I reached out to my friends on twitter and asked them how they prepare for a customer demo. Here are a few responses, each less than 140 characters. I hope you find value in their advice, I know I did.
- Just have complete faith in what you’re showing and avoid saying anything about competition @Wi_FiMan
- If you were demo’ing mw with a thin client – latency would be my Q @ElliotRoss
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I like to pray to the gods of live demo’s before I go in front a live client, always looking for good demo Karma
@NFortlage
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Get an iPhone, have laptop on the stand for the demo & stay tuned!!!! backchat is fatal! @Tracy_Falke
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focus on their needs not how great you are @JohnEstrella
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have a backup ready. Best is a screen recording on which you can then do a live voice-over @Arvid
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ideally, you should be able to talk to your demo/slides without reading anything on the screen. HTH @Ozziemedes
John