Win/Loss Sales Interviews for your B2B

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    Corey Quinn

    Founder, Deep Specialization™

    The When, How, Who, and What

    Last week, I started a series on the types of Customer Interviews. Today, I'm going to wrap up the series with Win/Loss Sales Interviews, which is one of my favorites.

    When to do Win/Loss Sales Interviews? 

    > When sales team performance isn't hitting the target metrics

    > When you continually lose deals to one competitor and want to know why

    How often to do them?

    > Monthly

    Who is the target audience?

    > Customers who recently went most or all of the way through your sales process

    > Include both customers and non-customers (who didn't buy)

    What you're trying to understand?

    > Sales effectiveness

    Sample questions:

    > "What was the biggest consideration you based your decision on?"

    > "How well did we tailor our presentation to your needs?"

    > "What's one thing you'd advise us to change for next time?"

    My closing thoughts on Win/Loss Customer Interviews

    Conducting regular Win/Loss Customer Interviews results in more sales. Why? You see first hand why your customers buy (or don't buy). Because of this, I recommend doing these interviews monthly. 

    If you have questions about Win/Loss Customer Interviews, hit reply and let me know.

     

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