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7State of Sales
Customer Expectations Race to the Top of Sales ChallengesThe changing customer climate is proving
difficult for sales teams to acclimate to —
new technologies, roles, and processes
that extend beyond the confines of
the sales organization are needed to
truly succeed in this new age. Today,
sales reps — and other parties they
increasingly collaborate with — must be
proficient not only at selling products or
services but also at understanding and
anticipating customer needs. Otherwise,
companies will forfeit loyalty
to competitors that do.
There is a stark cultural and structural
shift that sales organizations need to
undergo in order to exceed customer
expectations and avoid disruption. In
fact, the top two process challenges
sales organizations face are meeting
customer expectations and dealing
with competitive concerns.
Meeting customer expectations is listed as the top overarching challenge to a sales
organization’s process. Of the sales teams that cite it as a top challenge, the growing
sophistication of customer needs is listed as the top reason. Here are the top six reasons, ranked.
Ranked Reasons Why Meeting Customer Expectations Is a Top Challenge for Sales Teams*
Customer needs have
grown more sophisticated
1
Customers have become more
experienced with competitive,
disciplined bidding
2 Customer motivations have
shifted from price to value
3
Customers expect the same
level of service in every
interaction (e.g., speaking
with sales or customer service)4
Customers expect sales to
be available 24/7
5
Customers expect sales to
be a trusted advisor (e.g., go
beyond a sales rep role to be
consultative to customers)6
Introduction
Sales Teams Shift to Match the Connected Customer Mindset
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19State of Sales
Mobile technology is a critically important
element of the modern sales toolkit. It
enables sales organizations to lean into
the culture of immediacy and meet
customers where they are. Over the past
12—18 months, 70% of sales teams
have become more focused on providing
customers with real-time response
and feedback as a result of changing
customer expectations. When reps have
data, analytics, and automation in their
hands, they can interact with customers,
collaborate, and close deals from
anywhere, at any time.
Top teams are already mastering mobile.
Successful sales teams have a robust
mobile strategy in place and are able
to arm their reps with apps that allow
guided selling, real-time visibility into
analytics, and instant collaboration.
High-performing sales teams are 3.5x
more likely than underperformers to
rate their mobile sales capabilities as
outstanding or very good.
Sales Teams Adopt a Mobile Mindset*
Mobile not only allows reps to meet the new real-time mandate, it also enables anywhere, anytime
selling and collaboration among reps.
03
To connect with customers on the go
53%
To collaborate with team members on the go 44%
To support selling in customer-facing situations 49%
To get notifications/alerts on important customer/sales
information 46%
Percentage of Sales Teams Who Use Mobile Apps in Their Sales Process in the Following Ways**
Selling from anywhere 60%
Faster selling 53%
Access to data from anywhere
66%
Real-time communications with customers 59%
Real-time communications with team members 55%
Percentage of Sales Teams Who Cite a Major Benefit from Using a Mobile Sales App
“A mobile selling environment is far more than putting a cell phone in the hands of every member of your team. It’s about understanding and
embracing a completely new way of doing business.” — COLLEEN FRANCIS, OWNER, ENGAGE SELLING SOLUTIONS ***
The Productivity Gap
Top Sales Teams Turn to Tech and Training
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Salesforce Research
Intelligent technologies open the gates
to a smarter, more efficient sales process.
Forward-thinking teams are already
planning how to use these technologies
for a leg up in the Age of the Customer.
For instance, high-performing sales
teams are 2.3x more likely than
underperforming teams to currently
use guided selling.
Although current adoption is nascent
(see page 54 for the current adoption
rates), smart technology adoption is on
everybody’s roadmap. In the next one
to three years, sales teams will embrace
an entirely new, smarter sales process
powered by automation and intelligence.
Soon, product recommendations,
lead scoring, email response, and even
day-to-day administrative tasks will be
effortlessly and autonomously integrated
so that sales reps can focus on delivering
the best customer experience.
Major Growth Expected for Sales Intelligence and Automation
Sales teams are making a shift toward intelligent technologies to streamline processes. Triple-digit
growth for smarter capabilities like predictive intelligence and guided selling. Artificial intelligence is
the top growth area for sales teams — 139% plan to use it in the next three years.
Sales Teams’ Anticipated Growth in Usage of the Following
Intelligent Selling Capabilities Over the Next Three Years
04Smarter Selling
Intelligent Sales Takes Off
Artificial intelligence to automatically
recommend products to customers
based on their preferences 139%
Deep learning to classify, predict, and
react to patterns within data 122%
Predictive intelligence (e.g., lead scoring,
predictive forecasting, etc.) 118%
Automated lead-to-cash process 115%
Marketing automation 110%
Guided selling and coaching (i.e., adaptive
intelligence on next best activity) 98%
Next-step analysis to anticipate
customer needs and prioritize tasks 96%
Email sentiment analysis (i.e., whether email is
good or bad for the opportunity) 96%
Sales automation 83%
Configure, price, and quoting (CPQ) 72%