Online Sales Software: CRM Alternative
Now is the time, as all competitors cry, as lazy salespeople die, to
work your ass off. Now is the time to gain huge mind-share with
prospects.
I played pro football, yes I did. I have a shiny
bauble on my ring finger that Al Davis handed me in 1983. this super
bowl ring motivates me each day. I can taste the blood from my broken
noses, I can feel the torn ligaments in my knees, and as I feel this, I
remember how I got there.
I worked at IBM for several years. Just a great company to be part
of. IBM's philosophy of learning and respect for the individual built a
great place to work. The training was extensive; technology, from ERP
to ecommerce; consultative sales; and the IBM business process.
Contact management tools like ACT and Goldmine are used by many manufacturer' reps to manage sales. For for small rep firms, less than 5 sales people the tools are not stretched beyond capabilities. For rep agencies which sell with more sales people, and have more complexity, the basic contact managers are a bandaid to the bigger sales tracking problems.
Get more leads. That's right. Put some heat into marketing or lead generation, if you prefer, and get some leads. Make some info widgets, get them out the door, and get on the phones. Go, go, go.
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Larry Ellison, Oracle head, defines cloud computing as "anything we make." Software companies are jumping on this bandwagon to benefit from the hot term, cloud. Access to applications from anywhere; your local Starbucks; your office, home or business; your customers office; this is our definition of cloud computing. And our sales software is built to fit this model and more...
Trade shows can pull leads if the show is well attended. And if the lead receptor could get around to working the lead a sale may occur. The sale happens when the right salesperson gets the lead, works the lead, qualifies the lead to a business opportunity and closes it. The business which pays for the trade show space, seems to forget why they are attending the show. A customer presence is one reason, but the main reason is demand creation. Is it not?
Our company's staff ask prospects a key question during each call: Are you trying to improve your sales? "Sure, isn't everyone?" Is the usual reply. Then comes this:
'Sir, what are you doing to improve?" our staff gently queries. And the answer is, "hem, haw, hem, haw."
Ask your self this latter question. What tangible changes are being made to improve? Our business is sales. Finding prospects which can buy and have a need. Then selling our service to them. Lets break this down to marketing and sales.