Professionalism

While it’s true that our culture seems to lean more towards the casual aspect of life, business, and social interactions, that doesn’t mean professionalism should be tossed out the window. Even if your business has adopted a more casual culture in terms of dress, marketing materials, and conversation, professionalism remains an essential component of effective sales. Simple details such as promptness, courtesy, appropriate language, and a can-do attitude can go a long way towards signing your next deal.

Authenticity

Everyone likes to buy, but nobody likes to be sold. This is where authenticity can become your greatest asset. In our society, there is often a distinct lack of authenticity (this is what makes your skin crawl when talking to a smarmy salesman). People appreciate honesty, candor, and a true sense of self. False bravado, empty compliments, and a fake smile are not the tools to close more deals.

Integrity

Put simply, integrity means doing what you say you will do, when you say you will do it. And yet, it’s shocking how few people in the business realm can truly be accountable to their promises. Don’t make promises you can’t keep, and be sure to keep the promises you make. This simple yet profound practice will surely set you apart from your competition.

Helpfulness

The greatest salespeople in the world know that the easiest way to close more sales is to solve people’s problems. This requires getting to know your prospects first, talking to them, doing some research, and finding out what make them tick and what kind of problems they need to have solved. Solve a person’s problems and you’ve got a client for life.

You can use a rental projector to exhibit professionalism and display authenticity and integrity about your products and services. To rent a projector for your next sales meeting or presentation, click here to get started.

Heat things up with a fire sale

The term “fire sale” usually refers to an emergency clearance sale at deeply discounted prices. Originally, a fire sale referred to the sale of merchandise that had been damaged by fire or that could no longer be stored because the storage facility had been destroyed (which meant an immediate sale was necessary).

Today, fire sales are common for boosting overall sales during a spending slump, or for liquidating inventory to make way for new product and stock. You can create your own fire sale to attract buyers into your business, boost overall sales, and clear out older merchandise that isn’t moving.

You could put certain items on sale as “loss leaders,” meaning you sell a few items at a loss in order to get buying customers into your store or onto your website. Grocery stores and discount department stores use this promotional practice quite a bit. In many cases, buyers will buy additional items that may or may not be on sale (especially when combined shipping costs are low).

Holding a fire sale doesn’t always mean taking a loss. For example, if you host an online store, you can have a fire sale on shipping (free shipping for all orders over $10, for example). Though you’ll take a small loss on the shipping costs, the sale will encourage more people to make purchases, so your overall volume and revenue will increase.

Another alternative might include purchasing a discounted product to offer as a fire sale item to your customers. There are many ways to incorporate this pricing strategy.

In the next installment, we’ll explore the use of contests to boost sales during a slow season. In the meantime, remember to visit http://Projector123.com whenever you need a rental projector for your business or personal use. Weekend rentals start as low at just $99.

1. Make it a movie day.

What kind of movies does your dad enjoy? Rent a projector and make your own movie fest filled with dad’s favorites. Whether he prefers Dirty Harry or the Godfather series, the whole family is sure to love watching these classics projected larger than life onto the living room wall. Add some of dad’s favorite snacks, and you’ve got the ultimate “good-news-dad-you-don’t-have-to-shave-or-even-get-dressed-today” kind of celebration.

2. Fun for sports nuts.

Is your dad a huge sports fan? A rental projector is the ultimate way to celebrate dad’s favorite spectator sport. Why not buy him a copy of the latest Sports Illustrated “Best of” or bloopers reel? Better yet, give dad a gift certificate for a future projector rental so he can watch the finals of his favorite sport in style.

3. Sweet memories for the sentimental type.

Perhaps your dad is more of the sentimental type? It doesn’t take a huge amount of time or know-how to put together a spectacular highlights reel of favorite family memories. From those first days of birth to that road trip to the Grand Canyon to all those times you and your dad went fishing, there are plenty of memories that are sure to make your dad smile. Compile them all onto a DVD (or two), pop some popcorn, and start the show with a rental projector and a trip down memory lane.

4. For the grill junkie.

If your dad would rather be wearing a goofy apron and standing behind the grill surrounded in a giant pillar of smoke, then why not let him do what he loves most this Father’s Day? You can spring for all the fixings and maybe throw in a new grill set and a manly apron and let dad get to work on those steaks. Make sure you remember to pick up some of dad’s favorite beverage to set the mood properly.

5. Dad’s choice.

Some dads are just too complex to be categorized as simply as others. If your dad is hard to read (or hard to please), why not make it dad’s choice and ask him how he would most love to spend Father’s Day? You could even offer some suggestions, like camping, fishing, hunting, relaxing, sleeping, grilling, watching movies, or none of the above. You never know, he just might surprise you.

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1. Get misty-eyed

Pack a personal atomizer to keep your skin cool and hydrated. Misting a light layer of water on your skin has an instant cooling effect. Be sure to empty it (or pack it empty) before you head through security, and you can fill it from a water fountain or bottled water once you get through beyond security. An atomizer can be as simple as a small plastic spray bottle purchased at a drug store, or as fancy as a stainless steel atomizer from a specialty shop – the choice is yours!

2. Dress in layers

This enables you to add or subtract layers as the environmental temperature changes, ensuring that you stay fresh and comfortable. We all know it can get quite stuffy on the airplane during boarding! As an added tip, avoid linen or linen blends that tend to wrinkle beyond recognition, since you’ll be sitting in small spaces during your travels. You’ll never feel like the king of legroom on an airplane, even if you fly first class!

3. Just say “ship it”

Avoid schlepping extra luggage or bags – instead, ship what you can and let your baggage meet you at your destination. United Airlines even offers luggage shipping at prices that aren’t too far beyond the “extra bag” fees charged by most airlines. Remember, there’s no need to drag your rental projector around when Projector123.com can ship it directly to your final destination (with return freight included).

4. Expect crowds

Kids are out of school and family vacations will soon be underway, so prepare for crowds, expect first-time travelers and give yourself ample time to get through security. And above all else, remember that patience is a virtue!

5. Pack your sunscreen

Even if you expect to be stuck indoors in meetings during the whole trip, pack your sunscreen just in case. You never know when you might be surprised with an extra day, free time, or a lunch outdoors and there’s no reason to pay $12 for hotel sunscreen if you don’t have to.

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Planning a Back Yard Movie Night

It’s easy to plan a backyard movie night — just rent a projector from Projector123.com, request some movies through your Netflix membership or pick up a flick on your way home from work, throw out some oversized pillows or lawn chairs, pop some popcorn and let the fun begin! As the sun goes down and the temperature cools off a bit, you’ll love being outside in the fresh air with an outdoor movie night.

Netflix is easy to use because you won’t have to worry about missing “all the good ones” at the movie rental store — you can browse and select movies online 24/7, place movies into your queue so there’s always something good to watch, and even pre-reserve your copy of the newest releases. Best of all, when you drop your rental projector into the FedEx box for return to Projector123.com, you just drop your Netflix rentals into a mailbox and your next movie will be en route to your home.

Taking Movie Nights to the Next Level

Instead of keeping the fun all to yourself, why not gather a few neighbors and share the fun? Find 3 other families who want to play and you can rotate the location of movie night from house to house. That way, each family gets a month’s worth of weekend fun for just the cost of the $99 projector rental.

You might even consider picking a different theme each week, and preparing snacks to fit that theme. For example, “Western movie night” can feature favorite western flicks, complete with an outdoor cookout.

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Ask for Input

When planning a retreat, seminar or religious education event, it pays to get some input. Even a short survey (you can try surveymonkey.com for free) of some of your likely participants or event registrants can help you find out exactly what people are looking to gain from the event. Give the people what they want, and they’re sure to be back for more.

Say It with Pictures

Images displayed on a hung white sheet or a blank wall can inspire, captivate, provoke, launch in-depth discussions or encourage deep introspection. With affordable rental rates as low as $99 per weekend, there are virtually countless uses for an LCD rental projector at your next gathering. Welcome participants with instructions, a soothing slide show or the weekend schedule; showcase relevant images during presentations, candid shots of participants during quiet time, or display beautiful pictures of nature during breaks or at any time throughout the event.

Give ‘Em Some Space

When the event ends, people will return to their busy lives; that’s why it’s so important to allow for plenty of quiet time during the events – this is where participants are free to journal, walk the grounds, meditate, listen to music, connect with other participants or otherwise allow the material covered during group session time to fully “sink in.” For many spiritual event attendees, these periods of downtime are when the most profound “a-ha” moments occur.

Closing Slideshow

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Well in advance of your presentation, you might want to consider these anxiety-busting strategies:

1. Be prepared. Know your material, have your visuals ready well in advance, and practice. Memorize your opening statement. Create note cards or bullet points as a reference.

2. Join a local Toastmasters group (the membership fee is nominal, and many employers will reimburse you for the cost). Toastmasters is a safe and encouraging environment where you can learn to become a better speaker and receive positive and constructive feedback.

3. Practice and listen to the constructive feedback you receive.

4. Burn off some steam (exercise, relax, enjoy a hot soak, go for a walk, listen to music)

5. Do something creative – it stimulates the mind and relaxes your nerves. Paint, draw, doodle, garden, sing, write. Creating something shifts your mental focus from your left brain to your right brain and helps you to gain clarity and remain calm.

6. Choose what you will wear and ONLY wear something you feel positively fabulous in.  Anything less would likely create a distraction for you, causing you to fret or fidget. If your presentation is longer than 10-15 minutes, don’t wear brand new shoes. Trust me on that one.

7. Anticipate questions. Think about what you will say IF you are asked a question you don’t know the answer to.

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If you’re currently renting projectors from the hotels and conference centers where you typically make your sales presentations, you’re probably paying far too much.

What’s more — everywhere you go, you’re needing to learn a new system, a new remote, and a new setup for each rental projector.

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Tip #1 – Remember, you don’t have to be funny to tell a joke.

Sometimes a true life story comes off a great deal funnier than a one-liner. Begin to notice when you get laughs in your normal conversational life. Notice what jokes go over with what kind of folks, and this will begin to clue you in to what might work with your presentation audience.

Tip #2 – Appropriateness is essential.

As always, know your audience. What is appropriate for one group of people is certainly not appropriate with another. Understand the social boundaries and commonalities so that you can bend or break them in a manner that’s amusing and thought-provoking (if that’s what you’re going for). For example, a really good lawyer joke may be ideal if you are a lawyer who is speaking to non-lawyers. But if you are not a lawyer and you’re speaking to a group of lawyers, not so much. Use common sense and put yourself in your audience’s shoes.

Tip #3 – Be willing to laugh at yourself, but not ad nauseum.

If you make a mistake, or trip, or otherwise bungle something, a comical comment may be appropriate. But nobody likes to listen to someone constantly put themselves down. So use this technique sparingly.

Tip #4 – Look elsewhere.

If you are convinced that you are simply just not funny, don’t give up hope. You can look elsewhere to find a funny cartoon, movie clip, audio, etc. to incorporate into your PowerPoint presentation. Perhaps you have a friend or colleague in the audience who is a stellar joke teller and would be willing to stand up and share a preselected (by you) anecdote at a predetermined time in your presentation. The possibilities are endless.

Join us in the next installment for part 2 of using humor effectively in your presentation. And when you’re ready to present, contact Projector123.com to arrange for an easy, affordable, professional projector rental. Click here for rates and ordering info.