# B2B SaaS Sales: A Cold Text That Landed McDonald's

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Podcast: [The SaaS Podcast - Growing Profitable AI SaaS & AI Agents](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-saas-podcast)
Published: 2026-01-15T13:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Yosef Peterseil shares how Blings landed enterprise giants like McDonald's through unconventional outbound tactics and a pivot in target audience. The episode details the critical importance of charging for Proof of Concepts to ensure customer commitment and avoid long, unpaid sales cycles.

## Highlights
- Main idea: Validate your ICP's budget through interviews before building, as targeting users without purchasing power leads to wasted effort
- Practical takeaway: Always charge for Proof of Concepts (POCs) to force customer prioritization and initiate the vendor onboarding process
- Failure mode: Generating high volumes of event leads without a structured follow-up sequence or lead scoring results in wasted marketing spend
- Practical takeaway: Use 13-month contracts with early exit clauses to combine POC and commercial terms, preventing repetitive legal negotiations
- Main idea: Scale enterprise sales by recruiting industry veterans as channel partners to open doors that direct outbound struggle to reach

## Topics

B2B SaaS Sales, Enterprise Sales Strategy, Proof of Concept, Ideal Customer Profile, Lead Generation, Channel Partnerships, Startup Growth, Customer Acquisition

## Chapters
- 8:00 — Enterprise Client Portfolio: Overview of Blings' work with major brands like McDonald's, Mercedes, and Meta.
- 11:40 — Validating the ICP: The transition from targeting Customer Success managers to Marketing teams after discovering budget constraints.
- 15:00 — The McDonald's Deal: How a cold text led to a massive enterprise opportunity and the reality of a nine-month closing cycle.
- 22:00 — The Importance of Paid POCs: Why charging for trials prevents 'free exploration' and streamlines procurement and legal hurdles.
- 25:20 — Event Marketing Pitfalls: Lessons learned from losing 70 leads due to a lack of automated follow-up systems and lead grading.
- 28:50 — Scaling via Partnerships: The strategy of using channel partners to navigate complex enterprise hierarchies.
- 39:20 — Lightning Round: Quick-fire questions on business advice and personal passions.

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