Two Examples that Show How a 30-Second Pitch Gets Results

by Shirley George Frazier on December 15, 2009

create a 30-second pitch to marketing your businessYou’ve heard that a custom marketing pitch explaining the benefits of your product or service can re-position your business for dynamic sales.

Can what marketing experts say about developing such a pitch be true?

Here are two examples of what happened when I created my own.

  • After pitching my products to a Food Network producer, I appeared numerous times on their news/variety show, netting me over $100,000 in sales.
  • My cost for the pitch? Time to connect by phone, $4-8 dollars to cross a bridge into New York, and $10 for parking each time I appeared.

  • After pitching my seminar topics to conference planners, I was booked to provide sales and marketing presentations to thousands of retailers who benefit from my guidance.
  • Many within this group purchased my books and CDs on site, oftentimes netting more in sales than the honorarium.

    To develop a pitch, I focused on a value-added word that described my services and what prospects want most. From there, I wrote a one-sentence explanation and edited it numerous times, eliminating unnecessary words until I had an easily-spoken, 20-word pitch.

    This task isn’t quick, especially the first time, so consider working on your pitch for several days. The results are worth every moment of time invested.

    How has your pitch increased marketing opportunities, clients, and sales, or are you now preparing to create one?

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