Comments on: The elevator speech – How to bore your potential customers http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/boring-your-customers/ Ideas and insights for optimistic, yet cynical leaders Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:08:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jeremy Nulik http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/boring-your-customers/#comment-55 Jeremy Nulik Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:26:46 +0000 http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-55 You're right, Rick. The issue goes way beyond the elevator speech. That is but a symptom of a larger problem that it appears your group addresses. Great website. The weekly meetings are important to establish the kind of rapport so the giving would occur naturally. Most people want to be helpful, so I think that this sort of forum would be useful to them. The issue I saw here was the attitude and approach to why you go to meet new people. The elevator speech can be a breeding ground for self-serving monologues if people have a me-first approach. Everyone wants to get new business, but, by giving, we can create so much more. You’re right, Rick. The issue goes way beyond the elevator speech. That is but a symptom of a larger problem that it appears your group addresses. Great website.

The weekly meetings are important to establish the kind of rapport so the giving would occur naturally. Most people want to be helpful, so I think that this sort of forum would be useful to them.

The issue I saw here was the attitude and approach to why you go to meet new people. The elevator speech can be a breeding ground for self-serving monologues if people have a me-first approach. Everyone wants to get new business, but, by giving, we can create so much more.

]]> By: Rick Chinisci http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/boring-your-customers/#comment-54 Rick Chinisci Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:50:07 +0000 http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-54 I really like the book the Go Giver. I have been teaching business people how to network for 6 years now and in LeTip we teach people how to train their salesforce. The chapter members need to know how to give needed information to prospective referrals. This goes way beyond the Elevator speech. The weekly meetings inspire loyalty and a good sense of what everybody does so members actually CAN give warm leads to one another on a consistant basis. I really like the book the Go Giver. I have been teaching business people how to network for 6 years now and in LeTip we teach people how to train their salesforce. The chapter members need to know how to give needed information to prospective referrals. This goes way beyond the Elevator speech. The weekly meetings inspire loyalty and a good sense of what everybody does so members actually CAN give warm leads to one another on a consistant basis.

]]> By: Jeremy Nulik http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/boring-your-customers/#comment-53 Jeremy Nulik Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:24:01 +0000 http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-53 Breanne - That's a good one-liner. It should force people to ask questions. Wench - Kindred spirits, my friends. First time that anyone has called anything that I have written "brilliant." I won't tell you how long I've been writing. Ryan - I think it is alright to be mysterious...for a while. Perhaps it makes you more intriguing. Also, happy to hear that you are back safely from Africa. To everyone...I forgot to reference the About You idea. This is an approach that my friend Adam (http://swissmoneyblog.com/) told me about. The "about you" can be more than just a page on your website...it is an attitude that places others first. Breanne – That’s a good one-liner. It should force people to ask questions.

Wench – Kindred spirits, my friends. First time that anyone has called anything that I have written “brilliant.” I won’t tell you how long I’ve been writing.

Ryan – I think it is alright to be mysterious…for a while. Perhaps it makes you more intriguing. Also, happy to hear that you are back safely from Africa.

To everyone…I forgot to reference the About You idea. This is an approach that my friend Adam (http://swissmoneyblog.com/) told me about. The “about you” can be more than just a page on your website…it is an attitude that places others first.

]]> By: Ryan Hale http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/boring-your-customers/#comment-52 Ryan Hale Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:50:38 +0000 http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-52 Or, you can just be Chandler (sorry for the Friends reference...I still like that show) and no one knows what you do. That seems to happen to me a lot! :) Or, you can just be Chandler (sorry for the Friends reference…I still like that show) and no one knows what you do. That seems to happen to me a lot! :)

]]> By: HR Wench http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/boring-your-customers/#comment-51 HR Wench Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:47:13 +0000 http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-51 Brilliant. I thought I was the only one that hated elevator speeches. Brilliant. I thought I was the only one that hated elevator speeches.

]]> By: Breanne Potter http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/boring-your-customers/#comment-49 Breanne Potter Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:39:31 +0000 http://creativeenergyblog.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-49 The best one sentence response I've ever heard in response to "What do you do?": "I tell companies and managers what they're doing wrong." Brilliant! He was a management consultant, and I immediately liked him after his response to that question. The best one sentence response I’ve ever heard in response to “What do you do?”:

“I tell companies and managers what they’re doing wrong.”

Brilliant!

He was a management consultant, and I immediately liked him after his response to that question.

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