If you want to walk into that room and instantly take control, then improving your presentation skills is a must.

But the question is… where do you begin?

There are a lot of online presentation course options out there, and that’s not always a good thing. Especially if you haven’t a clue where to start.

What exact skill should you focus on first? (Great presentations combine different skills such as copywriting, design, psychology and public speaking)

How do you actually chose – and evaluate – a course?

Luckily for you, I’ve done the heavy work and shortlisted the top 11 presentation training courses that will help you improve your Presentation skills, so you can plan, design, and deliver powerful presentations.

Keep reading…

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The one thing you should start with (How to assess if a presentation course is a good fit, fast)

Before heading to the meat of this article, there’s one thing I recommend you to do first (it takes less than two minutes). And it’s going to help you save a lot of time down the line.

Answer the two questions below:

Write down your answers.

The point of investing in a presentation course is to give you a transformation. Basically, to get you from A (your current situation) to B (your ideal situation).

If you can’t name WHAT you’re after and WHY you’re after it, you won’t be able to identify what you need to get there.

It’s that simple.

With that said, let’s dive right in.

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Quick jump to boxes

I want to…

(just click the box that fits with your goals)

Tell me if this sounds familiar:

• “How do all these people with new businesses get others to buy from them so quickly?”

• “There are folks who need my help but I don’t know what do to so they instantly see that they need me…”

• “Our company has solid products but people go on your website and end up leaving without buying anything…”

Buinesses routinely lose customers because their copywriting sucks (but that’s great news and I’ll tell you why in a few seconds):

Here’s another one:

Snap! Take a look at this one:

Now, let me ask you a question:

Do you understand what all these consultants are doing, specifically?

Actually….
Could you explain – with your own words – what these companies are doing to your best friend?

NO. YOU COULDN’T.

That’s why their copy sucks.

Copywriting is about getting information into someone’s brain that gets them hungry to buy.

Copywriting is about convincing people to buy from you using your words –  on a brochure, a website, a sales deck, or even in a video.

With smoking hot copy, you can prompt people to take action, like….

Ordering a high-ticket item on the food menu:

Subscribing to your services:

Signing up to your newsletter:

And much more !

What makes copywriting so powerful is the incredible number of things you can do with it: sales pages, email marketing, web content, pitch decks, video scripts….

All of these are made of… words.

And those who master the power of copywriting know how to use the right words to rouse interest, crush objections, activate the purchasing triggers of their target customers.

Why most marketing is garbage (and how to fix it)

Here’s the good news for you:

Most businesses don’t seem to know any of this (Hence the consultant website screenshots I showed you earlier).

They’re doing deadly, stupid mistakes that cost ’em a lot of money.

I want to share these mistakes with you today.

They are coming straight out from the Advanced Copywriting Course, which I’ll be taking about in a moment. If you apply them, you’ll basically install a whole new mindset in your marketing brain.

Mistake #1: It’s not about you

Tattoo this on your forehead:

People don’t care about you, they care about themselves, and about what you can do for them (more on that right here).

Nobody cares about your “family owned” business , “20 years of experience” or “fully licensed” services.

Solve your customer’s most burning problems and get them the results they’re after.

Mistake #2: Irrelevant benefits

Yes, you should link features with benefits… that your customers actually want.

I know what you think:

“Well that’s obvious, Clemence.”

(My answer: If it was, everyone would do it)

Let’s get specific and take a look at an example:

Imagine being 30 pounds overweight.

You have low energy and you’re pretty unhealthy. You’ve tried many times on dieting and you always give up… You’re getting heavier and heavier each month.

You’ve stumbled upon two health related product websites.

One is owned by Billy, the other by Clemence (AKA me).

Here’s what you can read on Billy’s website:

(This, my friend, is boring like a 3-star holiday inn)

Then you’re heading to Clemence’s home page and start reading…

Now:

Who are you more tempted to buy from?

Mistake #3: Not specific enough

Tangible, reference-based copy works way better than bold statements no one can relate to.

Yes, numbers are your friend:

A: Get a ripped body fast
B: I’ll get you a year’s worth of results in just 60 days.

A: How to improve your finance quickly and claim back your freedom
B: The 3-step process to reducing 2,000 from credit card debt in 2 weeks or less

Which of these hooks sound more specific to you?

Every time you’re writing, BE ULTRA SPECIFIC and tie your copy to real, tangible benefits your customers want.

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The Advanced Copywriting Strategies for Online Sales

Are you selling solid products or services you’re proud of and want to promote them through your website, sales pages, emails or even presentations?

If yes, keep reading.

No matter where you are in business, this copywriting course will teach you everything you need to know to write great copy that seduces customers and help you sell more.

It’s a skill you will then be able to apply on ALL your marketing materials – much beyond presentations.

You see, to write compelling copy… you need to understand your customer’s pain points and problems as well as uncover their dreams and desires. You need to identify what really matters to them, so you can build trust, and write problem-solving, profitable copy faster.

The Advanced Copywriting Strategies course teaches you how to do that.

Bryan Yang, your instructor.

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Getting your message across is basically transferring information from brain A (yours) to a multiple set of other brains (your audience’s) in a way that engages and gets remembered.

The thing is…. it’s HARD to get remembered:

What should you focus on (aren’t there so many things you just want to tell them?)
How do you find out what trully matter to your audience?
How do you craft a compelling story that moves and engages them?

Presenting To Persuade

Seth Godin, your instructor.

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New Business: Give a Great New Business Pitch Presentation

TJ Walker, your instructor.

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Advanced PowerPoint

Tailor Croonquist, your instructor.

What it isWho it is forWhat you'll learn

Advanced PowerPoint is a 7-hour speed online training course that teaches you a simple, repeatable process to build presentations in a fraction of the time it would have previously taken you.…. and actually spend your time on more strategic tasks that allow you to move up the value chain.

• People who use PowerPoint in their daily job and find that the slides they build require a huge amount of time, energy and frustration to build, update and edit.

• Microsoft Office/PC users

• How to spend less time formatting. About 40% of people’s time in PowerPoint is currently wasted on repetitive formatting and alignment tasks… The course will teach you how to eliminate many of these.

• Exactly how to use your keyboard so you can increase your productivity, speed up your editing tasks and help you build the muscle memory so that it sticks.

• How to make better decisions on the front end of your deck so that your slides are easy to update and manage when things change…as they always do.

• Dozen of Powerpoint sample slides, tutorials, customizations, and more !

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Mac Keynote: Creating Presentations On Your Mac

Gary Rosenzweig, your instructor.

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It’s easy to dream about performing a deal-closing investor pitch – but it’s darn hard to actually do it.

Getting out there and giving your best shot to try to convince investors to give you money.

How do you actually get started?

Raising funds often starts with a potent, hyper-lucractive idea…

But you’d be so wrong to think that’s the only reason.

Because the truth, my friend, is that it doesn’t just take a nice, profitable business idea.

Those successful entrepreneurs didn’t just google “how to make a good investor pitch?” (If only we could trust what we find on internet…)

And even if you find good to great blog posts or videos telling you how to make a good pitch, now what? Would you actually know…

• What works and what doesn’t?

• The well-guarded secrets behind crafting an irresistible message and softly getting it across you audience?

• How to enter the mind of an investor – and how to address his doubts, burning questions and dreams?

• The exact slides to include in your deck, or which points to hit during the actual pitch?

The problem is, most online “experts”, bloggers and entrepreneurs never tell you what to do.

They’re pushing basic, shallow advice like “you only need 10 slides in your pitch deck” (oh, great thanks). The kind of tips that are missleading and don’t give you the key to actually raising funds for your company.

You deserve more than that.

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The “Best” Startup Pitch Deck – How To Raise Venture Capital

J. Skyler Fernandes, your instructor.

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How to Deliver Memorable Elevator Pitches Everyday

Mike Pagan, your instructor.

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Every day, we are involved in situations where we have persuade, inform, or motivate others.

Persuade… a prospect that your product will solve his burning problem (or the hiring manager that you’re the right fit for this job).

Inform… your boss that Q4 results exceeded the targets (or that you failed at converting more leads into customers last week).

Motivate… co-workers to build new processes that’ll increase productivity at work (or your kids to exercise and eat right).

Each of those moments is an interaction that requires us to impact with our words, voice, and postures, while being able to manage our emotions and nerves.

And that’s why speaking with confidence is important.

It helps you grab – and keep – the attention of your audience, engage with them and convey your message with maximum impact.

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