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Marianne Windham, Travel Agent-Windham Travel & Leisure-Huntsville, AL You should book with a local travel agent because they are a small business owner in your community. You are paying virtually the same price as you would pay by booking on line or directly with the hotels, cruise lines, etc... The travel suppliers (hotels, cruise lines, and name brands like Sandals, Disney, etc...) are the travel agents' industry partners and advocates. ... Read More
Tuesday night is our first fundraiser to help us "fullfill the promise to never forget". Last week I visited with Sgt. Ian Hogg, a Marine/Iraq vet who is in the final stages of life. Sgt. Hogg recently turned 30 and suffers from advanced A.L.S.(Lou Gehrig's Disease) While it's debatable as to how he got this dreaded disease, the chemicals he was exposed to in Iraq most likely expedited how quickly it's ravaged his body. With a beautiful wife and two daughters, time is precious. One of the few... Read More
It's a Chicken Licken Good Time About the Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival The Alabama Chicken and Egg Festival is an interactive agricultural experience offering old-fashioned fun, food vendors featuring chicken entrees prepared in a variety of ways, and live entertainment by popular regional bands and local favorites. The eighth annual event is scheduled for April 13, 14, & 15, 2012 at the Lions Club Fairgrounds in Moulton, Alabama. Daily admission to the festival is $3 for adults... Read More
A pup named Cricket with her daddy in Gulf Shores, AL My mind is still on “spring break”. Here in Huntsville, Alabama, the city schools are closed for a week. To follow up on last week’s blog, I raise a question to our dog-loving friends out there: What do you do with your furry family members when you travel? For those, like us, who hate leaving their “children” at home when they go on vacation, there are several options if you mu... Read More
My research only turned up one song about elevators; a children’s song that’s way to annoying to repeat. Similar research on songs played in elevators generated the same results; songs too annoying to repeat. I guess I’ll have to summarize my series on successful elevator pitches without a forty year old pop song. Na, that wouldn’t be any fun, try this: in 1968 the Rolling Stones first released “Sympathy for the Devil” on the Beggars Banquet album. In the opening line of th... Read More
Staying with the pop music theme, The Doors #1 Hit single from their January 1967 debut self-titled album “Light My Fire” was the group’s first big success and a earned the band significant radio play. The band and especially lead singer Jim Morrison never hesitated to ask for what they wanted, and usually got what they asked for. Once again I’m tight-walking a thin line of relevance to bring you Rule #7 for successful elevator pitches: End with a call to action. Let’s say tha... Read More
This month is a traveling month for so many. When I was a young girl, there used to be only one designated week for spring break. Here in Alabama, They called it the AEA break, the Alabama Education Association break, and it was a southeast regional spring break. I know I am aging myself; but does anyone else remember AEA? But times have changed. Currently, just in my immediate area, there are three different spring break schedules that cover three weeks in March. ... Read More
Seriously, how does telling me that you’re the president, founder, vice president of business development and secondary market strategy, and chief cook and bottle washer help ease my pain? This is my biggest elevator pitch pet peeve and Rule #6: Nobody cares if you’re the president. You only have a few seconds, so don’t waste any of them giving a list of your titles and qualifications. Remember rule #1: It’s not about you. Whenever I hear a business owner giving... Read More
One sure fire way to run off a prospective customer is to start into a complicated diatribe on why this feature of your business does this or why that feature solves this problem and on and on and on. We’re talking elevator pitches and Rule #5: Keep it simple. You can’t create a story for every SKU in your product database. Most companies have dozens to thousands of product and service varieties. The object here is to identify the top several products or services and create a compel... Read More
David Gates 1977 classic “Hooked on You”, performed by Bread tells the story of a man who falls in love and gladly pays the price to be with the woman of his dreams. We’re still talking elevator pitches and you’re wondering what mediocre 1970s soft rock hit has to do with anything. Well, it’s a loose connection at best, but does lead me to Rule #4 for creating successful elevator pitches: Start with a hook. A hook is a question or statement that is enticing and grabs the perso... Read More
In my last entry I talked about crafting a contrived or chamber of commerce elevator pitch where you are introducing yourself to a large group and need to be memorable. In this entry, I’ll talk about the second type of elevator pitch, the sincere or person-to-person pitch. This is your cheese plate of elevator pitches. Well, what the heck is that supposed to mean? I’m glad you asked. Everyone is different. Everyone has different needs and different pains. While you ca... Read More
We’re talking about elevator pitches. Sometimes you give your pitch even when nobody asked you what you do. There are two basic styles of elevator pitch: contrived, for use at chamber or networking functions where you’re going to introduce yourself to a group and a sincere one-on-one pitch that is customized for the person to whom you’re speaking. The contrived pitch may be silly, bold, or even outrageous, depending on your business. While you never want to make a fool of... Read More
So, what do you do? How many times do you get asked this question at a networking event, from potential service partners or in the grocery store? It happens all the time, right? Do you have a good answer? The answer is known as your elevator pitch. The idea being, you enter the elevator and the person standing next to you asks what you do. You have the length of time it takes to ride to the lobby to tell your story in a way that make the person ask for more details.... Read More
# 3 – We Save You Money #2 – We Save You Time AND #1 – OUR SERVICES ARE FREE ... Read More
Today is Valentine's Day!!! In the mind of an elementary school kid....today is Can't Get Enough Candy Day. In schools across the country, little one's will be extending little paper cards of friendship not to one kid or a select few but to their entire classroom. As adults, we can stand to learn a little from this. Equal-Opportunity Valentine Cards enable kids to learn forgiveness and how to put their feelings aside for the sake of the common good. The thing... Read More
Thanks to everyone who attended my Truffle Making Workshop on Thursday January 26, 2012! Everyone had their own ideas, fillings, and outside flavorings. We laughed a lot and had a lot of fun. Truffles are EASY to make & this recipe was recently shown on the Food Network (tm) show "Unwrapped" Chop chocolate into 1/4 inch or smaller pieces and place in 4-quart bowl. In small pan, heat the heavy cream over medium heat. Bring to a rolling boil and immediately remove... Read More
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