Who are the specific champions and buyers you'll do business with this year?
Who are the specific champions and buyers you'll do business with this year?
๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐
Itโs useful to list actual names, not just organisations.
Even if I havenโt met them yet, it signals intentโa commitment to reaching them, somehow, by hook or crook.
(By the way,
is an English idiom meaning to achieve a goal by any means necessary, likely rooted in the old custom of peasants gathering wood from royal forests.)
A quick audit. Use this checklist. How prepared are you?
5 keys to new business connections:
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Specific companies and job roles, I want to target.
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Specific people in those roles, who I want to connect with.
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At least three addressable key pain points, those people will prioritise.
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A highly-personalised way of reaching those people that gets their attention.
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Something more to talk about, that cultivates enough interest they want to meet me.
๐๐ป๐ฑ, ๐น๐ฒ๐โ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ y๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐?
โฅ You can do better than lame catch-up calls.
โฅ Talk about goals, drivers and pressures.
โฅ And obstacles, initiatives, and KPIs.
โฅ Write an annual plan ๐ ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ them.
Thatโs an easy and effective approach for account expansion.
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