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Leveraging Advanced Automation with CRM Systems in Industrial Marketing

In the dynamic world of industrial marketing, embracing advanced automation within CRM systems is a game-changer. Kyle Milan, an authority in industrial sales and marketing, sheds light on the intricacies of effectively utilizing marketing automation tools in conjunction with CRM systems.

1. Choosing the Right CRM System

The first step in harnessing the power of advanced automation in industrial marketing is selecting an appropriate CRM system. Milan emphasizes the importance of a system that aligns with your business needs and can integrate seamlessly with other tools. Popular choices like HubSpot, Salesforce, or Marketo each offer unique features. The key is to choose a platform that supports robust marketing strategies and offers seamless integration capabilities.

2. Strategizing Automated Outreach Campaigns

Once the CRM system is in place, Milan advises on creating structured outreach campaigns. This...

Mastering the Art of Technical Sales Engineering: Beyond the Traditional Approach

In the realm of technical sales, the role of a technical sales engineer is both challenging and crucial. Kyle Milan, a seasoned expert in this field, shares transformative strategies that redefine the traditional methods of technical sales engineering, emphasizing the importance of engagement and authenticity.

1. Rethinking the Sales Approach

Often, technical sales engineers fall into the trap of the ‘show up and throw up’ method - a one-sided barrage of information about their products and services. Milan highlights the inadequacy of this approach, especially in the context of B2B sales. This technique, while comprehensive, often leads to disengagement and information overload for clients.

2. Engaging Rather Than Presenting

The key to successful technical sales engineering lies in creating a dialogue, not a monologue. Milan advises against the standard practice of walking into a meeting...

Maximizing Your Industrial Sales Impact: Key Strategies for Success

In the competitive world of industrial manufacturing sales, finding the right approach to maximize reach and effectiveness is crucial. With over two decades in the industrial sector, I've garnered insights that are essential for anyone in this niche. Here are the top strategies to enhance your industrial sales prowess.

1. Leverage LinkedIn Effectively

LinkedIn is an indispensable tool for industrial sales professionals. However, simply having a profile isn't enough. You need to actively engage on the platform. Spend 30 to 60 minutes daily expanding your network and another half hour engaging with your connections. This involves liking, sharing, commenting on posts, and sending valuable, non-salesy messages. Consistent effort on LinkedIn can significantly boost your visibility and credibility in the industrial sales arena.

2. Create and Share Engaging Content

Content creation is key in establishing yourself as a...

The 300 Day Challenge to Achieve Your Goals

If you’re ready to take sales, or anything, to the next step and achieve your goals and dreams, here is your 300-day challenge!

Setting the goal

The goal you want to set for yourself to accomplish at the end of 300 days should take you out of your comfort zone. It needs to be ambitious and not easily achievable, such as doubling your revenue or quadrupling your sales, or becoming a certain position at your company; of course, don’t make it something impossible (i.e., “make a billion dollars” while you could make it, it’s undoubtedly, extremely improbable). Again, these goals need to be large enough that people think you are crazy; even if you fail to reach will still make a massive change in your life. Finally, don’t set too large a time frame for your goals. A lot can change three to five years down the line, and it seems far away enough not to worry about in the present time. With 300 days, it’s...

Technical Sales Strategy for 2023

Ready to take the next step to boost your industrial sales performance and wow your team? Kyle Milan breaks down the tips and tricks to make a winning strategy for next year, starting right now!

Audit Your Team

Take a look at your current team and how they are performing. Know who the power players in your s team are and the weak links. With how things stand right now, ask yourself; how will the team perform next year? Take a hard look at where gaps are present and what sort of changes you can implement to bridge those gaps and be ready with your feet running for next year.

Does your team have the proper tools?

Sometimes it’s not the team itself but the resources they lack holding them back. It’s easier to make calls with an integration like Aircall linked directly to a CRM such as Hubspot to quickly dial in potential clients rather than looking them up and dialing one at a time. Do whatever you can to make your sales team's job far...

Pitching Your Technical Products and Services 

The Purpose of the Pitch

When looking at the purpose of your pitch, you have to look beyond just the close and to the next step. It’s common knowledge that you are trying to sell something, but you must keep that in mind. Your potential client has expressed interest in buying your service and product and needs final assurance that this is the right step for them. Your goal is to take them to that next step of confidence. Always think about your ideal goal, and focus your pitch on hitting that goal. The initial pitch is an information-gathering session to make your client your partner; your job is to move them to the next stage of the pipeline from where they are now.

The Material

Your material is auxiliary to your pitch. This includes your website, brochure, print material, pitch deck, and anything that works in your favor. Make sure your material looks presentable, is prepared, and isn’t too overwhelming. More often...

As a technical sales engineer, your ultimate goal is always to close a sale. However, before you get to this point, there are many calls you need to make, emails to send, and meetings to set. We all know it takes a lot of hard work to make a sale, but there are some tactics you can do right now that can help increase your technical sales.

Here are 5 tips to increase your technical sales today:

1. Be Active on Social Media

Although you might think it’s more important to focus on calls and meetings to reach potential clients, many prospects now rely on social media to learn about new suppliers and products.

One thing you need to do today (within the next eight hours) is to post on social media. It’s a must to be active on social nowadays. Concentrate on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram. Don’t bother with Twitter because people don’t really learn about products there.

You need to write a post today and post it on any of the social media we mentioned above. It...