Long cycles with no visibility
A deal takes three months and five meetings. Nobody can see where it's stuck, what's next, or whether it's still alive.
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B2B & Suppliers
Long sales cycles, no pipeline visibility, and proposals that disappear into silence. We help B2B suppliers qualify leads, track every proposal and give leadership a clear view of what's closing.
The reality
B2B sales are long, multi-stakeholder and high-value — which means a lost proposal is expensive and a stalled deal is invisible. Without a system, the pipeline lives in someone's head and leadership flies blind.
A deal takes three months and five meetings. Nobody can see where it's stuck, what's next, or whether it's still alive.
You send a proposal, hear nothing, and assume it's dead. There's no structured follow-up sequence, so deals go quiet and stay quiet.
Your sales team spends time on leads that were never going to buy. There's no scoring or framework to prioritise the right opportunities.
Leadership can't see the pipeline value, the conversion rate, or where deals stall. Forecasting is guesswork.
Content and campaigns happen but don't connect to leads and deals. There's no line from 'we published this' to 'we closed this'.
A prospect says 'not this quarter' and is forgotten. Six months later they buy from a competitor who stayed in touch.
These aren't sales problems — they're systems problems. And systems are exactly what we build.
The MeriLuu approach
We apply the Growth-to-Operations Framework to the realities of B2B — long cycles, multiple stakeholders, and the need for visibility from first touch to close.
We map your sales process, how leads are qualified, how proposals are tracked, and what leadership can (and can't) see today.
We prioritise a multi-stage CRM pipeline, a lead-scoring and nurture framework, and an executive dashboard — each giving clarity where there's currently guesswork.
We configure the CRM with your real stages and stakeholders, set up qualification and nurture flows, and build the reporting leadership needs.
We connect marketing, website enquiries and the CRM so every lead is tracked from source to proposal to close.
Monthly, we review where deals stall, which sources convert best, and refine the scoring and nurture accordingly.
What we build
Every engagement is shaped to your industry. Here's how the three outcomes map to the systems we'd build for a b2b & suppliers business.
B2B buyers research before they ever talk to you. We make sure what they find positions you as the right partner.
We build the pipeline and nurture that move a B2B lead from interest to signed contract.
We give leadership the visibility to forecast and the systems to nurture 'not now' into 'now'.
A day in the life
Picture a wholesale supplier serving retailers and contractors. Here's how a new enquiry moves through a connected system instead of a shared inbox.
A procurement manager downloads a guide from your site. Their details land in the CRM, scored and tagged by industry and company size.
An AI assistant asks a couple of qualifying questions and scores the lead. High-value leads get prioritised; 'not now' leads enter a nurture sequence.
You send a proposal. The CRM moves to 'Proposal' and schedules a follow-up sequence. If they go quiet, a structured nudge brings the conversation back.
When the deal closes, the dashboard updates pipeline value and source. A 'not now' from the same month enters nurture and resurfaces six months later — ready to buy.
Illustrative scenario based on typical B2B workflows — not a specific client case study.
Outcomes
Every deal visible by stage and value.
Scoring focuses effort on likely closes.
Follow-ups keep every proposal alive.
Dashboards replace guesswork.
Results depend on market, sales cycle, implementation, team adoption and other operating conditions. We focus on measurable processes, not guarantees.
Recommended packages
B2B suppliers typically start with a CRM pipeline and lead nurture, then add dashboards and AI sales support.
For a multi-stage pipeline and proposal tracking.
R8,500 – R20,000
For qualified B2B lead generation.
R7,500 – R15,000
For a full lead-to-proposal-to-forecast system.
R25,000 – R60,000+
Software, messaging, AI usage and third-party subscriptions are quoted separately. Prices are suggested ranges for the South African market.
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