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PROSPECT SALES OBJECTIVE

Research customer history; understand industry/business trends; demonstrate vertical expertise.

MEASURMENT OF YOUR PROGRESS

  • You understand customer's key initiatives
  • You communicate vertical expertise that aligns with customer initiatives
  • Key players validate opportunities
  • Opportunities leverage current capabilities
  • Opportunity Scorecard

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

  • Attend Industry/Customer Events
  • Identify historical sales of customer
  • Inventory current products/services used by the customer, if any
  • Talk to account Managers who has had success in "like" customer (map: what sold, who bought, who is MSI helped? Partners?)
  • Assess nature of customer's strategic initiatives
  • Identify and understand key business issues relevant to the customer
  • Determine total customer potential based on research/historical data
  • Assess competitor activity and position within customer
  • Determine time and effort required to secure or grow the customer
  • Review qualification, assignment, and prioritization with Sales Manager or Partner
  • Identify Subject Matter Experts
  • Select contact(s) to initiate contact(email, mail, ad-hoc)
  • Benchmark against world-class customers
  • Inventory relevant and reference-able "like" solutions
  • Evaluate competitive solutions
  • Prepare/customize industry briefing relevant to Buying Influences' Concepts

MEASURMENT OF YOUR PROGRESS

  • Visit the Verticals section to understand more about your customers business and find related materials

PROSPECT SALES OBJECTIVE

Research customer history; understand industry/business trends; demonstrate vertical expertise.

MEASURMENT OF YOUR PROGRESS

  • You understand customer's key initiatives
  • You communicate vertical expertise that aligns with customer initiatives
  • Key players validate opportunities
  • Opportunities leverage current capabilities
  • Opportunity Scorecard

MEASURMENT OF YOUR PROGRESS

  • Visit the Verticals section to understand more about your customers business and find related materials

PROSPECT SALES OBJECTIVE

Research customer history; understand industry/business trends; demonstrate vertical expertise.

MEASURMENT OF YOUR PROGRESS

  • You understand customer's key initiatives
  • You communicate vertical expertise that aligns with customer initiatives
  • Key players validate opportunities
  • Opportunities leverage current capabilities
  • Opportunity Scorecard

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

  • Attend Industry/Customer Events
  • Identify historical sales of customer
  • Inventory current products/services used by the customer, if any
  • Talk to account Managers who has had success in "like" customer (map: what sold, who bought, who is MSI helped? Partners?)
  • Assess nature of customer's strategic initiatives
  • Identify and understand key business issues relevant to the customer
  • Determine total customer potential based on research/historical data
  • Assess competitor activity and position within customer
  • Determine time and effort required to secure or grow the customer
  • Review qualification, assignment, and prioritization with Sales Manager or Partner
  • Identify Subject Matter Experts
  • Select contact(s) to initiate contact(email, mail, ad-hoc)
  • Benchmark against world-class customers
  • Inventory relevant and reference-able "like" solutions
  • Evaluate competitive solutions
  • Prepare/customize industry briefing relevant to Buying Influences' Concepts

MEASURMENT OF YOUR PROGRESS

  • Visit the Verticals section to understand more about your customers business and find related materials

PROSPECT SALES OBJECTIVE

Research customer history; understand industry/business trends; demonstrate vertical expertise.

MEASURMENT OF YOUR PROGRESS

  • You understand customer's key initiatives
  • You communicate vertical expertise that aligns with customer initiatives
  • Key players validate opportunities
  • Opportunities leverage current capabilities
  • Opportunity Scorecard

MEASURMENT OF YOUR PROGRESS

  • Visit the Verticals section to understand more about your customers business and find related materials

PROSPECT SALES OBJECTIVE

Research customer history; understand industry/business trends; demonstrate vertical expertise.

MEASURMENT OF YOUR PROGRESS

  • You understand customer's key initiatives
  • You communicate vertical expertise that aligns with customer initiatives
  • Key players validate opportunities
  • Opportunities leverage current capabilities
  • Opportunity Scorecard

SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

  • Attend Industry/Customer Events
  • Identify historical sales of customer
  • Inventory current products/services used by the customer, if any
  • Talk to account Managers who has had success in "like" customer (map: what sold, who bought, who is MSI helped? Partners?)
  • Assess nature of customer's strategic initiatives
  • Identify and understand key business issues relevant to the customer
  • Determine total customer potential based on research/historical data
  • Assess competitor activity and position within customer
  • Determine time and effort required to secure or grow the customer
  • Review qualification, assignment, and prioritization with Sales Manager or Partner
  • Identify Subject Matter Experts
  • Select contact(s) to initiate contact(email, mail, ad-hoc)
  • Benchmark against world-class customers
  • Inventory relevant and reference-able "like" solutions
  • Evaluate competitive solutions
  • Prepare/customize industry briefing relevant to Buying Influences' Concepts

MEASURMENT OF YOUR PROGRESS

  • Visit the Verticals section to understand more about your customers business and find related materials