Give Your Elevator Speech a Lift!
By Lorraine Howell

You just have a single opportunity to make a good first impression. This is certainly accurate in today’s swift-paced business world in which business and introductions are exchanged and quickly forgotten.

At a business networking event when someone asks the preliminary “What do you do?” be aware that 15-20 seconds — or the length of time of an elevator trip – is all you’ve got to start a conversation that has the potential to increase your company’s development. It’s well worth the time to craft a persuasive sound bite ahead of time that explains exactly what you do and exactly why the listener really should care.

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WOW Elevator Pitches
By Laurie-Ann Murabito

So how would you like to get attention and produce the favourable impression on other people to continue a discussion? Imagine your words had the ability to earn more attention? Clients? Referrals? What about hearing the phrase, ‘tell me more’.

Business networking events, sales calls, interviewing and meeting new folks may be nerve-racking. Stumbling through your elevator pitch will give off the wrong impression of you, your business or professional talents. Most people need some recommendations to look and sound like a pro. You’ve got about 30 seconds to get someone’s interest, and here’s how.

Effortless: Create a statement which is intriguing, very nearly mysterious… [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 entrepreneurs and professionals who go to networking events are likely to take satisfaction in “working the room” to determine the number of individuals they are able to meet; the amount of business cards they will acquire in the shortest amount of time. This may result in the unintentional situation that I like to refer to “star gazing.”

Like an novice astronomer scanning the night sky for recognizable star patterns, the “Star Gazer” in business networking terms is that particular person who’s half-heartedly involved in a conversation while looking at the room to determine who else they would like to talk to before leaving the event. “Star gazers” do not comprehend how rude and disrespectful this behavior actually is. [Read more at NetworkingEventFinders(dot)com]