2. 53% Focus on Sales Conversations
VALUE 4X MORE
89% OF
MEETINGS FAIL
PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE BUSINESS EXPERTISE
3. Avoiding epic sales call fails
Great Selling Conversations
Why Change? Pictures
vs. Grabbers Value Wedge vs.
Why You? vs. Vs. PowerPoint
The Hammock Value Parity
4. Why Change vs. Why You
YOU 24%
60%
STATUS
QUO
ENGAGE
WHY CHANGE? WHY YOU?
THEM 16%
MISSING!!
5. Avoiding epic sales call fails
Great Selling Conversations
Why Change? Pictures
vs. Grabbers Value Wedge vs.
Why You? vs. Vs. PowerPoint
The Hammock Value Parity
7. Avoiding epic sales call fails
Great Selling Conversations
Why Change? Pictures
vs. Grabbers Value Wedge vs.
Why You? vs. Vs. PowerPoint
The Hammock Value Parity
8. Value Wedge vs. Value Parity
Value Value
Wedge PROSPECT Parity
YOU COMPETITION
9. Avoiding epic sales call fails
Great Selling Conversations
Why Change? Pictures
vs. Grabbers Value Wedge vs.
Why You? vs. Vs. PowerPoint
The Hammock Value Parity
11. Avoiding epic sales call fails
Great Selling Conversations
Why Change? Pictures
vs. Grabbers Value Wedge vs.
Why You? vs. Vs. PowerPoint
The Hammock Value Parity
Old Brain Vs. New Brain
21. 65 % 35 %
BUYING VISION BAKE-OFF
-3 -2 -1 +1 +2 +3
Status Quo Identify Define Identify Review Make
Threatened New Needs Solution Viable Vendors Approaches Decision
“Why Change?” “Why You”
• Make the status quo unsafe • Here’s what we do
• Define new set of needs • How we think we do it better
• Align w/ your Strengths • Why we are the best option
SELL A PROBLEM SELL A PRODUCT
22. Problem Finder vs. Problem Solver
Opportunity to move
others hinges more on
helping them see their
situations in fresh more
revealing ways and to
identify problems they
didn’t realize they had.
Dan
Pink
“To
Sell
is
Human”
23. Define your target “status quo” why it’s
safe and where there are gaps
Customer Status Quo
Outcome Outcome Outcome
Identify executive outcomes and
at risk at risk at risk strategic objectives that may be at risk
Threats Threats Threats Reveal threats, problems and missed
opportunities that need to be solved to
Problems Problems Problems
eliminate the risk
Misses Misses Misses
New Needs
New Needs
New Needs
Re-define the needs and point to your relevant
and advantaged strengths that solve for each
challenge above
Solution Solution Solution Describe the positive business impact,
including customer stories with contrast
New End New End New End before and after the solution
State State State
24. Conversation
Roadmap
A repeatable
messaging
development
methodology for
creating problem-
oriented messaging
that aligns with
consultative,
solution selling
processes
25. A disciplined,
approach for
structuring and
aligning the typically
unstructured process
of developing
customer-focused
marketing and sales
messaging.
27. Targeted Whiteboards
-3 -2 -1 +1 +2 +3
Status Quo Identify Define Identify Review Make
Threatened New Needs Solution Viable Vendors Approaches Decision
“Why Change?” “Why You”
Point
of
View
Whiteboard
Solu4on
Differen4a4on
Whiteboard
Loosen
the
status
quo
Separate
yourself
from
compe>tors