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How to acquire customers and
grow a $1B company
Stan Massueras
European Sales Director
@Intercom
● Lessons learned on the way
● Sales techniques to use in 2018
● How we optimize our sales process
Agenda:
2004 2018
90% of startups will fail
www.flippa.com
acquired for $425M
Email follow-ups are slow
Resources spent on product
Focus
Email follow-ups are slow
Resources spent on Sales
& Marketing
Focus
Resources spent on product
Product + Marketing + Sales
We sell what we build
“A live-chat solution
easy to install
simple to use
and they want it now”
and .
at
and .
at
Prospects who chat are 82% more likely to convert
Intercom internal study 2018
Prospects who chat with us pay 13% more than
those who don’t
Intercom internal study 2018
but how many sales reps
do I need ?
Personalised automation
Personalised automation
Withdraw money
Withdraw money
Apply for a mortgage
Apply for a mortgage
Email follow-ups are slow
Where can I find my last invoice?
How can I upgrade to your premium plan?
Email follow-ups are slow
Where can I find my last invoice?
How can I upgrade to your premium plan?
Email follow-ups are slow
I lost my password
I want to cancel my subscription
Email follow-ups are slow
I lost my password
I want to cancel my subscription
Greetings
at the
door
Let me know
if you need
help
Thank you for
your purchase
Best-in-class
customer
support
Speak with an
expert
Personalisation
Greetings at the door
Greetings at the door
Need any help?
Need any help?
Chat with an expert
Chat with an expert
Thank you for your purchase
Thank you for your purchase
Email follow-ups are slow
How do we optimize our
sales process?
Biases
The tools you useThe customers you want
Biases
The tools you useThe customers you want
Biases
The tools you useThe customers you want
Biases
Customers who are a
good fit
Customers you want
Customers who are a
good fit
Customers you want
Customers who see value
in Intercom
Customers who see value
in Intercom
● Alexa Rank
● Level of funding
● Vertical
● B2B/B2C
● Number of employees
● Tech-stack they use
● etc...
Customers who see value
In Intercom
Similar companies
● Alexa Rank
● Level of funding
● Vertical
● B2B/B2C
● Number of employees
● Tech-stack they use
● etc...
Do not let your tools dictate how to
Speak with your customers
Real-Time Sales
Webinar invitation Live-chat
Conversation
(optional)
Automated video
from sales rep
Sign-up
28% reduction of our Time-To-Close
Intercom internal study 2018
Product + Marketing + Sales
Focus on speed
Humans enhanced by bots
Thank you
Stan@intercom.io
@StanMassueras

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