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PreSales Unleashed
By Tim & Jan

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

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5.9.2023

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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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🇬🇧 Evolution of PreSales - A conversation with John Care (054)

The future belongs to those who learn from the past

The future belongs to those who learn from the past.

We are lucky that 1984 did not turn out as Orwell predicted. Nevertheless the year impacted Sales Engineering greatly. It was the year when John Care started his career in PreSales, which ultimately led him to write his book “Mastering Technical Sales”.

Since then, of course things have changed dramatically.
Loading tapes into the back of the car? Gone!
Connecting to HQ with a BAUD modem? Gone!

But it’s surprising how many things have however NOT changed. While we learn how B2B Software Sales looked like in the early days, there are still plenty of actionable take-aways on how to:

  • Manage audiences attention
  • Convince IT or business to secure budget
  • Fulfill buyers (and employers) expectations in regards to PreSales
  • Leverage the trusted advisor status with prospects

Join us on a journey across 40 years of PreSales with John Care that concludes with a look into the crystal ball: What will PreSales be like in 5 to 10 years? Are we going to be replaced by an AI, or will we still have a right to exist?

John on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johncare/

Mastering Technical Sales: https://www.masteringtechnicalsales.com/

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

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Als “Schweizer Taschenmesser” ein Start-Up in EMEA rocken! (053)

😎 PreSales - Start-Up oder doch lieber Konzern? Interview mit Semir Jahic.

Heute ist Semir Jahic, das “Schweizer Taschenmesser” des PreSales, von Clari bei uns im Podcast. Das US Einhorn befindet sich in einem gesättigten und somit hart umkämpften Markt. Als Lead PreSales hat Semir eine besondere Verantwortung für den Aufbau von Clari in Europa.

Gemeinsam sprechen wir mit ihm über:

  • PreSales & Mindset im Tech Start-Up
  • Disruption gesättigter Märkte
  • PreSales als Allround Waffe
  • Arbeitspensum, Lernkurve, Spezialisierung, uvm.

Semir ist ein richtig cooler Typ. Als gebürtiger Schweizer in London mit Wurzeln im Balkan hat er bereits viel gesehen und erlebt. Wir konnten für uns einiges mitnehmen und hoffen für euch ist auch wieder etwas dabei.

🙏 Danke Semir, dass du deine Erfahrungen mit uns geteilt hast!

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

☎️ Unverbindliches Kennenlernen

📥 Free PreSales Downloads

🥋 Discovery Training

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Du möchtest dich mit uns austauschen?

🔵 Jan | 🔵 Tim

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🇬🇧 Moving from Sales to PreSales to find happiness (052)

💡 Imagine you could talk to a VP, who's been in tech sales for 20+ years
💡 And now imagine, this person has seen plenty of Sales AND PreSales

Whether you are in Sales or PreSales:Would that not be a conversation you’d like to have? To listen? To learn?

Well, we might just have the right thing for you. 😉

Robert is a veteran in the tech space of the bay area. He worked in sales. And he was successful. But there was always that little piece of doubt. Is this the place he really belongs to? After careful consideration Robert decided to put thoughts into action. He became an individual contributor in PreSales.

And clearly it was a fantastic decision. He moved up the ranks quickly and is now the VP of Solution Consulting at Xactly, responsible for the global PreSales team.

In our conversation with Robert, we cover the following:

✅ Why it might be a good idea to consider a move from Sales to PreSales
✅ How to leverage existing Sales skills in PreSales
✅ How knowing less about technology, can make you a stronger PreSeller
✅ How to build bridges, instead of silos between Sales and PreSales

😊 Thank you Robert for joining us and sharing your experiences with us.

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

☎️ Unverbindliches Kennenlernen

📥 Free PreSales Downloads

🥋 Discovery Training

🥳 ARRtist Circus Berlin – das PreSales Event in DE

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Du möchtest dich mit uns austauschen?

🔵 Jan | 🔵 Tim

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