Learn How To upgrade the Excitement on all Sales Presentations

Our latest survey brought forward some results that, whilst not altogether startling, were very concerning on sales presentations As you would expect 90% of respondents’ departments used PowerPoint and 33% of these users use it each day. That just goes to show how entrenched into the commerce world PowerPoint is In the 87% of people who use PowerPoint 83% used it in face to face presentations. Take that in conjunction with 73% of people presenting to customers and 72% to prospects you begin to see just how vital a tool sales presentations is in your customers facing world. How much really depends on the pitch? Well think about how much work goes into making that meeting. Market research, cold calls, courting warm leads and then finally persuading the customers to agree to a meeting. All of this work culminates this one presentation. This solitary presentation can justify all the difficult, or it can waste it. If you can spot the value that the last piece of the jigsaw has, then you begin to see how vital it is. A overwhelming 52% of the owners of the content within companies have had no formal training on sales presentations or on presenting. Coupled with an huge 72% of people who have no formal process for updating their presentation we commence to see how under managed PowerPoint content is. 95% of companies use PowerPoint. 30% of these companies use it everyday.Take into account that 30 million presentations are given each day worldwide you commence to see the size of the problem.But of those 30 million only 48% are given by presenters with any formal training and 80% haven’t been trained for a considerable amount of time quite often over a 3 years.

Simon Morton - www.eyefulpresentations.co.uk