Last 2 Sunday afternoons, I spent facilitating a workshop with 8 individuals on HOW TO SELL U?
It's one workshop over 2 Sundays, total 5 hours.
Because it was live online, I had to ensure that it was engaging, interactive and yield the desired outcome.
I asked my learners what brought them to the workshop and what was holding them back from selling themselves.
When I heard it honestly from "the horses' mouth", it more than validated why I was doing this.
🥇Selling is taboo, further accentuated if the product is "me". The Asian upbringing might have also contributed to not "blowing your own horn".
🥈Call it imposter syndrome or "I am not good enough". All my learners started with selling via their job titles and none on their achievements. Our job titles are not our identities. It is not what makes you stand out.
🥉"I don't know how to articulate about myself effectively." It's not just what we say about ourselves but how we say it. It goes beyond words. Your tone of voice, facial expression, body language may give away more than your words.
What is your objective of "selling yourself"?
Who are you selling to?
I felt like I went on a journey with my learners.
Everyone started with "pitches" that were lined with heavy terms, titles that would fall flat or just went unheard, to, at the end, confident elevator pitches that shared who they are, why they do what they do with a clear call to action.
My workshops tend to be extremely practical. I started them with the first baby step, after getting them to see how they would have done it prior to joining the workshop, then I layered a notch a time so that they too could see their own progress, which was affirmed by their peer learners. Then we ended with bringing it all together.
Obviously, everyone needs to keep practicing. Much like training your muscles at a gym.
Put yourself out there with a toolkit of a couple of self story sellers. Sell yourself and observe /listen to the response /engagement of others and tweak further.
How confident are you at selling yourself (not your company, not your job title)?
How effective are you at winning trust from others at the very first meeting?
Improving the present, creating the future
5moCouldn't agree more—it's the small, consistent steps that lead to big results in the long run!