Top 5 Mistakes People Make with their Pitches

I’ve been helping people craft better pitches since 2003. Here are the TOP 5 Mistakes I see people make:

1. Using the “Kitchen Sink” Pitch–telling the listener your entire life story instead of what’s relevant to them
2. Being too vague
3. Not explaining why you are THE BEST or at least why you are different from the competition
4. Not getting to the point. Just because you have 10 minutes to make a pitch to someone, doesn’t mean you should use all of that time
5. Being boring–If you don’t GRAB their attention now, you’ll lose them for good.