Re: Thanks Boyd, here's some resources...

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> Boyd -- thanks for the pointer on the video.
> I'll have to track it down. I do have some
> pitches on video that I taped off the TV
> years ago. Should dig them out.

> Two interesting resources on
> "pitching", no make that three.

> First - Dien referenced a site a while back
> on the "Cool Finders" or something
> like that. The index of stories on that site
> has a long article on Ron Popeil. Very
> interesting.

> Second - one of my favorite books on selling
> - "Secrets of Closing the Sale" by
> Zig Ziglar - has lots of examples of the
> "pitch" throughout it's pages. Zig
> made his living selling cookware and food
> choppers before getting in the motivation
> biz.

> Third - "Unlimited Selling Power"
> by Donald Moine (sp?) is about applying NLP
> to selling. It's a pretty good book. In the
> back they have a couple of Ed McMahon's
> pitches word for word.

> When my job was to pull in the crowd the
> favorite lead in to use was "Excuse me
> -- did you get your dollar yet? We are
> giving away dollars..." That was
> usually good to get at least several
> people's attention and get the pitch off and
> running.

> Gordon I find the "Home and
> Garden" shows still have some good
> pitches running. Vitamix, pots and pans,
> etc.

> Have a good day!

> -- Dan Butler