Koen Stevens (Word-Of-Mouth Director Ambassify) How to close your first 10 B2B deals?
Koen Stevens (Word-Of-Mouth Director Ambassify)
How to close your first 10 B2B deals?
#1 Aim
# of customers
Price Pick your animal100.000
10.000
1.000
#2 Point
Your biggest competitors? excel and the status quo
Pricing Strategy
Charge a multiple of what you think is right
Pricing Strategy
Skin in the game: let them pay from day one
#3 Shoot
Use different tactics or traction channels‣ Network
‣ Early adopter program (again: paying customers only)
‣ Referrals
Goal :: 10 unaffiliated customers
‣ Outbound targeted emails
‣ Referral
‣ Inbound requests
‣ Network
Now accelerate through your own customers
Advocacy: Reviews // Referrals // References
The game has changed
A small group of people are your new sales army.
Find them
The sales process has changed
0%Looking for a solution
100%Buying the solution
I do my own research before I contact a sales rep57%
70%
Sales process
REVIEWS
“ 88% of respondents said they trust online reviews
as much as a personal recommendation.“
“ Comparison websites are the new SEO juice. “
“ Companies with advocate marketing programs can receive up to 17,5x more
product reviews.“
write your MOST PERSONAL
Bongo story
Publish rates
with incentive: 22,7% without incentive: 22,9%
1/4 creates a story
REFERRALS
84%of B2B buyers start
with a referral
( eMarketer.com )
Customer and employee referrals
Website
Social Network
Paid Search
Sales generated
Marketing & advertising
Trade show
Partner
Webinars
Email campaigns
Events
Lead list
Others 1,07%
0,02%
0,04%
0,07%
0,34%
0,44%
0,48%
0,55%
0,78%
0,94%
0,99%
1,47%
1,55%
3,63%
The power of referrals Lead-to-Deal conversion rate
It’s time for a story aboutreferencesand our prospects
IN SUMMARY
“Authentic social proof is the sales man’s G-spot.“
Tips & Tricks
Ask for the sale Do stuff that does not scale
Get 10 unaffiliated customersSell through these customers
B2B SALES RESOURCES
Blinkist Audible
Podcasts
Saastr The Startup Chat
De Vitesse
Close.io Jason Lemkin
(Quora)
From Impossible to Inevitable
Solution Selling Selling The Wheel
Steli Efti Gary V
Koen Stevens (+32) 496 25 09 47
@E_KON
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