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Monday, December 23, 2013

‘Twas the Night Before The Big Demo

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‘Twas the Night Before The Big Demo (with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore)   ‘Twas the night ‘fore the demo and all through th...
Monday, December 9, 2013

[Warning: Shameless Self-Promotion Alert!] Great Demo! Public Workshops – 2014 Schedule

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We are offering three Great Demo! Public Workshops in 2014, as follows: -           March 5-6 – Registration and additional informati...
Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Stunningly Awful Sales Kickoff 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?...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Stunningly Awful Demo Outcomes – Why Objections Shouldn't Need To Be Overcome

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“Help me understand how to handle customer objections…” “My team needs to learn how to handle objections…”  What’s wrong with these reque...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

The “Museum Demo”

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Just heard another (delightful) term for “informational/educational” demos:   The “Museum Demo”.   (Let me know if this needs an explanati...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Stunningly Awful Demo Strategy: Set-up vs. Daily Use Modes

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Most traditional demos follow an illogical pathway to show vendor offerings – they spend far too much showing “Set-up” mode vs. “Daily Use...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

The Best Demo Is: No Demo!

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A demo is, generally speaking, a form of proof or vision generation.   Our objective in sales is to secure the order using the least expe...
Friday, October 25, 2013

[Warning: Shameless Self-Promotion Alert!] Great Demo! Audiobook Now Available

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Yes, due to overwhelming demand, Great Demo! is now available in Audiobook format at Amazon.com, audible.com. and iTunes.   So now you can ...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Competitive Differentiation - Why Did They Buy From You?

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The best sales teams go back to their customers well after the sale has been completed and ask, “So, what made you choose us [over XXX com...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

Better Than "Thank You For Your Time"

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Here’s an interesting challenge and an elegant solution to it:   In my previous company I was VP and then President of a business unit and...
Monday, October 7, 2013

Recording Web Demos Reduces Hostile Questions

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A Great Demo! Workshop participant noted recently that announcing that you are recording a Remote Demo (e.g., delivered via WebEx or GoToM...
Monday, September 23, 2013

[Warning: Shameless Self-Promotion Alert] Great Demo! Public Workshop October 9-10

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Our next Great Demo! Public Workshop is scheduled for October 9-10 in San Jose, California – Registration information can be found here (...
Friday, September 20, 2013

The Insufficiency of “So What?”

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A number of sales methodologies have done a good job at helping sales and presales people move from talking about features to discussing t...
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