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“When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier.” – Roy E. Disney
Decision-making is the thought process of selecting a logical choice from the available options. When trying to make a good decision, a person must weigh the positives and negatives of each option, and consider all the alternatives. He has the authority to choose!!
Before trying to understand the ways to identify and qualify a decision-maker, let us understand the different roles in a buying process. For instance, take the example of a teenager who wants to buy a phone, he is most likely influenced by his friends, the decider could be his mom or dad, usually the amount of money for the phone will be provided by the father, the teenager is the end-user of the product.
In an article by Sean McPheat, he identifies “The 5 Main Buying Roles”. They are …
All of these are important roles and we have to form different strategies that would suit each of them. Our focus however is on the “decider”.
No decision = No deals = No profits!
No business can run without revenue. While we are trying to identify and qualify a decision-maker, it is very important for us to consider not just the decision-maker but also all the other important people that play a part in the process of decision making.
Let us now discuss how we can identify and qualify a decision-maker
A top sales performer needs to determine who has the authority to make the deal – who has the authority to “sign the check”. By coming into direct contact with the decision-maker, you are in a better place to understand his needs, and eventually, you will form a relationship with him/her.
Without having direct contact with the decision-maker, there is a tendency to waste a lot of time and energy. You do not want to convince an employee about buying your services and later be rejected by the CEO of the company. It is ideal to come in direct contact with the decision-maker, but in other cases make sure you are in contact with the person that can influence the decision-maker into making the decision of buying your product/ services.
If you are able to assess the revenue potential of a given buyer early in the sales process, you will be in a better place to make a decision about whether the prospect is worth the pursuit.
Keep the Customer Lifetime Value (CTV) in your mind before qualifying a sales prospect according to the revenue that he might generate? Give more time and energy to the customers that you feel will have a longer CTV over the customers that buy for a one-time event.
Your main purpose is to add value to a customer’s life. You need to provide a service that is required by the customer and that adds value to his product or service and solves his/ her problem. You do not want to provide a customer with a service or solution that doesn’t match his objectives.
Determine early on if the products and services you offer match with the buyer’s need to solve his problem or capitalize on his business opportunity. If it’s a good match, go for it.
If you feel that your service is not the best for the buyer, you can give him quality advice regarding the vendors that can solve his problems in the best of ways.
When you are clear about the kind of decision-makers you want to attract, you can personalize your channel and approach. End of the day, you want to sell your products/services. It is the decision-makers that decide your fate.
Create content that will appeal to your decision-maker, be sure you are available on the platforms and places where you can be visible to them. Invest in a strategy that will put all the people in the “buyer’s role” in action- the initiator, the influencer, the buyer, and the user.
Once you are able to persuade them, the decision-maker will be in a better place to get convinced. Understand the role of each of them and start your process in qualifying the best sales prospects that suit your company.
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