Selling in a time of Covid-19
Is your business relying on others to sell your product or service? The Problem: The scary thing about this is all your hard work and creativity are relying on others (I include your Sales and Marketing team) to generate Sales. There are three critical requirements for any business to succeed: Market – Competency – Passion […]
3 Principles that can Change Your Life, Starting Now
“Irish Company Great Pitch Success” – MicroGen is the winner of the Agtech, Food & Water Category at the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) competition, selected from over 2400 companies across 80 countries. This is a very significant milestone for MicroGen. After winning the category, MicroGen were invited to speak at a webinar within United Nations […]
The (little known) Secret to a Successful Pitch
Executive Coaching Skills: The key to a successful pitch is your preparation and research. The conversation and face to face meeting prior to having the opportunity to deliver a pitch, or send a proposal, is where the groundwork for winning proposals are established. The images above are four of my top interviewers who always ask […]
3 Simple Tips Leading to Engagement On-Line
“On-line is your Future or You have no Future” In this new environment, the organisations who are to the forefront doing business online will have a big head start on their competitors. With this in mind, here are a few simple pieces of advice to put into action when leading or participating in online meetings: […]
Tips to Win Investment Now!
Pitching Skill Workshop: Tips to Win Investment & Sales Experienced investors tell me that they back people with great ideas, not the other way around. A short time ago, I received a request for help from a person referred to me by one of my previous clients. First engagement: We spoke, and he told me […]
The 1st Step to Creating Your Company Story
Storytelling for Business I am working online with one of my favourite clients, who are using this current situation to refocus and reassess the message that they tell their customers and themselves. The reason they engaged me is that they have rapidly expanded over the previous five years and they see this time as an […]
5 Step Elevator Pitch that Works!
Pitching Skill Workshop: Perfect Your Elevator Pitch to Win Business Now that we are all practising social isolation, this is an ideal time to communicate interestingly and engagingly, with lapsed clients or prospective new ones. I have had occasions, both for my Aristo business and for several clients, to create a short email or LinkedIn […]
Always Look on the Bright Side (A chance to reflect)
Stay Positive & Look on the Bright Side This is the time when we have time to do the things we told ourselves we did not have time to do. A hardback copy of former Taoiseach Sean Lemass’s biography by John Horgan has been on my bookshelf for twenty years. Over these years, I have […]
‘This is a C-word free Zone’ – Tips for a Stress Free Life!
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living I was in my 20s. I had a wife, a son and a job with a company that I hated working for. It was my first job in management, I was stressed to the nines and losing sleep (I developed psoriasis skin condition at the time, and was […]
7 More Top Presentation Tips to Improve Your Pitch in 3 weeks
Presentation Tips to Improve Your Pitch My last article discussed the common errors to avoid when making a presentation; this article is about the things that you should do when presenting. Do the following: Smile and better still, get your audience to smile along which you. Every serious message benefits from the addition of a […]