Become a masterful speaker  What difference would it make to your career if you became a masterful speaker?  In this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast business mentor, author and speaker William Buist shares some top tips and advice to help listeners on a journey to become a masterful speaker William shares five top tips to becoming a better speaker: Set your goal to become a masterful speaker – which will mean taking lots of opportunities to deliver and practice Be honest about everything you share – otherwise you risk losing credibility Listen to your audience ..read more

How to Launch a Speaking Career with Bret Ridgway Can anyone in business launch a speaking career? In this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast Bret Ridgway shares his experiences of going from the guy at the back of the room who was helping speakers sell products and services to helping people like you and me launch speaking careers Bret outlines three types of speaker: Firstly the keynote speaker who is sharing their expertise in return for a fixed fee.  Secondly the platform seller speaker who speaks for free but makes money from using 15 to 20% of their time to promo ..read more

How to pitch to investors with Donna Griffit Donna breaks down how to pitch to investors  into four chunks: Firstly the need – which is identifying the challenge or problem you are planning to overcome  Secondly your proposed solution – an overview of your product or service Thirdly your business plan – all the metrics and data and investor will want to see  Fourthly your vision for the future – outlining how you see things successfully moving forward  Donna also says that investors pay attention in a pitch to: Credibility – which is often your data and plan Likeability ..read more

It’s episode 250! So a big thank you to all the listeners who have ensured that this podcast is still going, particularly given that the average podcast doesn’t get beyond episode seven. So to celebrate the 250th episode I’ve got 5 top tips for you to utilise next time you are giving a presentation Here are those five top tips:  Think of your presentation in terms of time and money – the more time you put into preparation and practice the more likely you are to be successful, which may well mean more money coming your way Keep learning and in particular when you are in the audience and s ..read more

Your Presentation as a Music Composition - what’s the link? and how can that enhance your presentation or speaking?  In this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast John Watkis talks about Your Presentation as a Music Composition via 5 tops tips / pieces of advice that will have you looking at your presentation in an entirely new light and potentially transform the way it is remembered, repeated and responded to by your audience.  Here are John’s 5 tips that teach speakers to use the composition of a song to develop and deliver speeches that audiences remember:  ..read more

7 Quick Sales Wins To celebrate 5 years of podcasting I’m sharing in this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast 7 Quick Sales Wins The first episode of this podcast went live on February 25th 2018. The podcast was known as ‘Attracting and Retaining Customers’ and the episode was called ‘Sales & Marketing Review' It still attracts downloads 5 years later! In those early days there was no pattern to when the podcast came out, all episodes featured just me and were quite rangy in their business subject area.  After feedback from my podcast mentor - Pete Matthew - from ep ..read more

How many times do you receive or make cold calls that are complete waste of time? We all know it happens a lot So how can we make those calls, emails and messages much more effective? In this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast Collin Mitchell shares how Humantic AI is doing just that by helping salespeople understand personalities of the people they are calling, so they are better prepared for the conversation ahead and by being better prepared they are more likely to keep the conversation going, indeed get it started in the first place. Collin is a Go-to-Market leader with ..read more

Many people find that it can take a significant amount of courage to deliver a presentation. In this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast Michelle Gladieux shares the four hidden challenges that can often prevent you from delivering a presentation or indeed delivering a great presentation and how to overcome them. Michelle Gladieux is author of Communicate with Courage: Taking Risks to Overcome the Four Hidden Challenges and President of Gladieux Consulting, a Midwest-based team known for top-notch design and presentation of seminars in communication and leadership topics aro ..read more

Deliver a Better Presentation with Limor Bergman  Have you ever thought how you could Deliver a Better Presentation? One that engages your audience, flows well, doesn’t rely on slides and has a powerful, action inducing ending?  How to Deliver a Better Presentation is the conversation I’m having on this episode of the Better Presentations More Sales podcast with Leadership Coach and Mentor Limor Bergman who shares some great tips and ideas to help you Deliver a Better Presentation. Limor runs LBG Consulting Services and helps women in tech with their leadership skills, including pres ..read more

It’s episode 250! So a big thank you to all the listeners who have ensured that this podcast is still going, particularly given that the average podcast doesn’t get beyond episode seven. So to celebrate the 250th episode I’ve got the following giveaways for listeners: 2 free webinars – details below 5 copies of my book ’12 Business Lessons from Running an Ultramarathon’ - tune in to the episode to find out how 5 top tips for you to utilise next time you are giving a presentation Here are those five top tips:  Think of your presentation in terms of time and money – the more time you put i ..read more