Whether you are pitching a potential client, a media outlet, or you just want to be prepared when

someone asks you, what do you do? It's important to practice and be prepared with a killer

elevator pitch. And today we are talking about the three keys to a successful pitch and how to

use it to successfully sell yourself and the impact you are making.

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Welcome back. Today we are talking all about how to nail your elevator pitch. And what do I mean by elevator pitch? Well, I'm glad you asked. An elevator pitch is basically a short and concise statement that describes what you sell, your product or service, and short as in,

think about the amount of time that you would have with someone on an elevator ride. So if

someone in an elevator asks you, hey, what is it that you do? You would have maybe what,

15, 30, 60 seconds to fill them in and tell them what you do.

So ideally, this is a statement that you have boiled down to one to two sentences.

And if you're anything like me, that can be kind of tough.

I am not always the most concise.

And so I'm going to share the three things that have really helped me to drill down

to the most important information to share in those moments when you have an opportunity to

really sell yourself. And this is going to be super helpful because in the next episode,

we'll be talking with Public Relations Ninja, Nicole Midden, a dear friend of

mine, all about how to pitch yourself and gain press coverage for your business or your passion

project. So this is going to be step one in getting ready to do exactly that. Okay, so here are

my top three tips for starting to craft this elevator pitch and then of course

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