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24 Demo Nuggets: The Tony Moze Podcast – The Psychology of a Great Demo!

I joined Tony Moze for this 59-minute exploration of: The origin stories behind Great Demo! and “Do the Last Thing First” The value of …

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“Mousing” in Demos

How important are your mouse movements in your demos? Very! Consider a typical live 1-hour demo: When delivered over the web, most (or all!) …

Podcast: 23 Nuggets from Doing Discovery – Technically Sold

I joined Julien Emery of Technically Sold and Superpanel for this 55-minute discussion about Doing Discovery. (Note: I am NOT responsible for the title …

What Props or Visual Aids Have You Used in Your Demos?

Here is a terrific visual aid story that I saw in a face-to-face demo meeting: The vendor rep was discussing how their solution eliminated …

7 tips to create sales presentations that convert

7 Tips to Create Compelling Sales Presentations That Convert

Are you tired of giving sales presentations that don’t seem to grab your audience’s attention? Do you want to create presentations that convert and …

ChatGPT Thoughts: When Does ChatGPT Become Sentient?

Reusing and remixing what has previously been written is a wonderful thing. It enables past ideas and practices to be summarized. As an experiment, …

“Competitive Deals are Won Early, Not Late”

Very interesting conclusions from a study done by Gong a few years ago: “Competitive Deals are Won Early, Not Late” And “Competitive deals are …

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Overcoming Sales Objections – Why Many Sales Objections Shouldn’t NEED to Be Overcome

“Help me understand how to handle customer sales objections…” “My team needs to learn how to handle objections…” “We get lots of sales objections …

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Handling Objections: What Objections Do You Hear Most Frequently?

“Handling objections” is a frequently requested training topic from sales and presales managers for their teams. I’m curious: What objections do you hear most …

In Doing Discovery and Delivering Demos, What’s an Expert?

I’ve heard numerous people identify themselves or others as “experts” in executing discovery and presenting demos, which makes me wonder: What’s a practical definition …

The Three “Whys” and Discovery

In Chip and Dan Heath’s fabulous book Made to Stick, they describe using the “Three Whys” to uncover the emotional core of an idea. …

Great Demo! Virtual Demos Best Practices

Want a Horror Story? I’ll give you a teaser: The punchline is, “Nope, I’m good…” I watch dozens of recorded virtual demos from my …

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Do’s and Don’ts of an Excellent Software Demo

Sales demos are a powerful way to communicate the value of your product or service to clients, prospects, and customers. The key is to …

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How to Give Better Software Demonstrations

The software demonstration is the moment of truth. It’s when you show the customer what their life will be like with your product, and …

The Significant Failure of Traditional Demos in Modern Selling

While this information does not signal the demise of the seller’s role, it does require that we use more advanced and effective mechanisms to influence and impact buyers’ decisions, especially when providing a demonstration.  Fortunately, demonstration skills improvement courses have existed for years yet many train traditional practices originated in the early 2000s.  As an example, you may have heard of one demo approach simply illustrated as Tell, Show, Tell (T-S-T).  The traditional Tell, Show, Tell approach has served the industry well for years and has helped many presales consultants improve their ability to tell stories and connect with buyers.   When we consider new research from the world’s leading sales methodologies we find that the old school practices are simple yet have failed to keep pace with innovation and best practices.

Demo Pitfalls #293: “Remember when I showed you…?”

When presenting a demo, if you say, “Remember when I showed you…?” It is unlikely that your prospect will remember! Why? The National Training …

Upcoming Great Demo! Demonstration Skills Public Workshops

Sharpen your saw for the Winter Spring, and beyond! Public Workshops are perfect for individuals or small teams: Our next EMEA Great Demo! Demonstration …

Embrace Vuja De!

Did you ever have that strange feeling that none of this has ever happened before? Embrace that feeling!

What’s Your Discovery-to-Demo Ratio?

Do you track your Discovery-to-Demo Ratio? You should!

What If You Can’t Get Your Prospect’s Value Numbers in Your Discovery Conversations?

I urge sales and presales folks to uncover tangible measurements of value in their discovery calls with prospects. But what if you can’t get specific numbers from them, for whatever reason?

2 Enlightening (and Frightening) Sales Stats

The Brevet Group compiled some delightful observations in their “21 Mind-Blowing Sales Stats” post. Numbers 14 and 15 are particularly interesting…

What’s “Better”?

I suspect that today’s buyers for complex solutions care less about “whose product is better” and more about “who would you prefer to do business with?” What are you doing to become the preferred vendor?

Top Twelve 2022 Great Demo! & Doing Discovery Posts

ere are the top twelve Great Demo! & Doing Discovery posts from 2022 chosen by you, discerning audience. Enjoy! 

Demo Tip: Curing Zippy Mouse Syndrome

Do you suffer from Zippy Mouse Syndrome? Here are the symptoms…

Storytelling in Demos: The Hero’s Journey in 60 Seconds…!

Nearly all sales and presales folks want to improve their storytelling skills in demos and discovery conversations. Here’s one simple approach: present a hero’s journey story in 60 seconds…

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