The greatest sales deck I've ever seen (2016)
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#2This strikes me as similar to a lot of investor pitch decks. It's not a bad approach, but the 'visionary' parts might be difficult for some sales people.
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#3"Name a big, relevant change in the world".
Example given from Zuora, "We now live in a subscription economy".
Except one problem: Instead of a nice solid color on the background of the slide, or a city skyline...
... it's a full shot of a skinny young blonde girl's legs.
Like, can you sales guys be any more predictable and sexist? I'm sorry, this frat house behavior really needs to stop.
There are so many better ways to make a visual impression without ever relying on sexual themes.
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#4interesting. but slightly off topic - do sales guys construct their own decks? surely decks need approval / sanctioning before distribution to prospects? don't firms have their own decks for sales people to leverage?
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#5That this works is evidence that people are stupid and they suck.
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#6interesting. but slightly off topic - do sales guys construct their own decks? surely decks need approval / sanctioning before distribution to prospects? don't firms have their own decks for sales people to leverage?
Surely someone has to write the sales decks, and in a startup, there may only be a handful of people on the sales team -- or maybe even 1 person.
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#7>Zuora came up with the phrase “subscription economy” to name the trend in which buyers increasingly choose recurring service payments over outright purchases.
It's not a trend where buyers choose recurring payments, but where companies only offer services through recurring payments.
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#8"Name a big, relevant change in the world". Example given from Zuora, "We now live in a subscription economy". Except one problem: Instead of a nice solid color on the background of the slide, or a city skyline... ... it's a full shot of a skinny young blonde girl's legs. Like, can you sales guys be any more predictable and sexist? I'm sorry, this frat house behavior really needs to stop. There are so many better way…
Due to your comment, I checked out the slide. She's not skinny (seems normal/healthy), and I was expecting more legs. False advertisement.
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#9>Zuora came up with the phrase “subscription economy” to name the trend in which buyers increasingly choose recurring service payments over outright purchases. It's not a trend where buyers choose recurring payments, but where companies only offer services through recurring payments.
Get where you're coming from, but I don't think they're entirely wrong. Whilst you can't buy Photoshop once now (your point), there are plenty of models where the choice is still there. Netflix and Spotify both have one-off purchase equivalents. You can still buy Jira as a one off purchase instead of SaaS.
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#10"Name a big, relevant change in the world". Example given from Zuora, "We now live in a subscription economy". Except one problem: Instead of a nice solid color on the background of the slide, or a city skyline... ... it's a full shot of a skinny young blonde girl's legs. Like, can you sales guys be any more predictable and sexist? I'm sorry, this frat house behavior really needs to stop. There are so many better way…
I just read the article and I don’t even remember the girl.