Personal Branding Tip 113 · Relationships
Open Your Pitch Personally
Start your next introduction with one small, true, personal detail, like how you take your coffee, before you say what you do.
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Why It Works
People remember and warm to the human detail long before they remember a job title.
Where It Comes From
- Category
- Relationships: The people who know you, and the people they know.
- In the Series
- Tip 113 of 365. One tip leads each day, in order, and the cycle begins again after the last.
Relationships
More on Relationships
Tip 117 · RelationshipsEnd Your Pitch With an InvitationClose your introduction with a clear call to action, such as inviting the room to talk with you after the meeting.
Tip 122 · RelationshipsLeave Every Contact Better OffAim for each new person you meet to walk away knowing one useful thing they did not know before. Decide what that thing is before the event.
Tip 126 · RelationshipsCount Your Rapport SignalsTally how often people reach out, ask your advice, introduce you to their network or promote your work. Check whether the number rises month to month.
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Your name is already being interpreted. The question is who are they, and what are they thinking?
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