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We Claim To Be Data Driven, Yet We Ignore The Data

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Recently, I heard someone say, “We claim to be data driven, yet we ignore the data.” We are surrounded by data about what drives sales and marketing effectiveness. Performance data from within our own organizations highlights challenges.

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A Plethora Of Data

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” Readers of the blog, also, know that I’m a huge fan of data. A sales people and leaders, we are fortunate to have more data than we have ever had access to in the past–and some of it is actually useful and informative. Usually, their answers focus around a couple of numbers/data points.

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Too Busy To Do What We Know Is Right!

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He knew he needed to prioritize and focus, he knew that he needed to stop being interrupt driven and multitasking, but he couldn’t stop. He knew he needed to prioritize and focus, he knew that he needed to stop being interrupt driven and multitasking, but he couldn’t stop. They struggled to produce results.

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Data, Data Everywhere….

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” At a recent lunch, my friend, Tim Ohai, and I were talking about problems we see with too many managers. Today’s tools provide sales people and leaders more data than we have ever had before. We can measure about every activity we undertake, every engagement with our customers.

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Everything In Sales Is Dead, Long Live Sales And Selling!

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Often, these proclamations are accompanied with faux data supporting whatever conclusion the author is presenting. For years, the majority of data shows decreasing results from sales people. Ironically, when one starts to look at high performing sales organizations, we see something completely different.

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Why Would We Ever Do Anything Outside Our ICP?

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My issue is, why do we seem to limit this to ABM/S/E? Everything we do in sales and marketing, by definition, must focus on our ICP! Why would we waste time, money, and resources chasing after anyone or any organization that is outside our ICP? We are deluged, daily, with meaningless, irrelevant messages. I agree 200%!

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If People Buy From People, Why Are We Racing In The Opposite Direction?

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There’s probably a lot of data that supports this, but, anecdotally, let’s reflect: Complex B2B buying decisions are most often consensus decisions. We constantly get feedback from customers that they buy from people who listen and care. We constantly read about the importance of EQ.