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Stunningly Awful Demo Phrases
Here are a handful of phrases that we often hear from software vendors in demo meetings, followed by what the customer thinks in response…
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Stunningly Awful On-Boarding Demos – The Trouble Begins
“Learn the demo…” the group of newly hired presales folks are told, “and when you think you’re ready, we’ll have you present the demo back to us. If you do well, you’ll be certified and ready to start presenting to customers.” What’s wrong with this picture?
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Stunningly Awful Sales Tactics – The Future-Sales Prevention Team Or The Curse of the Hunter-Farmer Model
re your sales teams traditional, better than average, or truly great? Contemplate the following (ugly) scenario…
Stunningly Awful Demo Communication – Unencrispening the Demo
Here are a few areas where we can likely improve our verbal delivery in demos…
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Stunningly Awful Sales Kickoff Demos Selling to Your Sales Force – The Toughest Customer of All!
Cries of “Who cares?”, “So what?” and “What’s this good for?” issue from the more vocal members of the audience – and everyone else appears to be apathetic. Bad news!
Stunningly Awful Demo Outcomes – Why Objections Shouldn’t Need To Be Overcome
“Help me understand how to handle customer objections…”
“My team needs to learn how to handle objections…”
What’s wrong with these requests?
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Stunningly Awful vs. Truly Terrific Competitive Differentiation – What, When, and How
Competitive Differentiation: vendors want to differentiate, vendors try to differentiate, but most vendors fail to meaningfully and successfully differentiate, in the opinion of their customers. When done poorly, differentiation can be stunningly awful; when done well it can be truly terrific!
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Surprisingly Delectable Demos – Delightful Dining Analogies
What could we possibly learn from the realm of restaurants and food that we can apply to the wonderful world of demos? Much more than that one might guess!
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Competitive Demo Situations – Biasing Towards Your Strengths
What can you do to differentiate from your competition and increase your chances for success?
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The Menu Approach – A Truly Terrific Demo Self-Rescue Technique
Have you ever been in a situation where:
a. You find yourself in front of an audience about which you know nothing of their needs or interests – and they’ve been promised a demo…
b. You are asked to join a web session, right now, and the sales person says, “They asked to see a demo…” (again, you have zero information about the customer)…
c. Someone walks up to you at a trade-show booth and says, “What do you guys do?” or “Show me a demo…”
Are you interested in a delightful self-rescue technique for situations like these?
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