What is the buyer’s internal process?
Most of these buyers (89%) have a documented process for purchasing software that follows a path from identifying a need to implementation. This is especially true for larger companies.
Action Items:
1) Make sure your sales team ASKS what the process is whenever possible.
2) Document this and look for similarities and differences. Do all of your buyers follow a similar process or are there a couple of different behaviors that would necessitate unique sales and marketing processes?
3) Brainstorm how you can adjust your sales and marketing activities to better reflect your buyers’ process.
4) Don’t spread yourself too thin. Before making any adjustments to your marketing process, evaluate whether it makes sense to do so. Most times it makes more sense to double down on your most profitable sales and marketing process. Doing this alone takes significant time and effort. Spreading your efforts too thin is one of the top three reasons marketing fails.
Software Buyer's Journey
Here’s how 200+ software decision-makers say you can win their business. This study explores how to attract and convert buyers from many different industries. It covers how to get their attention, how they select which software tools will get serious consideration and how the final decision is made.
Since then my team and I have published over 2,500 long-form articles for SaaS and HR Technology companies all over the world and engaged with over 20K influencers to promote this content.
I’d be happy to chat with you about anything and everything we have learned along that journey. Please don’t hesitate to reach out!
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