The Long Road to the Customer Infographic

1
The Long Road to the Customer “Ours is better, faster, cheaper.” Enterprise technology sales has evolved over three eras. Today, best-in-breed sales organizations are focused on the customer. Oh how far we have come... Message: Audience: Procurement department Single executive buyer Thought Leaders: Publications: Dale Carnegie Zig Ziglar 1935 1976 1985 1988 Tools: Chevrolet Phone Rolodex Yellow Pages Xerox 1985-2008 Consultive Salesperson Prescriptive, teaching Salesperson Audience: Tools: Email Goldmine Act! Siebel Salesforce.com "We are your one-stop shop for addressing your problems." Cross-functional team Thought Leaders: Matthew Dixon Brent Adamson Scott Santucci James Ninivaggi Audience: Tools: Smartphone LinkedIn Box Clearslide Marketo Handshakez "We understand your problems better than you do. Here is the solution." Drinks Gimmick: Relationship Salesman Gimmick: ROI Calculator Solutions Era Product Era Message: Message: Gimmick: Thought Leadership Videos Thought Leaders: Neil Rackam Robert Miller Stephen Heiman 1936 - 1985 Publications: Customer Era 2008 - ... 2011 Publication:

description

Enterprise technology sales has evolved over three eras. Today, best-in-breed sales organizations are on the customer. Oh how far we've come...

Transcript of The Long Road to the Customer Infographic

Page 1: The Long Road to the Customer Infographic

The Long Road to the Customer

“Ours is better, faster, cheaper.”

Enterprise technology sales has evolved over three eras.Today, best-in-breed sales organizations are focused on the customer.

Oh how far we have come...

Message:

Audience:Procurement department

Single executive buyer

Thought Leaders:

Publications:

Dale CarnegieZig Ziglar

1935

1976

1985

1988

Tools:ChevroletPhoneRolodexYellow PagesXerox

1985-2008Consultive

Salesperson

Prescriptive, teachingSalesperson

Audience:

Tools:EmailGoldmineAct!SiebelSalesforce.com

"We are your one-stop shop for addressing your problems."

Cross-functional team

Thought Leaders:Matthew Dixon Brent AdamsonScott SantucciJames Ninivaggi

Audience:

Tools:SmartphoneLinkedInBoxClearslideMarketoHandshakez

"We understand your problems better than you do. Here is the solution."

Drinks

Gimmick:

RelationshipSalesman

Gimmick:

ROICalculator

Solutions Era

Product Era

Message:

Message:

Gimmick:Thought

LeadershipVideos

Thought Leaders:Neil RackamRobert Miller Stephen Heiman

1936 - 1985

Publications:

Customer Era2008 - ...

2011

Publication: