๐Ÿ“Œ Tips for better b2b sales meetings

Markus Jenul
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Lately, we've started analyzing more and more sales calls. Here are the 5 mistakes we've seen in sales calls most often: 1. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต Solution: speak less than < 40% and let your customer speak more than > 60% 2. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ (๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป-๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ) ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ Solution: Ask open questions Why is it important to you? how do you manage this? what is the impact? 3. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น (๐—ฒ.๐—ด. ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฐ.) ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ Solution: Focus on your prospect's goal -> learning something new, finding a solution for a problem etc. 4. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ Solution: Be patient and wait at least 1-2 seconds with every answer you give. 5. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ Solution: Ask questions before and show your product specifically to the problems you identified. We have launched our ๐—•๐—˜๐—ง๐—” ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป of our meeting analyzer and get the speak-to-listen ratio, # of questions asked, sentiment in the call, ... and more helpful metrics automatically out of it. Once we have analyzed the meetings, we provide feedback on what you can do better.

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Daniel Zaitzow
100% - I think "2. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ (๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป-๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ) ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ Solution: Ask open questions Why is it important to you? how do you manage this? what is the impact?" Is so huge. Oftentimes I will book a demo with a singular goal in mind - we've already tested the product and have half integrated it - and we just need some concrete answers at the front end. Generally speaking AEs or BDRs will jump into their canned demo without really getting to the root / purpose of the outreach.
Markus Jenul
@dzaitzow love that answer. you should always leave the meeting smarter and with more information. Knowing more about the needs of the person you have met.
Hamdaan Ahmad
Thank you for sharing these valuable insights on better B2B sales meetings, Markus. Your solutions are practical and actionable.