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4 Types of “Decks”
1
Static Slides
(Death by
PowerPoint)
4
Webinars
(The presenter supports
the deck)
2
Replacement for Docs
(The writing carries
the workload)
3
Presentations
(The deck supports
the presenter)
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How Are Webinars Different?
Perfect Replay
Video + Audio
Do NOT use your everyday deck for a webinar
Built-In Audio
Aim for Impact
Think TV
Near Screen
More Visual
Less Text
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2
New Take On The Truth
“I never thought of it that way”
4
This buys me out of a problem
“Where’s my credit card”
1
Visually Interesting
”I’d Better Keep Looking at this”
3
New information
“I never knew that”
Design Your Webinar
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Movement
1
1 Image = 30 Seconds
Every 20-40 seconds, something needs to appear,
move, change or disappear
2
Minimal text
You have audio to fill in the gaps. And you don’t
know the screen size.
Other presentations are made to be read, or emailed, or presented live once.
3
Buy a template
I use GraphicRiver.net
Webinars are recorded live TV shows. Like TV, something needs to be happening all the time.
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Engagement Tips
Give me full
attention, and a
short upbeat
answer.
Know your moderator Email or Texting for
Questions
Use a buddy
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Questions From The Audience
Texting Email
Instant
Great for polls
Longer sentences
Easy to connect later
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Pro Tips
Scheduling
Hold it on a Thursday at either 12pm EST or 6pm EST.
Audio
If the webinar platform offers VOIP and phone-in,
choose VOIP.
Know Your Sales Process
Are you selling a product available right now, or
are you looking for large prospective sales?
10x Value
Give enough info, ideas, or product to make the value
10x the time or money the audience invested.
Know the Next Step
Decide what the audience should do when the
webinar ends.
Try to Get The Recording
If you can, get a copy of the recording, to use as
marketing material, edit for distribution, or to learn
from.
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But Wait— There’s More!
Always present an offer
Have materials available
immediately
For complex sales, focus
on next step
1— Death by PowerPoint
2— people don’t read anymore
3— speeches and presentations
4— webinars—— you don’t have your physical presence to keep the audience’s attention, so your deck needs to grab attention.
Do NOT use your everyday deck for a webinar:
— it’s probably too much like the top of the line decks already
— you only have your voice and the screen to keep people’s attention. no body language.
info— the difference between soft teaching and hard teaching.
pitch— Even with webinars where you are paid to attend, instead of selling something, you still need a pitch. Pitch free stuff, if you like. Pitch websites and Facebook groups that aren’t yours, whatever. But giving away their attention, when you worked so hard to keep it, without getting some sort of next-step established, is a waste.
This is called an “arresting slide”. It stops the flow with 1 simple graphic (the solid grey background) and a short sentence.
Unlike an in-person presentation, you won’t know when you’ve lost their attention
Another arresting slide.
This slide has as much text as any webinar slide should have. And it has a lot of visuals elements to compensate for that.