Sales demo videos prospects actually finish.
A two-minute demo tailored to one account, with your face in the corner and every click zoomed in. Recorded on your Mac, cut in a minute, pasted wherever you sell.
How do you make a personalized sales demo video?
Open the prospect's use case or data, turn on your camera bubble and record a short walkthrough in Dolly, saying their name in the first seconds. Dolly zooms on each click and Find silences cuts the pauses, so a rough take becomes a tight 60 to 120-second video. Export a 1080p MP4, or copy it to the clipboard and paste it into email, Slack or your CRM.
Who it’s for: Account executives, SDRs, founders who sell, and solutions engineers sending follow-up demos.
Say their name first.
Your face in the corner. It's the biggest lift in replies.
How to record a sales video in Dolly.
4 steps, most of them automatic.
- Open their worldShow the prospect's logo, data or use case on screen. Relevance matters more than polish.
- Record with your faceTurn on the camera bubble and pick its corner. Say their name and why you're sending this in the first five seconds.
- Cut to two minutesFind silences, speed up typing and delete the detour. ⌘Z brings anything back.
- Send itSet After recording to Get link and stopping puts a link on your clipboard in under a second. Paste it into your email or CRM; Insights in Dolly show how far they watched. Or paste the video itself with Quick share.
Settings that work, and what to avoid.
Recommended settings
- Shape
- 16:9
- Resolution
- 1080p (small file, fast upload)
- Frame rate
- 30 fps
- Quality
- Web
- Length
- 60 to 120 seconds
Mistakes to avoid
- A generic demo with a personal intro. Show their use case, not your standard tour.
- Five minutes of everything. One problem, one outcome, one next step.
- Huge files. 1080p at Web quality uploads and opens fast.
- Another customer's data on screen. Private details finds emails and card numbers to blur.
Personal beats polished, but polished helps
Prospecting videos work because they're personal. They get watched to the end when they're also easy to follow: the screen readable, the pace tight. That's the part Dolly does for you.
Dolly or Loom for sales
Loom is built around hosted links: instant sharing, view notifications and comments. Dolly is built around the video itself: zooms, cursor, frame, clean audio, made on your Mac. When you send it, Get link (Dolly links, free during the beta) gives a short link with comments, a button like Book a call, and insights on how far people watched, without cookies; it doesn't tell you by name who watched. If named view tracking drives your process, Loom fits it. If the demo has to look sharp, Dolly fits. Many teams use both. See Dolly vs Loom and recording screen and webcam on Mac.
Sales videos: questions
What's a good sales demo video tool for Mac?
If hosted links and view tracking matter most, a tool like Loom. If the demo itself should look polished, Dolly: auto zoom, your camera and a clean frame, free to start and €5 once.
How long should a sales video be?
60 to 120 seconds for prospecting and follow-ups. Long demos work better as two or three short clips.
How do I send a Dolly video to a prospect?
Click Get link and paste the short link into your email or CRM; add a button like Book a call and a password if you want. Or copy the video to the clipboard, or export the MP4 and attach it.
Can I record my webcam and screen at the same time on a Mac?
Yes. Dolly records your camera with the screen and shows it as a bubble, side by side or camera only. You can blur or remove the camera background on your Mac.
Is Dolly free for sales videos?
Yes. Free records with no time limit and exports MP4 up to 1440p, ending with a 2-second Made with Dolly card. Lifetime (€5 once) removes it.
Related
Roll camera.
Free to use, with no time limit. Everything for €5, once.
First time: open Dolly, click Done, then System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (macOS 13–14: right-click Dolly → Open). Once only. Installation help