Business Development in Major Accounts - Get Sales Strategy Right
Major accounts are not just big little accounts; they are quantitatively different. So top performers selling to major accounts cannot just do faster and better what they did when selling to smaller accounts. Successful major account salespeople sell differently – starting with crafting sales strategy. Major account salespeople must be business-savvy sales consultants who have developed superior sales skills, have a comprehensive knowledge of their customer’s business and the knowledge and political acumen to leverage and orchestrate internal company resources – to both close new business and grow existing business. Fifteen tips are: Sales Strategy Formulation Get the right information from the right people at the right time during the sales cycle . Move from just “filling out forms” to analyzing information gathered. Focus on a few pivotal goals – then delineate what needs to be done and how to do it. Recognize that the future doesn’t ...