Tips for Online Product Demos


To manage a successful online product demos keep the following things in mind :

 

  • Manage Your Audience's Expectations

 

People view a demo keeping in mind they are about to see a good product, they expect it to be defect-free, well designed, good looking and useful. Therefore to manage the expectation of your audience is critical for a successful product demo. If you wish that they should feel pleased after the presentation, ensure you set their expectations in advance. Never try to oversell the demo. Make sure your website designer knows this.

 

  • One Bad Fish Spoils The Whole Lot

 

A single person can spoil the whole demo. If someone begins to criticize each single widget in your application or interrupts you continuously simply because he wants to dominate the audience, then your demo will certainly fail. Ensure that such a bad fish is not present in your presentation.

 

  • Make sure such a person is busy,or better yet, not in the office when your demo is presented..

  • Have 2 demos separately. Invite people whose feedback is very valuable to the first demo and the bad fishes to the second.

 

  • Check Practically

 

Always check practically on the system that you plan to use for the actual demo. You might be having complete knowledge about its operation, but if someone else has used your demo system, who knows what is its status. Unless you wish to look like a fool, always check the demo system before doing a presentation to your audience.

 

  • Detailing

 

Readers get distracted by content that is readable – and that's reality. Take care while reviewing the content in the graphics and on your interface. If you have no time to review and finalize the text, use Lorem Ipsum.

 

Lorem Ipsum offers normal distribution of letters, which looks like readable English but the readers are not distracted. Again check out with your website designer.

 

  • Point Out Bugs

     

Software always have bugs. And there are chances that your audience has already noticed the bug. Point out the bug, and tell them that you have its solution, mention with confidence that the fix will be executed by a specific date, and then go ahead. This sincerity will assure your audience that (a) you're not trying to hide something and (b) the defect will be resolved very soon.

 

Of course, there can be many other situations but if you focus on the above tips you will be truly able to give a successful online product demo. Give these tips to your website designer in case they are not aware of it.