The objective of this project is to facilitate greater visibility into the independent retail market. You will find the sales templates here as well as a button to add a document. This is where you will provide your communication and sales reporting quarterly.
This portal will be used to easily keep track of progress as we move forward with the introduction of the product and company to the network.
We hope you are having a good day so far. These are some of the people that have shown interest by clicking to learn more about the line through the eblast, however they did not enter their information in the lead form once they landed on the sell sheet. I am able to pull the emails associated with the accounts from my end. Please note that the contacts were contacted through the retail association and are not familiar with our company Mr. Checkout.
arnoldafb.commissary@deca.mil
ben.focarino@wakefern.com
bill@weigels.com
brooklynbornminimarket1426@gmail.com
countrymarket@acoopllc.com
greers33@greers.com
hansenfoods2@gmail.com
jason.harding@superamart.com
maryellen@atkinsfarms.com
phild@schnucks.com
plannon@atkinsfarms.com
ppatel@ganeshhimaltrading.com
smarshall@westendoutdoors.com
When you start your outreach, we find these are some important reminders:
* Calling 3-5 times before connecting is normal. Persistence is key to making connections
* Retailers are usually in and out of the office all day long and are bound to miss your call or not receive your emails same day.
* Emails have proven to be underwhelming for follow up- Phone calls are the best way to make a connection
* Your product line has peaked their interest, but you may need to refresh their memory and this is a great way to open the door for your time to sell.
* Always track your samples so that you can follow up for feedback and finalize the sale
The Goal of your outreach is to connect with the interested retailer and receive a yes or a no. Even a no is helpful as it will help us redirect your product to the channel with the right path to market. Keeping track of your calls/emails/samples can be easily done using our pre-made template: https://mrcheckout.net/sales-report-templates/
One of our requirements that we have for this program is the reporting of your communication & sales at a minimum on a quarterly basis… However, uploading your progress more often will help us stay more involved which can lead to more success of our program.
Have a great day!
Remember to use your Directory to find more information on these leads.
https://independentgrocerassociation.com/directory/
Good afternoon,
We’ve received another lead for you.
greenbankcheese@whidbey.com
Hope you have a great week!
We hope you’re doing well. Would you mind sending me the reports on the leads we sent over. As we discussed on our product education call, we require communication reporting every quarter at minimum. This helps us get a better understanding of how the conversations are going and if they are or are not a good fit for your product. Once we receive this information, we can then follow up on our end as to why it wasn’t a good fit and then regroup and find the path that may be a better market fit.
This is also one of your roles and responsibilities listed your contract with us.
We try to make this as easy as possible with templates you can find here: https://mrcheckout.net/sales-report-templates/
Have a great day! I look forward to seeing your outreach reporting.
Good afternoon,
I’ve received your reporting and it looks like you’re off to a great start. Please continue to follow up on the samples you’ve sent and I’ll pass the wrong numbers and wrong contacts information to my team to have them look into them and update the directory.
Have a great week.
Hi Michelle,
We are continuing to work with and follow up on the leads that you gave us so far.
Do you have any other leads for us to follow up on this week?
Thanks,
Theresa
Hello,
I appreciate you keeping me updated on your progress and once we see the feedback from the other samples you’ve sent, we’ll make a plan for moving forward.
I also have our team working on the feedback you’ve given us and have them looking into the incorrect data on the initial set of leads. We hope to have a them sorted out and updated to the directory.
Have a great day.
Hi Michelle,
I’ve submitted our 1st quarter report. The ones we’ve received final answers on are highlighted. We are continuing to follow up with the rest of the 15 leads we were given.
Can you tell me what the plan is from here? Are we going to be getting more leads from you to follow up on?
Thanks,
Theresa
Hello Theresa,
I have reviewed the reporting, thank you for keeping me updated on your progress. I’m working on addressing the incorrect emails/phone numbers with my team.
Keep me updated as you continue on with the 15 leads as you mentioned and I will consult the team on what we our next steps. We like to see the feedback from all samples sent so that we can use that data to make a plan for moving forward. We want to make sure we’re in the right channel for your product and their feedback will help us determine wether we need to adjust.
Thank you have a good day.
We have been approached by a company in Florida to purchase wholesale. I would like to check the Natural Grocers Association directory to see if they came from your contacts as per our agreement. But we – still – can’t get logged into that directory. We can log into the website but not access the directory – same as before.
Can you help with this?
Theresa
Hi Theresa,
I will check on our end and see if logging you out of everything and see if that will help. Please let me know if you’re still having trouble with logging in.
If that doesn’t work, it would be necessary to clear your cookies on your computer.
Hello,
I hope you’re doing well. I’m just checking in to see how your outreach has been going and if you were able to log into the directory. You can upload the updated outreach report directly to the dashboard for review.
Have a wonderful weekend and I hope to hear from you soon.
After meeting with my team this morning we have come up with the following conclusion that without reporting and communication as stipulated in the agreement, the contract is considered terminated by your company. This is not the outcome that we wanted at the onset of this agreement and we do our best to convey this in our agreement, through this dashboard and conversations early on. We wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors.
