B2B Sales Is Still Person to Person Says Jeff White

April 15, 2020

Specialize to diagnose and prescribe with speed

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Sales Tips you’ll learn today on The Sales Podcast…

  • B2B manufacturing specialty

  • 17 years

  • 3 years with manufacturing

  • First HubSpot Platinum in Canada

  • His background is in web design and development

  • Brought on his partner in 2009 with a marketing/sales background

  • Got into HubSpot around 2010

  • They were the inbound partner who could build stuff

  • They had a technology stack and were horizontal

  • Tools became commoditized

    • Web design

    • Inbound marketing

  • Decided to focus more and become specialized

    • David C. Baker out of Nashville, TN

    • Chose manufacturing niche

  • Developed a keen sense of expertise

  • They see the same issues and can diagnose and prescribe faster

  • Started their own podcast in 2018

B2B sales is still person-to-person.”

  • Orthodontists

    • They spend their own money and they’re not sophisticated marketers

    • Easy to get clients for them via paid ads to a cost calculator

  • Account-based advertising is needed in manufacturing

  • How to thrive and prosper in difficult times: double-down on your marketing and outreach

    • B2B sales is still person-to-person

    • Know that we’re in this together

    • Be willing to try new things

  • You can make big B2B sales in a remote/virtual environment

  • We all have the tools we need to thrive in chaotic times

  • Help your customers expand their vision and focus through the fog

  • The size of the B2B buying committee is growing

  • He was selling and servicing remotely before COVID-19

  • Companies are waking up to their supply chain vulnerabilities

  • The trend is to bring more manufacturing in-house

  • 3D-printing is helping them source/develop their own materials

  • M&A is going to heat up

  • Double-down on R&D and marketing

  • A lot of sales and marketing happens before your prospects even reach out to you

  • Is SEO dead?

    • SEO is more than “a thing to do”

    • You need a content strategy

    • But the whole point of creating content is to help people

    • It’s not about gaming a keyword

    • It’s not just a long tail hack

    • It’s not keyword stuffing

    • Content that succeeds in search also succeeds for people

    • Know who you’re selling to, what do they need, how can you help?

    • You’re being looked at now

    • The hard close does not work in the complex sale

  • Are prospects honest today?

    • Inbound needs to be updated

    • He is un-gating a lot of content now

    • Open it up for account-based targeting

  • LinkedIn is awesome…when done right

  • You can get on people’s radar without being pushy

  • He creates his target account list and has them on his podcast

  • Co-create content with your leads

  • Account-based targeting

  • Terminus lets you target a single company

  • Reallocate your trade show marketing to develop your ecommerce platform

  • Plant your seeds now for a big harvest in the next 6-18 months

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