Before starting the demo of your SAAS product, what makes it even more effective and fruitful is the discovery meeting.
It is where you uncover the problems or pain points of your prospects and position yourself as a problem solver, you act as a trouble-shooter.
For B2B sales success, question your client on the issues faced by him and elaborate the futuristic problems too. Forecast the difficulties and lay out a solution for those. Relieve your client by addressing his concerns. You need to restate his problem to show to him that you have understood his problem in the right sense.
Now coming to what to ask them specifically, ask open-ended questions that will make your prospect speak and share his own experiences- both positive and negative. Some of these questions are like:
A trust has to be built in any kind of relationship because it goes a long way in deciding the outcome of your effort. A prospect would trust you only if you make him believe that you understand and you can solve them decisively.
While developing trust, we need to address three unstated concerns of the prospect.
This refers to the pain points and how we are going to address them. Before presenting the product, you have to listen to his problems and make them big. The objective of listening him and engaging him is to generate the trust in him that yes- he/she is the one who understands my problem.
He checks our ability to interpret his difficulties and resolve his issues.
If we are experienced with that problem and in providing its solutions in the past, he will be rest assured that his problem will be solved decisively. Here comes the role of ‘Insight Stories’ discussed later.
– when you do a meeting – build stories, human being are wired to get on to stories very well
Insight stories, if told to your prospects, will increase their belief in your product. Insight stories, the difficulties and the solutions depicting your ability to successfully resolve them leave a strong impact in their mind.
How will you build a trust that ‘Yes I am the only person who can solve your problem without any hustle?’
By telling the insight stories from the existing clients where you have solved similar problems. There are five vital components of an Insight Story-
a. Describe the character of your story-
Sir A company that used to be No. 1 in garment manufacturing at that point in time. It is necessary to build connection and engagement
b. State the pain points and problems of the character.
c. Consequences of those problems- magnify and aggravate the fall out
d. He tried and tested alternatives- show that solving such a problem is very difficult and not everyone can do that
e. How he tried SalesTrendz and from last 6 months and how his life changed completely- Happy ending with your product to leave a positive emotional impact
– post meeting engagement- let it be to ask questions – ask specific queries – again to generate interest.
Clients will buy your software, only for their reasons, not because of your reasons. So, making requests, pleadings would never yield results. Never be pushy, if he is buying then is he not buying for you, they will just buy for his own reasons.
The right engagement will bear you fruitful outcome. After the discovery meeting, it is necessary that you engage with them from time to time to peak interest. Approach them to ask queries and questions, be it for their requirements or just generally.
– that we are not just to get cheques. Once we close the deal, we don’t care whether it is profit or loss- just one thing- that we make him successful.
Work on this philosophy, improve your pitch, and convey your passion in your language, body language and in your tone. Convey the trust and how you are different from others, as discussed initially and it will definitely impact his mind and decision.
How much you force him, how much you follow up him, how much you call him, he will not give you anything till he doesn’t feel the necessity of the product and until it makes sense to him and if he want it then he’ll also come after you and he will call you. So have that balance, ‘Ok, if you want our help, then we are ready to help.’ We cannot go after them. We cannot be seen as going after or chasing them even if we are actually doing so. We got to be diplomatic in our engagement.
Testimonials describe what has been, and are a promise of what is to come.Ron Kaufman
If you talk 100 things about yourself, they will not have so much of impact. But if your customer tells one positive thing to your prospect, it will have terrific impact. That is the power of referrals and testimonials.
In this age of Internet, where social proof is available, it is still important in guiding the purchase decisions. They are more likely to buy your product owing to the good testimonials and the good feedback they receive. You can also showcase the case studies depicting where and how you solved your clients’ pain points.
Don’t spend time and energy on the wrong B2B sales prospects. Go for the ones who are likely to give your business. You are not supposed to approach every lead. Avoid those ugly deals – that are unprofitable, they are going to consume lots of your time and would result in a negative review.
Look at the success rate. Analyze the industry that is giving you more business and benefit. Prepare your company strategy by comparing the numbers and figures. The companies that genuinely want to deal with you will yield best results. Look where you are getting B2B sales success and grow deeply into those segments.
Develop prototypes or personas for your ideal prospects. Design your engagement strategy keeping in mind the specific persona that you have created as your prospects.
Everything and everywhere happens with a single click. Efficient engagement with prospects and closure depends on use of right technology by your competitive sales team.
Now more than having a machine to handle the whole data of the company, it is always advisable to inculcate mobility in your business and also to track these on your fingertips. A mobile application of your SAAS product is a privilege to your prospects. Immobility is a hindrance and isn’t appropriate for the long run.
Being able to see the who’s who, what’s happening helps in having the broader visibility of the process. A SAAS product or a CRM with a robust mobile app is absolutely necessary.
The top notch people must be able to sales force tracking, order execution process, inventory, etc. on their tips. This is what SalesTrendz has been able to achieve.
