@KaitlinZhang

New Year New You 30 Seconds Elevator Pitch Event

9 January 2017 Personal Branding Workshop

Tweet @KaitlinZhang @O2UKThinkBig

6:30pm Doors Open 7 - 7:30pm Pitching Workshop 7:30pm - 8pm Your turn to pitch 8 - 8:30pm Networking

TO DO Introduce yourself to someone you don’t know: Name what you do why are you here

TO DO What is your hobby? Now imagine that you are the best in the world and make up a story of how you became that.

About Me - Kaitlin Zhang

Personal branding consultant, coach, speaker and blogger.

Branding consultant for technology development companies and start-ups.

Helped raise half a million £ last year alone. Clients featured in BBC, NY Times, Guardian, Wired etc.

Education background in graphic design and visual art.

Kaitlin Zhang’s 5 Steps to a Powerful Personal Brand

• Pitch

• Profile (photo & video)

• Platform (website etc.)

• Produce

• Partnership

Kaitlin Zhang’s 4 + 3P Pitch Model

1. One Liner Pitch 2. Bullet Pitch 3. 50 Word Pitch 4. 200 - 300 Word Pitch

1P. Pixar Pitch 2P. Participatory Pitch 3P. Poetic Pitch

1. The One-Liner Pitch

Create a one-liner pitch for:

I am [insert your name] and

I [insert verb] for

[insert target audience] with

[problem they have] to

increase/grow/achieve x, y, z.

Example:

I’m a yoga instructor and I run private sessions that combine strength training and meditation for busy women working in the City of London. I travel to their places of work so they can save

time and never miss a session.

Example:

I’m a digital marketing expert who launches winning Facebook campaigns for app

development businesses like yours to grow a bigger following and increase conversions.

I am [insert your name] and

I [insert verb] for

[insert target audience] with

[problem they have] to

increase/grow/achieve x, y, z.

Anticipate any follow up questions:

Ask Who What When Where Why and How

Questions to think through:

• What do you day dream about?

• What are your interests?

• What are your strengths and weaknesses?

• What’s your background?

• What are your achievements?

• What are you passionate about?

• How have you approached or resolved problems in the past?

• What is your strategy for finishing work?

If the other person is in your target market, immediately create value for them.

If the other person is not in your target market, make yourself memorable

so they can refer you to others.

PRO TIP: Create target audience personas

and identify their values.

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Who is your target audience?

You want people to ask you to “Tell me more.”

If it feels like you are pitching somebody, or “selling” to them,

you are doing it wrong.

Your No. 1 priority is to LISTEN.

TO DO Talk to the someone and ask them:

How can I help you?

Some common mistakes:

Are you articulating clearly your unique value proposition and the problem you are solving?

Is it too long?

‘What do you do?’ is a not permission for you to talk 30 seconds non-stop!

Steer away from words that are too common.

E.g. strategic, creative, passionate, hardworking

Steer away from words that are too difficult.

TO DO: Imagine you are explaining the following jobs to

a 5 year old, what would you say?

- doctor - nurse

- uber driver - stock broker

Is the audience too board? Is the audience wrong?

Is it easily repeated? Try and avoid industry jargon.

TO DO

Introduce your best friend to someone new: What is your name? What is their name? What do they do? What’s their story? What value do the offer?

How is your body language?

Do you have a strong call-to-action?

Kaitlin Zhang’s 5 Steps to a Powerful Personal Brand

• Pitch

• Profile (photo & video)

• Platform (website etc.)

• Produce

• Partnership

Contact Me - Kaitlin Zhang

Contact me to improve your personal brand online and manage your professional reputation.

www.kaitlinzhang.com

Twitter @KaitlinZhang

Instagram @kzhangbranding

facebook.com/kaitlinzhangbranding

Email: info@kaitlinzhang.com