Apply 5W's for every action

Make every meeting effective by simply applying the 5W’s
Countless meetings finish with a vague comment along the lines of “I’ll send out the actions to you all on a mail” – Guess what, they rarely get done!
So try this simple but effective alternative.
 
In the last 5-10 minutes of a meeting agree for each action…
  1. W ho will do
  2. W hat to achieve
  3. W hat with
  4. W hom and
  5. W hen
 
That’s it! – simple as that.
ACTION: Try the 5W's, not only on Sales activities but on all actions - you'll be amazed at how much more effective your internal meetings become. Always remember though - agree them IN the meeting.
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The 4Y's to create a Win Plan

ACTION: When using the 4Y's remove yourself from your own perspective and look at it from your Client's. It's not easy but go back and be brutally honest about what they DID say and what they didn't
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Looking for a quick way to review Sales Campaigns?

There are countless ways to review Opportunities to make your Sales Campaign the best it can be or to go back and figure out why things aren’t going the way you expected.

MEDDIC, BlueSheet (Remember that?), SCOTSMAN….and many more

But as a quick approach that demands some searching, it’s hard to beat the well-proven 4Y’s

  1. Why do something at all?
  2. Why do it now?
  3. Why Us?
  4. Why something or someone else (This one averages a 60% Win Rate according to Research)

Try the 4Y’s and see where you then get to with your Sales Campaigns

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B2B = P2P x 'n'

…where ‘n’ is the number of people we need to understand and convince in a the business we’re talking to.
B2B (Business to Business Selling) is a misnomer – it’s always about People
In reality there will be a number of influencers in a business and it’s our job to understand their individual Problems, Risks and Aspirations and then show how we can help them overcome, avert / mitigate, achieve (respectively).  In large Companies, LinkedIn’s 2018 survey said there are, on average, 6.8 of them.
 
We need to help them justify their own ’emotional’ buy-in as a justified business rationale.  Hey! – No one said B2B selling was easy!
ACTION: Try ASPRIN for Questioning, Listen intently with polite curiosity, take Notes and Summarise. Position the 'Solution'. Give Testimonials as Stories where the moral of the tale delivers the message
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Mandatory Sales Training Sucks

ACTION: Calculate the real cost of Training - it includes the cost of sales time 'off the road' plus lost opportunity (as well as Course costs and Expenses)
Ask for the Training REAL Cost calculator

When a Sales Person is told they’re on Mandatory Training…

“Really?” they say to themselves – “What now?”

Their heart sinks as they see hours or days of time blocked out of their diary.  You’ve just lost half of their engagement and desire to learn before you start.

And the Training itself – does it provide specific skills to address their specific issues?  If not you’ll lose at least 1/2 of the other 1/2 before the course ends.

Will anyone assess who really needs to attend? – Or will someone ‘high up’ just say “Stick them all on it”? – Political expediency for an Exec to abdicate responsibility…..not the best way to get skills to stick and address sales execution issues.