๐ 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. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ผ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต
Solution: speak less than < 40% and let your customer speak more than > 60%
2. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ (๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป-๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ) ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
Solution: Ask open questions
Why is it important to you? how do you manage this? what is the impact?
3. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น (๐ฒ.๐ด. ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ.) ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐
Solution: Focus on your prospect's goal
-> learning something new, finding a solution for a problem etc.
4. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ
Solution: Be patient and wait at least 1-2 seconds with every answer you give.
5. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ
Solution: Ask questions before and show your product specifically to the problems you identified.
We have launched our ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป 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@dzaitzow
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100% - I think "2. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ธ (๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป-๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ) ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐
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.
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Thank you for sharing these valuable insights on better B2B sales meetings, Markus. Your solutions are practical and actionable.