What do you do? Have your verbal business card ready to present
When you're at a meeting, convention, or business gathering, you're bound to be asked what you do. But many people who are good at their jobs don't know how to explain them in a few words. Too bad. According to the Advantage Edge Newsletter, unless you have a verbal business card ready, you could miss an important connection, a future sale, or more.

You should be ready with an answer you can give in 30 seconds or less because your listener has a very limited attention span, especially in the midst of a group. He or she may not even care what you do and is just trying to make a little conversation.

That's where your advance preparation will allow you to grab his or her attention.

Don't just give your job title, tell about your business briefly using verbs, numbers, and PR techniques, say the experts at Nightingale Conant.

You may have spent a great deal of time designing your paper business card, but your verbal business card will be given far more often. That means designing it and rehearsing it can pay off by capturing and holding the listener's attention