Boyd Stone
May 25, 2001, 12:06 PM
Hi!
You wrote:
> I love these people.
I do, too. Watching the pitch of the guy selling that vegetable chopper that whirls around made me shed tears of admiration! His customers were Happy to buy! His customers got way more than their money's worth, because for a few minutes he made them forget how crappy and painful life really is and instead gave them something that worked like life is supposed to work: easily and perfectly. He brought a little bit of perfection into their lives. I know you know what I mean.
You wrote:
> MOST of the people at the golf show just sat
> there. Hardly any initiated contact or
> conversation, many seemed embarassed to be
> there.
> What a waste of time and money. But there
> were a couple of booths that had stacks of
> people, and these were the ones with a
> "pitchman" and a product DEMO.
I can't tell you how much I admire people who do that.
You wrote:
> Excitement. Enthusiasm. The kind you now see
> so rarely unless you attend a seminar by a
> Utah company...where they have mastered the
> pitch.
Our websites should convey that kind of excitement and enthusiasm. Any webmasters reading this? Forget the word webmaster, you're a pitchman.
I completely agree with everything you wrote in your message!
Before I forget, below is a link to a review of the "Pitch People" movie. I wrote the movie-makers and offered $100 for a videotape, who knows what, or if, I'll get a response.
BTW, I'm ruefully aware that you and I have given a great pitch for this movie--too bad we won't get our commission--if we were selling tickets to see it I bet we'd have sold a few LOL!
Best,
- Boyd
http://www.hybridmagazine.com/films/0501/pitch.shtml
You wrote:
> I love these people.
I do, too. Watching the pitch of the guy selling that vegetable chopper that whirls around made me shed tears of admiration! His customers were Happy to buy! His customers got way more than their money's worth, because for a few minutes he made them forget how crappy and painful life really is and instead gave them something that worked like life is supposed to work: easily and perfectly. He brought a little bit of perfection into their lives. I know you know what I mean.
You wrote:
> MOST of the people at the golf show just sat
> there. Hardly any initiated contact or
> conversation, many seemed embarassed to be
> there.
> What a waste of time and money. But there
> were a couple of booths that had stacks of
> people, and these were the ones with a
> "pitchman" and a product DEMO.
I can't tell you how much I admire people who do that.
You wrote:
> Excitement. Enthusiasm. The kind you now see
> so rarely unless you attend a seminar by a
> Utah company...where they have mastered the
> pitch.
Our websites should convey that kind of excitement and enthusiasm. Any webmasters reading this? Forget the word webmaster, you're a pitchman.
I completely agree with everything you wrote in your message!
Before I forget, below is a link to a review of the "Pitch People" movie. I wrote the movie-makers and offered $100 for a videotape, who knows what, or if, I'll get a response.
BTW, I'm ruefully aware that you and I have given a great pitch for this movie--too bad we won't get our commission--if we were selling tickets to see it I bet we'd have sold a few LOL!
Best,
- Boyd
http://www.hybridmagazine.com/films/0501/pitch.shtml
