4. FORUM Research - The Best Sales People
Attributes
How They
Attitudes and Beliefs Conduct
Sales Calls
How They
Selling
Advance
Skills
Sales Situations
5. Key Elements of Sales Success!
Focus
on the
Customer
Persuade Earn the
Through Right to
Involvement Advance
7. Elevator Pitch
• Purpose is to provide a 30-60 second overview of your offering to get a
conversation started between you and a prospective customer
• Key C’s of an Elevator Pitch include:
• Concise – as few words as possible
• Clear – be able to be understood by a perfect stranger
• Compelling – explains the problem your service solves
• Credible – position yourself as qualified (pitch you over your ideas)
• Conversational – offers a hook to get you interested
8. Elevator Pitch
• Who are You?
• I’m from Staging Connections, Australia’s only national event production
company
• What problem do you solve?
• We believe that events can be much more successful in achieving business
outcomes if the right production is utilised to impact audiences
• How Do We deliver that?
• By creating environments online and off that impact people’s senses and engage
their hearts and minds to change the way they think, feel and act
9. Elevator Pitch
• Who are You?
• I’m from Lauretana Australia, an importer of the world’s purest organic water
from Piedmont, Italy
• What problem do you solve?
• We believe that Sydneysiders need the healthiest possible alternative to Sydney
tap water which contains chemicals
• How do you do it?
• Lauretana has no chemicals in the water or the packaging, it is pure from spring
to mouth due to the location of the spring and the non-PET plastic bottle!
10. Capability Statement
A Capability Statement links a customers probable needs to your core capabilities!
•Customers probable needs for drinking bottled water?
• Health
• Weight
• Convenience
• Environment
• Elegance
•Product’s core capabilities?
• Health - Because of its purity/lightness it doesn’t harm the body chemistry
• Weight - Drinking enough pure water re-hydrates your body and enhances your
metabolic rate causing bodies to let go of additional weight
• Convenience - bottles are plastic so light to carry and easy to dispose of
• Environment – available in glass bottles completely recyclable
• Elegance – styled by Italy’s most famous designer
11. Selling Skills
• Connect with Rapport
• play game with person next to you
• Questions
• ask questions to get understanding
• Clarify
• what does it mean to them – don’t assume!
12. Presenting Solutions using Benefits
• A need is what a customer imagines will solve a problem when it’s actually the benefit
that provides the solution
• Link those needs to the benefits of your products or services – WHY CHOOSE US!
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