Only a small minority of companies win in the long term.
Their strategies are better, for sure. The reason why we believe they are better is that they were built with decided execution in mind. The fact is, if you have to climb that 8000 meter peak in winter, you will be dead serious about the plan.
This is how we see a growth strategy at CO.INTRA: a commitment to performance, which requires a lot of serious work because everybody in the team knows this is that path which will be climbed during years, no matter what.
Responding more quickly to customer inquiries has a double positive effect on growth: customer needs are met as soon as they arise, and you can serve more customers.
Outbound and acquisition strategies help refine goals and select the right offers so that paid media can be used like a precision rifle to fill the sales funnel with the right opportunities.
CRM and automation provide order and predictability, help ensure that no opportunities are missed, and increase output.
To increase the conversion rate, we support teams with sales playbooks. If necessary, we strengthen capacities by searching for new sales talent.
The result is a growth engine that the team continuously improves and that ensures predictable growth.
The sales acceleration project is an intensive but relatively manageable transformation program that affects more than just the sales department.
To successfully implement this acceleration, you will need to secure the full commitment of the sales manager and also ensure that marketing is at least 1000% aligned.
In a crisis situation, when urgent action is required and the sales manager has left, we can take over the leadership, provided that the responsibilities are clearly defined.
If these conditions are met, a sales growth program can be an important step in driving broader transformation within the company, as the results become visible quite quickly and gain internal support.
While your competitors have to acquire other companies to keep up with you and accept the associated risks and financial burdens, you keep fine-tuning your growth engine.
Although CO.INTRA has extensive experience in internationalization, our first piece of advice to companies considering entering a new market is to ensure that they have excellent control of their sales funnel in Germany.
That is what this section on growth acceleration is all about.