Have your sales pipeline dried up?
I hear a lot of business owners and salespeople saying that they are worried that their sales pipeline has dried up.
Sales are the life blood of any company and having a good sales pipeline helps you to close more sales and allows you monitor the current health of your company.
What is a sales pipeline
A sales pipeline is a snapshot of where prospects are in the sale process. Sales pipelines show you how many deals are expected to close in the next week month or year.
A healthy sales pipeline allows you to:
- Improve your sales process
- Forecast future sales
- Create different sales and marketing strategies for your business
- Review your sales progress
- Reach your targets
Without a sales pipeline you don’t know which sales are likely to close and what action you need to take to grow your business.
I thought I share with you ways to manage your pipeline
Follow up and follow up again
Follow up with your prospects and customers.
It can take up to 8 sales calls to close a deal. Make sure you keep contacting and follow up with your leads until you get a decision.
Its also important to know when to let go of a lead, if they say no then let it go.
Monitor your pipeline and focus on the best leads
Make sure you keep on top of your pipeline. Know the number of deals that are in your pipeline and what stage they are at in the sales cycle.
Prospects, Qualification, Quote, Close.
Focus your efforts on the best, most sales-ready, high value leads.
Set time aside to fill your pipeline at every stage.
Share your content
Prospects will often require more information to help them understand if your product or service is a right fit for their business. They may have forgotten to ask a question, or need to be reminded of extra features and benefits.
Sending them additional information at different stages of the sales cycle is a great way to reinforce your message and take them to the next stage of the sales cycle
Get a list of new B2B prospects
Get a list of your ideal customer and start marketing, nurturing and prospecting now. Start building your pipeline to make sure your business comes through any dip in the market.
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Use a CRM
Use a CRM to manage your pipeline effectively and keep track of all your sales activities. Set tasks and reminders to make sure you never miss a call
Conclusion
Manage your pipeline successfully to monitor each stage of the sales cycle and close more sales.
Make sure you have enough contacts and prospects at each stage of your pipeline.
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