Today I video chatted with Johnny Roccia, my career coach, about value proposition follow-ups and public speaking.
Here’s some notes I took during the call.
Value prop follow-ups
- If you emailed a value prop but don’t hear back from a business then email a follow-up.
- Add something of value in the follow-up email.
- Ask unrelated professional questions such as common interests you have with the person you emailed, or share an interesting article. Stalk their LinkedIn and Facebook.
- Limit yourself to just three follow-up emails. Anything more would make you seem annoying. Plus it shows proof that you really tried to reach out and maybe they’ll consider responding.
Public speaking
- If you mess up the audience doesn’t know, like if you meant to say one thing but say something else.
- Don’t overdo practice because it’ll become scripted and flow unnaturally.
- Roll your shoulders back to straighten your posture.
- If it’s a Ted Talk style then just write down bullet points on a card and let it flow like storytelling.