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Sales done for you - that is the service that Jim and his wife Cyndi offer to high level visionary entrepreneurs who are looking to significantly grow their businesses and know that having a team of high quality sales professionals alongside a revived and refreshed sales strategy is the key to success.
If you’re struggling along with making sales when that is clearly not your area of expertise and you are very ambitious then having sales done for you by Jim and his team could be the answer you are looking for.
In this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast Jim explains how it all works and he will help you as a listener identify whether your organisation is the right one to have a conversation with him, and conversely if you are listening as a sales professional looking for a new challenge Jim is always on the lookout for top-quality people who are good at sales to add to his rockstar team.
Jim describes what he and Cyndi offer as untangling yourself from the day-to-day grind of generating leads and sales for your business and replacing that with a well oiled sales spinning machine enabling you to focus on delivering what you are good at.
Jim’s top tip is to think about what’s at stake for them if your potential client doesn’t solve the problem they have, a problem that you can solve. To stop thinking about who’s going to buy what you offer and instead think about who’s got a problem that you can solve, a problem that it doesn’t get solved is detrimental to that business.
You can find Jim at jimp360.com and find about the event Jim is running in mid-October
Jim’s new look podcast is Sales Team Ready - find it on all the popular podcast apps.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gaintheedgenow
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Website: https://www.gtenow.com/get-strategy1
This is episode 224 of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast - the previous 223 episodes are available on your usual podcast app or you can listen and download them via this link.
To find out how more about how I can help you deliver confident, impactful, memorable and action inducing presentations in 2022 please follow this link
Before you book any training or coaching with me it is important for you to be sure that I’m the right person for you or your team so let's have a 15-20 minute informal no obligation no fee chat on Zoom. Simply click on this link to make that happen.
If would like the chance to be sent by me a copy of my book : 12 Business Lessons from Running an UltraMarathon simply leave a review for the podcast, take a screenshot and email it to at [email protected] - don't forget to include your name and postal address. If you've already left a review - thanks very much - simply screenshot the one you already left and send it to me.
Thanks for listening. If you like the show please do leave a review via your podcast app. or comment on Linked In or share with others. Any / all of those actions would be much appreciated.
I can help you transform your business presentations, create and convert sales opportunities and win more sales pitches. Click on the links below to find out more and book a free 15-20 minute Zoom call with to discuss what you might need help with.
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One of the challenges all presenters face is having too much detail in their presentation, remembering that a presentation is usually a snapshot or summary of your ideas and as such is often a key stepping stone to the next step towards being hired by a potential client or doing more work for an existing client.
In this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast I'm going to share with you three key things you can do to help ensure your presentation flows and doesn't get bogged down in the detail. They are based on some recent 1:1 presentation coaching I've been doing with clients who faced this exact same challenge - they wanted originally to include far too much detail in their presentation. If you need help with your presentation check out my 1:1 presentation coaching service
Let's not forget that with any presentation our key goals are to engage our audience, educate them – which means sharing ideas and information they probably don't know about or hadn't thought about, enthuse them and to a degree entertain them.
So here are the three ways you can do that:
Firstly don't start your presentation with detail and information about yourself, your company, its history, its awards, its great coffee machine etc... – in the vast majority of cases when you do a presentation or pitch the people you are presenting or pitching to already know lots about you because that is why there invited you to do your presentation or pitch so don't lose momentum immediately by going over the stuff about you that they already know about you.
Secondly don't put too much detail on your slides – it's not the number of slides that causes death by PowerPoint it's the content of those slides – so don't write chapter and verse on each slide, don't use complex diagrams, don't combine images and words – make the slides simple – use them as a prompt not a script both for you and the audience.
Thirdly don't let your narrative become too detailed – what I mean my narrative is the words you are speaking. In practice you won't do this but when you go 'live' there is a danger that you will elaborate too much and spend too much time on each point, the result of which will be you will almost certainly overrun your time and lose momentum with your presentation.
Remember that I always advocate that when you practice your presentation you aim to do that in between 80 and 85% of your allocated time so on the day that gives you a bit of a buffer for narrative expansion, but not too much.
This is episode 223 of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast - the previous 222 episodes are available on your usual podcast app or you can listen and download them via this link.
To find out how more about how I can help you deliver confident, impactful, memorable and action inducing presentations in 2022 please follow this link
Before you book any training or coaching with me it is important for you to be sure that I’m the right person for you or your team so let's have a 15-20 minute informal no obligation no fee chat on Zoom. Simply click on this link to make that happen.
If would like the chance to be sent by me a copy of my book : 12 Business Lessons from Running an UltraMarathon simply leave a review for the podcast, take a screenshot and email it to at [email protected] - don't forget to include your name and postal address. If you've already
I can help you transform your business presentations, create and convert sales opportunities and win more sales pitches. Click on the links below to find out more and book a free 15-20 minute Zoom call with to discuss what you might need help with.
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My latest book: 7 Steps to Successful Presentations
Use your Voice when presenting - it can make such a difference to the outcome.
In this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast broadcast voice coach Susan Murphy shares tips, advice and ideas to help you use your voice when presenting.
Susan has years of professional voice lessons, on-air experience and teaching in the broadcast sector and works with TV anchors and reporters to help them ensure their storytelling is pleasant to listen to. Using the same principles Susan shares in this episode how you too can use your voice to make your presentation or pitch more pleasant to listen to, whether that be in person or online.
As Susan says if you elevate your voice you potentially elevate your career.
Susan emphasises how important it is to use your authentic voice but to use it to the best you can and she shares some tips and ideas around how to breathe, how to lower your shoulders and how to use the power of the pause.
Susan also shares a great practice idea which is to record yourself then playback at high volume but listen to yourself in a different room. Try it and see how it benefits you
You can find Susan’s website susanmurphyvosot here
And you can also find Susan on Linked In
Susan’s top three tips to conclude the episode were:
This is episode 222 of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast - the previous 221 episodes are available on your usual podcast app or you can listen and download them via this link.
To find out how more about how I can help you deliver confident, impactful, memorable and action inducing presentations in 2022 please follow this link
Before you book any training or coaching with me it is important for you to be sure that I’m the right person for you or your team so let's have a 15-20 minute informal no obligation no fee chat on Zoom. Simply click on this link to make that happen.
If would like the chance to be sent by me a copy of my book : 12 Business Lessons from Running an UltraMarathon simply leave a review for the podcast, take a screenshot and email it to at [email protected] - don't forget to include your name and postal address. If you've already left a review - thanks very much - simply screenshot the one you already left and send it to me.
Thanks for listening. If you like the show please do leave a review via your podcast app. or comment on Linked In or share with others. Any / all of those actions would be much appreciated.
I can help you transform your business presentations, create and convert sales opportunities and win more sales pitches. Click on the links below to find out more and book a free 15-20 minute Zoom call with to discuss what you might need help with.
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My latest book: 7 Steps to Successful Presentations
In this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast I’m sharing tips and ideas to show you how to launch a business podcast
Podcasts are a growing communication medium so why should you start a business podcast?
Just like a presentation a podcast needs to engage, educate, enthuse and to a degree entertain its audience
So what you need to create a business podcast?
Stand-up content which will be based on your expertise
Guests that bring value to your audience as well as being interesting
Slick production but not too much editing otherwise there is a danger you lose your authenticity – I use a product called Hindenburg
If you are going to use guests that make it easy for them to book onto your podcast and consider using something like Calendly
You will need to host your podcasts and I use Buzzsprout – make sure the house is then sending your podcast at all the top podcast directories such as Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts etc…
You don’t need lots of expensive kit to start with but I would recommend a USB microphone - I use Audio Technica but there are plenty of options available.
Don’t make your first episodes too long because they are the ones that you need to get audience engagement with so they want to listen again – maybe aim for 15 to 20 minutes for those first episodes
You will need some artwork professionally created which represents your podcast logo - your hosting site will confirm the dimensions needed
And finally when you kick-off consider recording three or four episodes to start with so you have some ready to go, that will help you ultimately get you past the seven episodes mark. Its amazing how quickly the next weekly release date comes around!
This is episode 221 of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast - the previous 220 episodes are available on your usual podcast app or you can listen and download them via this link.
To find out how more about how I can help you deliver confident, impactful, memorable and action inducing presentations in 2022 please follow this link
Before you book any training or coaching with me it is important for you to be sure that I’m the right person for you or your team so let's have a 15-20 minute informal no obligation no fee chat on Zoom. Simply click on this link to make that happen.
If would like the chance to be sent by me a copy of my book : 12 Business Lessons from Running an UltraMarathon simply leave a review for the podcast, take a screenshot and email it to at [email protected] - don't forget to include your name and postal address. If you've already left a review - thanks very much - simply screenshot the one you already left and send it to me.
Thanks for listening. If you like the show please do leave a review via your podcast app. or comment in Linked in or share with others. Any / all of those actions would be much appreciated.
I can help you transform your business presentations, create and convert sales opportunities and win more sales pitches. Click on the links below to find out more and book a free 15-20 minute Zoom call with to discuss what you might need help with.
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My latest book: 7 Steps to Successful Presentations
Links to the free online sessions I mention in the podcast:
Tuesday June 14th 10am BST - 10 Top Business Tips from 10 Global Business Gurus
Here is the link to book spaces:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5Sht33RqSfa9eQqs0821rQ
Thursday June 16th 4pm BST - How to launch and sustain a business podcast
Here's the link to book spaces:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3tcO1A86SnGZlFEzcPuOtg
The 10 Top Tips:
This is episode 220 of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast - the previous 219 episodes are available on your usual podcast app or you can listen and download them via this link.
To find out how more about how I can help you deliver confident, impactful, memorable and action inducing presentations in 2022 please follow this link
Before you book any training or coaching with me it is important for you to be sure that I’m the right person for you or your team so let's have a 15-20 minute informal no obligation no fee chat on Zoom. Simply click on this link to make that happen.
If would like the chance to be sent by me a copy of my book : 12 Business Lessons from Running an UltraMarathon simply leave a review for the podcast, take a screenshot and email it to at [email protected] - don't forget to include your name and postal address. If you've already left a review - thanks very much - simply screenshot the one you already left and send it to me.
Thanks for listening. If you like the show please do leave a review via your podcast app. or comment in Linked in or share with others. Any / all of those actions would be much appreciated.
I can help you transform your business presentations, create and convert sales opportunities and win more sales pitches. Click on the links below to find out more and book a free 15-20 minute Zoom call with to discuss what you might need help with.
Presentation Training
Sales Training
15 Minute Free 'How can I help you' Zoom call
Trevor Lee Linked
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My latest book: 7 Steps to Successful Presentations
Platinum Jubilee Business Lessons - this podcast goes out as here in the UK, and indeed across parts of the world we reach the conclusion of four days celebration for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
So what are the Platinum Jubilee business lessons that we can learn and utilise?
Firstly throughout those 70 years the Queen has met thousands indeed hundreds of thousands of people and performed vast amounts of ceremonies and at each one she has had to be on her 'A Game' and you to need to be on your 'A Game' when you interact with other people whether that's through presentation, sales pitch, an incoming call or indeed with colleagues.
Secondly making people feel special whenever you interact with them in a business context, regardless of who they are and how long the interaction takes place. Whether that colleagues or strangers you meet at networking or other business events. Taking an interest in them and what they are up to stands you out.
And thirdly being resilient and able to bounce back when things don't go your way, when you don't deliver a great presentation, or you lose a sales pitch or client, or you miss out on that promotion – how we react to these situations helps define our character going forward.
I mention in the podcast some webinars I got coming up which you may wish to attend week commencing June 13th.
Links to register for the free webinars I'm running as part of the Cornwall Festival of Business Week:
10 Top Business Tips from 10 Global Business Gurus
June 14th 10am BST
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5Sht33RqSfa9eQqs0821rQ
How to Launch and Sustain a Business Podcast
June 16th 4pm BST
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3tcO1A86SnGZlFEzcPuOtg
And if you are looking for an inspiring, fast paced speaker for your business event do get in touch via [email protected] or call me on 07785 390717
This is episode 219 of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast - the previous 218 episodes are available on your usual podcast app or you can listen and download them via this link.
To find out how more about how I can help you deliver confident, impactful, memorable and action inducing presentations in 2022 please follow this link
Before you book any training or coaching with me it is important for you to be sure that I’m the right person for you or your team so let's have a 15-20 minute informal no obligation no fee chat on Zoom. Simply click on this link to make that happen.
If would like the chance to be sent by me a copy of my book : 12 Business Lessons from Running an UltraMarathon simply leave a review for the podcast, take a screenshot and email it to at [email protected] - don't forget to include your name and postal address. If you've already left a review - thanks very much - simply screenshot the one you already left and send it to me.
Thanks for listening. If you like the show please do leave a review via your podcast app. or comment in Linked in or share with others. Any / all of those actions would be much appreciated.
I can help you transform your business presentations, create and convert sales opportunities and win more sales pitches. Click on the links below to find out more and book a free 15-20 minute Zoom call with to discuss what you might need help with.
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My latest book: 7 Steps to Successful Presentations
How successful are your demos?
Demos are a key part of business life but how successful are your demos?
In this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast I'm sharing with you tips and ideas to help you deliver better, more successful demos - and you can apply the tips and ideas to presentations and sales pitches.
Here is a summary of those tips and ideas:
Do your research and be well prepared
Start by explaining what’s going to happen, how you want your audience to be involved, how long it will take……
Before you dive in to the demo check ask your audience to remind you what they’re envisaging their need is for your product or service – in other words why are you there to do a demo in the first place
Don’t start too quickly – give the audience a chance to latch onto your pace and then you can gradually speed up if you need to
As you proceed with your demo you need to keep your audience involved, particularly if you are delivering online. If you say something like ‘Any questions so far?’ there’s a good chance they will say 'No' so you have to ask open-ended questions that they need to reply to eg ‘What are you thinking at the moment?’
Try not to think in terms of traditional sales objections – instead think temporary barrier which needs removing, so I might say something along the lines of ‘is there a particular reason why you can’t envisage your teams using this product or service?’
Many deliverers of demos feel the need to deliver exactly what they have prepared and this in itself can be a barrier to success, so you have to go in ready to be flexible, ready to leave bits out if they clearly not needed, ready to deliver in a different order to what you might have planned, ready to take some tricky questions during the demo which you might prefer to save to the end.
Establish the buying process – this is really important and I think one of the best ways of doing that is to simply ask: ‘Apart from yourself who else is involved in the buying process and how does it work?’
Finally and crucially before you leave the demo, pitch or presentation clarify and agree precisely the next step
Ask yourself: ‘What do I want to achieve today?’, ‘What do I want the outcome of today to be?’
This is episode 218 of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast - the previous 217 episodes are available on your usual podcast app or you can listen and download them via this link.
To find out how more about how I can help you deliver confident, impactful, memorable and action inducing presentations in 2022 please follow this link
Before you book any training or coaching with me it is important for you to be sure that I’m the right person for you or your team so let's have a 15-20 minute informal no obligation no fee chat on Zoom. Simply click on this link to make that happen.
If would like the chance to be sent by me a copy of my book : 12 Business Lessons from Running an UltraMarathon simply leave a review for the podcast, take a screenshot and email it to at [email protected] - don't forget to include your name and postal address. If you've already left a review - thanks very much - simply screenshot the one you already left and send it to me.
Thanks for listening. If you like the show please do leave a review via your podcast app. or comment in Linked in or share with others. Any / all of those actions would be much appreciated.
I can help you transform your business presentations, create and convert sales opportunities and win more sales pitches. Click on the links below to find out more and book a free 15-20 minute Zoom call with to discuss what you might need help with.
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My latest book: 7 Steps to Successful Presentations
On this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales Podcast I’m joined by Izydor Lobacz - (Easy Izzy on Linked In)
Izzy helps entrepreneurs and sales people connect to their audience were now delivering presentations or sales pitches
Izzy shares a four step process that will help listeners deliver more successful pitches and presentations:
And all of this comes together in Izzy’s key tip for listeners to take away and implement straightaway and that is : Don’t think me versus you, think we
You can connect with Izzy on LinkedIn
This is episode 217 of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast - the previous 216 episodes are available on your usual podcast app or you can listen and download them via this link.
To find out how more about how I can help you deliver confident, impactful, memorable and action inducing presentations in 2022 please follow this link
Before you book any training or coaching with me it is important for you to be sure that I’m the right person for you or your team so let's have a 15-20 minute informal no obligation no fee chat on Zoom. Simply click on this link to make that happen.
If would like the chance to be sent by me a copy of my book : 12 Business Lessons from Running an UltraMarathon simply leave a review for the podcast, take a screenshot and email it to at [email protected] - don't forget to include your name and postal address. If you've already left a review - thanks very much - simply screenshot the one you already left and send it to me.
Thanks for listening. If you like the show please do leave a review via your podcast app. or comment in Linked in or share with others. Any / all of those actions would be much appreciated.
I can help you transform your business presentations, create and convert sales opportunities and win more sales pitches. Click on the links below to find out more and book a free 15-20 minute Zoom call with to discuss what you might need help with.
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My latest book: 7 Steps to Successful Presentations
If you want to believe in something, particularly to do with yourself, then Say It Out Loud
On this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales Podcast I’m joined by Vasavi Kumar who specialises in helping people find a space and opportunity to Say It Out Loud
This is a high energy fast paced episode during which Vasavi shares tips and ideas to help you convince yourself that you can do whatever it is you want by overcoming what she describes as the ‘itty-bitty shitty committee’ that exists in your head telling you that certain things aren’t possible
Indeed the headline on Vasavi’s website is:
You can get anything you want
You just need to say it out loud
Vasavi advocates talking to yourself in the mirror indeed her top tip is to look in the mirror and ask yourself ‘Who am I at my very best?’
The same principle applies when trying to be confident enough to record yourself on video because as Vasavi suggests what’s the difference between talking to a mirror and talking to your iPhone?
This is a high-energy episode which I hope will encourage listeners to be that high-energy person themselves and use the concept of Say It Out Loud to go off and do things particularly in the presenting and sales arenas that they may currently try their very best to avoid
I know that when I launched my 44@60 campaign back in 2020 it seemed hugely daunting but the more I talked to everybody about it, and the more I shouted about it the more I believed that I could achieve it, which I did.
You can find out more about Vasavi’s offerings, including a Say It Out Loud group programme starting in August 2022 and her Say It Out Loud book due for launch in Spring 2023 via VasaviKumar.com
Vasavi’s podcast - Say it Out Loud - is available on all the podcast apps
This is episode 216 of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast - the previous 215 episodes are available on your usual podcast app or you can listen and download them via this link.
To find out how more about how I can help you deliver confident, impactful, memorable and action inducing presentations in 2022 please follow this link
Before you book any training or coaching with me it is important for you to be sure that I’m the right person for you or your team so let's have a 15-20 minute informal no obligation no fee chat on Zoom. Simply click on this link to make that happen.
If would like the chance to be sent by me a copy of my book : 12 Business Lessons from Running an UltraMarathon simply leave a review for the podcast, take a screenshot and email it to at [email protected] - don't forget to include your name and postal address. If you've already left a review - thanks very much - simply screenshot the one you already left and send it to me.
Thanks for listening. If you like the show please do leave a review via your podcast app. or comment in Linked in or share with others. Any / all of those actions would be much appreciated.
I can help you transform your business presentations, create and convert sales opportunities and win more sales pitches. Click on the links below to find out more and book a free 15-20 minute Zoom call with to discuss what you might need help with.
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My latest book: 7 Steps to Successful Presentations
Pete Cann the Laughter Man
On this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales Podcast I’m joined by Pete Cann the Laughter Man.
Pete tells the story of how he became the Laughter Man after attending a festival and discovering almost by accident Laughter Yoga.
During the episode Pete will get you laughing, he will also explain the benefits of laughter to you and your business, and how a laughter yoga session can help with creative thinking business planning.
Laughter can be contagious and in business sometimes we take ourselves too seriously, and when we do laugh and humour comes into the situation think about how it makes us feel, and how it can enhance our relationships with customers and potential customers and if we are doing presentations with our audience.
Laughter doesn’t need to be about telling jokes, indeed Laughter Yoga has got nothing to do with telling jokes.
Pete offers 30 minute Laughter Yoga sessions on Zoom as well as one-to-one sessions.
Want to know more?
Here is a link to Pete’s website where you can also find details of his event speaking and his podcast: ‘Laughter and positivity with Pete’
Or connect with Pete on Linked In
This is episode 215 of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast - the previous 214 episodes are available on your usual podcast app or you can listen and download them via this link.
To find out how more about how I can help you deliver confident, impactful, memorable and action inducing presentations in 2022 please follow this link
Before you book any training or coaching with me it is important for you to be sure that I’m the right person for you or your team so let's have a 15-20 minute informal no obligation no fee chat on Zoom. Simply click on this link to make that happen.
If would like the chance to be sent by me a copy of my book : 12 Business Lessons from Running an UltraMarathon simply leave a review for the podcast, take a screenshot and email it to at [email protected] - don't forget to include your name and postal address. If you've already left a review - thanks very much - simply screenshot the one you already left and send it to me.
Thanks for listening. If you like the show please do leave a review via your podcast app. or comment in Linked in or share with others. Any / all of those actions would be much appreciated.
I can help you transform your business presentations, create and convert sales opportunities and win more sales pitches. Click on the links below to find out more and book a free 15-20 minute Zoom call with to discuss what you might need help with.
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My latest book: 7 Steps to Successful Presentations
From the publisher's feed
The Better Presentations More Sales podcast helps business people deliver confident, impactful, memorable and action inducing presentations and as a consequence create more…
It also offers advice and tips for public speaking.
The show features global guests from the business presenting / speaking / pitching / sales world who share their knowledge, expertise , experience and enthusiasm.
History
The Better Presentations More Sales podcast launched on February 25th 2018. The 344th and final episode was broadcast exactly 7 years later - February 25th 2025
It is ranked 6th Best Global Presentation Podcast by Feedspot as at June 2026