The elevator speech

An elevator speech is basically the business term for the ten or fifteen second speech you give if you have someone in an elevator with you - they can't get out so they have no choice but to listen to you. =) So I sometimes give elevator speeches about CashDuck to people who have no choice about listening to me, such as the checkout clerks I wrote about before.

I have a couple variations on the elevator speech, here's one:

You know how in Hotmail or whatever sites you use, there's banners at the top that say "Click here and win a motorcycle!" or something like that? Well, every time you click that and fill it out, somebody somewhere gets fifty cents or a dollar. On this site, when you fill that out, you get the fifty cents or a dollar for doing it, and there are lots of them so it adds up.

Sometimes I also say:

Well, my site collects lots of offers together in one place, like surveys and trials that you can sign up for, in one place, and if you sign up for trials or complete surveys you can get paid for doing it, and also earn points to get gift cards and things. It won't make you rich but it's a good way to make extra money on the side.

I tend to get one of two types of reactions: "Um, ok.." with a small smile, clearly they think I am off my nut. Or, they say "Huh, that's interesting" and are thinking to themselves. Most of the time people who fall into the latter group are interested, but they are embarrassed to ask you about it, so I usually just give them one of the mini flyers (I have a stack in my purse) and then they can look at it when they are on their own. People don't want to be seen as greedy and they think that it would sound like they were desperate for money if they were interested in something like this, but hey, everybody needs money!