{"id":8030,"date":"2023-06-02T17:27:39","date_gmt":"2023-06-02T17:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/closers.io\/?p=8030"},"modified":"2023-06-02T18:56:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-02T18:56:05","slug":"how-to-build-the-ultimate-sales-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/closers.io\/how-to-build-the-ultimate-sales-team\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Build the ULTIMATE Sales Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8030\" class=\"elementor elementor-8030\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e712c6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e712c6b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65177b6\" data-id=\"65177b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a002289 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"a002289\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=SPHi0KCmAL8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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Thus, you won&#8217;t have to regularly pour your attention, time, and energy into the sales team.\u00a0<\/p><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4>What Should You Do?<\/h4><p>Once you are out of the sales department, your primary responsibility is to keep calendars full at all costs, along with work on positioning and messaging in the marketing place.<\/p><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4>Some Mistakes\u00a0<\/h4><p>The biggest mistake is the &#8220;pendulum swing&#8221;; by this, we mean that as soon as a business&#8217;s sales team becomes independent or on autopilot, the owners hop on a pendulum swing and completely shift their attention, giving it no time whatsoever.<\/p><p>The second mistake is bringing on an external sales manager because this has statistically failed, particularly in our industry.\u00a0<\/p><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4>Validate Your Offer<\/h4><p>In building a successful company, one of the initial steps is to validate your offer. Validation involves ensuring that your deliverables, packaging, and messaging clearly define and consistently attract customers.\u00a0<\/p><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4>Optimal Selling System<\/h4><p>The next step is to validate your optimal selling system, which refers to a customer acquisition process that meets two critical criteria. Firstly, it should provide a consistent, repeatable, and scalable way to convert cold prospects into sales calls.\u00a0<\/p><p>Secondly, it should offer a consistent, repeatable, and scalable approach to convert sales calls into clients. In the coaching, consulting, and agency industry, the primary channels for scalability are typically manual outbound or paid methods.<\/p><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4>The System: Inputs and Outputs<\/h4><p>A critical aspect of the optimal selling system is ensuring that the inputs and outputs are highly correlated. Hence, the system should yield predictable results based on the resources invested.\u00a0<\/p><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4>Cold Traffic Considerations<\/h4><p>Ensuring it works effectively with cold traffic is crucial when validating your selling system. Relying solely on warm leads, referrals, or word-of-mouth may lead to misleading results.\u00a0<\/p><p>If you later introduce cold traffic and encounter poor conversion rates, it becomes difficult to determine whether the issue lies with the sales team or the lead acquisition process.\u00a0<\/p><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4>Removing Yourself from the Sales Process<\/h4><p>After you have a proven offer, consistent lead flow, and a repeatable sales procedure, remove yourself from the sales process. Instead of one salesperson, recruit two now. Your training and leadership show if both salesmen succeed. 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