#122: Product Marketing | Improve the B2B Buying Experience with Interactive Product Demos (with Natalie Marcotullio from Navattic)

This week, we're sharing a recording from an Exit Five Live Session with Natalie Marcotullio, Head of Growth and Operations at Navattic. She has a background in SEO and digital marketing for B2B sales and marketing SaaS. Over the years, her focus has shifted to full-funnel marketing, GTM strategy, and improving the digital buyer experience.In this episode, we cover Why buyers are switching to a more "self-service" model of buying How interactive demos stack up against traditional marketing education like videos or adsTips to create a product story with your interactive demo that gets you a 30% CTRThe most common questions marketers have about interactive demosTimestamps(00:00) - Introduction (08:58) - Statistics on Product Demos (13:01) - Gating vs. not gating product demos (15:20) - Emails and personalized follow-ups post-demo (16:16) - Where to place the interactive demo on the website (23:51) - Interactive demos with complex products (28:50) - How to budget for interactive product demos (31:42) - Implementing interactive product demos in LinkedIn ads (33:20) - Platform recommendations for interactive product demos (37:14) - Use of interactive demos in the sales cycle (38:50) - Tracking activity and attribution in interactive demos (40:29) - Personalized demos for each prospect (43:28) - Post interactive demo conversion best practice (48:10) - Closing thoughts Send guest pitches and ideas to [email protected] the Exit Five Newsletter here: https://www.exitfive.com/newsletterCheck out the Exit Five job board: https://jobs.exitfive.com/Become an Exit Five member: https://community.exitfive.com/checkout/exit-five-membership***Today’s episode is brought to you by PharosIQ. In 2024, you face tougher pipeline challenges than ever: reduced budgets, tighter resources, and fewer active buyers. Yet your growth goals remain unchanged.  PharosIQ leverages down-funnel intent signals along with targeted demand solutions to help you build your pipeline efficiently. They help B2B marketing leaders reach their ideal buyers and generate leads that actually convert for businesses of all sizes.  Generating leads is easy; generating leads that convert is what separates PharosIQ from the competition. Check them out at PharosIQ.com/exitfive; book a meeting with their team …PLUS, their team is giving away memberships to Exit Five so go check out their website that’s P-H-A-R-O-S-I-Q dot com slash exitfive one word right now. ***Thanks to my friends at hatch.fm for producing this episode and handling all of the Exit Five podcast production.They give you unlimited podcast editing and strategy for your B2B podcast.Get unlimited podcast editing and on-demand strategy for one low monthly cost. Just upload your episode, and they take care of the rest.Visit hatch.fm to learn more