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PreSales Unleashed
By Tim & Jan

🇬🇧 Software Demos that actually convert (with Anna Decroix from Demoboost) (136)

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The million-dollar question: How to build demos that actually convert.

Before even answering that, there are many parameters to consider:

🔵 What moves a prospect from zero trust to ready to buy?

🔵 How can we leverage the SE function the most?

🔵 Which use cases have the highest relevance?

🔵 Where in the buying journey is the prospect?

🔵 Why are SDRs and AE afraid to demo?

Anna Decroix from demoboost, believes that an interactive demo can play a fundamental role in resolving the biggest issues of the sales process.

Here are some facts:

Average pipeline conversion of SaaS business is around 10-15% (which might be worse due to poor CRM maintenance). In other words- 85-90% of the work of big revenue teams is a waste of time. That’s Insane! It’s really time to end this madness.

This leads us to QUALIFICATION. (our all-time favorite 😉)

Thought Experiment:

Instead of Qualification, should not rather talk about Disqualification?

A significant portion of those 90% of leads are ONLY CURIOUS prospects - who don’t want to buy.

BUT they want to be informed. There is no way to convert them - no matter how many custom demos we are going to show them. The challenge is that we simply don’t have filters in place.

SDRs are incentivized to book a meeting. AEs are incentivized by deal progression.

Coming back to the original question: Before we focus our efforts on meeting tactics (storytelling, value selling, audience management), let’s keep the house clean of those low-intend leads.

But not by rejecting them.

Rather, by giving them a forum to explore, ask questions and educate themselves.

And yes, it means you have to let go of your beloved “Book a demo”-Button.

You found this thought-provoking? Tune into the podcast.

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🇬🇧 No-one likes completing RFP’s. So, why bother? (038)

Interview with Don Carmichael

RFP’s - again - yeah! Our German speaking listeners already enjoyed episode 021 - on more tactical advice on how to handle RFP’s.

Today, we talk with Don Carmichael (Founder & Chief PreSales Guru at Winning Skills) in a more strategic way about the one thing we all love in Sales and PreSales - indeed, RFP’s!

What makes an RFP and what’s the purpose by the way? Are they a waste of time? Who really benefits at the end of day? What is the role of PreSales please? As they exist, how to handle RFP’s best? And: is there a better way to make buying decisions?

A fun and of course serious dialogue about the topic - thanks a lot Don Carmichael for your insights!

Don on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doncarmichael/
Don’s Article on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/35w3WC1

Book recommendation: Mastering Technical Sales (https://amzn.to/3irvc8q) Chapter 4.

Episode 021 - How to handle RFP’s effectyle (German speaking)
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2FtxW6K
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2GZNHmJ
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YouTube: https://bit.ly/2DVeKya

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Warum kann Salesforce 320 € / Monat für eine Lizenz verlangen? (037)

Premium-Preise der SaaS-Anbieter unter dem Mikroskop.

Salesforce und andere SaaS-Anbieter rufen für die Top-Versionen ihrer Softwarelösungen Premiumpreise von teilweise mehreren hundert Euro pro Nutzer pro Monat auf.

Ob die Anbieter diese Preise nachhaltig durchsetzen können wissen wir natürlich nicht, allerdings wollen wir verstehen wie diese zustande kommen und was hinter dieser Preispolitik steckt.

Welchen Einfluss haben unter anderem

  • die Preispositionierung
  • die Preis-Qualitäts-Inferenz
  • der Ankereffekt
  • die Preisoptik
  • die Preisindikation
  • der Preispuffer
  • Der sozialen Bewährtheit

auf die Preisbestimmung der SaaS-Angebote?

Darüber reden wir mit Christian Wirth, Experte für Saas Preismodelle und ein “Wiederholungstäter” bei uns im Podcast :-).

👍 Viel Spaß & Inspiration beim Zuhören wünschen dir Jan & Tim

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🔵 Jan | 🔵 Tim

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🇬🇧 Kunden Mehrwert im B2B Software Vertrieb (Value Based Selling Reloaded) (036)

… Reloaded

🎧🎙️ Value Based Selling … Reloaded

At the Sales Excellence Podcast, you often hear us say:

❌👎 - NO to features and functions
✅👍 - YES to real business impact

But it’s so easy to say. And potentially difficult to achieve. Today's working world sales processes are becoming increasingly complex. Communicating the benefits to prospects is key to our common success.

It’s a shift from: ❌ How much can you sell this potential customer?
To: ✅ How much value can you provide to this customer?

👉 Salespeople who sell "value-based" put themselves in the customer's shoes.
👉 They tailor the product as closely as possible to the customer's individual needs.
👉 They highlight various performance advantages to the customer.
👉 They align the price of the service with its benefits.

Do you want to become one of those sales people?
You want to learn how to adapt value selling?
You practice it already, but you want to become better at it?

👍 Whether in Sales or Presales - this episode is for YOU!

Links for this episode:

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Du möchtest dich mit uns austauschen?

🔵 Jan | 🔵 Tim

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