Is this the most important day of your life? Are you meeting the most important person in your career today? Are you approaching the five minutes that will make or break your future?

Is it the time when you first impression will decide what turn you life will take? You need to make the perfect First Impression. But how do you do that? With advance planning and creative thinking that will make you confident enough to get hold of the situation, when the opportunity spreads its arms to welcome you!

Heres how you begin your preparation:

Think:
All of us are bombarded with informationwere always meeting new people. Ask yourself who do you remember and why?

The key is to make that impression a lasting one or the one that will trigger instant recognition. But how do you do that?

The most important step is having a pitch and then practicing it over, and over, again. You need to be comfortable with your words. You are conveying a powerful message and need to sound sincere and convincing.

Think again:
Who are you? What do you do? Why do I need to know you? What will make me remember you? Now that you have answered these questions read the results back to yourself. Is your message compelling, memorable, or is it just plain uninteresting statement of a boring you?

If you feel your answers are boring, dont panic.

Analyse:
What is it you do best? Whats your strength in your position?

Use words that make people want to ask you a question or compel them to ask for your business card.

Think about words that express a call to action. Words that leave the person you are meeting knowing they want to follow up.

Keep working at your message, distilling it down into the core elements. The simpler your message, the better it will be received.

Do not merely hand them your business card and smile. Once you know you have made your impression, make an effort to get a commitment for follow-up. Opportunity has knocked you door. Make an effort to welcome it inside!