OKD’s plug-and-play system will get you kitchen sales you never considered.
What do we mean by “Plug-and-Play”?
In the tech world, plug-and-play refers to software or devices that work how they’re meant to with little to no user intervention.
In the kitchen business, it means onboarding new salespeople who can sell immediately when connected with OKD’s speedy design and quote system.
With that level of expedience, you’ll be free to explore more demanding (and more lucrative) possibilities, like multi-unit and builder projects.
Make your kitchen showroom a haven for ambitious salespeople.
Give your salespeople what they want: a fast, efficient way to deliver designs and quotes to customers.
Everyone benefits.
Our plug-and-play design method makes it possible for you to hire the best salespeople, whether those individuals can design a kitchen or not.
Let your salespeople focus on their skillset—selling—instead of inputting design information or waiting for an overworked in-house designer.
An outdated sales process means limited sales growth—and prospective salespeople know that.
Chances are that your showroom uses the one designer – one design – one sale model.
That means the only option to increase sales is to increase designers—or put more responsibility on the sales team. Instead of meeting with potential customers, salespeople remain at a computer, designing their own projects.
Alternatively, your sales team is at the mercy of the in-house designers, who are likely struggling to get everyone their designs—and design revisions—in a timely manner.
This scenario is not appealing to proficient salespeople, partly because they know it doesn’t have to be that way. Savvy showrooms are outsourcing kitchen designs, giving ambitious salespeople the tools they need to close deals quickly.
What to look for in a Plug-and-Play sales candidate
Your ideal candidate may be a kitchen designer looking for more opportunities, a frustrated salesperson from another kitchen business, or someone in a related business who needs minimal training.
Regardless of how they come to you, your sales candidates should share the following qualities.
- They show initiative. They don’t want to be held back.
- They’re eager. They hate waiting.
- They’re motivated. They want to earn more.
How to bring your kitchen showroom and salespeople up to speed
If designing more so you can sell more is something you’re interested in, leave the details to OKD.
We review your current design and quoting process and then outline a plug-and-play sales system tied to your resources that does not disrupt the current workflow. We’re interested only in adding value, not taking anything away.
When hiring new salespeople, it’s important to emphasize to your current team that they’re being hired to develop new clients and new markets only.
Current staff will continue with their existing customers.
Finding employees that fit the Plug-and-Play sales model
Many of your current salespeople (if they’re daring enough) will embrace the plug-and-play idea. But when you begin looking for additional people to hire, we’ll help you write the ads.
Here are a few of our most common suggestions.
- Write a job description emphasizing that you are an innovative kitchen business with a direct pipeline that provides unlimited designs fast. All online.
- Outline how the plug-and-play sales process will benefit them. (They’ll earn more.)
- Stress that their job is to sell; plug-and-play gets them the ammo to quote without limits.
Onboarding employees that fit the Plug-and-Play sales model
Interview and hire based on the sales candidate’s willingness to embrace this innovative sales model. Then, take the following steps. (Again, OKD is with you all the way!)
- The showroom owner (or GM), an OKD representative, and the new salesperson run through simulated design and sales trials using information from past projects. This ensures everyone is on the same page and the design process (deadlines, design intake, quotes, and designs) is satisfactory.
- The salesperson is given access to OKD’s design portal, allowing them to send and receive design information.
- They’re ready to get started with designing and quoting.
Why partner with OKD?
Our online intake form is user-friendly and guides your salespeople through every step of the process, reducing design revisions and expediting the process.
In return, you get branded, high-quality designs and quotes that beat the competition.
Our Data Report Design Status Control panel shows your salesperson’s design/quote movement, project quotes, product information, amount quoted, customer information, and any other personalized information you request.
You can review how well your business is doing in real-time.
It’s important to make sure your team knows you couldn’t have achieved these soaring sales numbers without them. However, you’ll never reach that step if you don’t decide to modernize the way your kitchen showroom quotes and designs now.
Contact us to get started.
We’re a team of professional kitchen designers providing fast, unlimited designs. Let’s discuss our free-trial design program.
OKD’s plug-and-play system will get you kitchen sales you never considered.
What do we mean by “Plug-and-Play”?
In the tech world, plug-and-play refers to software or devices that work how they’re meant to with little to no user intervention.
In the kitchen business, it means onboarding new salespeople who can sell immediately when connected with OKD’s speedy design and quote system.
With that level of expedience, you’ll be free to explore more demanding (and more lucrative) possibilities, like multi-unit and builder projects.
Make your kitchen showroom a haven for ambitious salespeople.
Give your salespeople what they want: a fast, efficient way to deliver designs and quotes to customers.
Everyone benefits.
Our plug-and-play design method makes it possible for you to hire the best salespeople, whether those individuals can design a kitchen or not.
Let your salespeople focus on their skillset—selling—instead of inputting design information or waiting for an overworked in-house designer.
An outdated sales process means limited sales growth—and prospective salespeople know that.
Chances are that your showroom uses the one designer – one design – one sale model.
That means the only option to increase sales is to increase designers—or put more responsibility on the sales team. Instead of meeting with potential customers, salespeople remain at a computer, designing their own projects.
Alternatively, your sales team is at the mercy of the in-house designers, who are likely struggling to get everyone their designs—and design revisions—in a timely manner.
This scenario is not appealing to proficient salespeople, partly because they know it doesn’t have to be that way. Savvy showrooms are outsourcing kitchen designs, giving ambitious salespeople the tools they need to close deals quickly.
What to look for in a Plug-and-Play sales candidate
Your ideal candidate may be a kitchen designer looking for more opportunities, a frustrated salesperson from another kitchen business, or someone in a related business who needs minimal training.
Regardless of how they come to you, your sales candidates should share the following qualities.
- They show initiative. They don’t want to be held back.
- They’re eager. They hate waiting.
- They’re motivated. They want to earn more.
How to bring your kitchen showroom and salespeople up to speed
If designing more so you can sell more is something you’re interested in, leave the details to OKD.
We review your current design and quoting process and then outline a plug-and-play sales system tied to your resources that does not disrupt the current workflow. We’re interested only in adding value, not taking anything away.
When hiring new salespeople, it’s important to emphasize to your current team that they’re being hired to develop new clients and new markets only.
Current staff will continue with their existing customers.
Finding employees that fit the Plug-and-Play sales model
Many of your current salespeople (if they’re daring enough) will embrace the plug-and-play idea. But when you begin looking for additional people to hire, we’ll help you write the ads.
Here are a few of our most common suggestions.
- Write a job description emphasizing that you are an innovative kitchen business with a direct pipeline that provides unlimited designs fast. All online.
- Outline how the plug-and-play sales process will benefit them. (They’ll earn more.)
- Stress that their job is to sell; plug-and-play gets them the ammo to quote without limits.
Onboarding employees that fit the Plug-and-Play sales model
Interview and hire based on the sales candidate’s willingness to embrace this innovative sales model. Then, take the following steps. (Again, OKD is with you all the way!)
- The showroom owner (or GM), an OKD representative, and the new salesperson run through simulated design and sales trials using information from past projects. This ensures everyone is on the same page and the design process (deadlines, design intake, quotes, and designs) is satisfactory.
- The salesperson is given access to OKD’s design portal, allowing them to send and receive design information.
- They’re ready to get started with designing and quoting.
Why partner with OKD?
Our online intake form is user-friendly and guides your salespeople through every step of the process, reducing design revisions and expediting the process.
In return, you get branded, high-quality designs and quotes that beat the competition.
Our Data Report Design Status Control panel shows your salesperson’s design/quote movement, project quotes, product information, amount quoted, customer information, and any other personalized information you request.
You can review how well your business is doing in real-time.
It’s important to make sure your team knows you couldn’t have achieved these soaring sales numbers without them. However, you’ll never reach that step if you don’t decide to modernize the way your kitchen showroom quotes and designs now.
Contact us to get started.
We’re a team of professional kitchen designers providing fast, unlimited designs. Let’s discuss our free-trial design program.
We’re a team of professional
kitchen designers providing fast,
unlimited designs. Let’s discuss
our free-trial design program.
