COVID-19 has had drastic effects on many companies unequipped for a radical shift in how customers do business.  The good news is, there is still money to be made, and those able to pivot in new directions can still achieve sales success. Sales leaders are advised to follow the five C’s of COVID-19 in order to effectively lead their teams, retain and gain customers, and reach their goals in unprecedented times. 

Velocity, Speed.  Take any object and make it go faster and it will have more force.  Take any Sales Team and make it go faster and you will sell more.

Being in sales requires being an optimist.  Regular rejection and the pressure of hitting your numbers means you have to believe in what you are doing.  Keeping your salespeople optimistic is a must and relying on their predictions of sales revenue requires some filtering.

Finding new clients is essential to growing your business, so finding them must be a high priority.  Market coverage models outline the strategy for how sales people can sell to as many good prospects as possible. Most sales people do a poor job of maximizing their territories, so don’t leave it all up to them. Well done market coverage strategies and models help find, target, convert and report on the best, most profitable prospects. 

Wouldn’t it be nice if you were fed a continuous diet of qualified leads?  How much more productive you could be if all you had to do was close deals all day.  Imagine the volume!  Imagine the bonus! Imagine is right.

When you build a new product or service you’ll have to decide what value you’re going to bring to your customer, what problem you’ll solve, and what that should be worth. As you bring that product to market, you will create value propositions that define your position across product planning, marketing messaging, and sales messaging. This simple framework helps to keep the product and messaging aligned, clear, and on track.

Let's spend a minute on disruption. Disruption as a word/phrase means: "A disruption is a major disturbance, something that changes your plans or interrupts some event or process."

If you google “sales enablement” likely you’ll be bombarded with various CRM and sales process vendors, metric platforms, and consumption and training software. And all those things are great things if the strategy, content, and tools being used in via these platforms is right. In this blog, we outline key components you should consider prior to picking the right software and digital platforms for your company.

Many B2B sales leaders still don’t recognize B2B purchase decisions as emotional. Even if business leaders, say they believe there’s an emotional element in the decision-making process, little importance is actually placed on marketing and sales initiatives that strive to create an emotional connection between the prospect or customer and the company brand.

Want fast growth, higher win rates, and improved customer retention? The answer lies in tightly-aligned sales and marketing processes. Research shows it’s more important than ever that these two departments meld together – by aligning the two, organizations see an average of 32% annual revenue growth (Forrester), 38% higher win rates, and 36% greater customer retention (both stats from MarketingProfs).