Too often, when a potential client calls and asks for a sales presentation, the potential vendor is so pumped for the opportunity that they get off the telephone as quickly as possible.
But before you hang up, there is one question that you can ask that can dramatically increase your ability to win the business.
Here’s the question.
“We’re excited about the chance to give you a presentation. And we want to make sure that it’s as helpful to you as possible. To make sure that we’re well prepared, we’d like to spend time talking to some of your key players for just a few minutes. Who would you recommend that we speak with?”
Too often, people go into sales presentations cold. They show up and do the usual “dog and pony” show. But the best sales presentations focus on solving business problems.
You can’t give a great sales presentation without an understanding of those problems. You need to ask for the chance to discuss the problems.
