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Apr 14
30m 49s

I'm Using Games to Close My Biggest Deal...

Donald C. Kelly
About this episode

You're having wonderful discovery calls, but stakeholders are taking forever to get back to you. 

This tends to make deals move like molasses in winter. What if I tell you that you're going to have to get a bit creative to accelerate deals through the pipeline? 

Rebecca Kravitz, sales professional and co-founder of Meople, is here to share how games can grab prospects' attention and help increase deal velocity. Check it out and move deals faster with this unique method.

Meet Rebecca Kravitz

  • The concept of using board games to capture prospects' attention comes from Rebecca and her co-founder creating a game for her grandfather's 80th birthday. After seeing how amazed he was by it, they decided to build customizable gaming software for the B2B world.
  • She believes that sales is all about active listening and understanding the challenges, needs, and persona of the buyer. Board games allow companies and sellers to listen to their customers and provide solutions to them. 

Bringing Gaming Into the Sales Process

  • Rebecca says it’s best to bring gaming into the sales process at the beginning, immediately following a call. You can provide a demo so they can get a feel for the customized board game and how your product benefits them.
  • Another perfect time to use it in the sales process is when the deal is stalling and you need to make it move faster through the pipeline.
  • Also, you don’t have to come up with the game rules; Meople does all of that for you.

How Can Meople Help Close More Deals?

  • Building customizable games for your prospects—how on earth is this better than traditional sales methods?
  • Rebecca shares that Meople is like a specialized gift for your prospects. The more thought you put into a gift, the more it resonates with the person receiving it. Your prospects see that you’re putting care and effort into their problems and trying to help them solve them.

“Sales is all about trust and relationships. Making something that shows you care helps create authentic relationships.” - Rebecca Kravitz.

Resources

Learn more about gamefication in sales at Meople.co

Connect with Rebecca on LinkedIn and Instagram

Sponsorship Offers

  1. This episode is brought to you in part by Hubspot.

With HubSpot sales hubs, your data tools and teams join a single platform to close deals and turn prospects into pipelines. Try it for yourself at hubspot.com/sales.

2.  This episode is brought to you in part by LinkedIn.

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