Sales Brief: PITCH PERFECT

Common sales excuses, pitch deck templates, habits to keep your shit together and more!

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Trouble seeing this email? Here at Close, we use sales decks on a regular basis. We've definitely had run-ins with shitty decks in the past — and believe me, there are a TON of awful sales decks out there. So this week, we launched our own collection of sales decks. We call it PITCH. These decks are not only beautifully designed, but specifically built to accomplish one thing: close the deal. Whether you're pitching a startup, gunning for an enterprise contract, or navigating a discovery call, these decks will help you craft a narrative around a problem, provide an irresistible solution, and help you win the deal. Grab PITCH and tell me what you think! It features six unique decks plus some extra goodness like a fillable survey for organizing your pitch and a cheat sheet infographic. This resource is dope. As always, you'll find my top sales article picks for this week down below. Keep with it! Steli AND NOW...YOUR WEEKLY SALES BRIEF 🔥 5 common excuses a great salesperson would never make In this article we share 5 common excuses that you probably won't find a great salesperson utter. Each and every one of them can be avoided, and all it takes is for you to do one thing: be proactive. OFFER YOU CANT EXCUSE → Habits to keep your shit together as a sales rep In this post, we explore five habits every sales rep should develop to keep their cool and stay focused on crushing each day. When you're facing a crisis, keeping your shit together isn't always the easiest thing to do. OLD HABITS WIN HARD → Pitch: High performance sales deck template Whatever the sales circumstance, you'll find a deck in this pack to tackle it head-on. Includes 6 decks covering enterprise sales, discovery calls, investor pitches, and more. PITCH PERFECT → How to instill a sense of urgency in your business The Startup Chat, Steli and Hiten talk about what it means to have a sense of urgency, how to react in times of crisis, what makes a CEO good at maintaining intensity at all times. PACEMAKER → Tension: The secret to engaging prospects and driving action Being able to create that tension is what separates the ordinary salespeople from the very best. In this Sales Hacker article, you'll learn how to create tension and use it to build trust, engage your prospects, and drive action. SEARCH TENSION OPTIMIZATION → Why burnout should be a topic at your next board meeting This productivity boost might seem universally positive, but there's a catch: burnout. But how do you properly access burnout? What do you do about it? Tomasz Tunguz shares his thoughts on this topic. DRAMATIC BURN OF EVENTS → © Close PO Box 7775 #69574 San Francisco CA 94120-7775 USA Unsubscribe