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Deliver a Compelling Elevator Speech every time!

Imagine riding an elevator when one of the other passengers asks you, “What do you do?” You intend to step off at the next floor. You have about 30 seconds to answer the question. Can you answer so compellingly that the other passenger asks for your business card before the elevator stops?

This is the test of an effective elevator speech: To be asked for your card by a stranger after a self-introduction that lasts no longer than thirty seconds.

The articles below discuss the content and delivery of an effective elevator speech and provide examples. Some people use these articles as a starting point toward success with their elevator speech. Some contact Articulate for coaching to ensure that their delivery of their elevator speech is indeed compelling. Some are thrilled with the successes that follow.

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Article: What Makes A Compelling Elevator Speech: Escaping or Avoiding Pain

When people ask what you do, do not talk about yourself. Rather, describe concisely the emotional discomforts that you relieve. Then, state that you help to stop or to avoid such pains. Now your business card is worth asking for.

Includes elevator speech samples.
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Article: A Compelling Elevator Speech: The Real Thing Happened to Me

Linda O'Neil has an encounter in an elevator with Glenn R. Harrington, champion of the Compelling Elevator Speech. How to get strangers to ask you for your business card? The secret: A compelling elevator speech is not about you. It's about the pains you relieve.

Includes sample elevator speech.
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Article: The Elevator Speech That You Whisper

When people ask what you do, describe emotionally the pains that you relieve. Whispering is the polite way to do that – and it really gets them to listen. Then, state that you rescue people from those pains. They’ll ask for your business card.

Includes elevator speech examples.
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