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Insights, Marketing

Struggling with SaaS Sales? Try This.

by Ryan James

founder of Rocket SaaS

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If you’re not seeing the SaaS sales results you want, you’re not alone.

Many SaaS companies are struggling to get responses from cold emails, LinkedIn DMs, and other outreach. But the solution might be simpler than you think: sales and marketing alignment.

 

 

If you’d rather listen to my explanation and take a deeper dive instead of reading this email, you can check out my podcast episode on Spotify or Apple Podcasts

Here’s how aligning sales and marketing can unlock serious SaaS growth:

🚀 The Power of Content-Driven Sales

Sales teams often focus on bottom-of-the-funnel messaging, pushing demos and trials. But people are bombarded with these types of offers. Instead, try equipping your sales team with content that speaks to prospects at every stage of their journey. Whether it’s case studies, infographics, or blogs, giving value upfront builds trust.

Sales teams can integrate this content directly into their outreach by sending tailored case studies or infographics through cold email or LinkedIn DMs, or offering valuable eBooks instead of going straight for a demo request.

As a secondary option, they could also include a P.S. line in cold emails, pointing prospects to other helpful resources like a recent blog post.

By shifting the focus from a hard sell to providing useful, insightful content, the sales team can engage prospects earlier in the funnel, build rapport, and move them toward a purchase decision more naturally.

🚀 Create Tailored Case Studies

Case studies remain one of the most powerful tools in a sales team’s arsenal.

PDFs as attachments generally get more engagement than sending a link to a case study web page.

A PDF case study that closely matches a prospect’s industry, location, or company size can make a huge difference in closing a deal or not.

One of Rocket SaaS’ most successful ever clients grew rapidly. A big part of the sales team’s success was because their sales team had case studies tailored to every type of prospect.

🚀 Infographics and Visual Content

B2B SaaS can be tough to explain in just a few lines of an email. Infographics help visually display your product’s value. Think of it like this: problem on the left, solution in the middle, result on the right. These visuals make complex SaaS solutions easier to understand—and sell.

🚀 Webinars

Promoting webinars is another great way to bring people into the funnel. Sales can mention them as part of their main outreach message or include them in retargeting ads. While they may not drive immediate demo requests, webinars are an effective tool for nurturing prospects and building brand awareness over time.

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If you don’t have a marketing department to create these assets, book a call with me. At Rocket SaaS, we create the kind of content that bridges the gap between sales and marketing—helping SaaS brands hit their growth targets.

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