Chantal

Can you sell your products and services from the stage? I?m not talking about the theatrical stage or suggesting that you become an actor. This is about selling what you do from giving presentations.

For many years I?ve given presentations at networking groups. At the end, people tell me how much they enjoyed my talk, or how useful they found it. Many people subscribe to my newsletter as a result and sometimes people ask me for a meeting, so that we can talk more about their marketing. But I?ve never really ?sold? anything and waiting for people to ask for a meeting can be a bit hit and miss.

All that is about to change! I recently went to a workshop that teaches you to actually sell what you do from the stage, by talking about it. This sort of selling is not the pushy ?buy it now before they all run out? sort of selling. It?s not selling where ?selling? is a dirty word. It?s about giving people something they need.

The reason that this sort of selling works is because there are two things that you absolutely have to have, if you?re going to do it properly. They are passion and authenticity. Without either, no one will buy what you have to sell.

So are you passionate about what you do? Do you totally love your job and your business? When you?re doing it, are you ?in the flow?, where you lose track of time? If you have this passion then you can speak about it and sell it from the stage. I?m passionate about helping coaches, consultants and trainers to grow their businesses. I love working with people who want to make a difference through their work and want to build a successful business. I believe that marketing really works, when it?s done properly; that it doesn?t have to cost the earth. I believe that it?s about creating products and services that people want or need rather than selling them something they don?t want or need.

What about authenticity? Can you speak from the real you and tell the truth? When you?re presenting, are you being genuine or are you just trying to impress people? If you don?t tell the truth or set out to impress others, you won?t speak with authenticity and the audience will see straight through you. I could stand in front of an crowd and tell them how great marketing can be for their business, but only if they pay someone else to do all it for them, because the only way to get marketing done properly is to pay an expert. And then people would start throwing things at me! No one would buy anything I tried to sell, because it would be obvious that I didn?t believe what I was saying. And when you don?t believe what you?re saying, you can?t be passionate about it, either.

If you use speaking to sell what you do, are you passionate and authentic? If you are, then take a look at www.ShiftSpeakerTraining.com for the next steps in turning your presentations into profits.

If you don?t yet use speaking to sell what you do, I encourage you to, because it really works. If you?ve never spoken in public before, look for your local Toastmasters group (www.Toastmasters.org) because it?s a great place to learn the basics. And then go to www.ShiftSpeakerTraining.com to find out how to do it profitably!