Our buyers carry the baggage from every...
...bad sales call they've attended
...bait and switch they've been tricked by
...solution that didn't actually deliver the result
...rep who showed up completely unprepared
...cold email that's clearly a mass blast
Buyers in 2026 need a better reason to meet.
We call this the RTM. Without a compelling RTM, you're just another sales rep trying to give a demo.
We worked with an SDR team that sells an automated welding solution. It's both hardware and software as a service.
Their buyers: Operations & Manufacturing execs.
Instead of "offering demos" they sold blind dates:
⛔️ Instead of:
"Can I show you a demo of our platform?"
✅ They sold the blind date
"I'd like to set you up with Dave. He's spent 10+ years working with hitch manufacturers like yours, talking to VPs of ops about the welder shortage crisis. He'll share what your peers are doing about it AND identify traditionally hard-to-automate welding parts you might be missing out on."
The result? 15-20 minutes of pure value education in every first call (their intro calls are an hour).
✅ How to put this into action
Sell the expertise of the person the buyer will meet.
SDRs: Hype up your AE's 10+ years in their industry
AEs: Bring a solutions engineer or security expert to the call
Former teachers selling EdTech? Lead with that credential
Enterprise deals? Offer power-to-power (VP to VP) meetings
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Every one of you can start using this immediately to book more meetings.
Want to hear more from my conversation with Elric Legloire on the Outbound Kitchen Podcast?
Watch here.
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