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Re:Make Buyers Want to Pay by avitzurel on Friday November 16, 2018 @10:44AM (#18469427)
You also have to know your audience.

storytime:

We had a demo scheduled with a company. We were shopping for a security auditing system for dependencies across all GitHub repositories.

The person going through the demo did an absolutely terrible job at reading the room and understanding who they sell to (right now). Focused a lot on reporting, compliance while we cared more about the mechanics.

Re:Make Buyers Want to Pay by takinola on Friday November 16, 2018 @03:09PM (#18471590)
Sales pro tip: The first thing out of your mouth when trying to sell someone is to ask who they are and what they need. Once you have established those two things, you then tailor your pitch to match exactly that and no more. For example, if you're selling a Thingmabob and your target is a small dentist office in the mid-west concerned about filling their schedule, then spend the time telling them about how other dentists' offices have used your product to attract new customers. Don't spend any time telling them about how Thingmabob helps to drive down costs even though it does this 3x better than the competition. Sell people what they are buying not what you are selling!
Re:Make Buyers Want to Pay by j_b_s on Friday November 16, 2018 @08:58PM (#18473456)
You can present to people, or be present to people. Sales would be much better if it was much more of the latter.
Re:Make Buyers Want to Pay by XiZhao on Friday November 16, 2018 @11:19AM (#18469660)
Kevin from http://fossa.io here. Did this happen to be us?

If so, I’d love to hear you feedback on our demo, if not I’d love to offer you a demo.

[email protected]

Re:Make Buyers Want to Pay by mistrial9 on Friday November 16, 2018 @11:28AM (#18469727)
funny how Kevin's nick is XiZhao
Re:Make Buyers Want to Pay by bostonpete on Friday November 16, 2018 @12:11PM (#18470034)
Not really that funny -- a lot of people with Chinese (I think?) names also adopt an American name to make it easier for people to spell, pronounce, etc.
Re:Make Buyers Want to Pay by XiZhao on Friday November 16, 2018 @03:37PM (#18471760)
Yeah, my name is Kevin (Xi Zhao) Wang.

But the funny thing is that a slightly different pronunciation of "Xi Zhao" changes the meaning from (roughly) "western prosperity" to "morning bath".

Re:Make Buyers Want to Pay by catherd on Friday November 16, 2018 @05:59PM (#18472642)
Can confirm. I have basic Mandarin and I would have definitely thought of you as the guy named "take a shower" if you never explained.
Re:Make Buyers Want to Pay by SandyAndyPerth on Wednesday November 21, 2018 @02:18AM (#18500761)
I've been a member of a very traditional Chinese martial arts club for years. I've only ever known most people by their Chinese name and been surprised at times when I catch them being referred to by a Western name. Others use either inconsistently or are mostly known by the Western name, so it happens here in Australia too.
Re:Make Buyers Want to Pay by avitzurel on Friday November 16, 2018 @11:23AM (#18469686)
Wasn't you :)

But I am now actively looking at it.

Re:Make Buyers Want to Pay by gk1 on Friday November 16, 2018 @11:29AM (#18469733)
Look at https://datree.io also. Disclaimer: They’re a client.