How to Amp up Your Funding Pitch Deck?
Imagine you have to send your pitch deck to a potential investor. You write a warm email, attach your deck, cross your fingers and press send.
You would have loved the opportunity to meet and present but unfortunately you have to rely on a bunch of slides to do the job and catch the interest of the investor.
You are worried. Is everything clear? Are they interpreting it correctly? Can they see what makes us unique? Is it interesting enough?
You grabble with these thoughts but you are helpless because you feel there is nothing you can do about it.
But let me tell you there IS something you can do. Something that can significantly amp up your funding pitch deck and make it work better!
When you send your pitch deck to a prospective funder, record and share a short video of you presenting the slides as if you were doing a live pitch.
This gives you an opportunity to:
🎛️ Control the narrative: Telling the story yourself gives you a chance to control the narrative and shape the story the way you want should be told and understood.
🔥Press the hot buttons: In a presentation, the audience has the mind space to retain only 2-3 points. When you just share slides, you can’t control what sticks. But when you speak, you get a chance to emphasize the key points you definitely want should stick.
💯 Leave less room for interpretation: When you present, you get to clearly explain things which might be difficult to explain on a slide. This reduces the risk of misinterpretation and confusion.
🤯 Keep things interesting: A video is more interesting to watch than just slides full of text, numbers and data. Record a short, punchy video and you have your audience hooked.
And most importantly,
❤️🔥 Relay your passion: Information can be shared over slides. But not passion. A video provides that personal connect which, as an investor myself, I can certainly say is one of the key factors when making a funding decision.
So next time you share your pitch deck, make sure to accompany it with a personalized video📹
