“Leave it to Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs to create a frenzy that gripped every gadget fan in the country. The hype, however, started with what I consider Jobs’ best presentation to date—the introduction of the iPhone at the annual Macworld trade show in January,” Carmine Gallo writes for BusinessWeek. (Carmine Gallo is a Pleasanton, Calif. communications coach and author).
Gallo writes, “After watching and analyzing the presentation, I thought about five ways to distill Jobs’ speaking techniques to help anyone craft and deliver a persuasive pitch.”
1. Build tension
2. Stick to one theme per slide
3. Add pizzazz to your delivery
4. Practice
5. Be honest and show enthusiasm
Full article here.
‘Tis a pity how quickly Carmine has forgotten Jobs’ iPod Hi-Fi unveiling.
6. Have a great product to present.
7. Profit
8.-Believe and undestand what you are saying and what you are presenting… Rigth Bill?
8. Present before an enthusiastic, self-selecting audience.
8. Repeat
Are you joking MDN?
3 8s!
traffic jam.
@ Jooop
Yes.
Preselected Prada denial?
5. Honesty
Someone with excellent command of the English language, please explain the following sentence to me (English as a 2nd language):
“iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone.”
Does it mean that in 2012 Nokia, Motorola, LG etc will finally launch a camera with 320×480 LCD multi-touch screen, EDGE, 2 MP camera, 8 hour talk time, leaving out GPS, video recording etc and all the stuff that doesn’t now exist even in our wildest dreams but will be developed during the next five years.
When 3G and GPS are added to next iteration of iPhone, how many years will it then be literally ahead of any other mobile phone? My guess is literally 8 or 9 years. What is your opinion?
9. Rinse
10. spin cycle.
@Steve is literally honest
when those things really matter
11. One Louder
As somebody with a phone that has GPS, I say it matters, I love that feature. Other than answering a call, it is the only other thing I use it for (except as a paperweight once in a while).
“I DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’RE YELLING ABOUT!”
12. Tastier without the side effects! (farting!!!)
13. Turns to Phil Schiller jumping on a trampoline.
“And I think we all have a story inside we want to tell and here’s a chance to finally be able to do it.”
– Phil Schiller
I dunno, the Intel running Macs was pretty damn stunning. I remember that one. I was like “Whoa”……
The most shocking and nauseating was The Giant Head of Big Brother Bill. The audience reaction was predictable.
I’m such a nerd for saying this, but the iPhone presentation was a marketing tour de force, the likes of which the tech world has never seen before, and may never see again. It was the perfect blend of jaw-dropping product and spot-on salesmanship. I watched it twice, and the second time I literally got goosebumps–not only from how cool the iPhone is, but also what a truly awesome job SJ did selling the thing.
Imagine if anybody else had demo’ed the iPhone: Phil Schiller, Bill Gates, Sony’s CEO, etc. They wouldn’t have generated *nearly* the same amount of buzz.
This is where the nerd-meter goes off the charts: I think of that demo in the same way that I think of a good movie; I’ll probably watch it again and again.
Steve also uses repetition to emphasize his points. He states things 3 times. Remember? An iPod, a phone, and an internet device. An iPod, a phone, and an internet device. An iPod, a phone, and an internet device. Are you getting it?
@Steve is literally honest
The iPhone IS literally 5 years ahead of its time because aspects of the user interface that have an astoundingly significant and unique impact on the total user experience will likely not be duplicated in that time. Patents and the inclusion of the highly sophisticated operating system, OS X, which is not available to other handset makers is the roadblock. As it did for Apple, it will require other handset makers to invest in years of intense development to create a new OS or retool an existing to match the sophistication of OS X. And without an OS as mature as OS X they will not be able to truly produce a product that can catch up to where the iPhone is today. On top of that, Apple will not stand still. Can the competition skate to where the iPhone puck will be when they launch a competitive product? I sincerely doubt it. You see, it’s not the individual features that the other handset makers need to catch up to in five years, it’s the platform; it’s the nano computer device that the others do not have and cannot readily duplicate. The features that you feel are lacking in the iPhone will be easily added and surpassed in due time. But the noteworthy improvements in the way individual features are implemented and interact, the essence of the iPhone’s significance and importance, these are the things of which Jobs literally, honestly and accurately states are at minimum five years ahead of the competition.
It was anti-climactic when Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone as:
1. Widescreen iPod
2. Phone
3. Breakthru internet communications device
The crowd went wild after 1 and almost exploded with glee on 2. When he said 3, the crowd was like “Huh? Oh. Okay. Whatever that means.”
Steve should’ve built up the excitement by saying that the device would be:
1. Widescreen iPod
2. Breakthru internet communications device
Oh, and one more thing: It’s the greatest cell phone ever made.
another great moment:
when Steve revealed that OS X had been running on intel since the beginning.