I think a good pitch for a forum can convince a larger percentage of people to join or even look at your forum and posts vs just pasting a link all over promotional forums and websites. People know what they are expecting on your forum when they finish reading your pitch
This video summarizes effective pitches pretty well.
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I'm not sure what he means by going "Long". In my opinion a pitch should be quite short, 1 - 2 minutes at most. It should be in simple language and make the benefits of your forum easily understood.
It's useful to have a good elevator pitch prepared for your website or business. This is a brief simple description of what you are offering, that could be given on a trip in an elevator, i.e. in less than two minutes.
I'm not really sure what he means in going long as well. I think he means being confident, and knowing how to convince people to like a product, so they have a "longer" positive impression about you and your product.
Pitch is always pretty important when trying to sell a product.
I've worked many sales jobs. Working at McDona'ds I was fine because everybody wants Macca's and those who don't don't go there.
But when I worked in B2B telesales I could never get through to the person and never had a good enough pitch.
It's all about getting peoples attention and luring them into a sense of friendship so that they take time to notice what you're advertising.
Sunny you're absolutely right. Introducing yourself to someone and being friendly is the best way - you've got to hook them. When I was going around the market in Kusidasi I remember all the people running their stalls would always shake your hands, ask you where you're from and when I said Britain they go 'oooooh,' friendliness made me like them and quite a few times I actually bought something or felt compelled to buy something from them.
People that just shout at you as you walk past don't get a look back from me. It's all about connecting with the other person I think, that's the psychology eh
