Re:Ask HN: How to Sell Yourseslf at a Conference?
by iamelgringo on Sunday August 23, 2009 @02:06PM
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Your coaching work is probably also going to work it's way into your talk because that's where your anecdotes are coming from. Just make sure to spell it out directly at the end of your talk with a slide: "Thanks for listening, here's what I do, and how to contact me."
Give the contact and "here's what I do" slide at the beginning, too. If people watch the videos online to get your contact info after the conference, you don't want them to have to go through your whole slide deck/video to find you.
Your coaching work is probably also going to work it's way into your talk because that's where your anecdotes are coming from. Just make sure to spell it out directly at the end of your talk with a slide: "Thanks for listening, here's what I do, and how to contact me."
There's a non-car-sales technique to selling which is often summarized as give value first. That's what you're doing here because both of these techniques rely on you giving a great talk.