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Elevator Speech Contest Winners and Entries

By on January 11th, 2010

A big THANK YOU to all of our entrants in the elevator pitch contest and to Peter Bowerman and Linda Formichelli for getting us signed copies of their books (and a set of e-books in Peter’s case as well)! Your …

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My Elevator Pitch

By on January 6th, 2010

I figure since the winner of the elevator pitch contest is imminent that I should share with you some of my own pitch. I was reluctant to do so as I think often when you hear an effective one it …

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Elevator Pitch Contest Update

By on January 4th, 2010

Just a quick update for those who submitted elevator pitch entries for our New Year contest: 1. I was able to get two members of the AFW team to agree to be judges. Clint Osterholz and Yolander Prinzel will help …

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New Prize Added to Our Contest!

By on December 14th, 2009

I’ve added a new prize for the first place winner of our elevator speech contest! The first place prize now will also include a print copy of the Writer’s Market 2010 Deluxe Edition, which also includes one-year access to WritersMarket.com …

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How to Write an Elevator Pitch for Your Freelance Writing Business

By on December 10th, 2009

Yesterday I announced our December 2009 freelance writing contest — you can win cash and prizes just for thinking about your own marketing for your freelance writing business. Write an elevator pitch / elevator speech of 4-5 sentences. That’s all …

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