Give Your Elevator Speech a Lift!
By Lorraine Howell

We only get a single opportunity to make an outstanding first impression. This is particularly a fact in the current swift-paced business environment when business and introductions are exchanged and soon neglected.

At a networking event whenever someone asks the introductory “What do you do?” keep in mind that 15-20 seconds — or the length of time of an elevator ride – is all you’ve got to start a conversation which has the possibility to fuel your company’s development. It’s well worth your energy to create a persuasive sound bite in advance that covers precisely what you do and why the listener really should care.

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WOW Elevator Pitches
By Laurie-Ann Murabito

So how would you like to generate attention and make the good impression on other people to continue a discussion? Imagine your own words were able to earn more curiosity? Clientele? Referrals? How about hearing the words, ‘tell me more’.

Business networking, sales calls, interviewing and interacting with new folks can be nerve-racking. Stumbling through your elevator pitch will give off the incorrect impression of you, your business or career talents. Most people need a few tips to appear and seem like a pro. You will have about 30 seconds to take hold of someone’s interest, and here’s how.

Very simple: Develop a statement that’s intriguing, virtually mystical… [Read more at NetworkingEventFinders(dot)com]

Star Gazers of Networking; Who They Are and How to Handle Them
by Emmy M. Vickers

A lot of business owners and specialists who attend business networking have a tendency to take satisfaction in “working the room” to determine the quantity of people they will meet; the amount of business cards they’ll acquire in the shortest quantity of time. This can bring about the unintentional problem that I like to call “star gazing.”

Like an novice astronomer looking at the evening sky for identifiable star patterns, the “Star Gazer” in business networking terminology is that person that is half-heartedly engaged in a dialogue whilst looking at the place to find out who else they would like to talk to prior to departing the event. “Star gazers” really don’t comprehend just how rude and disrespectful this behavior actually is. [Read more at NetworkingEventFinders(dot)com]

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