# Sales guys: Lets hear your elevator pitch

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**Created:** [August 6, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sales-guys-lets-hear-your-elevator-pitch/52785 "2008-08-06T07:23:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eazy716](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eazy716/32/7443_2.png) [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sales-guys-lets-hear-your-elevator-pitch/52785/21 "2008-08-06T10:38:02Z")

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me - are you happy with your current service provider?  
them - yes, they are really good, and less expensive then your product  
me - here, let me show you my penis

60% of the time, it works everytime

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**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sales-guys-lets-hear-your-elevator-pitch/52785/22 "2008-08-06T10:38:44Z")

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^ I lol’ed. :lol:

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**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sales-guys-lets-hear-your-elevator-pitch/52785/23 "2008-08-06T11:43:15Z")

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> [@The\_Russian](#):
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> If i can see someones penis.
> 
> Are you happy with your lack of herpies?  
> Maybe  
> Ever thought of switching.
> 
> etc etc

:deadhorse2:

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**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sales-guys-lets-hear-your-elevator-pitch/52785/24 "2008-08-06T11:48:11Z")

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You know what they say about the elevator business

it has its ups and downs

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**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sales-guys-lets-hear-your-elevator-pitch/52785/25 "2008-08-06T11:48:38Z")

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an elevator pitch is not a really a sales pitch

see:

> **[How to Write an Elevator Pitch](https://www.businessknowhow.com/money/elevator.htm)**
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> Elevator speeches are supposed to grab investors' attention in less than a minute. What can you say in less than a minute that will make an investor (or a potential customer) interested in your business?

  

> **[Elevator pitch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator_pitch)**
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> An elevator pitch, elevator speech, or elevator statement is a short description of an idea, product, company, or oneself that explains the concept in a way such that any listener can understand it in a short period of time. This description typically explains who the product/company is for, what it does, why it is needed, and how it will get done. For the latter, when explaining an individual, the description generally explains one’s skills and goals, and why they would be a productive and benef...

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**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sales-guys-lets-hear-your-elevator-pitch/52785/26 "2008-08-06T11:54:05Z")

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car salesman…

customer: “what’s that puddle under the car?”  
Salesman: “Oh that…uhhh… that’s just sweat from all the horsepower.”

Do you guys remember the Bud Light Real Men of Genius ad… “Used Car Salesman”? I laughed for weeks after hearing that.

In case you never heard it: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZcOqtoK9t8](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZcOqtoK9t8)

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**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/sales-guys-lets-hear-your-elevator-pitch/52785/27 "2008-08-06T12:33:18Z")

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> [@theblue](#):
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> an elevator pitch is not a really a sales pitch
> 
> see:
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> [How to Write an Elevator Pitch | ZenBusiness Inc.](http://www.businessknowhow.com/money/elevator.htm)  
> [Elevator pitch - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator_pitch)

That’s actually what I had in mind.

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