“Pen Movers”

At the Mixergy education sessions, when I see the audiences’ pens moving while a presenter is talking, I know they’re going to tell me they love that speaker. When I ask people what they thought of one of my panels, their response usually includes how many pages of notes they took. “Greatpanel Andrew! I got 3 pages of notes.”

If that’s how listeners will evaluate you, then have a list of “penmovers” prepared ahead of time. Make them short and clear so people can writethem down easily.

Examples:

• At Mixerg’s “How to Get Traffic” event Michael Dorausch said, “If you want links to your site, write articles for other blogs.”

• At Mixergy’s “How to get PR” event Ray Doustdar said, “Set up Google News alerts on your competitors, and when you get alerted to an article, email the reporter.”