SalesFuel

AUGUST 26, 2024

Have you heard of a sales demo environment? If not, you’ve got an untapped opportunity to increase sales from demos. As HubSpot’s Michael Welch explains, a sales demo environment is a designated space where sellers can demo for prospects. They can take your typical sales demos to the next level.

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Sales Hacker

JANUARY 18, 2021

You’ve both agreed to meet next week for a demo, and your champion has agreed to invite the economic buyer to the call. You need to ensure that they follow through and show up to the demo, while also setting yourself apart from the other vendors that they’re evaluating. Next steps to take leading up to the follow-up call.

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DiscoverOrg Sales

JUNE 13, 2018

With so much newness all around, we’ve had to create benchmarks so we can help these reps develop, move up, and know where they stand throughout the day and the month. We have the following goals for each SDR: 40 dials per day to inbound leads. Schedule same-day or next-day demos (much higher chance of them showing up).

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DiscoverOrg Sales

OCTOBER 10, 2018

How many times have you run an awesome demo that didn’t close? Today, I’m going to show you how to run demos that convert into closed deals. We’ll talk about the five stages of a good demo, and what to do and not to do, at each stage. Step 1: Set an agenda for the demo. tive Sales Demo.

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Sales Hacker

JUNE 24, 2022

You already have them set up in your sales engagement system, I know. But if you’re working to level up and land larger deals, it’s time to leave all those behind. Stay top of mind and start multithreading with this framework for world class follow-up instead. Why buyers ignore your follow-up emails.

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Product Management University

AUGUST 6, 2024

When it comes to presales demos, the endgame is to advance the sales process to the next stage. But there’s a common gap that exists in most presales demos, and it not only takes the impact out of your value story, it also erodes your differentiation. It also ups the ante on your differentiation. Here’s the bottom up version.

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Sales Hacker

MARCH 16, 2020

There’s been a shift in how B2B organizations communicate through follow-ups and outreach. In this article, we’ll look at five sales follow-up tactics that will help you do just that. We’ll look at how your SDRs and AEs can provide buyers with more personalized interactions in any meeting during the follow-up.

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Hubspot Sales

JUNE 12, 2018

How to Send a Follow-Up Email After No Response. Don’t follow up too quickly. By this point, you’ve likely sent previous follow-up emails or left voicemails for your prospect. Here are five principles to adhere to when sending a follow-up email after no response. I hope we can catch up soon.

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Cience

OCTOBER 8, 2020

For example, a couple of weeks ago, I read about a guy who followed up his prospect 125 times in nine years until they finally signed a deal. That made me think: what does this guy know about follow-ups that others don’t? Why didn’t he give up after a month, a year, or even five years? Don’t believe me?

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Product Management University

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Competitive demos are stressful, especially when you’re operating on very little knowledge or hearsay information about your competitor’s weaknesses. That gives you the perfect opening to attack their strengths when you’re doing highly competitive demos, especially when their weaknesses aren’t show-stoppers. There’s no answer for that!

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The Center for Sales Strategy

DECEMBER 11, 2020

> The Art of the Sales Follow-Up: 7 Ways to Keep the Conversation Going – HubSpot. But many salespeople and marketers make the mistake of crafting a perfect sales email, holding a great meeting, or running a fantastic product demo, and then sitting back and doing nothing. - MOTIVATION -. Mike Bosworth. AROUND THE WEB -. >

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Close.io

JANUARY 21, 2020

And that person won’t stop blowing up your inbox. But really, how important is it to follow-up ? A study by Harvard Business Review found that 56% of prospects complain about poor follow-ups. And 48% of those prospects will tell at least 10 people about their poor follow-up experience.

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Product Management University

MAY 24, 2023

If you’re a solution consultant (SC), sales engineer (SE), or any other role that does sales demos, there’s nothing more uncomfortable than going into a demo and not knowing what you’re aiming for. Qualifying your account executives prior to the demo is a practice that’s beneficial to everyone, including the buyer.

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Gong.io

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Unlike bottom performers, superstar reps get bombarded with questions during sales demos. These are the 5 “acts” that winning sales demo scripts follow PLUS 5 examples to follow as you build out your script. The most brought-up topics in the first 10 minutes of winning sales demos help build the context.

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Sales and Marketing Management

AUGUST 28, 2020

Virtual Demos and PoCs. However, a demo or PoC will only be as good as the platform supporting it; if it falls short on performance, you’re out of luck. As IDC’s Brown noted, “Failure at the product demo or PoC stage not only loses deals, but also risks losing customer value for life.”. Accelerate With the Cloud.

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Close

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

So, you crushed your SaaS sales demo and want to close the deal. Learn next steps and how to follow up after the product demo.

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Chorus.ai

MARCH 10, 2021

Research shows that 92% of all salespeople give up on a lead after four rejections, while 44% give up after only one. That adds up to an awful lot of follow-up. The key to conquering follow-up is not just blind perseverance and motivation. A demo they can peruse on their own clock?

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Product Management University

JANUARY 3, 2023

Sales demos are one of the easiest ways to boost your credibility with prospects and customers. A good sales demo creates that critical moment of differentiation that makes your product the obvious choice in a sea of competitors. What is a B2B Sales Demo Script? How to Create a Sales Demo Script. Create Scenarios.

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Chorus.ai

DECEMBER 4, 2019

So, you followed our tips for the perfect cold-calling approach. It’s a road paved with rejection, with 92% of all salespeople giving up on a lead after four rejections , while 44% give up after only one. That’s a lot of follow-up sales calls! Would they prefer: A demo they can peruse on their own clock?

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SBI

JUNE 21, 2018

As a Senior Director of Sales Consulting at Oracle, Tod and his team of Sales Engineers and Solution Consultants support the sales team in their division and are responsible for onsite and remote demos. At the same time, he was seeing a jump in requests for demos as his qualified prospect pool was increasing. What is Demo Automation?

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Product Management University

MAY 15, 2024

There are countless tips and tricks that make for great presales demos. But there’s one foundational tactic that’ll set you up to crush your demos and further amplify the finer tips or tricks you wrap around it. Typical Presales Demo Formats Most presales demos fall into one of two formats. Here’s why.

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SendBuzz

MAY 2, 2023

Instead of using follow-up emails to encourage a prospect to purchase their product or service, they instead move on to new prospects. A follow-up email, what is it? In order to seal a deal, a series of emails known as a follow-up emails are typically sent out following a crucial point in the sales funnel.

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Anthony Iannarino

OCTOBER 8, 2019

There are more ways to get a demo wrong than there are ways to make it compelling and useful. If what you sell requires you demo for your prospective clients, the following eight laws will allow you to rule your demo—and improve your odds of winning. A Demo is a Sales Call. Open Strong. Share your agenda, 3).

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Gong.io

OCTOBER 31, 2018

I had just wrapped up a demo with a key account and could feel the momentum. We’ve all heard that “fortune is in the follow-up.”. Armed with Action Items, you’ll never let follow-up actions slip through the cracks again. Keep things moving by quickly following up on every promise you make.

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Understanding the Sales Force

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

When salespeople present a minimum number of demos it is considered hitting a milestone. Then the “actual” numbers are reported, followed by huge revisions to what was reported a few months earlier. When half of salespeople hit quota it equates to strong sales performance across the team. The government is doing it too.

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LeadFuze

JANUARY 1, 2022

We have compiled a list of follow-up lead email templates that will help you follow up with your prospects and get them to, actually, respond. First of all, you need to understand that when sending follow-up emails, there are general rules to keep in mind. What Should a Sales Follow Up Email Contain?

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Hubspot Sales

AUGUST 19, 2018

Should we chalk it all up to hard work? I’ll do my best to answer those questions below, as we dissect the perfect follow-up call for salespeople in 2018. Follow-Up Sales Call. These days, many reps are more comfortable sending an automated email than picking up the phone. That answer is “ Yes. ”

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Product Management University

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Product demos are one of the most critical components of strong product marketing and sales for SaaS organizations. A great product demo creates an urgency to buy, while a bad product demo sends prospects running. What is a Product Demo? A product demo is a verbal value story. Product Demo vs. Free Trial.

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Hubspot Sales

DECEMBER 7, 2018

And at the beginning of the sales cycle, when prospects might be initially unfamiliar with your brand or your solution, the way you conduct a demo request can make or break the sale. What Is a Demo Request? Demo requests help accelerate lead nurturing and, hopefully, new customer acquisition. Respond quickly to demo requests.

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Salesmate

JUNE 23, 2021

According to a study, sales emails that are sent in sequence with follow-ups increase their chances by 3 times to get a response back. . The emails sent post the first attempt are named follow-up emails as they are used to keep check with the customer and establish the point of contact to the stage that escalates sales.

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Zoominfo

JUNE 19, 2024

Key metrics in the analysis included: Call connect rates Demo volume from cold calls Call-to-demo conversion rates The ratio of positive to negative calls based on sales reps’ assessments The findings revealed clear trends on which days work best for cold calling. Tuesday calls also drive the most demos, along with Wednesdays.

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Product Management University

OCTOBER 19, 2021

If you want to nail the product demo discovery meeting, it’s all in how you set up the agenda beforehand. Demo Discovery vs. Sales Discovery. Uncovering that BIG WHY is the lynchpin to delivering a killer demo that energizes buyers. ” Here’s the problem with a lot of demo discovery meetings.

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Understanding the Sales Force

AUGUST 16, 2023

I was watching a crew install a walkway made up of very large stepping stones. If they were anything like the bottom 56% of all salespeople, who don’t effectively follow a sales process, they would begin with step 4 so that they could quickly get to steps 7-9. It’s quite a process for the crew to complete this project.

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Understanding the Sales Force

MARCH 4, 2013

Understanding the Sales Force by Dave Kurlan Two weeks ago I wrote this article about how demos and presentations are like snack foods. One of the comments, by Jason Kanigan, said: Traditional selling revolves around the demo/presentation. The result is we end up giving many presentations to unqualified prospects.

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SalesLoft

JULY 10, 2019

I’ll give you a moment to pick your jaw up off the floor. Now that you’ve recovered, let’s talk about demo show rates. More than anything else, the most important part of increasing your demo show rates is vetting prospects to ensure that they are properly qualified. 5 Ways to Improve Demo Show Rates. Build Value.

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Mindtickle

MAY 1, 2020

And for the foreseeable future, sales calls and product demos will be conducted from home, virtually. The following are 10 best practices pre-sales leaders and enablement practitioners should focus on when looking to onboard, develop, and maximize the knowledge and skills of solutions consulting and sales engineering teams.

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Sales Hacker

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

In this article I’m going to explain how to PROPERLY execute an effective trade show follow up campaign without being a blood sucking lead vulture. 10 Steps for Effectively Following Up with Leads After a Trade Show or Event. Send a short & sweet thank you follow up email. To Swag or Not to Swag?

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