For my sales management class, I must do a 10 minute sales presentation on a product of my choice.
Since there are no limits, it is hard to even begin to decide what to try to sell, and it must be a creative way of doing it – not just making a powerpoint presentation and talking.
Please tell me any ideas you have of what product and how I should creatively try to sell it in 10 minutes.
10 POINTS: To the person who gives me the best idea of a product and includes a creative presentation idea.
I need to do the following things in the presentation:
-the features of it (physical things)
-the advantages of it (why it is better over something else)
-and the benefits of it (what will it do for the person)
**Don’t tell me the obvious!**
Examples of things I already know:
-Be convincing
-Do something I know about
-Tell them how great it is
Here’s just one idea…
…pick something absolutely absurd…like a penny….
Why?… Because if you sell a penny they can’t have any preconceived ideas of whether you’re doing well or not…you’ll have their full attention because everything you say will truly be considered fresh.
Give it a new name….make a package for it… take every tiny little thing about and expand it to the nth degree…The portrait of Lincoln was painstakingly created by (whomever designed it) who is considered by many to be a national treasure him/her self and this to be his finest work.
It’s a 1999 limited edition…
…ALSO…important….YOU MUST CREATE SCARCITY!
You must explain that this is not the same penny as one would find in their pocket….it’s limited editiion and signed by the box designer. There are 1000 and each person can only buy two…if they do by today at midnight you’ll get one free and a certificate of authenticity…etc…
(Another idea I have is to sell advertising on manholes covers….people look down….make their lives better…urban beutification…etc…)
(How about a cemetery website….stop wasting real estate and have a truly perpetual resting place.)