

Presales and Dynamics 365 Practice Growth with Koen Van de Vyver
Apr 8, 2018
48:43
FULL SHOW NOTES
https://podcast.nz365guy.com/17
- Bringing craftsmanship to the CRM trade
- What is Presales for Dynamics 365
- Getting training for a presales role
- The toughest element of working in presales
- Demonstrating the capabilities of Dynamics 365 to a customer
- Creating Demo’s
- Maintaining your demo environments
- Best practice for your demo environments
- Relationships between Presales and Sales
- Harvard Business Review titled “To Improve Sales, Pay More Attention to Presales“
- “Distinct from marketing and sales operations, presales provides a specific set of activities that lead to qualifying, bidding on, winning, and renewing a deal.”
- “Souping up the presales engine can yield a five-point improvement in conversion rates, a 6–13% improvement in revenue, and a 10–20% improvement in the speed of moving prospects through the sales process.”
Books Mentioned
- Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson http://amzn.to/2HTF3Bo
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin http://amzn.to/2u4THUj
- The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan Holiday http://amzn.to/2HR6ETL
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport http://amzn.to/2u6dd2D
- Make Your Bed by William H. McRaven http://amzn.to/2Ga4h0Z
- Neil Benson – Scrum Podcast
Resources
- Ted https://www.ted.com
- Marica Söderstam – Dynamics 365 Product Ownership
- SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com
- The Art of Manliness https://www.artofmanliness.com/category/podcast/
- ClickDimensions https://www.clickdimensions.com
- Kingswaysoft https://www.kingswaysoft.com
- Scrum for Dynamics 365 https://www.customery.com
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Thanks for listening 🚀 - Mark Smith