The Definitive Guide to Sales Funnel Stages & How to Create a Sales Funnel

Regardless of what the product you are selling is, the whole process does not happen at once. It is usually unfolding in a step by step staged process. The issue is further compounded in a multi-channel competitive environment many businesses face. Sales funnel is an efficient solution to this problem, and it should be created around five main stages. Understanding why you sell is critical and it is in essence a pre-stage to your funnel. Traffic and bait opens the process, followed by front, middle and back-end offer.

Key Takeaways:

• Many customers need to here a value proposition around three to five times until they feel comfortable closing the deal.
• The majority of customers want to have value from every stage of the buying process. They want to feel valued over time.
• You want to figure out where your high profile large value consumers are hanging on the web. You want to figure out where you can advertise to them. You want to use some kind of bait as a lead.

“For a small business owner, you may start with only one or two products. For a large B2B company, you may have numerous offers fueling lead generation and nurturing new leads through the sales cycle, sales pipeline, or sales team.”

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