Send us a Text Message. In this episode founder of the Reluctant Leader Academy Mark Terrell shares thoughts and ideas on why you need to become an energised Business Leader. Mark uses his seven step MEASURE model to help empower disillusioned leaders, guiding them to be happier and create more productive work whilst emphasising that the key to high-performance is managing energy not time. Those seven steps to helping you become a better, more energised  business leader are: Mirror – self awareness is key Evaluate – where are you going? Action – bring your vision to life Systemise - proc ..read more

Send us a Text Message. In this episode I share 5 ways to help you become a better business presenter If you become a better business presenter you will have more presentation success, which could well lead to more business revenues, and which in itself will increase your profile and maybe get you a bigger and better job! So what are those five ways to help you become better business presenter: Firstly prepare in advance – sounds obvious but so many people just don’t give enough thought to the preparation particularly around the audience they are going to be presenting to. Secondly be prepared ..read more

Send us a Text Message. In this episode I share some tips on how to get your presentation off to a flying start. If you get your presentation to a flying start it will help you engage your audience and importantly make them think the rest of your presentation will be worth paying full attention to. There are  some things that won’t help you get your presentation off to a flying start including: Telling jokes, talking about yourself and how great you are, rambling, putting an agenda on the screen, turning up with the lots of A4 notes..... So if you want to get your presentation off to a fl ..read more

Send us a Text Message. In this week’s episode I focus on 8 Common Business Presentation Mistakes that lots of presenters make. Here are those 8 Common Business Presentation Mistakes: Focus on your audience not you  Too many words on slides Not seeing the tone and style from get go Not enough preparation and practice Mismanaging the Q&A Over running on time Underestimating power of Voice Not learning to deliver virtually  This is episode 312 of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast If you don’t like the idea of learning how to transform your business presentations in a gr ..read more

Send us a Text Message. In this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast I’m talking to David Connors co-founder of The Swarm about how to turn your networks into sales through leveraging relationships.  We all have networks more so than we may realise so how do you turn your networks into sales? We talk about the importance of human relationships and the trust that they can create and how trust is vital component of sales success.  Our conversation revolves around how The Swarm works in terms of connecting you with potential customers via the networks that you have. T ..read more

Send us a Text Message. In this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast I’m sharing with listeners The A-Z of Presenting in 10 keywords which are: Audience - so crucial its for them not you Confidence - how to have it Jargon - avoid it!  Learning - keep getting better Pause - the power of Rehearsal - take it seriously  Slides - best use of  Timing - don't overrun and how to time the delivery of a key point  Voice - such a powerful  presenting tool Zoom - you need to be good when presenting virtually  There you go The A-Z of Presenting in 10 keywor ..read more

Send us a Text Message. On this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast I’m talking to expert Powerpoint designer Emily Schneider on how to design Impactful Powerpoint Presentations We’ve all sat through un-inspiring and frankly quite dull presentations where the slides are inconsistent, full of words and with no real flow That is why how to design Impactful PowerPoint Presentations with Emily Schneider is such a great podcast episode for you to learn from Emily is a strategic visual storyteller and during this episode she will guide you through tips, advice and ideas to bring y ..read more

On this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast I’m talking to sales expert Richard Harris about the Seller’s JourneyWe talk about the Seller’s Journey and the buyers experience. Richard shares some great insights and tips that will help all salespeople, especially when it comes to asking great questions and ensuring that the buyer does more talking than you the salesperson. Richard is great at sharing examples of the sort of questions that you could ask as a salesperson – so be sure to tune in and make a note of them – they will all be very helpful for you on the seller’s journ ..read more

On this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast I’m talking to sales force retention and development expert and speaker Barbara Spector about avoiding show up and throw up when sales presenting. Barbara is the founder of Smart Moves and a member of the National Speakers Association We talk about why if salespeople simply Show up and Throw up when sales presenting they make it so hard for themselves when it comes to winning a sale for either a product or service. Barbara’s sales training is based on a six-month blended learning program that aims to change the mindset of those who ..read more

For this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast I took the recording and had a stand at the Bristol Business Expo organised by B2B Expos.  The idea was to gather from show visitors and exhibitors and speakers their top sales and presenting tips. It was a lot of fun doing this and that many of the 12 people who make up the podcast it was their first time on a podcast and they had one minute to share their top sales and presenting tips. If you don’t like the idea of learning how to transform your business presentations in a group environment then take Trevor’s online course ..read more