2. What is an
Elevator Speech?
Imagine the CEO of a
company you would love to do
business with, get’s is the
same elevator as you. This
opportunity could lead to that
account or sale that will take
your business to the next
level.
You have 40 seconds to sell
who you are and what you do
before she reaches her floor.
But what do you say?
You need a pre-planned and
rehearsed elevator speech.
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3. What makes 40
seconds?
You will need between 105 to
110 words for a nice flowing
40 second elevator speech.
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4. What to include?
Elavator Speech Framework
Intro – Who you are?
“My name is Graham from Vintage FM where old is good:
Sell you credential
“ With over 24 years of experience in advertising I have worked
with and created successful ad campaigns for....”
Sell the problem
“I have seen some great campaigns but have seen a lot of bad ones.
Bad copy, poor layouts, wrong type of media chosen...”
Sell the solution
“So if you think your businesses is suffering from bad advertising
and want some tips on how to create advertising that works..”.
Call to Action
Call me, meet me, google me......
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5. What to include?
Your Elevator Speech Can include:
1. Information about you – describe your position and your
company
2. Talk about who you are and what you do
3. What do you offer?
4. Tell the audience the type business you are after
5. Talk about your success stories for similar customers
6. What are your benefits
7. What special services, products or solutions you offer
8. What are the advantages of working with you
9. What you do different
10.How you deliver results
11. A Call to Action – How do you want your audience to respond
Use this as a guide to get the most out of your elevator speech
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6. Extras
To capture the attention of your
audience..
1. Use Open ended questions
2. Use emotions
3. Add Humour
4. Paint a picture... “Remember when”, “Imagine.....”
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7. Write a short
story
Write a short story or press
release based on the points in
the previous slides.
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9. Put it all together
and edit?
Put all the highlighted points
together into a speech that
flows.
Edit or ad words as you go for
it to make sense and to sell
who you are, what you can
do, what’s in it for the
audience and your call to
action.
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10. Then Test and Time it?
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11. Finally, Learn and practise it?
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12. Public Speaking
Public speaking is not about
you, It’s about how you can help
others.
•So find a connection
•Build Rapport
•Don’t sound smart, be
simple
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Trevor Holmes is a Presentation Coach and spoke recently at luncheon hosted by Blacktown BEC.
Trevor presented what he called the Think on your Feet Technique – Point – Reason – Example – Point.