{"id":113,"date":"2018-07-02T13:26:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T13:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/?p=113"},"modified":"2022-08-17T05:15:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T05:15:11","slug":"uruguay-vs-portugal-lessons-for-sales-conversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/all\/improving-sales\/uruguay-vs-portugal-lessons-for-sales-conversions\/","title":{"rendered":"Uruguay vs. Portugal\u200a\u2014\u200alessons for sales conversions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"839\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Uruguay-vs.-Portugal\u200a\u2014\u200alessons-for-sales-conversions.png\" alt=\"Sales Conversions\" title=\"Sales Conversions\" class=\"wp-image-116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Uruguay-vs.-Portugal\u200a\u2014\u200alessons-for-sales-conversions.png 839w, https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Uruguay-vs.-Portugal\u200a\u2014\u200alessons-for-sales-conversions-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Uruguay-vs.-Portugal\u200a\u2014\u200alessons-for-sales-conversions-768x471.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am sure you watched it during the week end. What wonderful matches\u200a\u2014\u200aUruguay Vs. Portugal and France Vs. Argentina. in both matches, we saw how players like Cavani of Uruguay and Mbappe of France leading their teams to success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uruguay\nVs. Portugal: Consider this. Portugal had the ball 61% of time (given 39% ball\npossession of Uruguay). Portugal had pass accuracy of 84% (compared to 69% of\nUruguay). Then why did Portugal, with its star player Ronaldo on their side\ncould not make it to quarterfinals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Same\nwith France Vs. Argentina. Argentina had the ball 59% of time (leaving 41 % to\nFrance) , pass accuracy of Argentina was slightly better and Argentina had\nMessi and still France was able to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us\nponder and think. What magic did Cavani create for Uruguay?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We may have few lessons for sales and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/all\/best-practices\/ideas-to-convert-your-sales-leads-to-paying-customers\/\" title=\"Sales CRM\"><strong>sales conversions here<\/strong><\/a>. Each successful <a href=\"https:\/\/helloleads.io\/\" title=\"Sales CRM\"><strong>sales<\/strong><\/a> conversion is a goal scored in the game of business in the field of market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having a large number of leads is like having good ball possession. This may not guarantee goals. Large number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/all\/improving-sales\/beginners-guide-building-a-super-sales-funnel-for-your-small-business\/\" title=\"Sales Team\"><strong>sales team<\/strong><\/a> members passing leads accurately between each other again may not be helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What\nmatters first is speed. Once you have a lead how fast you take it near the goal\npost\u200a\u2014\u200athe speed of response and moving as quickly as possible towards sales\nclosure. We can call it rapid lead response. What matters second is\nunderstanding of customer needs accurately. Like Cavani understood how\nposition, direction and speed will result in a goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is possible to create the Cavani and Mbappe magic in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/all\/best-practices\/top-5-things-to-look-for-in-a-sales-management-software\/\" title=\"Sales CRM\"><strong>Sales<\/strong><\/a>. Just understanding how football works, can be eye opening to sales teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am sure you watched it during the week end. What wonderful matches\u200a\u2014\u200aUruguay Vs. Portugal and France Vs. Argentina. in both matches, we saw how players like Cavani of Uruguay and Mbappe of France leading their teams to success. Uruguay Vs. Portugal: Consider this. Portugal had the ball 61% of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-improving-sales"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8467,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/8467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helloleads.io\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}