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#580 S2 Episode 449 - TRACTION, NOT CONVERSION: The Problem With Appointment-Based Metrics

#580 S2 Episode 449 - TRACTION, NOT CONVERSION: The Problem With Appointment-Based Metrics

FromSales Transformation


#580 S2 Episode 449 - TRACTION, NOT CONVERSION: The Problem With Appointment-Based Metrics

FromSales Transformation

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6 minutes
Released:
Feb 24, 2023
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Podcast episode

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Get Fresh Sales Plays From The Trenches In Your Inbox ? Sales Transformation Newsletter IT’S NOT ALWAYS JUST ABOUT THE APPOINTMENTS!Knowing your numbers is a good thing, but changing your directions every day based on your current appointment stats is not the way to go. In this episode, Kevin is back to discuss the problem with sticking with appointment metrics, and he points out that we should be looking at our performance from a market research standpoint where appointments are considered traction and not conversion. Find out more in this latest episode of Sales Transformation.Get Fresh Sales Plays From The Trenches In Your Inbox ST Newsletter.TRANSFORMING MOMENTSKEVIN: STOP CHANGING DIRECTIONS EVERY DAY“If you're changing directions every day, how do you do anything consistently? Again, marketing figured it out. We just got to click over into the sales side and realize, hey, email, phone, and LinkedIn, that's structured communication channels that are getting impressions in your people all have the same structure. Why aren't we evaluating it the same way?”KEVIN: APPOINTMENT METRIC VS MARKET RESEARCH STANDPOINT“No matter if you're a brand new tech startup or a well-funded unicorn, the KPI on meeting set is the exact same conversion rate, and now you're sitting there thinking, ‘hey, you've never done outbound, you don't really know your go-to-market messaging, why do you think that's going to be the appointment metric?’, like you should be looking at this from, a market research standpoint with any meeting booked is a positive sign of traction in your market.”Connect with KevinKevin Warner | Leadium | Leadium.comConnect with Collin LinkedIn | YouTube | Newsletter | Twitter | IG | TikTok
Get Fresh Sales Plays From The Trenches In Your Inbox ? Sales Transformation Newsletter 
Released:
Feb 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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When it comes to sales, you can either sink or breakthrough to the next level to become a top performer. Salespeople come from all walks of life and some of the most successful sellers have the most interesting sales stories. We dig into their background to uncover what makes them successful and get tactical with the sales skills that have made them stand out in their sales careers. We bring on sellers in all different stages of their sales careers and cover a broad range of sales topics from Mindset, Cold Calling, Social Selling, Selling with Video, Outbound sales techniques, Enterprise selling strategies, Podcasting for sellers, and sales leadership topics from the world's best sellers. You can count on new guest interviews every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday as well as short sales tips from Collin Mitchell every Tuesday & Thursday. We help that this podcast help helps you transform the way you sell and if you enjoy the content please write us a review, and share the show with your friends and sales colleagues.