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Donal Daly CEO, The TAS Group Presentation at LinkedIn Sales Connect – October 2015 smartmatters Brief Annotations here

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Donal DalyCEO, The TAS Group

Presentation at LinkedIn Sales Connect – October 2015

smartmattersBrief Annotations here

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Sales Velocity

SALESVELOCITY

V DEALS VALUE WIN RATE

SALES CYCLE

The Sales Velocity Equation shows the 4 levers that impact the revenue that can be achieved in a given time period.

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DEALS VALUE WIN RATE

SALES CYCLE

SALESVELOCITY

V

LinkedIn Improves Sales Velocity

LinkedIn can help improve each of the four

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Only 54% of salespeople can access key players

61% can uncover customers’ business

problems

When you lose …

*Source: Dealmaker Index Sales Benchmark Study 2013

You need to get to the right people and understand their business problems

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Uncovering Customers’ Problems

61% of salespeople are good at uncovering customers’

business problems

Those salespeople are 28% more likely

to achieve quota

*Source: Dealmaker Index Sales Benchmark Study 2013

When you understand their business problems, you can truly deliver value grow your sales

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Only 54% of Reps Can Access Key Players

KEY PLAYERS INACCESSIBLE

Only 54% of salespeople can access key players

INCREASED REVENUESalespeople who access Key players achieve 30% more

revenue

*Source: Dealmaker Index Sales Benchmark Study 2013

Accessing the key players effectively adds 30% to your sales attainment

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Smart Sales TransformationThis is a screenshot of Dealmaker Political Map – that shows hierarchy, your supporters and non-supporters

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Smart Sales TransformationBut sometimes influence is more important that position on the org chart. LinkedIn can help uncover that.When you understand their business problems, you can truly deliver value grow your sales

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Smart Sales TransformationUsing LInkedIn can help you learn more about the people you need to connect with … and other related people

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Smart Sales TransformationYou can learn about their opinions ….

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Smart Sales TransformationYou can learn about their opinions … and how these opinions are influenced.

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Case Study

smartmattersUsing Dealmaker & LinkedIn together delivered a $3m contract

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Smart Sales TransformationWe understood what people cared about, the history of working together, and what influenced them. -> $3m deal!

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How to Operationalize?

smartmatters

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Smart Sales TransformationWe bake LinkedIn research right into our sales process in Dealmaker.

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Thank You

smartmatters

@donaldaly/in/dalydonal