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Daily Sales Newsletter September 03, 2025 |
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In today’s issue:
Natasja Bax: Build your RFP scripts into result-driven previews
Norman Wang: Demo mistakes are costing you in sales revenues
Max Lupertz: Personalize touch with outcome-powered demos
Sean Gentry: Change your feature parity into value superiority
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Build your RFP scripts into result-driven previews
Natasja Bax breaks down how to make scripted RFP demos resonate instead of just ticking boxes. Follow your buyer’s priority structures to make your deals land securely:
Read between the lines
RFPs list their features, but outline their results.
❖ If they ask for “role-based access,” the outcome is control and security.
❖ If they ask for “dashboard customization,” the outcome is exec visibility.
❖ If they ask for “multi-language support,” the results are of global scale.
❖ If they ask for “single sign-on,” the result is greater than user adoption.
Reframe their needs into potential business results.
Keep voices with structure
↳ Stay within the RFP flow, but make sections outcome-led:
✔ Instead of saying“Here’s feature X,”:
Answer: “This gives people faster reporting so you hit deadlines earlier.”
✔ Instead of “Our tool integrates with Slack,”:
Answer: “This reduces context switching so your team collaborates faster.”
✔ Pause on the moments that matter
↳ Buyers seldom remember every feature.
↳ They remember significant parts instead.
Always maintain high energy
Don’t just march through your slide presentation.
✱ Use customer stories to bring outcomes to life.
✱ Ask check-in questions: “Is this how your team would use it?”
✱ Vary your conversation pace to avoid monotony.
✱ Practice your demos: “Here’s how [customer] improved workflows.”
Respect the process controls
The RFP script is a blueprint, not your territory itself.
➤ Follow the order so procurement feels comfortable.
➤ Insert moments connecting outcomes to priorities.
➤ Connect the checklist back to large-scale visions:
“Here’s how these features ladder up to the revenue goals you set.”
➤ Close your deals with goal-driven alignment:
“If security and flexibility are your priorities, this setup is made for both.”
➤ Respect your script by steering toward outcomes.
Demo mistakes are costing you in sales revenues
Norman Wang provides a structured demo call script made to help sales rep confidently secure more deals by focusing on understanding your prospects before pitching features:
1. Discovery phase
Start with building quick rapport (1–2 minutes max).
Ask further about:
• Past → What they’ve tried before, what didn’t work, why.
• Present → How they’re currently dealing with problems.
• Future → Desired outcome in a 6–12 month timeframe.
Uncover their biggest pain points and desired business outcomes.
2. Tailored demos
❖ Focus on solving the specific pain they’ve mentioned.
❖ Connect features directly to outcomes they care about.
❖ Keep looping back: “Do you see how this helps you hit your goal of X?”
3. Temperature checks
➤ Throughout the meeting, ask:
“From 1–10, how confident do you feel this will help you?”
➤ If not a 10, ask: “What changes would make it a 10?”
This surfaces objections early instead of during the close process.
4. Securing more deals
✱ Display pricing leverages and package confidently.
✱ Let silence do the work. (whoever speaks first loses)
✱ Improve your discovery + demo combination better
5. Handling objections
Most objections fall into these categories: uncertainty or logistics.
“I need to think about it more”
↳ Ask: “What exactly about the solution do you need to think through further?”
Competitors are cheaper ➔ Differentiate based on experiences with past failures.
Timing issues ➔ Clarify if there’s a hidden pricing/trust concern, or bad timing.
Probe until you discover what’s blocking your success.
Personalize touch with outcome-powered demos
Max Lupertz breaks down how every demo moment either builds or breaks trust with your buyer. Prove you’re listening, adapting, and making your demos about them:
✔ Mirror their language
If the customer said “our CFO needs faster reporting,” repeat that phrasing:
➔ “Here’s how your CFO would get those reports in seconds.”
✔ Actions with outcomes
✱ Don’t just click random buttons.
✱ Link steps to business impacts.
✱ Instead of “This is our automation tool,”
✱ Use various response structures:
“This reduces manual work so your team gets back 10 hours per week.”
✔ Personalize workflows
➤ Start with integrations if prospects care about improving workflows.
➤ Even if some other workflow segments are getting mentioned instead.
Relevance always beats a consistent routine.
✔ Respect prospects time
➔ Always be on time for your prospects.
➔ Share agendas from the beginning.
Check in halfway:
“Is this the level of detail you were hoping for?”
➔ These signals reinforce credibility.
✔ Build your credibility
✔ Pause after sections to confirm relevance:
“Does this solve the challenge you mentioned?”
✔ Mention a short, relatable customer example:
“A Head of Ops at [similar company] used this to cut onboarding from 2 weeks to 3 days.”
✔ Keep language simple. If you need to explain further, it’s too complex.
✔ Connect things back to the main priority, not your roadmap when finished.
TO-GO
Brian LaManna: Framing beyond prevent chaotic walkthroughs
Sean Gentry: Change your feature parity into value superiority
Josh Braun: Why autonomy beats pressure during conversation
Matt Green: Transform your feature lists into confident pitches
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