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The world has changed
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Everything is moving to the web
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Externally focused thinking
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Destination postcard
Identify barriers to entry
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Wishing for change
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Change your thinking
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Child-like thinking
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AND thinking
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AND thinking
5 Key Sales & Marketing Priorities:
Packaging & Pricing2
Customer Experience3
Sales Processes4
5 Organizational Readiness
Messaging & Positioning1
Messaging & Positioning
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Target tomorrow’s customers
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Buyer Personas
Target different buyer personas
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Humanize
Persona-Based Website
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Understand your Buyer’s Personas
5 Key Sales & Marketing Priorities:
Packaging & Pricing2
Customer Experience3
Sales Processes4
5 Organizational Readiness
Messaging & Positioning1
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Target specific customer groups
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Create simple
Value Propositions
Example of Low Price
Provider
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5 Key Sales & Marketing Priorities:
Packaging & Pricing2
Customer Experience3
Sales Processes4
5 Organizational Readiness
Messaging & Positioning1
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Put your customer at the
centre of everything you do
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Focusing all your efforts on how they think
Web-
Centric
Web-
Agnostic
Self-
Guided
Online
Sales
Chats
Online
to Close
Deal
Qualifies
Online but
Calls to
Close
Qualifies
Online but
takes
Face2Face
to Close
Never looks at
web-site, wants
face-2-face
meeting
Uses Web Site
to find
Contact
Information
Visits web-site
briefly, then
calls to Qualify
A Spectrum of Buyer Behavior
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Easy to buy
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Remove barriers to sale
Choice preference
A
C
B
Triplicate of choice
A
C
X %
Y %
B
Triplicate of choice
Consistency
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Adaptability
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5 Key Sales & Marketing Priorities:
Packaging & Pricing2
Customer Experience3
Sales Processes4
5 Organizational Readiness
Messaging & Positioning1
Motivate them to take action….
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Everything is
under control?
Channels to Market
SOHO & SMB
Online Channel
Telesales
Partners
MidmarketOnline & Partners
EnterpriseDirect & Partners
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Direct
Sales
In-Direct
Sales
Online
Sales
Channels to Market
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Integrated Sales Machine
Channels to Market
Being Found/Findable
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Standing out from the crowd
Capture their attention
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Connecting with people
on their terms
5 Key Sales & Marketing Priorities:
Packaging & Pricing2
Customer Experience3
Sales Processes4
5 Organizational Readiness
Messaging & Positioning1
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Get everyone moving
in the same direction
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Collective focus
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Help them to see their better future
Help! Where do I start?
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This is too hard!
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Together we can do more
+ +
Enjoy the benefits of life
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Next up: What? and How?
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David R Ednie
President & CEO
SalesChannel Europe
Ph: +33 676 60 09 25 (FRA)
Ph: +61 415 94 51 57 (AUS)
Email: david@saleschannel-europe.com
Website: www.saleschannel-europe.com

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