Is it important to automate your sales funnel?
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4 min of readingIndex:
1º What is a sales funnel?
2º Advantages of automating a sales funnel
3º Phases of a sales funnel
4th Recommended tools
5º Common errors
Introduction: Are you one of those who do everything manually?
Even today there are businesses that manage their business processes manually. They answer each email one by one, follow up leads with Excel sheets, schedule meetings without tools or send proposals at the wrong time. This can lead to saturation, cold leads and even opportunities practically vanish. In addition, it requires additional effort in which certain tasks, tips or even reminders can fall into oblivion.
In this case, automating the sales funnel is a way to have a more optimized sales process. When a company has a sales process, and it is not automated, it is most likely leaving money on the table.
In this blog we will explore the importance of automating your sales funnel, how to do it more efficiently, and what tools can help you create a system that works on its own, without you having to be on top of every lead 24/7.
What is an automated sales funnel?
An automated sales funnel is a system that guides your prospects from meeting you until they become customers, with as little manual effort as possible on your part or that of your team.
It combines digital tools, personalized messages, segmentations and programmed actions so that each lead receives the right information at the right time. All this without you having to intervene directly.
Automation does not replace the human side of sales, but rather helps to optimize it to the maximum. The objective is clear: focus on not losing contact with your leads, and also be prepared to talk to those who are willing to talk to you, while the system takes care of the rest.
Advantages of automating your sales funnel
1. You do not let opportunities slip away
When you manage leads manually, there is always room for error. You can forget to reply to a message, follow up perhaps too late, or miss the key buying moment. With automation, everything is programmed so that your sales system works without missing anything at all.
2. You save time and resources
A salesperson who spends 3 hours a day on repetitive tasks is losing 15 hours a week that could be used to close sales. Automating means freeing up time for the most important actions that a sales team performs.
3. Increased conversion
Most leads are not ready to buy on the first contact. With an automated sequence that nurtures the lead, you can educate them, build trust and stay top of mind until they are ready to take the plunge.
4. Personalization of the experience with less effort
Having an automated sales system allows you to speak to each type of customer based on their interests, interaction or behavior. All these tasks are performed automatically, without having to compose hundreds of messages one by one. The time savings increase considerably.
5. Scale your business without complications
When your sales funnel is automated, you can scale your lead volume without having to hire more staff or lose quality in sales management. Having your sales system supported by an automated funnel, is the essential basis for your business to scale by reducing concerns on the commercial side.
Funnel phases you should automate
Stage 1: Attraction and Recruitment
● Automated forms that are integrated with your CRM.
Integration with Meta Ads or Google Ads to register leads from the ads. Automatic email activation every time the lead enters the system.
Stage 2: Lead nurturing
Email marketing series that are scheduled according to the stage of the lead. Automated content recommendations, such as blog, videos or testimonials. Segmentation by lead interaction.
Stage 3: Qualification and lead scoring
● The system assigns a score to the lead based on its actions.
● You can define at what point the lead is considered ready to talk to sales. ● You can automate alerts to the sales team when a lead is activated.
Stage 4: Direct sale or call
Automation of call scheduling with tools such as Calendy. ● Sending automatic reminders before the call.
● Scheduled messages for follow-up after the first meeting.
Stage 5: After-sales and customer loyalty
● Automatic sending of satisfaction surveys.
● Customer email flows with exclusive content.
Activation of upselling and cross-selling campaigns.
A funnel, but not a sales funnel.
Recommended tools to automate your sales funnel
● CRM: HubSpot, ActiveCampaign, Zoho, Pipedrive.
● Email marketing: Mailchimp, Sendinblue, GetResponse.
● Forms and capture: Typeform, Jotform, Gravity and Forms.
● Landing pages: Unbounce, Leadpages, WordPress with Elementor.
● Agenda managers: Calendy, TidyCal.
● Chatbots: ManyChat, Chatfuel, Intercom.
Common mistakes when automating a funnel
● Automate without having a strategy: It's not about putting automatic emails and see if you get lucky. The idea is to guide the user through an experience that is accompanied by a strategy, and all executed to perfection.
● Performing erroneous segmentations: The same message for all leads is totally irrelevant. Messages must be personalized.
● Lack of human follow-up: Automation takes the process to a certain point. Then, the human part is key to closing.
● Forget to review and optimize: What is working today may not have the same result tomorrow. Review KPIs and check for areas of improvement.
Conclusion: Automating your funnel should not be optional, consider it as a fundamental part of your sales strategy.
A sales funnel without automation is like a car without an engine. You might push it for a while, but you probably won't be able to make much progress, nor will you be able to move fast. Automation is the accelerator that allows you to scale, be more profitable, take better care of your leads, and close more sales without having to multiply by 10.
And no, this type of strategy is not just for multinationals. Today there are flexible, accessible and very powerful tools to automate every step of the process. The important thing is to start with a clear strategy, and build on that foundation.
Don't also focus on automating everything, focus on automating well. Define the path that the lead will take, from the moment he/she learns about your company or service until he/she becomes a customer.
Define the key points, which tool is right for each part of the process, and measure the results. If you do that, your funnel will not only work, it will become a sales machine that works for you, even when you are sleeping.
At Adsual we don't just care about bringing you leads. We can help you optimize and automate your sales funnel, so that you have a clear, predictable and scalable system.
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