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Successful Sales Strategy Session #3 @PersistIQ

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Successful Sales StrategySession #3

@PersistIQ

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Brandon RedlingerHost & Presenter

@PersistIQ

Welcome to the webinar!

Nabila ParvezCo-Presenter

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● The biggest mistakes in outbound emails and how to avoid them

● Weapons and mass personalization

● The 5 step formula for personalizing emails at scale in under 5 min

● Hacking personal communication

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Today’s Agenda

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Biggest Mistakes in Outbound Sales

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● Over Automation● Thinking Customization = Personalization● Not making emails feel personal

Biggest Mistakes in Outbound Sales

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Over Automation

● What should be automated?

● What could be done by humans?

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Dead Giveaways of Automation

● The email was sent from

[email protected] via another server

● The email contained missing variables

● The presence of HTML format

● The address and opt out link.

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PersistIQ Behind the Scenes

● Email throttling

● Reply detection

● Safety Checks

○ Strips HTML

○ Clear all formatting

○ Sending limits

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Customization is NOT Personalization

● Anyone can use mail merges

● Just because you use a {{first_name}} variable

doesn’t make it personalized

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Customization is NOT Personalization

The technology itself doesn’t make it a good cold email.

Only a human can do that.

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A 5-Step Formula for Sending Highly Personalized Sales Emails at Scale

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A 5-Step Formula for Sending Highly Personalized Sales Emails at Scale

1. Identify all the decision makers2. Collect relevant data on your prospects3. Create an outbound email template for each ICP4. Launch Your Campaign and analyze the results5. Follow up!

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1) Identify the Decision Makers

● Use LinkedIn Navigator and DiscoverOrg to map the organization

● Length of Service● Skills and Endorsements● Referrals

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1) Identify the Decision Makers

● 0-10 employees: Usually the CEO or co-founders in the vertical you are selling into

● 10-50 employees: Generally VPs● 50-500 employees: Specialized roles, such as Sales Manager,

Business Development Manager, etc.● More than 500 employees: Find the regional specialized role

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Collect your standard variables, such as:● First and last name● Email● Company● Position/title● Website● Phone (direct line if possible)● LinkedIn profile

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2) Collect Relevant Data on Leads

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Next, connect deeper:● A recent blog post (and why you liked it)● Colleagues’ names along with their positions● Recent business challenges they’ve expressed● Alma Mater● Recent awards, recognitions or press● Case studies ● Relevant events or news that affects your prospect

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2) Collect Relevant Data on Leads

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3) Create templates for each ICP

Each ICP will have their own unique pain points. Therefore, each should have his/her own communication personalized to fit specific needs.

Generator.PersistIQ.com

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More personalization on early touches!

Use Snippets for extra personalization● Single sentence● Entire paragraph● Entire email

3) Create templates for each ICP

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Drop your list of leads and your templates into your favorite outbound sales platform, like PersistIQ, and hit “send!”

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4) Launch and analyze

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Remember the 4 critical factors for follow up success:● Number of touchpoints (8+)● Channel Diversity● Time between touchpoints● Content of touchpoints

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5) Follow up!

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Hacking Personal Communication

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How make make your emails look and feel personal.

This is all about making the content and message feel personal.

Use this as your checklist.

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Hacking Personal Communication

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What is the tone of your email?● Conversational● Use contractions● Write in the 1st or 2nd person

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Hacking Personal Communication

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Who do you look/feel/sound like?● Any hints that you’re a salesperson?● “People love to buy, but hate to be sold to”● B2B sales is still selling to humans

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Hacking Personal Communication

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Is it the right length?● Concise and to the point● Don’t use 15 words when 10 will do● Cut your 1st draft in ½. Then cut it more● About 150 words is a sweet spot for a first email

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Hacking Personal Communication

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What value are you offering?● Is there value at every touch?● Different for each IPC● Value is in the eye of the receiver

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Hacking Personal Communication

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Who is it about? ● It’s about your prospect● Why should your prospect pay attention to you?● Paint a picture

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Hacking Personal Communication

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Are you being thoughtful?● Is it obvious that you spent time on writing your email?● Use attention-grabbing keywords (not buzzwords)● Your prospect will be able to tell

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Hacking Personal Communication

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Weapons of Mass Personalization

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● Mention.com for monitoring keyword in your industry

● Owler for staying up to date with news on competitors & clients

● Newsle for staying up to date with news on people in your network

Weapons of Mass Personalization

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● Connect6 for finding key people and connecting with them across the social graph

● Nimble to look at a prospect’s recent social media activity and manage contact

● Crystal Knows for communication with your prospect in the most appropriate tone

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Weapons of Mass Personalization

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● Hemingway Editor for helping with readability and flow when you’re writing your emails

● Tona Analyzer for making sure your emails actually matches the tone you’re intending

● Data-Miner.io extracting data out of HTML web pages and importing it into Excel

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Weapons of Mass Personalization

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BONUS: Trigger Events w/ John Barrows & Craig Elias

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Set up a system to monitor your key accounts for major events, such as:● Merger or acquisition● Product launch● Litigation● Expansion● Hiring of a specific role related to what you do● Etc.

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BONUS: Trigger Events w/ John Barrows & Craig Elias

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Week 4 (Feb. 24th): Template Critique Session● We’ll share some of our best performing templates and why

they worked● We’ll critique your templates and give you feedback on how

to improve

Send your templates to [email protected] with “Template Critique” in the subject line

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Next week’s Training

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