Lead Conversion Strategies to Build Trust and Boost Sales 💵
Did you know that 51% of decision makers rank trust as the top factor they desire in a salesperson? Trust actually outranked ROI and price! (
Harvard Business School professor Gerald Zaltman says that 95% of all purchase decisions are made on emotion. (
Email fills in the conversational holes between in-person/phone contact and has the ability to move the sales conversation forward. It keeps you at the top of your customer's solution funnel and gives your sales team new angles to consider before next contact.
With email marketing and sales emails working in tandem, you have a balance that educates your prospect and encourages them to buy. Sure, you always work in your CTAs, but you never have to be aggressive or pushy about it. Because you are adding value through multiple channels and moving the conversation forward during every interaction, higher conversion rates will follow as the next logical step in the process.
What makes email marketing so powerful? Because email was and still is king. The average company got back $44 for every $1 of email marketing spend in 2018 - a 4400% ROI. (
The odds of having a successful sales connect call decreases more than 6x after the 1st hour. (
Your salespeople know your customers better than anyone. They are the ones who should be molding your discounts, seasonal sales, and packages. Because we are in an instantaneous business world, sales reps should have ownership over their deals and be able to customize personalized offers for their customers.
Certainly set executive limits to hold profit margins and budgets, but salespeople should have the freedom to entice the prospect within those limits. What's more - if your prospect knows he is speaking to a decision maker, he is much more likely to trust your company as one that prioritizes him.
Here are some popular offer ideas:
Discounted Products/Services
Free Shipping
Buy More, Get More
Product Giveaways
Repeat Customer Discounts
Coupons (for less popular products)
Holiday Promotions or Limited Time Offers
With lead conversion strategies based around building trust, you can let go of the volatile "numbers game" philosophy that runs through far too many small businesses. Consider the best practices above to improve your lead conversion rates and give your hardworking sales team strategies of efficiency rather than pure volume!
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