Capitalizing on Niche Markets

Selling to Personal Financial Services Businesses

It's clear that personal financial services businesses are high value sales prospects for companies that are equipped to tackle a an uphill selling battle. Here is the information that will help you get started selling to this market.

There's no such thing as an easy B2B sale. To succeed in this environment, you need a strategy that is built on the fundamentals of good business.

If selling to personal financial services businesses is your core business, your odds of success increase dramatically when you incorporate a few proven resources and techniques into the selling process.

Customer Profiles

Emerging sellers in the personal financial services business market are advised to work up detailed customer profiles before they invest in a specific sales strategy. A little industry knowledge can go a long way toward equipping your team with the tools required to reach high value personal financial services business leads.

In this industry, it is especially important to develop a customer-focused approach. In general, personal financial services businesses are very skilled at spotting B2B companies that are out of touch with the industry and many will hold out for more knowledgeable suppliers, even if it means paying a slightly higher price.

High Impact Strategies

Successful sales strategies leverage low-cost resources to achieve maximum results. In many cases, these strategies focus on fully utilizing resources that already exist in your organization.

By coordinating your business' sales and marketing strategy with resources such as your company website, social media presence and PR initiatives, you can dramatically increase the ROI of your efforts to reach top-tier personal financial services businesses.

Marketing Mix

Since it's impossible to separate sales and marketing, your company's marketing mix plays a central role in bottom line sales revenue. The industry's leading sellers employ multichannel marketing strategies and place a high premium on channels that funnel messaging directly to decision makers.

Despite the fact that there are multiple way to market to personal financial services businesses, B2B sellers can almost always benefit from outsourcing lead generation to a third-party provider. Experian and other vendors maintain accurate and up-to-date lists of personal financial services businesses. For many businesses, these lists set the stage for the rest of the sales cycle.

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