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The best pitches are done under seven minutes

Charlene Li's advice: Keep it short and don't try to boil the ocean The best pitches are typically done within five to seven minutes, according to Charlene Li, founder of digital strategies consulting firm Altimeter, and host of VatorNews' show Socialize This. As a former analyst at Forrester and a sought-after consultant in the social media space, Li gets pitched all the time by entrepreneurs seeking advice or coverage.In this segment, Li offers up advice to entrepreneurs when they pitch to her. The first piece of advice is to keep it short. Don't spend 10 minutes explaining social networking to Li. She practically wrote the book on it. I'm not kidding. She was a co-author of Groundswell, a book on social media. "You don't have to convince me that social media is a ... [ Read more ]

Vator TV | April 9, 2009Watch more videos from Vator TV

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