Hurricanes and Business Presentations

If you’re planning a business presentation or any sales interview with a large company during the hurricane season you may find yourself being postponed and you may want to cancel and reschedule the appointment for the business presentation until everything is back to normal.

This is because the decision-makers and the Board of Directors of the Corporation in which you are giving your sales presentation or business presentation pitch to, will have on their minds many other things that affect their supply chain, sales teams and business outlets, which may have been destroyed during the hurricane or even injury of workers. With all this all their minds the chances of you pulling off a really good presentation and making the sale are much lessened.

During the 2005 Atlantic tropical hurricane season many professionals and sales teams found themselves in a region, which was not interested in anything they had to say unless in fact they were part of the relief and rescue efforts. It is best to reschedule business presentations whether they are about sales or future negotiations until later date after a major catastrophic mother nature event. This is proper business etiquette and the most professional thing to do as well. So, I hope you will consider all this in 2006.

Presenting With Fire Pits

Smart business owners have a keen understanding of the things that matter. If you are going to run a sustainable business over the long term, then you will need to focus on a few key concepts. A good business will present itself well to prospective clients and other businesses. When you get a chance to showcase your products or make a pitch to some other business, it is important to put on a quality presentation. What makes a solid presentation? Preparedness, professionalism, and the willingness to use technology to your advantage are three important starting points.

Technology is your friend
Whether you are a business marketing a new fire pit or some kind of medical equipment, the simple fact remains the same. The way that you present your company will go a long way to determining if people pay attention to you. If you are willing to use technology, your presentation can take off. Audio and visual elements give prospective clients a much better idea of what you have going on. They can actually engage in the presentation, rather than just sit and watch. When they are engaged, you have a much better shot at getting your company’s point across.

The confident approach
You must know, without a shadow of doubt, that your fire pit is the best on the market. Even if there are better products out there, you must exude confidence that is readily apparent to your customers. They will take cues from you on this point. When giving a presentation, the way you carry yourself impacts perception of your message. If the audience believes that you are a good person and if they identify with your core values, then they will give your message a chance. If you lack this confidence, people will know it and your fire pit won’t get the reception that it deserves.

Ultimately, being prepared and approaching the presentation with confidence is a huge part of the battle. When you know what you intend to say and you believe in your message, people will feel that. Add in some good technology and your presentation can go from mundane to influential. The idea is to convince people and using the art of persuasion will win major points. Be excited, put your best foot forward, and chances are good that your prospective fire pit idea will receive a positive reception from those in your audience.

Engagement Presents: A Top 5

It’s not every day that someone close to you gets engaged, so when they do, a congratulations card doesn’t always cut it. That being the case, give some thought to personalised engagement gifts. They’re not your bog-standard engagement presents, based on the fact that yep, you guessed it, they can be personalised with the details of your choice – typically a name and message. Here, we give you a rundown on five of the most popular engagement presents. Just don’t be fooled into thinking this list is anything close to extensive – it’s far from it.

Engagement wine and champagne

Nothing says congrats quite like popping open a bottle of champers. If it sounds like your cup of tea, too, you can buy personalised champagne that includes a label of your choice that can be customised to include the couple’s names and a message. If you’d rather not plump for bubbles, meanwhile, personalised red, white and rosé wine come with exactly the same personalisation options.

Engraved crystal

If you fancy supplementing your champagne or wine, the obvious thing to do is engrave a pair of crystal glasses for the happy couple. There’s the option of champagne flutes or wine glasses, each of which can be personalised to include your couple’s names, date and a brief message. After that, we’ll pack the glasses into a swish satin-lined box. Very posh.

Engagement personalised newspaper

For a light-hearted engagement present, a spoof newspaper from the Daily Mirror is a safe bet. With this, you can personalise the front page of the paper to include the couple’s full names, where they live, the date and even the ‘writer’ of the piece. They’ll then be incorporated into the front page’s leading story. To top it all of you can also upload a photo of them to feature next to the ‘article’.

Love and Romance Personalised Diaries and Calendars

As personalised engagement gifts go, they don’t come much more handy, or personal, than the ‘Love and Romance’ calendars. Not only can you include names and a message, but if you buy the largest version, you’ll also get to include 20 specific dates relevant to the couple. What’s more, both the calendar and the diary can begin from a month of your choosing, not just January.

London Eye Cruise for Two

This cruise will allow the happy couple to enjoy a leisurely sightseeing cruise down the Thames over the course of a day. They can hop on and off as much as they like, so not only will they get a real insight into the capital’s history, but it’s really convenient, too. To round things off in style, they’ll also get a ‘flight’ on the London Eye. Happy days.