Watch this video to learn how you can increase your response rates to your emails and ultimately get more sales.
Struggling with B2B sales email and prospecting?
We recently asked some of our clients what their biggest marketing/sales challenge was and you want to know what they said?
Reaching the decision maker.
This is always a challenge whether it’s cold emailing, cold calling, or advertising.
We need to change the way we email sales prospects.
Let’s face it. Cold emailing is never fun. It’s impersonal. It feels sleazy and even if you’re doing everything right, you probably seldom get a response.
You know the phrase…”It’s a numbers game!”.
When you do get a response, you spend hours getting to know what the prospective client’s needs are and preparing a beautiful proposal. But when you send it, things go silent.
Sound familiar?
Luckily, there is a simple and easy way that you can make your cold emails stand out, build more trust, and improve the success rate of your proposals.
Enter personalized videos.
There are some great free tools online (we love Soapbox by Wistia) that allow you to record a personalized video with your webcam as well as record your screen.
This is powerful for so many applications. You can use it when you are prospecting, cold e-mailing, sending proposals and presentations, as well as staying in touch with current clients.
Soapbox allows you to also include a clickable call-to-action link at the end then easily edit and share the videos.
Some Tips for Creating Personalized Videos
Be sure that you are in a quiet environment for optimal sound quality.
Tidy up your background and dress well. Look professional!
If possible, try to position yourself in front of a window or somewhere with clean flattering lighting.
Check out the video above for more specifics on our favorite tool for creating personalized videos and examples on how you can use them for your own business.
If you implement this tool, you will start to see a huge impact on your B2B sales email and prospecting results.
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Although the construction industry seems to be booming right now, winning new projects is still a challenge that every contractor and builder faces. How many times have you spent hours gathering quotes, putting together extensive proposals, and schmoozing potential clients, only to find out that the project was awarded to another company?
I’m all too familiar with the challenges of trying to win new projects and growing the number of clients that return for more work. Before launching my first company and going full time, I spent years working as a lead estimator for a multi-million dollar commercial construction company.
The good news…
The good news is, there are some simple things that you can do to immediately differentiate yourself from other companies in your field and add that “wow” factor to your marketing and bid materials that will demonstrate the level of care and experience that you bring to every project. Enter online video. Video has quickly proven itself to become one of the best ways that you can boost your sales and marketing efforts.
Here’s the kicker. Video is not one size fits all. Different videos will serve different goals and support various stages of the sales process from awareness to decision. So it’s not enough to just have any video. You must have the right video and implement it in the proper way. Here are 3 video types that are sure to help you get your foot in the door with dream clients, win more projects, and add that “wow” factor to your sales and marketing efforts.
1. Brand Vision Film/Company Overview
The first type of video we recommend is a strong brand vision or company overview video. This will be the video that introduces your company, your values, and what makes you unique.
The benefits:
Having a solid brand video on your website and even contained within your proposals is going to immediately set you apart by giving the potential client a quick and engaging way to get to know your brand and how you will add value to them helping to build a personal connection and strengthen the relationship.
Why it works:
This video is the next best thing to being right there in person with your prospective client. And we all know that being face-to-face always increases the likelihood of winning new work.
Pro tips:
Stay away from buzzwords like “professional, comprehensive, ect”. Go deeper and find ways to include your own personality, origin story, and anything else that may resonate with the audience.
Remember to not just talk in bullet points and facts. Include the bigger picture values that your company holds to be true. As Simon Sinek says, “People don’t buy what you do, they why you do it.”
Example:
2. Testimonial Videos
One of the most powerful video types that will have an immediate effect on your sales process is testimonials or “success stories”. Testimonials feature past clients talking about how you helped them on a past project.
The benefits:
Testimonials are extremely effective in convincing and converting prospective clients that have discovered your brand. They show real world cases of how you have helped others that are like your potential clients which inspires confidence that you are the right person for the job.
Why it works:
Testimonials are effective because they are “3rd party endorsements”. Think about it this way. If I told you that I made the best videos around and you should hire me, that would come across as arrogant and not very convincing. But if someone who is just like you told a story about how we have helped their business using video and recommended that you give us a shot, that would be much more effective.
Pro tips:
Focus on story
It’s not about getting the person to talk about how great you are. Instead, have them talk about the real challenges that they faced and how you helped overcome those challenges. More importantly, how did that make their lives better?
Ditch the script and shoot for conversational.
Example:
3. Educational Video Content
OK so now you have a strong brand video that helps nurture prospective clients that find you. And you’ve paired it with some powerful video testimonials that help show real results and aid the decision-making process. But there’s one more thing you can do to really supercharge your sales and marketing efforts and that is by creating short educational video pieces. Often times, these will feature a representative of your company speaking directly to the camera about a specific topic that is relevant to your audience.
The benefits:
These videos are extremely powerful in establishing credibility for your brand. By creating videos that help your potential clients and feature you or your company speaking from experience, you are demonstrating your expertise in your field, not just claiming to be experts. These videos are also helpful in arming your prospective clients with the upfront knowledge to aid the success of a project and ensure a smooth workflow.
Why it works:
This video type leverages a powerful psychological concept called reciprocity. By adding up front value to your prospective clients without charging them a dime, the are more likely to want to return the favor down the road and give you work.
Pro tips:
Do some research to find out what pain points or questions that your prospective clients have to make videos that are actually relevant to them
Focus on adding as much value as possible. Simply throwing together a video with “fluffy” content will not have a positive effect on your business
Share the videos through an email newsletter to get even more use out of them
How to get it done?
There you have it! Implement any one or all of these video types properly, and you will be sure to see lasting results on your sales goals. If you need help with any of this, please reach out. We not only help produce the best videos possible but work with you to gain clarity on your unique brand messaging as well as determine what content is going to resonate most with your audience. Finally, rather than sending over a video file and walking away, we will work with you to ensure that your videos are properly being implemented to ensure real results.
Click below to schedule a call and see how we can help create some videos that will get you more projects.
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