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Confidence is an important asset for a salesperson. A positive mindset can be as key to a successful sale as anything else. If you’re happy you’re immediately more likable and easier to be around. A researcher, reporting for CNN, suggests that, “Happiness raises every single business and educational outcome for the brain.” The report goes… Read More

Topics: Confidence, happiness, sales, sales presentation, sales presentations, startup sales

We saw a great post on Mashable yesterday about the importance of giving your startup the right name. Cezary Pietrzak, a marketer at Qlabs, covers why a name is so important for a startup and then gives a few tips to help beginning startups through the naming process. Of course, all startups want to announce… Read More

Topics: clients, customers, Meetings, sales, sales presentations, startup sales, startups, word of mouth

Are you nervous about your big sales presentation? Being prepared is the best way to insure the success of your pitch.  It’s simple and it’s completely under your control. If you prepare properly then you’ll have nothing to worry about. We’ve heard rumors that Steve Jobs rehearsed product launch announcements for three full work days before… Read More

Topics: Crunched, presentation tips, presentations, sales presentations

By Patrice C. According to the Washington Business Journal, the best sales people are problem solvers. That’s a better job description than a lot of unsatisfied customers may offer, especially if they are suffering from a bad experience. Avoid an unhappy customer and keep those commissions rolling in by developing qualities that ‘killer salespeople’ possess… Read More

Topics: Crunched, feedback, killer salespeople, Listening, online demos, online meetings, patience, responsibility, sales, sales presentations, web conferencing

This post originally appeared on IdeaTransplant by Jan Schultink. Sales presentations have a specific setting. Often, the audience is relatively small. Most of the time you would have time to discuss and prepare the meeting in phone calls before hand. Where as in a VC pitch presentation the audience is probably constantly testing for reasons not… Read More

Topics: Crunched, powerpoint presentation, sales presentations, slide deck

What You Really Need to Know Before Your Next Sales Presentation   How many boring sales presentation have you sat through?  You know the ones… full of text and bullet points with someone reading word-for-word off the slides asif you were five!  You sit there and count the minutes until its over. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE… Read More

Topics: presentations, sales, sales pitch, sales presentations