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Why Qualifying Prospects is Like Selling To Zebras with Jeff Koser #170
Our guest today is Jeff Koser, author of the book “Selling to Zebras”. Jeff believes that good prospects should be as easy to spot as a zebra. Far too many sellers have no idea what problems they solve for their clients. They can’t distinguish a hot prospect from zoo animal. That’s the topic for today and what you can do know your perfect client and get results.
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What’s a Zebra?
If you don’t know your ideal client (your Zebra), sales, business development and marketing are going to be misaligned. Nor will you be able to connect with Power, what Jeff calls the sole person who can decide to buy without checking the budget. The goal here is to only be selling to zebras.
Sales Process
Build your Zebra – Define your ideal client and design your avatar. Use
7 attributes, score each attribute 0-4 with red yellow green. The high score is 28
- 0-16 is in the red (you’re never going to make the sales)
- 17-22 is in yellow (you’re deal is in trouble, you’re not selling to zebras)
- 23-28 is in green (you’ve earned the right to ask for the business)
Zebra Attributes
- organizational profile
- operations
- power
- funding
- value
- technology
- service
Voice of the Customer – find the person who can buy without a budget. Discover THEIR problem and solve it. Power focuses on cost avoidance. Ask your current customers what problem you solved when they came on board. Find out what value you bring. Build a business case why someone should buy from you
Business Case – the Value Proposition. This process forces you to do your homework. Identify why they are your zebra, you’ve build a business case for your product, now you can frame your product in Power’s context.
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How to Find Jeff Koser
Jeff’s company is Selling To Zebras:
- Go to www.SellingtoZebras.com
- Get a free copy of the book. They charge for shipping only.
- The Voice of the Customer book is a free eBook download
Take Action Advice
Don’t give up. If you have a dream the single biggest difference between succeeding and failing is your willing to continue to persevere.
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Ideal Clients, Avatars and Value Proposition Examples
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Hi Pat:
How do we obtain the free copy of Selling to Zebras? I can’t find a link to that on the website, only the Amazon link.
Thanks,
Eric
Eric, I’m reaching out to find the way to get your free book. I’ll post the directions here when I get the info. Thanks, Pat
Pat, Thanks for the reply. I reached out to them and am having the book shipped soon! Thank you!
I just a message from them. Use the “Contact Us” and reach out to them. They are having issues with their shopping cart. They will help you personally Eric. Good luck!
Great to hear it.
For all interested this is the link https://www.sellingtozebras.com/contact-us/shop