How can you transform your business to align with tomorrow's digitally savvy decision makers? Here are 7 steps to take your business down the road to growth in the digitally transformed world.
5. The old Golden Rule in Sales was:
Find out what your customers
want, and give it to them.
6. Give your customers the ability to
do what they can’t currently do
but would want to if they only
knew it was possible.
The new Golden Rule in Sales is:
13. - Geoffrey A. Moore
“Well, first off, realize you are in a
fight for your life. The new business
model is not a competitive threat, it
is an existential threat.”
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Selling above the funnel
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 • Prospection
• Qualifying
• Needs
• Proposal
• Negotiation
• Close
Demand
Creation
Demand
Capture
• Market identification
• Requirements analysis
• Demand creating
• Lead Generation and
Management
• Engagement
30. Create a Compelling Value Proposition1
Differentiate or Die2
Marketing Today = Sales Tomorrow3
Digital Marketing: Demand Generation4
Distribution: Channels to Market5
The Customer Adoption Cycle6
Tipping the Funnel7
35. Create a Compelling Value Proposition1
Differentiate or Die2
Marketing Today = Sales Tomorrow3
Digital Marketing: Demand Generation4
Distribution: Channels to Market5
The Customer Adoption Cycle6
Tipping the Funnel7
40. Basic Product/Service:
• Technology
• Price performance
• Product quality
E2E Customer Experience:
• People
• Perceived value
• High touch
• Exceed customer expectations
• Delight and astound customers
1
2 Support Services
3
E2E
Customer Experience
Differentiation: 3 Levels of Perceived Value
Basic
Product/Service
Support Services:
• Levels of support
• Quality of service
• Systems
• Processes
Your Cloud
Services
42. Create a Compelling Value Proposition1
Differentiate or Die2
Marketing Today = Sales Tomorrow3
Digital Marketing: Demand Generation4
Distribution: Channels to Market5
The Customer Adoption Cycle6
Tipping the Funnel7
49. Create a Compelling Value Proposition1
Differentiate or Die2
Marketing Today = Sales Tomorrow3
Digital Marketing: Demand Generation4
Distribution: Channels to Market5
The Customer Adoption Cycle6
Tipping the Funnel7
51. Interruption Marketing:
Targeting Audiences with
messages through channels
to drive transactions
The OLD World
Engagement Marketing:
Engaging communities
with shared purpose
through experiences to
sustain relationships
The NEW World
54. Early Adopter Market Mainstream Market
DANGER - CHASM!
Accelerating Customer Adoption of Cloud Services
TIME
Create capacity
to service demand
Technology Vendors Channel Partners
Build the buzz!!!!
Build sales channels
• Distributors
• Retailers
• Resellers
• VARs
• Service Providers
• System Integrators
• Consulting Partners
Technology
Innovators
2%
Visionaries
14%
Pragmatists
34%
Conservatives
34%
Sceptics
16%
Create a tipping point
Influencer/Adopter Programs
Demand Generation
Influence Generation: Capture the hearts and
minds of Tech savvy early adopters, opinion
leaders and influencers
Channel readiness & activation
GTM Strategy & Business Plan
PERCENTAGEOFPOPULATION
A
B
56. source: www.corporatevisions.com
1 32
Marketing Today = Sales Tomorrow
• Challenge them
• Destabilise them
• Challenge the status quo
• Get them out of comfort zone
• Take them to the negative
future
• Sell your insights
• Provide evidence
• Cost justify
• Lead them through the
process
• Take them to the beach
• Sell your insights
• Sell your experience
• Take them to the negative
future
• Create a sense of urgency
• Monetise the cost of delay
• Take them to the beach
• Guide them to take action
• Take the order
58. Sales Transformation
OLD NEW
The IT Buyer The Business Buyer
Selling into CapEx Budgets Selling into OpEx Budgets
Technical Expertise Business Expertise
Geographic Sales Territories Vertical Industry Territories
Selling Features Selling Results
Fixed-Price Contracts Outcome-Based Contracts
Demonstrating Features Business Process Discussions
Your Complexity and
Underlying Architecture
Your Consumption Model
and Service Capability
Maintenance Contracts "Apps Mindset"
Face2Face Sales Skills Social Media Knowledge
Source: Consumption Economics: The New Rules of Tech
by J. B. Wood, Todd Hewlin and Thomas Lah, 2011
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Selling Business Outcomes
• Increased revenues or profitability
• Faster time to market
• Decreased costs
• Improved operational efficiency
• Revitalizing the organization
• Enhancing customer loyalty
• Increased market share
• Decreased employee turnover
• Improved customer retention levels
• Increased competitive differentiation
• Faster response time
• Decreased operational expenses
• Increased sales per customer
• Improved asset utilization
• Faster collections
• Reduced cost of goods sold
• Minimized risk
• Additional revenue streams
• Improved time-to-profitability
• Increased billable hours
• Reduced cycle time
• Increased inventory turns
• Faster sales cycles
• Reduced direct labor costs
60. Create a Compelling Value Proposition1
Differentiate or Die2
Marketing Today = Sales Tomorrow3
Digital Marketing: Demand Generation4
Distribution: Channels to Market5
The Customer Adoption Cycle6
Tipping the Funnel7
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• Skill to ask the right questions to change the
conversation
• Share your relevant industry and business
insights with customers
• Focus on the customer’s business in the areas
where the value payoff for the customer may be
the greatest
• Knowledge of the customer’s business to
calculate the monetized value
• Strategy to target the right Decision Makers
within the right accounts
Complex Sales
Transactional Sales
• High value / high touch
• Sales Rainmakers
• Insight-led selling
• High volume / low touch
• Sales automation
• Viral marketing
• Digital Marketing
• Leveraging social media
• Creating relevant and sharable content
• Creating a buzz
• Creating awareness
• Creating demand
Sales Alignment
64. Create a Compelling Value Proposition1
Differentiate or Die2
Marketing Today = Sales Tomorrow3
Digital Marketing: Demand Generation4
Distribution: Channels to Market5
The Customer Adoption Cycle6
Tipping the Funnel7
70. Create a Compelling Value Proposition1
Differentiate or Die2
Marketing Today = Sales Tomorrow3
Digital Marketing: Demand Generation4
Distribution: Channels to Market5
The Customer Adoption Cycle6
Tipping the Funnel7
76. 1. Compelling Value Proposition
2. Differentiate or Die
3. Marketing Today = Sales Tomorrow
4. Digital Marketing: Demand Generation
5. Distribution: Channels to Market
6. The Customer Adoption Cycle
7. Tipping the Funnel
Quick Review:
4Ps => S A V E
Differentiation: 3 Levels of Perceived Value
Turn customers into your unpaid sales force
Align all Sales & Marketing actions
What is the business problem?
Competing to remain relevant to tomorrow’s customers
Build a Go-to-Marketing Map
Integrated campaigns
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• The client has changed
• The buying process has changed
• The Sales Cycle -> The Customer’s Journey
• Market segmentation -> Buyer personas
Moving to the Cloud means Business Transformation
• Marketing -> Digital
-> Social Media
-> Social Influence -> Social Selling
• Demand Generation
• User Value Proposition and Persona Messaging
• Marketing Manger -> Community Manager
• Internal Alignment
• Execution
• Sales Channel alignment
• Multi-channel touchpoint experience
• E2E Customer Experience
Rethink the Customer
Rethink Sales & Marketing
Rethink your Organisation
Business Transformation
Channel TransformationThe Cloud = Massive Change