Objection Handling in Software Demos to close more Deals
Feel – Felt – Found – The best way to handle objections during your software demonstration In this article, I would like to share with you my favourite technique to handle objections and shift your mindset towards acknowledging them as a positive buying signal rather than a threat during your software demo. To be fair […]
Leading the Witness – Discovery Mistakes B2B Software Sales
Presales Discovery Call gone Wrong The discovery call is undoubtedly one of the single most important steps in our sales cycle and can easily make or break our deals. I’ve been through hundreds of discovery sessions in my sales career and read through a dozen frameworks to improve my interrogation skills. I became quickly better […]
Does it make sense to ask „Does it make sense“?
Have you ever used this question yourself? You want to be compassionate and affirm your prospect understands what you are saying. But in reality, you are making things worse. It’s a dumb question. Don’t ever ask that question during your demo! You put yourself in a position of weakness. Asking that question creates uncertainty on […]
10 Ways to Reset your Audience’s Attention during your Software Demo
Selling B2B-software is not just a battle against your competitors. In our modern society, it is also a battle for your audience’s attention. The likes of Netflix, Youtube, Spotify and constant smartphone notifications have reduced the average attention span to less than five minutes. As a result, your audience is having a hard time focusing […]
How High-Performing Sales Engineers Help Today’s Overwhelmed B2B-Buyers
Today, buyers are armed with more high-quality information than ever before. The abundance of online resources has changed the whole landscape of buying and selling complex B2B-software. A Shift In B2B-Buying Behaviour What has been a sales-dominated approach has turned into a buyer-centric process. For decades, information asymmetry has created an imbalance of power in […]
The Importance of Solution Consultants Knowing About Their Customers‘ Buying Journey
Buying complex enterprise software has become more difficult than ever before. What has been a linear process in the past (and is still illustrated this way) has become a tedious back and forth. Rather than following a clear structure, it is a concurrent process of searching for information, validating, and aligning key stakeholders across time […]
Presales – Your Unfair Advantage
With changing market dynamics and a shift in buyer behaviour, organisations need to understand the importance of leveraging and empowering their presales resources. Buying complex enterprise/B2B-software has become more complex than ever before. As a result, facilitating the buyer’s purchasing process and helping them buy through prescriptive advice has become a critical objective for modern […]
Modern PreSales Definition – Far Beyond Technical Sales
Presales is often described as a sales supporting role – but its not! Presales is all about empowering and educating your buyers. Instead of primarily focusing on your duties along the sales cycle, it is more important to enable your buying champions to accomplish all their challenges throughout their buying journey! You are supposed to […]
How to lose Business – The Urge to Show every single Feature during your software demo!
Overcoming the urge to show all you bells ans whistles is tough. Every feature has its right to exist and has been developed for a reason. But going into too much detail can quickly cause an information overload and is one main reason for losing your audience and ultimately their business. Managing the complexity and […]
Deliver your Demo in Short Sprints rather than Long Marathons
The importance of avoiding monologues and a good „Talk-to-Listen“ Ratio In one of the previous articles we have covered the ideal duration of your software demonstration. Furthermore, extensive data analysis has revealed that winning demos stimulate conversations, especially during the second half of your demo. Still, you might be wondering what is the right ratio […]
