During a conference training call, I only had 30 minutes to talk, just enough time to irritate the listeners by telling them that their presentations were useless.

They protested by saying their prospects were different. Their prospects would make the final decision to join their business based upon … (and this is funny) … FACTS!

So I challenged them about some of the killer facts they had about their business. Here are some of the facts and my comments:

* “We are the 17th largest MLM company in the world.” – Gee, if size mattered, why wouldn’t the prospect join one of the 16 companies larger than you?

* “We are the 37th fastest growing company in the INC 500 list.” – Wow. Why should I take a slow grower like you when I could pick an even faster grower? I’ve got 36 better candidates to choose from.

* “Our product is patented.” – Let’s see. About a few million other products are patented, too. And most patents require an investment of a few hundred dollars to get the paperwork. Not too impressive.

* “We pay out a full 50% in our compensation plan.” – Well, if I should make a decision based upon percentage payout of a compensation plan, then maybe I should join one of the hundreds of programs that pay out more than 50%.

* “We are a 17-year-old debt-free company.” – If length of time was the decision factor, shouldn’t I join a company that is older than yours? And wouldn’t debt-free mean that your accounting department didn’t know how to use leverage to lower its costs? Ouch.

* “Our chief scientist taught at a prestigious medical school.” – This sounds more like, “My scientist can beat up your scientist.” So should I join a company who has a better scientist who got some cool awards, or maybe even a Nobel Prize?

* “Our management team has 84 years of combined networking experience.” – Well, I have 60 years of dieting experience, and that doesn’t make me thin. So are you telling me that I should join a different company who has a management team with more than 84 years of networking experience?

* “Our secret ingredient has more antioxidants than their secret ingredient.” – So if I join your company, and I find another company that has 2 more units of antioxidants, then I will have to quit your company and join them?

Okay, starting to see a pattern yet? I’m sure you get the point. It is not the facts in our presentation that affect our prospects’ decisions.

Stop using presentations to get prospects to make decisions. Instead, learn the skills of how to close and how to do our business instead of living in some fantasy world where we think that facts make a difference.

As a wise man once said, “Figure it out.”