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Title: Preparing to Sell


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From Zero to Sales
Preparing to Sell
Javier Quezada OneHemisphere 408.834.4225 javier_at_o
nehem.com
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OneHemisphere Background
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Sales Approach
Strategy
Execution
Marketing
Sales
4
What You Need To Sell
  • Committed US Business Team
  • Legal US Business Entity Established
  • Product / Service Definition
  • Differentiated Value Proposition (Positioning)
  • Americanized Website
  • Formal Powerpoint presentation
  • Sales Contracts and Forms
  • Business Cards
  • Brochures
  • 30 Second Pitch
  • 1 Page Letter of Intro
  • List of 100 Prospects
  • Pipeline / Activity Tracking System

5
What You Need to Sell Cont..
  • GTM Strategy
  • Sales Execution Strategy
  • Venture Capital Strategy
  • Goal acquisition Strategy

6
Mexico vs USA A Cultural Perspective
  • Market Comparison
  • Mexico Big Competition / Small Market
  • USA Big Competition / Big Market
  • In Technology Mexico 2.5 of USA Market
  • Business Values
  • Specialization
  • Cannot be All things to All People
  • Professionalism
  • Product Expertise
  • Industry Expertise
  • Trusted Partner of the customer
  • Americanization
  • .com not .com.mx
  • Relationships Contacts and Connections
  • Get you an introduction Not a sale
  • Your Brand is important
  • Company and Personal
  • Perception of Time
  • Mid to Long Term Perspective vs. Short Term

7
Mexico vs USA A Cultural Perspective
  • Perception of Time
  • On Time vs. Latino Time
  • Mid to Long Term Perspective vs. Short Term
  • Mañana
  • Self-Perception
  • Confidence

8
Sales is a Process
DemandGeneration
SalesEngagement
SalesClosure
Delivery
Awareness
Sales Pipeline
Sales Forecast
9
Sales Mantra
  • Hope is not a Sales Strategy

10
Sales Preparation (Strategy)
  • Determine your Reason for Existence
  • Assess Your Market Opportunities
  • Perform a Market Analysis / Positioning
  • Perform a Competitive Analysis / Positioning
  • Determine your Go To Market Execution Strategy

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Reason for Existence
  • Why do you do what you do
  • Vision / Mission
  • Core Purpose
  • What market need are you satisfying
  • What value do you bring to your Customer
  • ROI
  • TCO
  • How do your customers Perceive you
  • Mexico
  • USA
  • _at_ACTION ITEM Your Message to the World
  • Develop your 30 second Pitch
  • Formalize it in a 1 Page Letter for a key
    decision maker

12
Assessing Market Opportunities
  • Market Trends
  • Who has money to spend?
  • Why are they spending money and for what
    projects?
  • Target Prospect Profile
  • By Industry
  • By Revenue
  • By Company size
  • Value Proposition
  • What can you do for these targets
  • Prospecting
  • Network, Network, Network
  • Online Research
  • _at_ACTION ITEM
  • Research 10 prospects
  • Use Local Public Library Tools
  • ReferenceUSA Recommended

13
Market Analysis / Positioning
  • How will you position yourself in the market
    place
  • Differentiation?
  • Price?
  • Capabilities?

14
Competitive Analysis / Positioning
  • Who is your competition?
  • What are their Strengths?
  • What are their Weaknesses?
  • You
  • What are your Strengths?
  • What are your Weaknesses?
  • How are you Different
  • What makes you special?

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Your Go To Market Execution Strategy
  • Who are your Target Prospects
  • Who do you need to meet?
  • Where are they located?
  • What relationships can you leverage?
  • How will you go after them
  • Direct / Indirect or Both?
  • Leverage existing relationships
  • Network, Network, Network
  • Local Business Organizations
  • Chambers of Commerce
  • Hispanic Business Organizations
  • Technology Networking Organizations
  • How will you measure your results
  • Goals and Objectives
  • Time frames
  • Pipeline Tracking Tool

16
Sales Preparation (Execution)
  • Determine Sales Execution Strategy
  • Target Prospect Profiles
  • Develop List of Target Prospects
  • Determine Value Proposition and Match
  • Know Your Competition
  • Networking Strategy
  • Measure Your Efforts / Successes

17
Determine Direct / Indirect Sales Model
  • Direct Sales Advantages
  • Committed Sales Force
  • Ability to Control more effectively
  • Accountability
  • Direct Sales Disadvantages
  • Higher Cost of Sales
  • Difficult to recruit the right sales person

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Determine Direct / Indirect Sales Model
  • Indirect Channel Advantages
  • Lower Cost of Sales
  • Faster Go to Market
  • Leverage existing install base of clients
  • Mitigate Risk
  • Indirect Channel Disadvantages
  • Difficult to Control
  • Compete for Mindshare
  • Less sales commitment

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Target Prospect Profile
  • Describe an ideal prospect
  • Company Size
  • Revenue
  • Employees
  • Target Decision Maker
  • Industry
  • Territory / Geography
  • Money to spend?
  • Pain Point

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Develop List of Target Prospects
  • 100 Target Prospects
  • Match to ideal prospects
  • Proactively search

21
Where to Find Prospects
  • Online
  • Warm calling vs. Cold calling
  • Networking, Networking, Networking
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • Silicon Valley Organizations
  • Partner Technologies
  • Other Techba companies

22
Measuring activity, results
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Measuring activity, results
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Pipeline Development A Start
  • Goal Generate Meetings
  • Create a 1 Page Introduction Letter
  • Targeted Audience Key Decision Maker (CEO, CFO,
    CFO, CAOetc)
  • Include Compelling statement regarding your
    company
  • Include measured success stories and results
  • Include reference Quote
  • Develop a list of Targeted Prospects
  • 100 Targets
  • Excel Spreadsheet
  • Decision maker names and contact information
  • Mail letters to selected key decision makers
  • Develop your 30 second sales pitch
  • Focused, clear and compelling value proposition
  • Follow up with Phone calls and ask for meeting

25
Awareness
  • 30 Second Pitch
  • 1 Page Letter / Email Introduction
  • Telephone Script and QA
  • Marketing Materials
  • Differentiate yourself

26
Demand Generation
  • Focus on the Right Prospects
  • Prospecting
  • Networking
  • Generate Interest
  • Volume Word of Mouth

27
Sales Engagement
  • Confidence, Confidence, Confidence
  • Clean, concise sales presentation
  • Goal oriented sales meeting
  • Sales Meetings dos and donts
  • Always leave the door open
  • Concrete next steps / activities
  • No Not now
  • Be open to Beta/Try and Buy
  • Ask for the Purchase Order

28
Sales Closure
  • Goal is customer signed Purchase Order
  • Get Customer to commit by signing something

29
Delivery
  • Be accurate in establishing delivery expectations
  • Tell them what you are going to do, Do it, and
    tell them what you did
  • Deliver 100 on Expectations
  • Successful delivery Repeat Business!!

30
Its a Numbers Game
  • Awareness
  • The more prospects you touch and know that you
    exist, the higher the chances of generating
    demand
  • Demand Generation
  • The more interested prospects that you
    generate, the higher your chances to engage in
    sales opportunities
  • Sales Engagement
  • The more sales engagements you participate in,
    the higher your chances of closing new customers
  • Sales Closure
  • The more sales you close..
  • Delivery
  • The more times you work with customers, and
    deliver on customer satisfaction, the more new
    opportunities you generate
  • Rule of thumb
  • 100 targets should generate 10 sales
    engagements
  • 10 sales engagements should generate 2 sales

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  • Sales Prep
  • Seminar Part II

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Agenda
  • Revisit past Action Items
  • 30 Second Pitches
  • Recap of individual sessions
  • Go To Market Strategies
  • Sales (Goals) Execution Strategies
  • Check List for New Action Items

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_at_ACTION ITEMS
  • Register with a local public library
  • Look for FREE Business Resources at your local
    library
  • ReferenceUSA
  • Develop Pipeline Tracking System
  • Excel Spreadsheet
  • Target Prospect Names
  • Addresses
  • Key Decision Makers (Leaders, Financial,
    Operations etc..)
  • Develop your 1 Page Introduction Letter
  • Develop your 30 Second Sales Pitch

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_at_ACTION ITEMS Part 2
  • Ensure you have an Americanized Website
  • Ensure you have a valid .com email addressNOT a
    .com.mx email address
  • Develop a PowerPoint Presentation
  • Develop a Company and Product/Service Brochure

35
_at_ACTION ITEMS Part 3
  • Recommended Books
  • Selling to VITO Anthony Parinello
  • Little Red Book of Selling Jeffrey Gitomer
  • The Art of the Start Guy Kawasaki
  • Recommended Movies
  • Glengarry GlenRoss
  • The Boiler Room

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30 Second Pitches
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Recap of Individual Sessions
  • Clarity of GTM strategy
  • Clarity of Sales Execution Strategy
  • Product? Service? Both?
  • Sales versus Venture Capital
  • Presence Commitment
  • What are your challenges / questions?
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