Avoid Background Blunders: Elevate Your Virtual First Impression

Avoid Background Blunders: Elevate Your Virtual First Impression I worked as an extra on several films and television shows. We were referred to affectionately as “background.” The purpose of background is to create a tone, mood, or atmosphere to support the scene and the performers, not steal the show. On

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How to Break Through Zoom Gloom with Customers

Salespeople and customers alike have quickly risen to the challenge of connecting in a virtual world. But now that customers are being bombarded with Zoom calls both internally and externally, they, like many of us, are experiencing Zoom Gloom*.  Zoom Gloom is an unforeseen side effect from being on video

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How to Make Eye Contact in a Virtual Meeting

We all agree making direct eye contact with others in business is important, right? So why do we see so little of it on video calls or virtual meetings? Because it’s not easy!  Most people get stuck looking at the other person’s picture or video. They may occasionally glance at

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What the heck am I looking at?! A Forgotten Software Demo Best Practice

As a demo and presentation skills coach, I have seen more than my fair share of software demos – along with their associated screens, tabs, search bars, drop downs, notifications and text fields.  Some screens are so busy Lewis and Clark armed with a GPS would get lost!  But even

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Put Some Pizzazz in Your Presentation

Thanks to the impeachment hearings, “pizzazz” has gotten a lot of media exposure lately.  Political analysts on one side claim the legal proceedings lacked the “pizzazz” necessary to hold the public’s attention.  The other side claims the facts speak for themselves, pizzazz completely unnecessary. I’m not going to weigh in

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Could you present blind?  4 Lessons in preparation from Olympic champion, Michael Phelps

Many presenters share the actor’s nightmare of being in front of an audience and not knowing their lines.  I lived that nightmare early in my sales career. A Presenter’s nightmare As a new salesperson I was excited when I received a last-minute opportunity to present to an important prospect.  Although

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Top 10 Sales Blog Posts of 2017

A drum roll please…From improving closing rates to greater confidence and presence in your presentations, here are the Top 10 Sales Blog Posts of 2017.

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Trial Lawyers Share their Secrets to a Successful Presentation

Imagine being wrongly accused of a crime and having to present your case to a jury.  You’d want to use every possible advantage to win them over, right?  When the stakes are high, good trial lawyers know a few secrets to a successful presentation – how to quickly establish credibility,

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Effective Presentation Strategies for 4 Buyer Styles

If you deliver your presentation the same way to each of your customers, you are leaving money on the table. Think back to your last three customers.  One may have been talkative and forthcoming, while the other was quiet and guarded.  Perhaps one of your customers lit up when you

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Flip your Demo – Improve Your Win Rate

 How long before you get to the “big reveal” in a customer demo?  10 minutes…20 minutes…an hour? Turns out, that’s too late! If you’re not starting with the end result in those critical first few minutes of your demo, it may be costing you the deal.  In other words, you

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