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Close More Big Deals Fast With Sales War Room Expert, Lisa Magnuson

February 27, 2020

Pick Your Account QB to Lead The Sale

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Sales Tips you’ll learn today on The Sales Podcast…

  • 41 sales VPs told her the book they wanted written

  • Live interviews over a year in researching the book

  • Hiring is a great start

  • You must create the engine to drive results

  • Execute

  • Follow through

  • Build a culture that focuses on big deals

  • War rooms

  • Account teams

  • Big deals, i.e. the complex sale

  • With a team you can keep your prices high

  • Engage the executive sponsor

  • Sell on value

  • Account teams help you sell on value

  • Who should lead the account team?

  • You need yellow and red flags so we know what to look for when things aren’t working

You must decide who the account quarterback will be.”

  • 15 years in sales consulting

  • “War Room Services” joins the account teams and helps close the deals

  • $40 million deal that didn’t look promising at first

  • Had to defeat an incumbent and overcome geography issues

  • Took nine months

  • Within 90 days that client got them a huge referral

  • Sometimes you’re not ready for bigger deals

  • Are you committed to pursue this opportunity from start to finish?

  • What’s the strategic value of landing this account?

  • Can you fulfill on the order?

  • 16 plays of leadership, culture, execution, etc.

  • Plus a sideline coach, i.e. 16 experts from around the world

  • Brian Burtz is one of the experts who says “change the rules.”

  • How to handle top performing salespeople, including the renegades

  • Opportunity finder playbook

  • Sales managers have 2x challenges as goals today

Links Mentioned In The Sales Podcast