Webinars Almost Always Work
One thing if you are a first-time founder in SaaS that may seem as boring as you can imagine is webinars.
You never go to them.?And they seem like something you do, well,?later.?When you are bigger.
But I’d challenge that thinking with one simple rule:?if even 2 qualified prospects and/or 2 existing customers come to a webinar, that’s?great.?Because think of webinars as scaleable ways to interact, as a human being, with groups.?Email is fine and all, eBooks have their place, but there is no human interaction there.?No Q&A.?And no chance to get to know the humans behind an application.?1-on-1 chats are also great, but not only can you only do so many, sometimes prospects don’t want a 1-on-1.?Sometimes they want a more passive experience, where they can consume a demo and a discussion without having to answer a bunch of qualifying questions up front.
I’ll take it a step further:??considering doing a webinar every week.?And just cancel it if no one shows up.
You can alternate the format every week, but doing one?every?week will force you to do it and level things up:
Come up with a cadence, and see how it goes.?Force marketing and sales and product to sign up to do their fair share of them (maybe this is all 1 or 2 people in the early days).
Worst case, you get a boost.?Another chance for a prospect to drop in before they buy.??Another shot at retaining your customers, boosting your NPS, and hearing their concerns.?Another chance to get your brand and value prop out there.
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And upcoming webinars are a great thing to add to both your sales and marketing drip campaigns.?Don’t break up with a prospect.?Instead, invite them to something that adds value.?That’s a fair reason to reach out again.?And they may just come.?Instead of Mute-ing you.
It’s one hour a week, plus a web form and an invite to your list, to do a decent webinar.?Think about it that way and it’s pretty much always worth it.
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3 年Webinars are the only way to sell 1-to-many, especially important if you have a small team. Stop spending time on 1on1 demos with low show up rates (who likes talking to a salesperson nowadays?), either to 1-to-many webinars or automate your 1on1 demo so prospects can join your demo at their own time without you needing to be there. cc. Trevor Larson - thought leader on automating your demos with eWebinar :)
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3 年Couldn’t agree more. From marketing to sales to CS, webinars are a huge driver for new logos and retention. eWebinar automates this while maintaining the live vibe, so companies don’t have run the same one over and over
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