By Chris Gillespie
By Chris Gillespie, for Vidyard
Creating a video for sales is as simple as pressing record.
There are several different types of sales videos to choose from. Each one is suited to different goals and fits at different points in your sales cycle.
And, the more precisely you match your format to your prospect’s mindset or sales stage, the more effective your sales videos will be.
Screen share recordings allow you to show and tell, and are ideal for explanations—like the reason for your outreach.
Sales reps often use screen shares as part of their video outreach to review the prospect’s LinkedIn profile to explain why they’re an ideal buyer or to explore their website to highlight areas where the seller can help.
If the salesperson reviews something the prospect will recognize, like their own profile, the rep can use that image to personalize the thumbnail to make it extra intriguing.
Reps can also record demo videos to walk prospects through a particular feature or benefit. Demo videos excel at convincing unsure prospects to commit to a longer call or eliminating the need for a second or third live demo to speed the deal along.
Take your screen share to the next level by recording on your webcam at the same time and adding your face to the corner of your video. This can be a great way to deliver complex information like a pricing proposal or demo while keeping things personal and putting a face to your name.
In a webcam video, a sales rep records themselves speaking to the camera. It’s the next best thing to an in-person interaction: It travels anywhere an email does, but earns you face time where prospects would otherwise only get to know you through cold-hard text.
Because webcam videos familiarize prospects with your voice and face, they kickstart the relationship early. And because they transmit emotion, they’re shown to increase prospects’ attention and recall.
You can also use props to add an element of personalization or capture viewer attention.
Like all outreach, webcam videos must be relevant to earn responses. Reps should aim to intrigue prospects into clicking their video by selecting an interesting thumbnail that features a bit of personality and personalization—like a sign with their name on it, or the rep holding up one of their company’s products.
Once the video begins, get right to the point of how you can help.
Marketers can help sales reps conduct personalized outreach on a massive scale. A marketing team with a video platform can insert personalized snippets—such as the prospects’ name or the sales rep’s LinkedIn headshot—into a pre-recorded video, and then end the video with a link to the salesperson’s calendar.
The result is a video that feels like it was created just for the recipient and leads them to book a call.
Below is an example of a video produced by Vidyard’s own marketing team featuring one of its outbound sales reps, Jacob.
While it may look like this video was recorded just for “Jesse,” the name on the whiteboard is one of several elements that can be personalized, on the fly, for any individual recipient.
Watch the version personalized for ‘Jesse’ at Jess Kidding below, then check out the second video in the playlist to see the same video personalized for ‘Stephanie’ at Steph Digital.
With video prospecting software, sales reps can not only record their own videos, but also incorporate them into a playlist, making it easy for them to use all the great marketing videos your company already has.
Video playlists are great for saving time: Salespeople can give personalized introductions to explainer videos they or their sales consultants have already recorded.
They can also introduce marketing videos to explain why they think they’re particularly relevant for the viewer. ◆
Vidyard is an online video platform helping businesses keep a human connection with their customers and employees
