{"id":7411,"date":"2023-06-06T14:49:57","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueskyvideomarketing.com\/?p=7411"},"modified":"2023-11-08T12:29:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T12:29:56","slug":"win-more-customers-with-a-software-demo-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueskyvideomarketing.com\/blog\/win-more-customers-with-a-software-demo-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Win more customers with a software demo video"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
We’ve been working with software companies on their video marketing efforts for the last 6 years and in that time we’ve learned a lot about their sales process and where the bottlenecks are.<\/p>
A recurring theme is the demos that they encourage their customers to sign up for.<\/p>
For many software companies, this is a key part of their sales process – there are very few of us who haven’t seen the ‘sign up for a free demo<\/strong><\/em>‘ call to action on the websites of software companies.<\/p> On the face of it, a potential customer signing up for a demo is a really positive thing – your website or social media activity has done enough to encourage them to think that your software might be the solution they need to whatever problem they are having.<\/p> One problem is that not as many people as you would like are signing up to the demos – and that could be down to the level of commitment that you are asking them to make at this stage of the process.<\/p> You may have done enough to convince them that your software might<\/strong> <\/em>be a solution to their problem – but are they in a place where blocking out 30 or 60 minutes of their time for a 1-2-1 call with your sales team is the obvious next step?<\/p> Maybe a lower touch call to action would be more effective?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t One of the other big downsides of signing customers up for 1-2-1 demos with your sales team is the proportion of their time that is spent delivering demos.<\/p> If your conversion rates aren’t what you’d like them to be – then the only solution is to grow your sales team to a point where you can keep delivering more and more 1-2-1 demos of your products.<\/p> Or – you could try and do something to give your sales team some valuable time back and allow them to focus on the customers most likely to convert.<\/strong><\/em><\/p> That’s what we have done with a number of our customers in the software and technology space and it’s very easy to do.<\/p> Instead of your potential customers signing up for a 1-2-1 demo in response to your website content or social media activity, they are instead given the option of watching a short video which outlines the key features of your product and helps to move your potential customer closer to the point where a 1-2-1 demo is the next step in the process.<\/p> \u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t