Digital
Transformation 

In Sales
Management
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Duval Union Consulting
Social Seeder
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founding partner
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Ghent :)
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Mobile
THE SPEED OF CHANGE
Social
Digital
Analog
Internet
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WE ARE IN DIGITAL KINDERGARTEN :-)
The Internet is 25 years old.
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"We won't experience 100 years of
progress in the 21st century — it
will be more like 20,000 years of
progress (at today's rate).”
— Ray Kurzweil
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Think about if you want to rent a house or go on an
expensive trip? With virtual reality, the seller could
put you there so you could virtually walk through that
house or hotel, more as if you were actually there."
NEWS
COVERAGE
EDUCATION SPORTS SHOPPING
COURTROOM
ENTERTAIN
MENT
THERAPY SALES!
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Our lives change
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Our businesses change
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1995+
Music
Photography
Video Rental
…
2010+
Print Media
TV
Travel
HR
…
2015+
Retail
Healthcare
Automotive
Education
Telco
Food
FMCG
Banking/Insurance
…
2020
All Safe
havens will be
subject to
digital
disruption
…
IT'S COMING, GET PREPARED
Digital
Transformation
A model to master
digital disruption
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digitaltransformationbook.com
Digital Transformation is
@nickvinckier
the hype cycle…
TRIGGER
PEAK OF INFLATED EXPECTATIONS
TROUGH OF DISILLUSIONMENT
SLOPE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
PLATEAU OF PRODUCTIVITY
on top of
Digital Transformation is
@nickvinckier
the hype cycle…on top of
Google Search volume: ‘Digital Transformation’
I skipped 50 slides about
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Uber, Airbnb, Tesla, …
We are focusing on the hype.
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VENTURE
CAPITAL
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GLOBAL
SCALE
Disruptors play
a totally different game….
DIGITAL BY
DEFAULT
for YOU.
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Think what the impact will be
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“65% of the jobs today
won't exist in 2020”
- Saskia Van Uffelen, CEO Ericsson
@dadovanpeteghem newscientist.com/article/dn28439-the-hot-new-job-in-silicon-valley-is-being-a-robots-assistant/
The hot new job in Silicon Valley

is being a robot’s assistant
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The robot's assistant
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What about the sales person?
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How far are
WE from
OUR Uber
moment?
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UNDER-
STAND
THE
SHIFT
1
I’m just a practitioner ;-)
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I’m not a sales expert
CUSTOMER
self service
COMPANY
inbound
COMPETITOR
new tools
YOU
The 360°
digital shift
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B 2 C
The Internet is the Middle Man
B 2 B
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“This research found that customers reported being nearly 60
percent through the sales process before engaging a sales
representative, irrespective of price point”
The Buyers Journey
60%
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Research phase increasing due to ICT advances
The Buyers Journey
FOOD
32%
CLOTHING
44%
ELECTRONICS


64%
B2B


75%
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TAKING THE ORDER.
AWARENESS CONSIDERATION DECISION
INTERNET INTERNET YOU
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ALWAYS BE CLOSING
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EVEN THE DECISION
PHASE IS VIRTUALIZING…
AWARENESS CONSIDERATION DECISION
INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET
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90,000 $: Next, next, buy
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B2B ecommerce on the rise
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Forrester forecasts that…

1 million US B2B salespeople will
lose their jobs to self-service
eCommerce by the year 2020.
The way we buy is
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changing
to change!
The way you sell needs
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DOOR TO DOOR DRIVEN
Mind
buying a vacuum
cleaner, ma’am?
Well thank you,
young man.
1970s
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I need a vacuum
cleaner.
1980s
MEDIA DRIVEN
store
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I need a vacuum
cleaner.
2000s
DIGITAL MEDIA DRIVEN
store
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I need a vacuum
cleaner.
2010s
ECOMMERCE DRIVEN
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2020s
Ehm, ok…
Direct Online Sales
Hyper Market
Affiliate Marketing
Market PlaceS
Subscription ecommerce
Acces over ownership
On Demand
…
Your house is a
mess.
AUTOMATION DRIVEN
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Sensor-based ‘passive’ buying expected to
make up 15% of all purchases in 2020
http://venturebeat.com/2015/11/12/sensor-based-passive-buying-expected-to-make-up-15-of-all-purchases-in-2020/
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ON DEMAND
By 2020 customers will
manage 85% of their
relationship with a
business without talking to
a human being
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Gartner
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The sales person
as we know
will disappear…
But there is a future for sales
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PREPARE
YOURSELF
TO STAY

RELEVANT
2
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"EVERYONE HAS A PLAN TILL THEY
GET PUNCHED IN THE FACE"
STEP UP YOUR
DIGITAL GAME
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FROM ... ... TO
YOU,
The Salesperson
Digital 

(at the
sidelines)
Digital in
the core
2015 2016
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Move
FROM 1.0
TO 2.0 .
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DIGITAL SALES
1.0
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- LinkedIn profile
- Digital presentations
- WeTransfer/Dropbox sharing
- CRM
- …
DIGITAL SALES
2.0
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Build & use your
Social Networks
Follow people, listen, engage.
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/
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B2B =
BORING

2 BORING
/
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The
HUMAN
Factor
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Market yourself
Become a thought leader
DIGITAL SALES
2.0
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DIGITAL SALES
2.0
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INBOUND
will be the
BATTLE
FIELD
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CONTENT
SALES
CONVERSATIONAL
SALES
&EXPERTISE PERSONALITY
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DIGITAL SALES
2.0
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DIGITAL SALES
2.0
Add personal value
become a consultant
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DIGITAL SALES
2.0
"In Consultative Selling, the salesperson learns
about customer needs before talking product."
SOLUTION SETUP SERVICE
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DIGITAL SALES
2.0
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DIGITAL SALES
2.0
Leverage your metrics
become data driven!
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DIGITAL SALES
2.0
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EVEN THE DECISION
PHASE IS VIRTUALIZING
AWARENESS CONSIDERATION DECISION
INTERNET INTERNET INTERNET
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CLAIM BACK THE FUNNEL!
AWARENESS CONSIDERATION DECISION
YOU YOU YOU
Building & REALLY using
your social networks
Becoming 

a TRUE thought leader
Become a PRO consultant
for your product/service
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3
ENLIGHTEN
YOURSELF
CONTANTLY
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“People who don't
spend 5 hours a week
online learning will
make themselves
obsolete”
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson
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LIFE LONG

LEARNING
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This is the biggest shift since the
industrial revolution.
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GO ALL-IN
STEP UP YOUR DIGITAL GAME ;-)
dado.vanpeteghem
@duvalunion.com
Duval Union Consulting
founding partner
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Digital transformation in Sales Management