Class Exercise 4: Engaging Customers
Training Team:
Lou Valente – Technical Enablement
Scott Wise – Technical Enablement
Malcolm Moore – Technical Enablement
Purpose:
Goals:
- Provide the participants with comfort and confidence in engaging customers through:
- Finding and Using Customer References
- Uncovering & Messaging to true Customer Needs
- Asking for the Next Step
Preparation:
Bring Computer with JMP loaded and access to JMP Community and JMP Website. Download and install the Discovery Paper Search JMP Add-In (see link below).
https://community.jmp.com/t5/JMP-Sales-and-Marketing-Library/Discovery-Summit-paper-search-add-in-fo...
Agenda:
- Sales Research Tools for Customer Engagement Preparation – Brainstorming Exercise & Demonstration (30-45 Minutes. Scott Wise & Lou Valente)
- SPIN Selling Concepts for Customer Engagements – SPIN Basics, SPIN in Stories (30-45 Minutes. Scott Wise & Malcolm Moore)
- Review Deliverables for Friday Team Presentation (30-45 Minutes. Scott Wise & Lou Valente)
Deliverables:
Interactive Class Training: Thursday - July 26th - 1:00-3:00 - Exercise 4
- Remember to Search It! (Reference Selling)
- Google It!!! (Any Customer JMP Search Story)
- Success Story It!!! (High Level Customer JMP Story)
- Discovery Paper It!!! (Detailed Customer JMP Story)
- Remember to SPIN It! (Benefits Selling)
- Situation – Problem – Implication – Needs-Payoff
Team Preparation: Thursday – July 26th - 3:00-5:00
Step 1: Create a Hypothetical Prospective Customer
- Assigned Chemical, Semi, Pharma or CPG Industry
Step 2: Find Customer Research (Success Story, Discovery Paper, etc.).
Suggestions:
- Chemical: BASF, DOW, Sinopec, Sabic, Exxon
- Semi: Samsung, Intel, SK Hynix, Micron, Broadcom
- Pharma: Pfizer, Novartis, Hoffman LaRoche, Sanofi, Merck
- CPG: Nestle, Phillip Morris, P&G, Pepsi, Unilever
Step 3: From the Research Results:
- Understand (SPIN) Situation, Problem, Implication, Needs-Payoff for an Industry Chosen “Explicit Need”
- All Same Persona – New to JMP User Prospect
Step 4:
Prepare 15 Minute Team Live Demo Covering
Presentation Sections:
- Introductions & Problem Confirmation
- What is JMP & How Used in Industry
- How JMP Can Help Solve Need (SPIN)
- Closing & Call to Action
Team Presentations: Friday – July 27th - 8:00-11:00
Step 5: Deliver 15 Minute Presentation in Front of Customer (Class)
- Everyone on the Team Should Play a Role
- Please Use the Concepts Learned from Previous Exercise Areas in Your Presentation:
- Exercise 1: JMP Framework (Ex: Community Links)
- Exercise 2: JMP Messaging (Ex: JMP Brand, Customer Call Sheet)
- Exercise 3: Showing JMP (Ex: Great Demo, JMP Demo)
- Exercise 4: Engaging Customers (Ex: Customer Stories, SPIN)
Take-Aways:
JMP PowerPoint Template (attached) and JMP Journal you can customize for your Team's demo presentation
Attachments:
- Exercise 4 Customer Engagement Share.pptx
Additional Resources:
SPIN Selling book will be provided by Robin Betters at the end of the session.
Story Telling Demos (from Demo Reference Library)