In an effort to allow sales reps to focus on selling product, Sarah Smith, Marketing Operations Manager at Thomson Reuters, cleaned up their lead management system. Using a one lead per contact approach, their sales reps can now focus more on selling their products to qualified customers vs. prospecting a potential customer. Find out more of the journey on this weeks episode!
Tune in and Get Inspired to:
- Introducing a centralized demand center
- Benefits of a one lead per contact approach
- Use profiler and outreach tools to manage a leads engagement history
- Getting the sales channel buy in for a sales development team
- Inspiring, implement and integrating new ideas
Key Takeaways:
[:55] Who is Sarah and what does she do for Thomson Reuters?
[1:55] When developing their one-lead-per-contact system, what were Sarah and her team originally trying to solve for?
[3:55] Where is Sarah today on this project?
[4:30] The lead now only receives one dedicated sales rep, based on the multiple products they’re interested in.
[6:00] How did Sarah start a project like this?
[7:00] What were some of the most important steps Sarah had to focus on?
[9:15] What would Sarah do differently?
[12:15] What kinds of wins did Sarah see?
[13:00] What’s next?
[15:10] Sarah shares what her experience with the Outreach integration has been like.
[16:00] What inspires Sarah?
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