Using Video in the Sales Process (The IMPACT Show Ep. 76)

On this episode of The IMPACT Show, Nick and I discussed using video in the sales process! Ideas for videos, tips for optimization, and more. Plus, we're joined by special guest Leah Hovland and give a shout out to our featured Elite members, Jodie Rosenstagel and Brian Walker.

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What Inbounders Be Talkin’ Bout

This is where we talk about what you - inbound pros working sales, marketing, service, and leadership - need to know and are talking about.

Using Video in the Sales Process

Nick kicked off this episode by talking us through some ways to use video in the sales process. Here are some of the examples he shared:

• Pre-Explore call (warm it up, build rapport, confirm agenda, assign prep work)
• Post-Explore Call (review what’s going to happen next, what’s in your email(s))
• Demo/Diagnostic (screenshare)
• Proposal/SOW review or recap
• Re-engage, get back on track, set expectations

Why video in sales?

According to Forbes, 90% of customers say video helps them make buying decisions and 64% of customers say that seeing a video makes them more likely to buy.

Then we jumped into discussing how to optimize these videos and emails. 

Merely mentioning the word "video" in an email subject line increased the click-through rate by 13%.

Here are some vital pieces of optimizing your video in email strategy:

• Animate the thumbnail
• Make sure your URL is tracking watch analytics
• Start with a smile and personalize when possible

There are so many ways to add videos to emails and each one functions slightly differently. Naturally, I made a tutorial to cover each situation!

The Inbound Doer’s Corner

This is where we pick someone from the community who we feel like you need to know about.

Our guest of the week is someone making great moves in their campaigns, have leadership lessons we can learn from, or are just overall awesome people you should make it a priority to get to know.

This week we’re hearing from Leah Hovland, who does marketing at KOGGER in Norway.

Leah Hovland, KOGGER 

IMPACT Community Member Shout Out

This is when we give kudos to a member of our community who has stood out lately in IMPACT Elite. 

MPACT Elite is a community of over 4,900 passionate inbounders looking to help each other succeed. Join us in IMPACT Elite. 

This week we have TWO Elite members to shout out!

Congrats and kudos to Jodie Rosenstagel and Brian Walker!

Jodie has been all over Elite with great questions and answers contributions lately. Brian asked a wonderful question about duplicate content and pillars and responded with a video! This even turned into a new episode of Content Lab to answer his question.
 

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