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Sales Enablement: Leave-behinds

Leave-Behinds That Stick Around: How On-Target! Helps You Make an Impression After You’ve Left the Room

There’s a moment in every pitch when it ends. The handshake happens, the Zoom call fades out, the demo wraps up—and you leave. But that moment isn’t the end of the sales process. It’s where your leave-behind takes over.

At On-Target!, we believe your leave-behind PDF should be more than a summary. It should be the second voice in the room, reinforcing everything you just said, reminding them why they liked you, and nudging them toward action. It should speak with the same clarity, warmth, and purpose as you did. And like the best stories, it should stay with them long after the meeting ends.

That’s what we build—tailored leave-behinds that aren’t just PDFs. They’re persuasive tools, wrapped in strategy, dressed in design, and rooted in storytelling. The kind that moves people.

 

The Power of a Great Leave-Behind

Most companies treat leave-behinds like an afterthought. A generic PDF, crammed with bullet points and stock images, handed out because… well, that’s what you’re supposed to do, right?

But the best leave-behinds do something more. They:

  • Reframe your solution in the context of the client’s challenge

  • Reinforce the emotional connection you made during the meeting

  • Help internal champions sell your value to decision-makers who weren’t in the room

  • Turn a meeting into momentum

Think about it: the first conversation was with you. But the next one? It’s between your prospect and your leave-behind. And if you get that part right, it can be just as persuasive.

 

What Makes Our Leave-Behinds Work

At On-Target!, we design leave-behind PDFs that are built to be read, remembered, and acted upon. We craft each one based on three pillars: empathy, clarity, and intention.

Empathy:

We start with your audience. Who are they? What pressures are they under? What are they trying to solve? A good leave-behind shows that you understand your prospect’s world. A great one shows them a way out of it.

Clarity:

We believe in plainspoken copy. Clean layouts. Just enough information to spark a decision—not enough to overwhelm. Whether it’s a one-page overview or a five-page narrative, we build for skimmability and impact.

Intention:

Everything we include serves a purpose. From stats to case studies, from pull quotes to charts, each element is strategically placed to support your story and drive the reader to act.

 

SEO Keywords (For You) vs. Value Messaging (For Them)

You might’ve found this page by searching something like:

  • “Sales leave-behind design help”

  • “Tailored leave-behind PDF examples”

  • “Best follow-up PDF for sales”

  • “How to design leave-behinds that convert”

We built this page with those searches in mind. But when we build your PDF? That’s for them—your client. Not keyword-stuffed, not jargon-heavy, but clear, human, and direct. That’s what resonates.

We don’t believe in clever for clever’s sake. We believe in copy that connects—copy that makes people feel seen, and makes your solution feel like the answer they’ve been waiting for.

 

Types of Leave-Behinds We Create

Every sales situation is different. So every leave-behind should be, too. We tailor each one to your specific use case, voice, and sales process. Here are just a few formats we frequently deliver:

1. Company Overview Sheets

Clean, professional snapshots of your brand, values, capabilities, and differentiators. Designed for first impressions.

2. Solution-Specific PDFs

When you’re pitching a particular service or product line, we build custom messaging and visuals around that offer.

3. Case Study Collateral

Quick reads that showcase real-world results. Perfect when your buyer needs proof to bring back to their team.

4. Vertical-Specific Leave-Behinds

Tailored content for different industries or buyer personas. We adjust messaging, visuals, and tone to match the reader’s world.

5. Conference & Event Handouts

Designed to be picked up, flipped through, and followed up on. Ideal for networking or trade show follow-up.

6. Post-Meeting Recap PDFs

Summarize the conversation, reinforce key takeaways, and keep the buying process moving with purpose.

 

A Voice That Lingers

Our experience taught us that the best advertising doesn’t shout. It speaks with a quiet confidence. It tells the truth in a way that’s relatable. It draws people in with humanity.

We bring that same voice to our leave-behinds. Less hype. More heart. Because in B2B sales, trust is your most valuable currency. And you don’t earn it with flashy graphics or boilerplate text. You earn it with clarity, humility, and relevance.

When we write your leave-behind, we write it like a letter to someone you genuinely want to help. And that comes through. It resonates.

 

Why On-Target! for Leave-Behinds?

We’ve been helping sales teams tell better stories for over two decades. We’ve worked with startups, Fortune 500s, and everything in between. But the thread that ties it all together is this: we know how to turn ideas into action.

When you work with us, you get:

  • Strategic Discovery – We ask the right questions to understand your audience and your offer.

  • Collaborative Writing – We don’t disappear into a cave. You’re part of the process.

  • Professional Design – Visuals that enhance the message, not distract from it.

  • Messaging Hierarchy – We structure your content for how people read, not how companies talk.

  • Fast, Flexible Delivery – Need it in a few days? We’ve got you.

But more than that, you get a partner who cares about the impression you leave. Because that impression? It lives on. It either fuels your follow-up—or falls flat.

 

Real Results from Real Clients

One client used our tailored leave-behind PDF to close a six-figure deal just two weeks after their pitch. Another saw their sales cycle shorten by nearly 20% because the internal champions had the right messaging to pass up the chain.

A nonprofit we worked with turned a single one-sheet into a donor engagement tool that tripled RSVP rates for their annual gala.

These aren’t just pretty PDFs. They’re performance-driven, buyer-minded, business tools.

 

Let’s Make Your Next Impression Count

You don’t need more marketing fluff. You need sales tools that work. Tools that speak clearly, resonate emotionally, and drive results. That’s what we build.

If your leave-behind is an afterthought—or worse, an outdated printout collecting dust—it’s time to make a change. Let’s work together to create something worthy of your brand. Something that feels less like sales collateral, and more like a continuation of the conversation.

Because when the meeting ends, the message doesn’t have to.

 

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