No slides. Really. NO SLIDES. Just TRY it . . . without SLIDES! This post is #2 in my series on 10 Reasons to Rehearse when you are making a large account sales presentation. And Reason #2 is Ditch the Slides! Where is it written that you can’t have a presentation without Power Point? Nowhere. Yet […]
I’m writing a series of posts on “10 reasons to rehearse (and how)” focused on preparing to deliver a group presentation for a large account sale. [Introductory post here] In my scenario, your team has been invited to present in person after the prospect has evaluated your proposal or RFP response, but it’s the same even […]
You’ve made the cut! Your proposal was selected, and now you’re on the short list to present in person. You get the call on Thursday; they want you and your team at their place next Tuesday for a 45-minute presentation. NOW what do you do? Two business days to prepare! If you’re like most midsize […]
My friend and colleague Jim Keenan featured on HIS blog The Whale Hunters new infographic on Team Selling. Thank you, Jim! I hope you readers will click through to Keenan’s blog to read about why he thinks it’s important. You can also view this infographic on The Whale Hunters site here. The Whale Hunters […]
On the Nimble blog: Hunting Whales with Nimble. How I use Nimble to go from CRM to DEALS. Find out more here: http://www.nimble.com/blog/whale-hunting-with-nimble/ Photo credit: Allan Danahar
Oh, I know, you’re a seller, not a grammarian! You hated English 101—so irrelevant! Well, I was once your English prof*, and here I am, back to remind you of a few key lessons that you’ve forgotten but that will make you a boatload of money! I’m offering you a crash course on four last-minute […]
A few weeks ago I wrote about Nimble, a really good (and simple) social media CRM tool which we use at The Whale Hunters–read about it here. Today, I’m pleased to refer you to my first guest blog post at Nimble–4 Simple Secrets of B2B Social Selling. I’ll be writing a blog for them each month, […]
Michael Miller, account representative with Pearson Digital Learning, had a sales territory consisting of exactly 25 customers, no more. Michael had n0 opportunity to acquire a larger territory or to locate new prospects within his territory. His customers were school districts in Arizona, and his product/service was educational software. He did not have ALL […]
I had a very happy phone call today–the kind that pleases me more than all others. One of my clients called to report that on the previous night, the school board of his customer (a 50,000 student school district) had unanimously approved a five-year, $6.3 million contract for educational software that my client’s company sells. […]
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Is your company too modest? Before the customer makes the final decision to buy from you, they want to know in some detail what sets your team apart from those of your competitors. Don’t make this story hard to find!
Here are five key points to consider in preparation to make your initial call on a prospective customer. No, they’re not about putting brochures in a folder or loading up the power point!