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    A lot of folks answer that question with a job title or category or worse, something painful sounding like, I sell houses. If you really want to get your marketing message to a place that will get your prospect’s attention you must be able to answer that question – what do you do for a living – with a valuable benefit. One that makes the listener say, “really, tell me more.”

    I was listening to a doctor of geriatric medicine answer this question the other day, and I think he gets it.

    When asked what he did he said, “well, I’m the Chief of Geriatrics but what I do is help people stay in their homes longer, go to one more grandaughter’s wedding and attend their great, great grandson’s Bar Mitzvah.”

    Now, you tell me, when you need a doctor to care for you when you get to that point in life, who would you call?

    This example is true for your business, service or product as well – what magical thing can it do for me? Tell the world, that’s what you do for a living, from this point forward.

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    Posted by: John Jantsch on Apr 13, 06 | 5:05 pm
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    • I am an absolute shocker at making my work life sound unbelievably boring to people I meet :) But I've been training myself up to make my appearance reflect reality. I loved hearing about 'my elevator pitch' and went in there an created my 60 second blurb about what I do, and reccommend it to everyone I meet, but from the looks, it hasn't really taken off... which is sad because it's a great tool for sharpening up your quick description of what you do.
    • <pingback>...High in March




      What Do You Do?


      John Jantsch had a great post the other day and it cuts to the very bone of marketing:  What do you do for a living?  Most people answer with their job title–doctor, lawyer, candlestick ...</pingback>
    • <trackback>What Do You Do?
      John Jantsch had a great post the other day and it cuts to the very bone of marketing:  What do you do for a living?  Most people answer with their job title–doctor, lawyer, candlestick maker.  The candlestick maker’s answer, for example...</trackback>
    • I listened to a great podcast once on this very same issue:
      http://www.thinkbigrevolution.com/2005/12/how_t...
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