August 9, 2008

6 Tips For A Fantastic Sales Speech

by James Malinchak

Giving a speech is the number one fear that people have. Therefore, delivering sales speeches is often even more difficult for some people.

A person can often give a quite successful speech about themselves, or about experiences that they have had, but when it comes to giving a persuasive speech, the fear reaches a whole new level.

Just like with many other activities in our lives, fear is created through our own imaginations. There are amazing stories of people overcoming fear, yet you were not born with fear, it's an idea created in your own mind.

There are several critical points to persuasive sales speaking.

First, you need to make sure that your speech content is content you are comfortable with, and that you believe in it. Write a speech outline, and practice your delivery several times.

It is also important that you can demonstrate 2 or 3 key benefits, and I stress, benefits, not features.

A persuasive sales speech should create desire, demonstrate the benefits and prove the need. By delivering your sales speech in this manner, you will gain the trust of the audience because you have shown them that there are benefits and solutions, and this is what all audiences want to hear. Not just a straight sales pitch.

When giving a speech for sales it has been shown to be a more persuasive speech if you can incorporate humor. Humor creates a bond with the audience and gains their confidence.

Here are 6 more techniques to make a successful sales speech. 1. Research the topics of your sales speeches, then research the particular one that you choose to deliver. 2. Tell quick stories to lighten the mood. Once you have told the story, pause a while to give the audience time to think through why you may have done this and reflect on your message. Pausing is a great technique to utilize whenever you have told the audience a very important point. A pause emphasises your point. 3. Tell and show testimonials from satisfied purchasers. 4. Recommend that the item you are selling could be a great gift for someone else they care about, as it may not be for them right now. 5. Always give the audience a great purchase deal. Sales speeches are all about getting a sale at the end of the presentation. This is a crucial part of the whole presentation. You can lighten the mood of the offer by initially giving an over-charged price, joke about it, then present the true offer. 6. When giving the price, state the dollar value when giving a higher offer, then only state the figure when making the true offer, eg. "The individual price for these cleaners is $15 each, but, for you, today ony, I am offering them at $1,000 dollars for two. (chuckle) Just kidding, for you today I am offering two for 20."

The final, and most important part, of any successful persuasive sales speech is to make sure the customer buys. So, as this is the most critical part of your speech, it is important that you write what you are going to say and practice it over and over again, and again. You must have this as well-rehearsed as your intro, conclusion, etc.

By practicing your sales speech many times, you will be able to ensure that you incorporate the above techniques to and give your best-ever sales speech.

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