO is great, but nothing beats personal contact. Don’t expect your prospects to do the hard work
  • 10. MANAGING SALES PEOPLE Manage to metrics Ultimately expect results Let comp plan do the heavy lifting Press on accelerating the close  Flush out deals that are not real  Don’t let salespeople trend to the easier conversations Great salespeople are easier to manager
  • 11. COMPENSATION TERMS AND BASICS Base Commissions Draw  Recoverable / Non-recoverable Bonus Quota / Accelerator SPIF (Sales Promotion Incentive Fund) OTE (On Target Earnings) Up-side: DO NOT CAP!
  • 12. YOUR BIGGEST CAPITAL EXPENSE• Finding great salespeople is biggest bottleneck for a growing company• Failed salespeople are the biggest waste of capital• Right sales team = life or death• Don’t Scale until you know your head from your feet • Never more than double any sales force•
  • 13. FINDING GOOD PEOPLE•55% of sales professionals are 1 in the wrong occupation 20% A Players Top Performers Account for 80% of•Sales professionals that are Sales job-matched outperform their counterparts by 40% and are 55% 2 C Players twice as likely to stick 25% Should not be in sales at all B Players Should be selling•Try all angles: recruiters, job elsewhere boards, recommendations 1. Croner, Christopher and Richard Abraham, Never Hire a Bad Salesperson Again, Inner Workings LLC, 2006. 2. Greenberg, Herbert and Jeanne, ”Job Matching for Better Sales Performance,” Harvard Business Review no.80505
  • 14. WHAT TO LOOK FOR• Expensive Hobbies• Confidence• Ability to listen and answer questions directly• Grasp general ideas around your product quickly• Creative thinking on new ways to pitch your product• Construct a pitch on the fly…