Two Tiered Sales Process

We recently hired several new sales people to start building a two tiered sales process. With this approach, tier 1 reps are responsible for setting appointments for the tier 2 reps who help the buyer through the sales process and close the deal. Phil Hill, previously of Vocalocity, is a big advocate of this approach, and convinced me we need to start down this path several months ago.

I’ve been blown away by the results.

There’s so much latent demand that is left dormant when cold-to-close reps chase the most promising opportunities. Inevitably, when things get busy, prospecting to load the top of the funnel gets neglected. I’m a big believer in playing to someone’s strengths and not trying to shore up their weaknesses. A two tiered sales process allows for specialization and focus on what reps do well, resulting in better results.

Note: My experience with this is for selling software that is $10,000 – $70,000 over the phone and web with all inside reps.