Commercial Real Estate Agent – Presentation and Sales Pitch Tips and Ideas
When you work in commercial real estate sales and leasing, you will present and pitch for business every day in some way or form.
What can you do? It pays for you to develop a presentational system that focuses you completely on the client and their property. In this way, you can convert more business and keep your competitors away from your market share.
Get Some Presentation Alignment
I like to think of it as a ‘jet-powered’ process. Your presentation or sales pitch can have all the elements of a ‘plane on a runway’.
Here are some good words that come to mind.
- Planning
- Power
- Direction
- Implementation
- Commitment
Flying Higher
What would happen if you were in a plane on the runway and the thrust of the engines started? Soon you are powering down the tarmac and preparing to lift into the sky. Suddenly, the pilot decides that they want to shut down the engines. The whole thing could be a complete disaster.
You are the ‘pilot’ to take the client’s property into the sky and out into the World. The pilot knows where they are heading; they have the plans and the fuel on board to make it happen.
In commercial real estate, you are in the ‘pilot’ seat. You are in charge of the ‘journey’. Get ready to ‘fly high’.
Start Well Finish Well
Some agents and salespeople start the marketing and sales presentation well but do not finish well. They do not create the ‘journey’ for the client; the client cannot see where they are going and are at the pilot’s mercy.
Does your presentational process have all of the elements listed above? Will the client clearly see where the journey will take them? Do they want to travel with you?
Solution-Based Presentations
Top presentations are built on three main facts and solutions.
When it comes to commercial property sales and leasing this is quite easy if you know your market well and you can talk to the strategies that are relevant to solving problems for the client. Here are some ideas to help you with your pitch or presentation:
- Engage the client from the start with good questions and relevant comments. Seek to understand them before you talk about your solutions. The client will always talk about their property or requirement if you allow them to do so. In their responses, you will get some ideas of pressure and requirements that they see as important. That then can align you to the property and the client more closely.
- Talk about the property as you see it and explain your observations in a positive way. Use a rolling photo slideshow of the property on a laptop to engage the client in their property. This is a great tool of connection. Make recommendations as you talk with the client about their property. Show them the way to get a quick resolve.
- Tie the subject property to the local market by explaining the current levels of enquiry and where the competing properties are located. Provide a clear strategy to move ahead and a ‘timeline’. Explain how you can make the client’s property stand out above or in better ways than the other listings locally. Show the client what works best in their situation.
Give unique solutions that are special to the property and explain how they can be taken to market. Do not use the same ‘general facts’ most agents use to discuss marketing campaigns and advertising. Go deeper and be relevant.
