How to Pitch for Success and Improve Your Influence

Learn 12 simple but powerful tips for effective pitching to investors, selling to customers or presenting at work.

4.15 (54 reviews)
Udemy
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English
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Communications
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instructor
5,542
students
1 hour
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Oct 2019
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$34.99
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What you will learn

Identify the basic building blocks of a good pitch.

Recognize effective structure in a speech or presentation.

Develop a basic hook for a pitch that catches attention.

Outline the story elements necessary for a cohesive presentation.

Delineate between good and bad non-verbal elements of a pitch.

Detail how to get someone's permission before pitching.

Name the role authenticity plays in an effective pitch.

List the three main purposes of a pitch and how they work together.

Explain what Hollywood can teach us all about pitching and winning.

Description

Course Updated 12/30/15: Update included brand new video recordings, updated lessons for all sections, new interactive activity sheets for all lessons, new free resources and examples.

Join over 5,400 students taking this course to learn powerful techniques that help you whenever you need to pitch. Freelancers, entrepreneurs, and professionals.

I’ve been presenting and pitching as a sales person, trainer and coach for 30 years. Now I'm sharing the techniques I used to close millions of dollars in business and to successfully launch my online training business.

What You'll Learn in This Course:

  • Discover the secret formula that can make your pitch powerful for inspiring your audience to act.
  • Leverage your own individual strengths to connect with an audience of one, or of many quickly.
  • Learn to structure for creating a pitch that will be comfortable and interesting at the same time.
  • Recognize the elements of a good pitch so you can incorporate them into your own presentations, making you more effective and more influential.

Who Can Benefit From this Course?

Whether you’re a freelancer looking for a gig, a professional preparing for a job interview or an entrepreneur who wants to start your own business, you will benefit from knowing these helpful tricks and techniques.

This course is for anyone who wants to be more effective pitching to investors, selling to customers, or just presenting for work in a project meeting. If you are looking to improve your presentation skills, your public speaking skills, or your leadership skills then this course is for you. Inside you will gain access to simple to use, easy to learn tips that make you pitch more effectively, speak more confidently, and present more comfortably.

Is It Going to Be Boring and Dull?

Using short video lessons in conjunction with examples from speakers and leaders I will show you how to identify the keys to making your pitch memorable and engaging. Pitching is about influence and inspiring others to act. So no, not dull and dreary at all!

Learn to Amp Up Your Presentations

Enroll in the course and I will teach you how to use story structure to create presentations that inspire and let you lead with authority. Being a leader means mastering leadership skills, like communicating effectively and being able to rally a group to action.

This course will give you a fundamental understanding of what makes a pitch good and how to avoid some pitfalls that prevents many people from achieving their goals.

Content

What is Pitching All About?

Communicating Effectively
Having Influence
Taking Action

The Power of Story

Universal Stories
Hollywood and Pitching
Story Teller You

Stories and Pitching

The Structure of a Good Pitch
Pitching and Purpose
JFK Inaugural Speech 1961
Pitching and Influence
JFK Speech at Rice University 1962

Pitching Dos and Don'ts

How You Pitch
Where You Pitch
When You Pitch

Course Wrap Up

Course Wrap Up

Free Resource- Adventures in Networking Podcast

Adventures in Networking Podcast

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Reviews

Boris
November 18, 2019
It was good overall. Clarity of the content was presented in a well organized method. I would take more courses from Eric
Paul
September 26, 2018
Whist interesting and well put together, I wanted guidance on putting my pitch together. I got good insights in to some other pitches but not help in writing my own.
Debby
May 16, 2017
The course content was logically presented. The delivery tone and style exemplified the message about building comfort and rapport. The information is helpful. I would have liked to see situation examples of the lessons applied.
James
May 22, 2016
Visuals, examples, and presentation are spot-on. Tightly structured with nicely compacted short videos. Great intro on general factors that contribute to a successful pitch.
Teresa
May 3, 2016
I have always viewed pitching as manipulating instead of influencing in a positive direction or helping people. The course thus far has taken my negative definition away. I feel more confident to share my ideas now. Thank you.
Benjamin
March 1, 2016
easy to follow along, gives you work to do while watching the lectures so definitely interactive, reminded me of college, comparable to the first day of class in a college level course intro to marketing
Ruth
May 19, 2014
I recommend this valuable webinar because Eric seems sincere, told us tips, showed some videos, and caused me to consider how I can improve my pitching style. Important to me because I just opened a business. Kudos Eric!
William
May 12, 2014
The content was great for the length of the lecture except for the last 3 lectures, which weren't lectures at all. Sales Pitch shouldn't be promoted a being part of any lecture at anytime.
Prashant
April 22, 2014
This is a nice free course from Eric. It's intended to wet your appetite for the more intensive courses. Definitely walked away from some learnings.
Noor
November 4, 2013
Love his tone, love how he tells you what you should have done when pitching. Great class, great tutor.. :)
Philippa
February 9, 2013
There is some useful information in this course, but 60%+ of it is a pitch for the host's other (paid) courses.

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