Archive for Category: Sales Presentation

Close the knowledge gap for your shop floor staff’s sales success

“Dear Business Owner, are you losing sales because your shop floor staff has limited product knowledge?”  If you are selling smartphones like a Safaricom shop, outdoors gear, Decathlon, or, fine wine, like a hotel, your shop floor staff (aka as store sales staff) are your foot soldiers, your first points of contact with walk-in customers—the

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The importance of your presentation: why it matters more than closing

Forget closing. The way you present can either get or lose you the sale. This is especially critical when selling remotely or offering a product that the customer perceives as a commodity. Your ability to differentiate yourself comes down to how you present, engage, and create an experience for your prospect. That’s the importance of

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Skip the About Us slide from your presentation. Here’s why

If you don’t like presentations that start with About Us, then believe me when I tell you that buyers don’t like yours that start the same. It’s not a case of tit-for-tat. No. It’s because buyers are selfish. You will captivate and win them over, easier and faster when you align yourself to their selfishness.

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Defend your price by showing the buyer his cost

“The price may be high, as you say, but what about the cost?” The buyer does a doubletake. Quickly recovering he retorts, “What do you mean, the cost? I’ve just told you the price is high!” The salesperson (mechanic) has been here before; he knows the buyer sees price and cost as the same, yet

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4 whys in sales that you should answer to close faster

“Which theme do you want for your new website?” the techie asks his client. He responds: “Why do you ask?” The techie says: “Well besides personal preference, themes can also determine attraction to a site. For example, here let me show you…” After the demonstration the client’s eyes light up with revelation. “Ahh, I see…”

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3 ways to making effective sales presentations

Sales presentations are the road along which you move to sales closes. Effective sales presentations smoothen that road, accelerating your movement along it and therefore letting you close more, faster. So if you are wondering how you can improve your sales presentations, buckle up. There are many effective sales presentation methods and ideas. However, doing

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