The ultimate goal for salespeople is pretty simple - to close more deals. But how do we make that happen? Today’s episode of Aligned is a rerun of Sean’s guest appearance on The Sales Evangelist Podcast hosted by Donald Kelly. The pair discusses the science-based approach to sales and marketing (and the alignment between the two) that Fitzmartin specializes in to drive revenue for clients.
The idea of a science-based framework:
- Most of us love superheroes (who today isn’t a devout Marvel fan?) As the last touch, salespeople are considered the hero for most clients in the business world.
- While a sales team might complain about bad leads, science has a different view. 80% of leads are in some degree of consideration.
- Behavioral science is the transtheoretical theorem of behavioral change, according to Prochaska & DiClemente: there’s more to human behavior than awareness.
- Sean’s pro tip: When interviewing an ad agency, ask them what the most effective marketing approach is just before closing a deal.
- A good marketer knows how to impact a deal throughout the sales process.
Looking back/looking forward:
- From a marketing and sales perspective, there are specific ways to help when customers want to move forward.
- Scientific research has determined nine processes across all forms of behavioral science that allow people to move forward, but only at specific places.
- When people are contemplating a purchase, they go to your website. However, just because the prospects haven’t bought doesn’t mean they forget your company and their needs.
- Awareness isn’t everything; consumers need a later stage process to finalize their decision.
- Marketers need to help people move from contemplation to preparation and eventually to action.
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Audio provided by Free SFX and Bensound. Other songs used in the episodes are as follows: The Organ Grinder written by Bradley Jay Hill, performed by Bright Seed, and produced by Brightseed and Hill.