It is always great to go back and practice introducing yourself and your business to your group. In your elevator speech you want to succinctlytell the person you are talking with who you are, who you work with and why they choose to work with you. It is about really capturing the interest so that the person you are speaking with says ‘Really? that sounds interesting, tell me more!’

In our members-only area we have a form “1-Minute-Introduction-Hints-and-Tips” you can jump online or click here to download the form. This will give you some questions and guidelines to help you introduce yourself.

If you’re interested in hearing feedback, and your facilitator has time, please ask for feedback. Venus is a forum for learning, developing and growing. In a supportive way your group members can help you develop your One Minute Introduction so that it rocks!

Enjoy,

Vanessa

Thanks to Lindsay from the Kapiti Group for recommending we get back to basics and use this weeks meeting to practice our 1 minute introduction.

When it is your turn to introduce yourself and your business it is important to understand that this is your opportunity to “TEACH” the other members how to sell you to their networks. Give them the words they can use to refer you! What you say at this time is the only information the other members will have to refer you on.

Change your 1 minute promo at every meetingEvery meeting you get around 1 minute to educate the other members about your business.

I suggest changing what you say at every meeting. We try and include everything about our business in that short 1 minute segment but its too much information for the other members to remember. So… Keep it simple. Change it each meeting.

There are a number of things you could talk about at each meeting. Here are some ideas for you to think about:

• Include the details of your product and/or service that set you apart from your opposition

• What is your unique selling proposition?
  
• Rave about yourself
  Do not be afraid to “blow your horn” a little. What may sound a little egotistical coming out of your mouth, will sound great coming out of someone else’s!
• Solutions you offer
  I encourage you to keep your focus on the solutions you provide for people and what makes you unique.
• Who is your target market, what clients do you work with? Get very specific.
  
• List one or two top benefits you provide for your clients
• Give a call to action or maybe a special offer or something that will encourage people to ‘trial’ your product or service.

Share something DIFFERENT every time you attend a meeting.
This is your opportunity to teach the members about each part of your business. You could share a new product each meeting, maybe a different service you offer.

Have fun with it.