Is a long sales cycle a fact of life for you? Nobody makes an impulsive decision to buy from you. You must nurture the people in your pipeline: from suspect to prospect to lead to hot lead to customer to brand enthusiast*. (Don’t neglect that last one; they’re big-time influencers on social media.) The Buyer’s Journey can seem endless, but …
Four smart steps to shorten your B2B sales cycle and identify real leads in real time.
Every considered purchase means a prospect needs time to consider. (Duh!) But what can you do to shorten that sales cycle? Four practical steps: #1. Don’t make them read. The technology exists to put your content into kinetic motion to engage “readers” who won’t read. #2. Don’t just sit there. Auto-respond to warmer prospects who identify themselves in real time …