“Simplicity means the achievement of maximum effect with minimum means.” -Albert Einstein

If you want to be smart in communication, do what one smart guy recommends. Deliver your message with maximum effect and minimum words. In short, simplicity sells.

  • Sales- Stop delivering a bunch of details about how your product works and instead discuss what your solution does to make prospects’ lives easier, faster, more productive or more fun…in as few words as possible.
  • Management- If you hold one-hour weekly sales meetings, cut it to 30 minutes. And after 30 minutes…STOP! Urgency will force you to get more done more quickly
  • Marketing- As you put together that new website or brochure, think SIMPLICITY. The words you put on that page only matter if somebody reads them. People will only read something initially if they can get through it fast.

So this week, be PRECISE by using fewer words and minutes to make your point. Your internal and external customers will not only appreciate it, but they will reward you with action and purchase orders.

Brian Sullivan, CSP teaches sales teams how to steal customers, sell deeper into accounts and discount less. www.preciseselling.com shows you how.