A Gourmet Dinner, Informative Seminar and Extraordinary Networking
July 30, 2008, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Is the Internet overwhelming to you? Would you like to learn how to expand your business’ reach by using the Internet to generate leads and market your business globally?
In this two hour dinner seminar you’ll:
Find out what you need to do to get started
Discover how to market your business through e-mail
Learn how to easily get visitors names for your contact database
Start creating your first information product and find out why you want one
Learn the secrets to online networking and what communities would work for you
And, of course, the quality networking with other attendees will be outstanding!!!!!
Join me at Simply Ambrosia on July 30th for a gourmet dinner and workshop you’ll walk away from ready to start building your Internet empire.
Register here and jumpstart your business’ Internet success!
When was the last time you asked a customer/client for a referral? So many times I hear that as a business owner it is uncomfortable asking for a referral. Yet last week I listened to three rookie insurance/financial advisors talk about how they began their businesses and what were the important keys that have made them successful. Asking for a referral was right up on top. Your current customers can be your best influences on prospective clients. So what can you do to break through the "discomfort" of asking for the name of someone they know that could use your product or service?
If you had to guess, what percentage of people are visually oriented: that is, they need to see something before buying it - you know they need to drive a car, feel the material of a suit/dress or preview a house before purchasing it? More then 95% of people are visual consumers. So how do you a service provider create this opportunity?
Why not start with a testimonial from a client who has had a very positive experience working with you? How many times have you heard, "I don’t know how to thank you"? That is the perfect time to ask them to put their gratitude in writing. Testimonials can become part of your powerful arsenal for opening the door to new prospects. Something magical happens when you read those testimonials, a special relationship develops with that customer opening the door to relaxing the "discomfort" of taking the next step and asking for referrals.
Testimonials should be used in all of your promotional materials, they can be developed into case studies that you can verbally convey when someone asks, "how do you do that?". Testimonials are one of the most effective and powerful strategies, they create an air of credibility for your business and gives you confidence when approaching new prospects.
The Challenge:Review your marketing strategy and begin asking for testimonials! Let us know if you have any concerns.
Barbara will be holding a third quarter workshop Monday, June 30th. Get details here.
For more than twenty-five years Barbara Eldridge has been contributing to other people’s business success. Her many years experience in the corporate world provided her with knowledge, insight and presence to help thousands of entrepreneurial men and women nurture their business ventures into thriving successes.
Barbara founded Mind Masters in 1991 as an organization for entrepreneurs to master the challenges they face in an ever-changing market place. Barbara has a vision of Mind Masters to provide a value based program so that business owners could harness the power of each members’ success, make wise business decisions and realize their dreams. Visit Mind Masters for a meeting location near you and start on your path to business success.
Conquering The Digital Divide presented an online webinar sharing why adding audio and video to your site will help bring and keep visitors. Adding multimedia adds stickiness to your site. What I mean is that when your visitors land on your site, with audio or video they have something to do, keeping them on your site longer. That’s a good goal for your site, keeping them glued to it.
On Friday, June 6th Barbara Eldridge, Mind Masters was my special guest in Conquering Digital Divide, presenting "Strategic Planning for Your Business, Part One".
Take a listen and let me know what you think by leaving a comment below.
I’ll be spending the next three days at the Business and Learning Expo. This is an opportunity for you to discover more about other small business owners and how they are taking their businesses global through the Internet.
I’ve been participating in online expos for several years now and love meeting solopreneurs from all over, not only the country, but the world.
I’ll be speaking at the Business and Learning Expo on Wednesday, June 4th at 3pm Pacific Time / 6pm Eastern Time on Creating Digital Products For Service Providers.
Attendance is free and, if you’re thinking about going global this event will broaden your view about what’s possible for your business using the Internet. Join me for an eye-opening experience!
Click the book to the right and you’ll be taken to Amazon.com where you can purchase the book for $13.59.
At this first meeting, we will be discussing the book, deciding on next month’s book, as well as taking suggestions from the group as to how to make this book club helpful, impactful (and fun) for everyone!
So, we’ll hope to see you there…Please don’t hesitate to give us a call or e-mail with any questions!
July 30, 2008, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
When was the last time you asked a customer/client for a referral? So many times I hear that as a business owner it is uncomfortable asking for a referral. Yet last week I listened to three rookie insurance/financial advisors talk about how they began their businesses and what were the important keys that have made them successful. Asking for a referral was right up on top. Your current customers can be your best influences on prospective clients. So what can you do to break through the "discomfort" of asking for the name of someone they know that could use your product or service?
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