{"id":1314,"date":"2018-12-13T14:42:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T22:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/resources\/business-cycles\/sales\/"},"modified":"2021-10-27T08:25:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T15:25:18","slug":"sales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/resources\/business-cycles\/sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container fusion-parallax-none nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-small-visibility lazyload\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:45px;--awb-background-color:#eeeeee;--awb-background-size:cover;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" data-bg=\"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/background-light.jpg\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row 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style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" alt=\"business cycle sales\" title=\"Businessman checking sales data\" src=\"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/businessman-checking-sales-data.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/businessman-checking-sales-data.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-2461\" 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(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:70px;width:100%;\"><\/div><style type='text\/css'>.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:before,.reading-box-container-1 .element-bottomshadow:after{opacity:0.70;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-reading-box-container reading-box-container-1\" style=\"--awb-title-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"reading-box\" style=\"background-color:#292b37;border-width:0px;border-color:#ffaa06;border-left-width:3px;border-left-color:var(--primary_color);border-style:solid;\"><h2>Sales &amp; Your Business<\/h2><div class=\"reading-box-additional fusion-reading-box-additional\">\n<p>Sales is the process of converting a lead into a paying customer.\u00a0 Once you have a lead, you can nurture that lead by explaining your products or services.\u00a0 Part of this process is recording which stage in your sales process a lead is.\u00a0 A CRM (Customer Relationship Management) system can help with this by providing a solution where you can record all your activity with a contact and what stage of your sales process they are on.<\/p>\n<p>The sales process is a set of stages were you take a lead and converted them to a sales.\u00a0 The set of stages may be different for your business but typically a sales process may have these stages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prospecting<\/li>\n<li>Qualifications<\/li>\n<li>Needs Analysis<\/li>\n<li>Value Proposition<\/li>\n<li>Identify Decision Makers<\/li>\n<li>Perception Analysis<\/li>\n<li>Proposal<\/li>\n<li>Negotiation<\/li>\n<li>Closing<\/li>\n<li>Follow-up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is important to have a sales process so that your sale efforts can be same but so that you can provide training.\u00a0 The biggest benefit of a sales process is you can analysis the process and determine ways to make improvements and identify problems.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:30px;--awb-padding-right:30px;--awb-padding-bottom:30px;--awb-padding-left:30px;--awb-bg-color:#292b37;--awb-bg-color-hover:#292b37;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-color:#dddddd;--awb-border-top:0;--awb-border-right:0;--awb-border-bottom:0;--awb-border-left:0;--awb-border-style:solid;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">RESOURCE ARTICLES<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:30px;width:100%;max-width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#5e6276;border-top-width:2px;\"><\/div><\/div><ul style=\"--awb-line-height:23.8px;--awb-icon-width:23.8px;--awb-icon-height:23.8px;--awb-icon-margin:9.8px;--awb-content-margin:33.6px;\" class=\"fusion-checklist fusion-checklist-1 fusion-checklist-default type-icons\"><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-angle-double-right fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/resources\/business-cycles\/marketing\/\">Marketing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-angle-double-right fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/resources\/business-cycles\/leads\/\">Leads<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-angle-double-right fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/resources\/business-cycles\/sales\/\">Sales<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-angle-double-right fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/resources\/business-cycles\/operations\/\">Operations<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-angle-double-right fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/resources\/business-cycles\/customer-service\/\">Customer Service<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><li class=\"fusion-li-item\" style=\"\"><span class=\"icon-wrapper circle-no\"><i class=\"fusion-li-icon fa-angle-double-right fas\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><div class=\"fusion-li-item-content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ml2solutions.com\/resources\/business-cycles\/reputation\/\">Reputation<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:35px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">NEWSLETTER<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: 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