RumRum

Enterprise AE

Best tips for Sales Deck

I'll start by saying I don't usually run my calls with a Slide Deck, but in this case, I must present.

I have a few questions for y'all:

- are funny comics tacky and unprofessional? do they help or hurt?

- assuming all content is valuable and must be shared. do you prefer 2 slides with bigass paragraphs or 5 slides with 2 sentences each? Ibusually prefer the latter, but I feel like it's a lot of clicking.

- how many slides is too much for a 10 minute presentation?

what are y'all thoughts?

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Justatitle

Big Shot

Account Executive

- with slides you want something you can speak to and not read it line for line.
- less is more and breaking it up usually works well and also deciding on what is crucial vs not.
- by not having every single detail in the slides your able to allow people to ask questions and have an interaction.

RumRum

Good Citizen

Enterprise AE

This makes a lot of sense, but if I just have high level bullet points, how will the message come across to the once who are not there for the presentation? Do you write the actual text in the comments hoping they read it?

This particular preso is for a small team of managers, to then distribute to their teams

Justatitle

Big Shot

Account Executive

Is this going to be recorded? If yes share snippets of the recording

if no then add comments and tag them in the comments section of the slide.

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

If there HAS to be a lot of text, i would consider making a 1 pager that you can send after the call. Instead of having a ton of slides/text

TheHypnotist

Executive

Sales Manager

If it were as simple as distributing your content, why are the managers attending a presentation?
Chances are they will not remember enough to effectively "re-teach" what they learn in the presentation and may not be able to answer the q's that their teams will then have....

TheHypnotist

Executive

Sales Manager

Justatitle is bang on with his/her advice.

detectivegibbles

Politicker

Sales Director

I struggle with big words and fancy jargon.

Visuals with clear explanations. Tell it like your presenting to a room of 3rd graders.

Less is more!

CuriousFox

WR Officer

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Where is @CadenceCombat he's the king of comics.

CadenceCombat

Tycoon

Account Executive

Bah, I’ve never used any comics in a sales deck before. Including some humour and levity is entirely context dependent.

Closest i’ve done is replaced my headshot and my SE’s headshot with pictures of us using the exercise equipment of the manufacturer we were pitching to but that’s pretty much it.

If you’re unsure, I’d say play it safe.

RumRum

Good Citizen

Enterprise AE

Nice, hadn’t thought of tagging them before

TennisandSales

Politicker

Head Of Sales

- you need to know your audience. It’s super risky if it doesn’t land well 😂
- i would always do 5 slides with 2 sentences vs 2 with alot of text.
- the number of slides might not matter if the co tent you are talking about is really important.

But remember the deck supports what YOU are saying. YOU are the presenter not your slides.

Sunbunny31

Politicker

Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Slides should be clear, minimal, and provide the bullet points for the story you're telling.

Comics are OK IF - your sense of humor is not on the edge. Huge bonus points if the comic has a point that ties to your message. However, it can be a great opener, or it can fall completely flat. Run through it a few times yourself and see how it goes with your delivery. If you suspect it will fall flat, remove it.

aenima

Celebrated Contributor

Principal Account Manager

Don’t mention your products

Don’t mention your products

Don’t mention your products

ChickenWings

Opinionated

Tom Callahan's Son

I almost simply responded with "throw it out" before reading the post.

5 slides, two sentences...or one.

Think..title, visual, caption..speak to it

Like a rep, each slide needs to justify its own existence without a bunch of extra BS

salesservant

Contributor

Director, Business Dev

I vote no comics - awkward if it doesn't get a laugh. Always lean to less content, NEVER paragraphs. Put your "content" in the notes portion of the slide so you can speak to the key points during the presentation. 10 mins - no more than 5 slides, 2 mins each.

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