{"id":26602,"date":"2021-02-11T09:51:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T13:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=26602"},"modified":"2021-02-11T17:31:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T21:31:01","slug":"how-to-make-a-sales-pitch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-make-a-sales-pitch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Sales Pitch: Step-By-Step Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do you want to know how to make a sales pitch<\/a> step-by-step by using the Straight Line System<\/a>? Do you want to sound like an expert and stop saying stupid stuff?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might have an idea in your head about how to close a sale<\/a>. But the most successful salespeople don\u2019t leave anything to chance. They know how to make a sales pitch and work off of a script. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow the steps below to learn how to make a sales pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How to Make a Sales Pitch Using the Straight Line System<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You might have an idea in your head about how to close a sale. But the most successful salespeople don\u2019t leave anything to chance. They know how to make a sales pitch and work off of a script.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Certain people simply have more charisma<\/a> than others. Take the example of Bill Clinton again: He shook thousands of hands a day while running for office, but managed to connect on a personal level with each voter. Fortunately, even if you don\u2019t possess any natural charisma, you can still connect with people\u2014it\u2019s a learnable skill, and you don\u2019t even need to have that<\/em> <\/strong>much to a know how to make a sales pitch. Having charisma has to do with all of the stuff that we\u2019ve already talked about. It is about maintaining the right tone and the right body language<\/a> at the right time, as well as not saying stupid stuff. <\/strong>This is actually the hardest for most people, and once stupid stuff starts coming out of people\u2019s mouths, it is not likely to stop. This is novice behavior that the prospect picks up very quickly, ending any chance of a sale. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experts, on the other hand, know how to make a sales pitch and sound smart. It\u2019s sounding<\/em> <\/strong>like an expert that gets you paid, and this is why you need a script. The Straight Line script is the perfect sale <\/strong>condensed into script. If it doesn\u2019t work out after you follow this sales pitch script and maintain good tone and body language<\/a>, pack up and move on without much consternation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Make a Sales Pitch: Step-by-Step<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Think about the three tens<\/a> first introduced in Jordan Belfort’s Way of the Wolf<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n