Click on the screen above to see the video Stories can serve a variety of purposes in your presentation. The right story can grab your prospect’s attention, draw him in, give him a new perspective on your solution or value, or overcome an objection. An area where stories are particularly

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This is a guest post from the pros at PGI. Enjoy! Sales professionals are constantly looking for new ways to not only drive more leads, but simply stand out from their competition. Generating and tracking leads has become increasingly more difficult with the influx of new selling disciplines (social selling,

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What does it take to deliver a winning sales presentation today? Whether it’s breaking the mold like groundbreaking TV series Seinfeld or Lost, or using new tools to increase interaction, you have to think differently today to keep busy audiences engaged and interested.  Here are 10 quick tips to start

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If you told me before I watched The Big Short that a champagne-drinking Margot Robbie in a bubble bath would help me better understand how subprime mortgage bonds worked, I would have called you crazy. And that wasn’t the only complex economic concept this fast-paced film sheds light on while

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The tribe has spoken!  From presentation winners and losers at the Oscars to how to make your presentation “sticky”, these are my 7 most popular blog posts from 2015, according to readers.  Did your favorite make the list? How to Break the Fourth Wall – and Keep Prospects on the

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Unless your prospect just arrived from a distant planet, he will have seen more than his fair share of presentations – whether it’s company training, personal education, other vendors, Ted Talks, you name it.  As you read this thousands of presentations are being uploaded on Slideshare and a younger generation

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Lawyers are always on the lookout for new techniques to help them persuade a judge or jury to side with their case. Not surprisingly they’ve found that the most effective techniques are 1) making a strong argument for your case and 2) being seen as a credible source. But recent

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Are you among the hearty group of elite presenters that spends anywhere from 4 hours to several days delivering a presentation or demonstrating a solution to prospects?  If so, you my friend are competing in the marathon of presentations – and my hat is off to you! Full day and

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Hey kids, want to know what 1999 was like? Sit in on most sales presentations today and you’ll instantly be transported back in time. Boring company overviews. Long monologues. Forgettable messaging. The only difference between then and now are the disengaged prospects reaching for their smartphones. We don’t live in

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A Film Technique For Looking In The Camera on Zoom  There you are, comfortably settled on your couch, half-watching a movie, half-scrolling through your phone, when suddenly the main character is looking in the camera, speaking directly to you! What do you do? If you’re like most people, you drop

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