Success Stories:

Medtronics - $800,000

Mustang Power - $585,000

Bayer - $300,000

Sun Microsystems - $675,000

Related Audio:

Listen to President and CEO Walter Rogers interview on WS Talk Radio discussing the Sales Performance Improvement

Listen to Walter Rogers present for the American Marketing Associations on the topic of Sales and Marketing Disconnect.

 
   

The Customer:

As one of Caterpillar's leading power systems distributors worldwide, Mustang Power Systems provides power packages for a variety of land and offshore applications and specializes in the design, engineering and fabrication of state-of-the-art engine packages in a vast range of power ratings. A growing demand for efficient as well as environmentally friendly power has helped establish Caterpillar and Mustang Power Systems as leaders in these markets.


The Challenge:

  • Overall reduction of customer budgets and spending
  • Customers relying on objection tactics to disrupt the sales process
  • Increase in cost of production and transportation
  • Dramatic decrease in competition’s prices

The Solution:

  • Learn how to build trust with different behavioral types
  • Communicate value through the entire selling interaction
  • Fully analyze customer organizations and their driving forces
  • Anticipate and handle negative behavior and objections
  • Role-play “cold calling” skills and gain an understanding of prospecting
  • Learn how to get an agreement to act to bring closure to discussions
  • Self-evaluate implementation of skills and ensure lasting results in performance

The Breakthrough:

  • $585,000 purchase order placed as a direct result of SPORTS Model application
  • Defused difficult customer objections
  • Now develop improved customer relations on a daily basis
  • Use FAB Statements to establish and reinforce positive differences from the competition

Skill Areas and Business Processes Impacted

Material Components
  • 3 Customized Role Play
  • Workbooks
  • Visual Reinforcement
  • Case studies
SPORTS Model
  • Setting Direction
  • Problem Clarification
  • Offering Options
  • Recommending Solutions
  • Testing for Agreement
  • Synthesizing and Sharing
Targeting Four Specific Buyers
  • User Buyers
  • Technical Buyers
  • Financial Buyers
  • Executive Buyers
Interaction
  • Application exercises
  • Practice exercises
  • Group discussion
  • Coaching and Feedback
  • Immediate practical application