Meet the technology giving superpowers to sales teams all over the world.
Before we get ahead of ourselves, a proper introduction is in order.
Sales Engagement Platforms (SEP’s) are applications leveraged by sales teams to organize and execute the delivery of multi-step sales campaigns to their top prospects.
In layman terms, these campaigns consist of a combination of emails, phone calls, and other touch-points.
All of these activities are then automatically logged and stored in a CRM without extra manual intervention.
Bottom line – SEP’s enable reps to focus time and effort on revenue-generating activities and automate time-draining tasks.
We introduced you to Sales Engagement in the 5 Types of Tools to Unleash Your Sales Productivity in 2020.
Now, we’re going to dig a bit deeper.
Here, you’ll read about:
The invention of the Sales Engagement Platform back around 2013 irreversibly changed the B2B sales profession.
Seemingly overnight, the massive wave started.
Sales teams now had the means to scalably reach out to target prospects and track activity at a pace that was simply unprecedented at the time.
Put simply, SEP’s enable salespeople to work faster than humanly possible.
It’s like going from:
You get the picture.
Let’s do a little before and after, shall we?
Managing Sales Campaigns – Without Sales Engagement:
See a theme?
The constant manual intervention places a huge drain on resources.
So, if your sales team is responsible for executing outbound campaigns – and you’re NOT using a Sales Engagement Platform – you’re incurring massive opportunity cost.
Now, let’s compare to the new way.
Managing Sales Campaigns – With Sales Engagement:
Which world would you rather live in?
"If your sales team is responsible for executing outbound campaigns to convert prospects - and you're NOT using a Sales Engagement Platform - you're incurring massive opportunity cost."
Remember this. For every hour you save per work-week over the course of a year, you’ll get an entire work-week back.
You might be thinking, “Whoa there sir, we’ve been doing just fine without Sales Engagement!”
If that’s the case, you’re probably not fully aware of the opportunity cost being left on the table.
Let’s play pretend for just a moment..
Imagine you’re a world-class Olympic sprinter.
And you’re due to participate in a winner-take-all race between you and your competitors.
It’s just a 1 mile straight shot.
Perfect conditions.
Your competitors aren’t even in shape.
How could you lose!?
You’re the first step up to the starting line. And around the corner, here come your competitors..
All behind the wheels of brand-new, high-performance sports cars.
Uh oh!
Obviously, there’s no way you’ll win.
Even if you’re the fastest, hardest-working, most talented sprinter of all time, the cars will win hands down.
They can move faster than humanly possible.
When it comes to competing in the arena of sales, it’s the same thing (just swap the cars for Sales Engagement).
You can be the most efficient, hardest working, determined person ever. But even average competitors can & will outpace you with the right tools.
And while CRM’s are extremely important, they won’t really help you move faster and engage the market at scale.
But SEP’s will!
To this point, we’ve covered that:
This is exactly why tools are stacked on one another. Where one stops, another starts.
For a sales prospecting process, here are the essentials:
Using these tools collectively, you’ll:
There are plenty of other solutions that can surround these. You can even use multiple tools for one purpose in some cases. But these are the core essentials for a prospecting tech stack.
"If you want to maximize productivity and potential, the right tools have to be stacked on top of the CRM."
If these tools are not a part of your everyday workflow as a rep, bringing them into your stack can be exciting.
Even life-changing!
But, please consider a couple words of caution..
If you don’t know how to drive a car, you’ll probably crash. Same thing with Sales Engagement. Learn how to use the systems first and avoid common mistakes others make!
And before you acquire a SEP (or any new technology), be sure to do your research and get the right system for your needs.
No matter where you are on the search for information or a new platform, we have you covered:
Co-Founder
January 12th, 2020
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