[Presentations]
What is a Presentation?
“An act of presenting or the state of being
presented, a performance, a formal
introduction, a social debut.”
Wikipedia says:
Presentation is the practice of showing and
explaining the content of a topic to an
audience or learner.
The sales presentation is a persuasive vocal
and visual explanation of a proposition.
The basics of marketing remain the same:
Creating a strategy to deliver the
right messages to the right people.
Why should we have a presentation?
To prove that what you are selling can meet needs
that have the most importance to the customer.
Purposes of a presentation
(Our main goal is to sell the product to our customer – to help)
Knowledge
Beliefs
Desire or Need
Attitude
Conviction
Add them all up:
Knowledge + Beliefs + Desire + Attitude + Conviction
SALES SUCCESS!
In the selling process,
it comes after Approach.
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There are three crucial steps in a
presentation.
1. Fully discuss the features, advantages, and benefits of your product.
(Talk about your product’s FABs or Features, Advantages & Benefits)
2. Present your marketing plan.
How to resell (for reseller)
How to use (for consumer and industrial user)
3. Explain your business proposition.
The sales presentation mix.
Salesperson
Persuasive
Communication
Participation
Proof
Visual Aids
Dramatization
Demonstrations
Persuasive Communication
Sell Sequence = FABs + trial close
– Use logical reasoning.
– Persuade through suggestion.
– Have a sense of fun.
– Personalize relationships.
– Build trust.
– Be aware of your body language: Always smile!
– Control the presentation: Questions re-channel an off-course
presentation.
– Use diplomacy: Choose your battles.
– Consider the Paul Harvey dialogue (conversation style)
– Use words as selling tools (simile, metaphor, analogy)
– Use parables and storytelling to illustrate a point.
To be a persuasive communicator:
– Use questions
– Be empathetic
– Keep the message simple
– Create mutual trust
– Listen
– Have a positive attitude and enthusiasm
– Be believable
Seven factors of good communication:
Salesperson
Persuasive
Communication
Participation
Proof
Visual Aids
Dramatization
Demonstrations
Participation
Questions
Product use: appeals to senses
Visuals
Demonstrations
Salesperson
Persuasive
Communication
Participation
Proof
Visual Aids
Dramatization
Demonstrations
Proof
Past sales help predict the future
The guarantee
Testimonials
Company proof results
Independent research results
Salesperson
Persuasive
Communication
Participation
Proof
Visual Aids
Dramatization
Demonstrations
Visual Aids
Increase retention
Strengthen the message
Lessen misunderstanding
Create a unique and lasting impression
Show the buyer that you are a professional
Appeal to the prospect’s vision with the intent
of producing mental images of the product’s
features, advantages and benefits.
Salesperson
Persuasive
Communication
Participation
Proof
Visual Aids
Dramatization
Demonstrations
Dramatization
Dramatics refers to presenting the
product in a striking, showy, or
extravagant manner.
Dramatization improves your chances of success.
Salesperson
Persuasive
Communication
Participation
Proof
Visual Aids
Dramatization
Demonstrations
Demonstrations
A successful demonstration lets the
prospect to:
 Do something simple.
 Work an important feature.
 Do something in a routine of frequently
repeated.
 Answer questions through a
demonstration or to give a feedback.
The seven-point checklist:
Salesperson
Persuasive
Communication
Participation
Proof
Visual Aids
Dramatization
Demonstrations
Why should we follow this model?
It captures attention and interest.
It creates a two-way communication.
It involves the prospect through
participation.
Gives a more complete, clear explanation
of products.
Tip!
Technology can be a huge help.
The Sales Presentation
Goal Model:
What is your
objective?
Who is your
audience?
How will you
structure
your
presentation?
How will you
create
impact?
How will you
design and
display visual
aids?
How will you
stage your
presentation?
Your approach technique quickly captures your prospect’s interest and immediately finds
signals that the prospect has a need for your product and is ready to listen.
How do you handle presentation
difficulties?
If an interruption comes up, offer to leave
the room or regroup your thoughts.
Should you talk about competitors?
Do not refer to a competitor unless
absolutely necessary. Acknowledge your
competitor only briefly & make a detailed
comparison of your product and the
competition’s product when necessary.
Lastly, always be professional.
Handling
Objections
The Tree of Business Objections
what are Objections?
Opposition or resistance to information or to the
salesperson’s request if labeled a sales objection
when do
Anytime from the
introduction to
the close
Always be ready to face
objections
PROSPECTS
OBJECT?
1. Prospecting
2. Preapproach
3. Approach
4. Presentation
• participation
• proof
• visual aids
• persuasive communication
• demonstration
• dramatization
5. Trial close
6. Determine objections
7. Meet objections
8. Trial close
9. Close
10. Follow - up
Objections
and the
Sales Process
• Trial closes -prospects attitude toward the product
– opinion NOT a decision to buy
• 4 ways to respond:
1. If positive, from trial close to close
2. If there’s objection, understand and clarify
3. Be prepared for other objections
4. Return to presentation after responding to
objections and asking a trial close
Understand objections
Is the prospect’s
response a…
Request for
more
information?
Condition
Request for
more
information?
True objection?
Major? Minor?
Practical? Practical?
Psychological Psychological
UNDERSTAND
OBJECTIONS
• Requesting for More
Information
• Setting a Condition of the
Sale
• Giving a Hopeless Objection
• Giving a True Objection
Requesting
FOR MORE
Information
– Prospects appear to make objections because of this
– Important to listen
– Chances are they are in the conviction stage
– Supply the requested information indirectly
Setting
a
Condition
of
the
Sale
– “If you can meet my request, I’ll buy.”
or “Under certain conditions, I will buy
from you.”
– Quickly determine if you can help that
prospect meet it. If you cannot, close
the interview politely.
– Often, negotiation between buyer and
seller can overcome a condition.
Giving a
Hopeless Objection
– One that cannot be solved answered or overcome.
– Some Examples:
• “I already have one.”
• “I’m bankrupt.”
• “I’d like to buy your life insurance, but the doctor
gives me only 30 days to live.”
Giving a
True Objection
– One that can be answered
– Two Types: Major and Minor
– If it is of little or no importance, quickly address it and
return to selling
– Nature of Either Two Types of objections may be:
• Practical (overt) objections- tangible
• Psychological (hidden) objections- intangible
Meet the Objection
• Once you fully understand the objection, you are ready to
respond to the prospect
• How to respond depends on the objection
• By grouping objections, you can better plan how to respond
SIX MAJOR CATEGORIES OF OBJECTIONS
• Hidden Objection
• Stalling Objection
• No-Need Objection
• Money Objection
• Product Objection
• Source Objection
Hidden Objections
• Prospects that ask trivial, unimportant
questions or conceal their true feeling beneath
a veil of silence have hidden objections even if
you may having a good conversaton with them
• KNOW: WHAT questions to ask and HOW to ask
Stalling Objection
• “I’ll think it over,” or “I’ll be ready to buy your next visit. 
Truth or “smoke screen” to get rid of you?
• Common tactic
• Examples:
– I have to think this over
– I’m too busy
– I plan to wait until next fall
• With any response to an objection,
communicate a POSITIVE ATTITUDE
• Do NOT get demanding, defensive or
hostile
• GOAL: To help prospects realistically
examine reasons for and against buying
now
• If you are sure it is not in their best interest
to buy now, tell them so.
• Do not be satisfied with a false objection or
a stall.
The NO-NEED Objection
• Can disarm an unwary salesperson
• Used widely because it politely gets rid of the
salesperson
• Strongly implies the end of the sales call
• May also include a hidden objection/a stall
The Money Objection
• To handle price-oriented objections
– Observe nonverbal signals
– Ask questions
– Listen
– Positively respond to the price question
– Wrong to think that lowest price increase the chances of sales
success
– Price becomes secondary factor once customer realizes
benefits
ways to respond to Money
Objections
“YOUR PRICE IS TOO HIGH!”
“I CAN’T AFFORD IT!”
“GIVE ME A 10% DISCOUNT AND I’LL GIVE YOU AN
ORDER TODAY!”
“YOU’VE GOT TO DO BETTER THAN
THAT.”
THE PRICE/VALUE FORMULA
• Only the description of the buyer’s thinking process and an
explanation of why the so-called price objection is heard so
often.
• Tells what we must do to answer the price objection.
• Price objection
• Cost is what concerns the buyer, not just the price.
The Product Objection
• The prospect might already use, has used, would like to
use, heard of, or knows people who use a competitor’s
product.
• React positively.
• Can use a guarantee, testimonial, independent research
result, and demonstrations to counter
ways to respond to Product
Objections
• YOUR COMPETITOR’S PRODUCT IS BETTER.
• I’LL BUY A USED ONE.
• I DON’T WANT TO TAKE RISKS.
The Source Objection
• Relate loyalty to a present supplier or salesperson.
• May tell you that they don’t like your company.
• Requires calling the prospect routinely over a period.
• Takes time to break the resistance barrier
• Get to know the prospect’s needs
• Show your true interest.
• Do not try to get all of the business at once – go for a trial run, a small
order.
• Learn EXACTLY what bothers the prospect
Ways to Respond to Source
Objections
• I’M SORRY; WE WON’T BUY FROM YOU.
– Why not?
– What could we do to win your business in the future?
– Is there anyone else in your company who might be
interested in buying our cost-saving products? Who?
– Is there anything about me that prevents you from
doing business with our company?
Techniques for
Meeting
Objections
1. The Dodge
“Before you decide to buy...”
- Neither Denies, Answers, Nor Ignore
Objections
2. Pass Up
“Why...”
- Don’t be afraid to PASS UP an objection
3. Rephrase as questions
- Rephrase an Objection as a Question
4. Postpone
- Sometimes, it’s necessary.
5. Boomerang
- Turn an objection into a reason to buy
6. Ask Questions
- It shows how the salesperson knows
the business.
Five-Question Sequence
1. There must be some good reason why you’re hesitating
to go ahead now. Do you mind if I ask what it is?
2. In addition to that, is there any other reason for not
going ahead?
3. Just supposing you could convince yourself that... Then
you’d want to go ahead with it?
4. Then there must be some other reason. May I ask what
it is?
5. What would it take to convince you?
Facing objections
• Use Direct Denial Tactfully
• The Indirect Denial Works
• Compensation or Counterbalance Method
• Let a Third Party Answer
After Meeting the Objection – What to do?
• First, Use a Trial Close – Ask for Opinion
• Move Back into Your Presentation
• Move to Close Your Sale
• If You Cannot Overcome the Objection
• In All Things Be guided By The Golden Rule

Professional Salesmanship Semi Finals BSBA 21.pptx

  • 1.
  • 2.
    What is aPresentation? “An act of presenting or the state of being presented, a performance, a formal introduction, a social debut.”
  • 3.
    Wikipedia says: Presentation isthe practice of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience or learner.
  • 4.
    The sales presentationis a persuasive vocal and visual explanation of a proposition.
  • 5.
    The basics ofmarketing remain the same: Creating a strategy to deliver the right messages to the right people.
  • 6.
    Why should wehave a presentation? To prove that what you are selling can meet needs that have the most importance to the customer.
  • 7.
    Purposes of apresentation (Our main goal is to sell the product to our customer – to help) Knowledge Beliefs Desire or Need Attitude Conviction
  • 8.
    Add them allup: Knowledge + Beliefs + Desire + Attitude + Conviction SALES SUCCESS!
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    In the sellingprocess, it comes after Approach. { }
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    There are threecrucial steps in a presentation.
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    1. Fully discussthe features, advantages, and benefits of your product. (Talk about your product’s FABs or Features, Advantages & Benefits)
  • 13.
    2. Present yourmarketing plan. How to resell (for reseller) How to use (for consumer and industrial user)
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    3. Explain yourbusiness proposition.
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    – Use logicalreasoning. – Persuade through suggestion. – Have a sense of fun. – Personalize relationships. – Build trust. – Be aware of your body language: Always smile! – Control the presentation: Questions re-channel an off-course presentation. – Use diplomacy: Choose your battles. – Consider the Paul Harvey dialogue (conversation style) – Use words as selling tools (simile, metaphor, analogy) – Use parables and storytelling to illustrate a point. To be a persuasive communicator:
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    – Use questions –Be empathetic – Keep the message simple – Create mutual trust – Listen – Have a positive attitude and enthusiasm – Be believable Seven factors of good communication:
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    Questions Product use: appealsto senses Visuals Demonstrations
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    Proof Past sales helppredict the future The guarantee Testimonials Company proof results Independent research results
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    Visual Aids Increase retention Strengthenthe message Lessen misunderstanding Create a unique and lasting impression Show the buyer that you are a professional
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    Appeal to theprospect’s vision with the intent of producing mental images of the product’s features, advantages and benefits.
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    Dramatization Dramatics refers topresenting the product in a striking, showy, or extravagant manner.
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    Dramatization improves yourchances of success.
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    A successful demonstrationlets the prospect to:  Do something simple.  Work an important feature.  Do something in a routine of frequently repeated.  Answer questions through a demonstration or to give a feedback.
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    It captures attentionand interest. It creates a two-way communication. It involves the prospect through participation. Gives a more complete, clear explanation of products.
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    What is your objective? Whois your audience? How will you structure your presentation? How will you create impact? How will you design and display visual aids? How will you stage your presentation?
  • 41.
    Your approach techniquequickly captures your prospect’s interest and immediately finds signals that the prospect has a need for your product and is ready to listen.
  • 42.
    How do youhandle presentation difficulties? If an interruption comes up, offer to leave the room or regroup your thoughts.
  • 43.
    Should you talkabout competitors? Do not refer to a competitor unless absolutely necessary. Acknowledge your competitor only briefly & make a detailed comparison of your product and the competition’s product when necessary.
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    Lastly, always beprofessional.
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    The Tree ofBusiness Objections
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    what are Objections? Oppositionor resistance to information or to the salesperson’s request if labeled a sales objection
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    when do Anytime fromthe introduction to the close Always be ready to face objections PROSPECTS OBJECT?
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    1. Prospecting 2. Preapproach 3.Approach 4. Presentation • participation • proof • visual aids • persuasive communication • demonstration • dramatization 5. Trial close 6. Determine objections 7. Meet objections 8. Trial close 9. Close 10. Follow - up
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    Objections and the Sales Process •Trial closes -prospects attitude toward the product – opinion NOT a decision to buy • 4 ways to respond: 1. If positive, from trial close to close 2. If there’s objection, understand and clarify 3. Be prepared for other objections 4. Return to presentation after responding to objections and asking a trial close
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    Understand objections Is theprospect’s response a… Request for more information? Condition Request for more information? True objection? Major? Minor? Practical? Practical? Psychological Psychological
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    UNDERSTAND OBJECTIONS • Requesting forMore Information • Setting a Condition of the Sale • Giving a Hopeless Objection • Giving a True Objection
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    Requesting FOR MORE Information – Prospectsappear to make objections because of this – Important to listen – Chances are they are in the conviction stage – Supply the requested information indirectly
  • 54.
    Setting a Condition of the Sale – “If youcan meet my request, I’ll buy.” or “Under certain conditions, I will buy from you.” – Quickly determine if you can help that prospect meet it. If you cannot, close the interview politely. – Often, negotiation between buyer and seller can overcome a condition.
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    Giving a Hopeless Objection –One that cannot be solved answered or overcome. – Some Examples: • “I already have one.” • “I’m bankrupt.” • “I’d like to buy your life insurance, but the doctor gives me only 30 days to live.”
  • 56.
    Giving a True Objection –One that can be answered – Two Types: Major and Minor – If it is of little or no importance, quickly address it and return to selling – Nature of Either Two Types of objections may be: • Practical (overt) objections- tangible • Psychological (hidden) objections- intangible
  • 57.
    Meet the Objection •Once you fully understand the objection, you are ready to respond to the prospect • How to respond depends on the objection • By grouping objections, you can better plan how to respond
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    SIX MAJOR CATEGORIESOF OBJECTIONS • Hidden Objection • Stalling Objection • No-Need Objection • Money Objection • Product Objection • Source Objection
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    Hidden Objections • Prospectsthat ask trivial, unimportant questions or conceal their true feeling beneath a veil of silence have hidden objections even if you may having a good conversaton with them • KNOW: WHAT questions to ask and HOW to ask
  • 60.
    Stalling Objection • “I’llthink it over,” or “I’ll be ready to buy your next visit.  Truth or “smoke screen” to get rid of you? • Common tactic • Examples: – I have to think this over – I’m too busy – I plan to wait until next fall
  • 61.
    • With anyresponse to an objection, communicate a POSITIVE ATTITUDE • Do NOT get demanding, defensive or hostile • GOAL: To help prospects realistically examine reasons for and against buying now • If you are sure it is not in their best interest to buy now, tell them so. • Do not be satisfied with a false objection or a stall.
  • 62.
    The NO-NEED Objection •Can disarm an unwary salesperson • Used widely because it politely gets rid of the salesperson • Strongly implies the end of the sales call • May also include a hidden objection/a stall
  • 63.
    The Money Objection •To handle price-oriented objections – Observe nonverbal signals – Ask questions – Listen – Positively respond to the price question – Wrong to think that lowest price increase the chances of sales success – Price becomes secondary factor once customer realizes benefits
  • 64.
    ways to respondto Money Objections “YOUR PRICE IS TOO HIGH!” “I CAN’T AFFORD IT!” “GIVE ME A 10% DISCOUNT AND I’LL GIVE YOU AN ORDER TODAY!” “YOU’VE GOT TO DO BETTER THAN THAT.”
  • 65.
    THE PRICE/VALUE FORMULA •Only the description of the buyer’s thinking process and an explanation of why the so-called price objection is heard so often. • Tells what we must do to answer the price objection. • Price objection • Cost is what concerns the buyer, not just the price.
  • 66.
    The Product Objection •The prospect might already use, has used, would like to use, heard of, or knows people who use a competitor’s product. • React positively. • Can use a guarantee, testimonial, independent research result, and demonstrations to counter
  • 67.
    ways to respondto Product Objections • YOUR COMPETITOR’S PRODUCT IS BETTER. • I’LL BUY A USED ONE. • I DON’T WANT TO TAKE RISKS.
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    The Source Objection •Relate loyalty to a present supplier or salesperson. • May tell you that they don’t like your company. • Requires calling the prospect routinely over a period. • Takes time to break the resistance barrier • Get to know the prospect’s needs • Show your true interest. • Do not try to get all of the business at once – go for a trial run, a small order. • Learn EXACTLY what bothers the prospect
  • 69.
    Ways to Respondto Source Objections • I’M SORRY; WE WON’T BUY FROM YOU. – Why not? – What could we do to win your business in the future? – Is there anyone else in your company who might be interested in buying our cost-saving products? Who? – Is there anything about me that prevents you from doing business with our company?
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    1. The Dodge “Beforeyou decide to buy...” - Neither Denies, Answers, Nor Ignore Objections
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    2. Pass Up “Why...” -Don’t be afraid to PASS UP an objection
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    3. Rephrase asquestions - Rephrase an Objection as a Question
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    4. Postpone - Sometimes,it’s necessary.
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    5. Boomerang - Turnan objection into a reason to buy
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    6. Ask Questions -It shows how the salesperson knows the business.
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    Five-Question Sequence 1. Theremust be some good reason why you’re hesitating to go ahead now. Do you mind if I ask what it is? 2. In addition to that, is there any other reason for not going ahead? 3. Just supposing you could convince yourself that... Then you’d want to go ahead with it? 4. Then there must be some other reason. May I ask what it is? 5. What would it take to convince you?
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    Facing objections • UseDirect Denial Tactfully • The Indirect Denial Works • Compensation or Counterbalance Method • Let a Third Party Answer
  • 79.
    After Meeting theObjection – What to do? • First, Use a Trial Close – Ask for Opinion • Move Back into Your Presentation • Move to Close Your Sale • If You Cannot Overcome the Objection • In All Things Be guided By The Golden Rule

Editor's Notes

  • #2 This is the Webster’s dictionary meaning
  • #5 In this case, the “strategy” is the presentation of the product
  • #8 Add them all up and you have SALES SUCCESS
  • #12 Talk about your product’s FABs or (Features, Advantages & Benefits)
  • #13 Present a marketing plan: How to resell (for reseller) How to use (for consumer and industrial user)
  • #14 What’s in it for your customers?
  • #15 WHAT IS A SALES PRESENTATION MIX?? (find meaning and add under here)
  • #17 (find out what trial close means)
  • #21 (participation of customer or seller or both?)
  • #22 Visuals and Demonstrations will be discussed individually later on.  Just need to explain what questions and product use mean. 
  • #24 Under independent research results: Restatement of the benefit before proving it Proof source and relevant facts or figures about the product Expansion of the benefit
  • #29 Dramatics refers to talking or presenting the product in a striking, showy, or extravagant manner Dramatics should be incorporated only when you are 100 percent sure they will work effectively One of the best methods of developing ideas for dramatizations is to watch television commercials Dramatic presentations set you apart from the many salespeople that buyers see each day
  • #37 Capture attention and interest Create two-way communication Involve the prospect through participation Afford a more complete, clear explanation of products Increase a salesperson’s persuasive powers by obtaining positive commitments on a product’s single feature, advantage, or benefit People receive 87 percent of their information on the outside world through their eyes and only 13 percent through the other four senses The addition of participation is much more persuasive than dramatization alone
  • #42 Depends if the interruption is personal or confidential.