Elevator Pitches That Don't Suck
Make your first impression a lasting impression.
Make your first impression a lasting impression.
I used to have anxiety attacks just thinking about going to networking events. Being in a room with other professional people often felt intimidating and awkward, and I didn't know what to do.
And even though I knew what I had to offer was valuable, I didn't have any confidence when it came to representing myself to potential clients, collaborators, or other community partners I needed to impress.
So I'd talk myself into going, pack my tote bag with business cards, and steel myself for whatever might happen.
Either in casual conversations or in more formal introductions during the meeting, I never knew quite what to say or how to say it, and I would be visibly nervous. People could see and hear me shaking.
I would get it over with quickly and then retreat to the back wall or the refreshment table and wait for people to talk to me. After the meeting, I would go back to work or home and still have every business card I'd taken with me. I had an exceptional ability to fade into the background.
After a long period of repeating the above scenario, I had a flash of insight.
So I committed for the next couple of years to become a master of the first contact, and I started to learn.
I experimented with different elevator pitch techniques and formulas. I tried positive thinking exercises. I meditated before meetings. And I watched every video, read every blog, and heard every podcast about every detail I needed to cram into a less-than-one-minute exchange.
The funny thing was that these tricks didn't do the trick. I felt even less confident than I had before. My intros felt forced, fake, and out of character for me.
I went back to square one and built my own process from beginning to end. I practiced and tweaked it until I started to get the results I wanted.
I now look forward to introducing myself, and networking meetings have become a central channel for marketing my business. Here's what changed:
I'd like you to experience the same shift in your networking. In this course, I will teach you what I learned and give you a clear strategy to become a master of the first contact, starting with your elevator pitch.
With practice and mastery, you'll be able to:
You seriously have nothing to lose and everything to gain with your new networking abilities. See for yourself.