That’s right! We have had so much interest in this contest, we decided to extend the deadline for submissions.
To enter simply send your greeting card/postcard to
Redhead Marketing Inc.
Attention: Quirky Contest
P.O. Box 550856
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33355-0856
Must be postmarked by midnight February 28th.
To read the “rules” visit: http://www.redheadmarketingblog.com/quirky-marketing-greeting-card-contest-launches/
You can come up with your a card using your own software program or you can test out the card using the system I use to send out cards and that is, you guessed it… SendOutCards.com. When you click on SendOutCards.com it takes you to my SOC website and you can have a FREE card on me just to try it out!
In fact, tonight at 8pm EST Heidi Caswell and I will be doing another demonstration of the SOC system and you are invited to attend. Just call the teleconference bridge line ~ 1-641-715-3840 participant access code is 361467# (it takes less than half an hour).
If you’ve already signed up for a FREE SOC account, and would like to know how to upload your own pictures, click on this cool video Heidi created: http://screencast.com/t/KU3SSLMNN
You can also learn more about the system tomorrow with Diane Walker during a live webinar.
Date:Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Time:1:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST
Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/326348428
This is for those looking at SOC as a business OR as a customer. Login with invitation number: 55997
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Heidi
February 3rd, 2009
A few weeks ago I had the chance to listen in on a seminar hosted by Shannon Cherry and Ready Talk. It was about increasing event attendance to Teleseminars and Webinars. And I just came across my notes and thought I’d share them with you.
1. Find your voice – Shannon said it is important to know what it is you want to accomplish with the event. Will the event position you as an expert at something? Will it add value to your audience? Will hosting it add to your database or bottom line (or both)? Do you know what you want to say? Who is webinar for? (Demographics)
2. Develop Key Messages ~ Attract more prospects. get more attendees. Make more money, become the expert in your field
3. Use marketing tools available such as press releases.
A. There are basically 3 types of press releases: 1) the basic announcement 2) a tips release with bullets and ideas to reinforce the event and 3) the bonus offered for sign up release.
She said to post on all release distribution sites and traditional media every 2.5 to 3 weeks 10 weeks prior. Some of the sites she recommended include: Theopenpress, pr buzz, prcompass, prurgent, press-base, pressabout, pressmethod, prleap, prlog.org,
B. Email campaigns - Event listings, feature write ups, articles on topic that link to event – 9 weeks prior
Also solo listings to announce event, benefits of event and a last call (Shannon said solo listings are much better than ezines etc.)
C. Joint Venture Opps – Find others with similar traffic market and ask if they will promote to their list ~ if event has a fee, have affiliate commission, if not offer to help promote their stuff as well
D. Write 3 articles on topics webinar covers ~ ezinearticles.com, amazines.com, ideamarketers.com, goarticles.com starting 8 weeks out – send out one per week.
E. Blogging ~ tweak content to make original, create six new pieces of content to post to blog 6 weeks out one per week
F. Social media ~ every time you post on your blog send a brief chatty post (headline) using ping.fm to post to all social media sites at once ~ go to startupspark.com – get code for free there
Go to www.beheardsolutions.com/ReadyTalkwebinar.htm for checklists and timeline
OTHER TIPS:
Put contact at bottom of release, not at top! News should be more important than you!
After registration: Send confirmation email thank you for registering, with details to attend ~ also the day before send a reminder follow up.
Post your event to Craig’s list.
How do we make money with free teleseminars? You can now market to list, they can sign up for your newsletter ~ they are now in the marketing funnel and will start getting your stuff…
CAUTION: Only send emails that would add value to your recipient. Otherwise you will be thought of as a spammer and folks will ask to be removed from your list. Be careful to respect their time and above all their privacy. Even when I get the registrant into my “funnel” they may only hear from me once every 3 to four months unless of course they sign up for one of my offerings and then it will depend on how often that system sends information and offers to the list.
BTW, on November 7th I interviewed Eddie Peters of 4Profit Marketing about this very subject. He gave some great tips and also made an incredible offer to our guests. He has a Marketing system worth over $1,200 and he offered it to anyone who signed up for his session for only $99. If you want to learn more, send me an email to heidi (at) redheadmarketingblog.com. I will pass on the details.
Also, on December 4th I will be speaking at the International Association of Hispanic Meeting Professionals on “How to Leverage Social Networking to Grow Your Business.” If you live in or will be in San Diego at that time, you can register for this event. It takes place Dec. 3-6th. Here’s the link: http://www.iahmp.org/iahmp_folder/annu_conference/iahmp_annual_conference.htm
Hope to see you there!
December 10th, 2008
Virtual events are a great way to build a reputation, increase credibility and increase your own “circle of influence” in the marketplace. And there are dozens of ways to do so with little or no investment.
Continue Reading November 10th, 2008
personalized postcards and greeting cards have been our number one stay in touch method. We have found them to be a great “buzz generator.” The system we use is called SendOutCards and since I have been using it, have had thank you notes for our thank you notes, phone calls thanking me for thinking of them in such a personalized way and everyone so far has said they are “keepers.”
Continue Reading November 7th, 2008
On Thursday Oct 30 12:00 Eastern Diane Walker, Senior Executive with SendOutCards will be hosting a webinar on how to use the SendOutCards system to create residual income as well as how stay in touch with clients and customers – high touch marketing in a high tech world.
In addition to this event, on Friday November 7th at 11 AM Eastern you are also invited to attend, ”How to Create a Follow-up System to Save You Time AND Grow Your Business” featuring Heidi Caswell and Heidi Richards Mooney (The Follow-Up Divas).
In this teleseminar, the Follow-Up Divas will talk about the importance of staying in touch with your clients, and how to effectively stay in touch with them without spending a lot of money. They will talk about a variety of stay in touch mechanisms such as email, telephone and greeting/postcard and other direct marketing ideas. You will learn new strategies for following up with leads that can save you time and money and create loyal customers and clients for life.
Note: everyone who attends both events will receive a special gift in the mail!
To RSVP, email heidi@successandthensome.com with SOC Webinar in the subject line to receive webinar links and info to attend the teleseminar.
October 28th, 2008
October 7-13 is Home-Based Business Week– Did you know that the average home-based business person commutes almost 30 minutes per day, or well over 100 hours per month? That’s the time it takes to go from the kitchen to, to the home-office, to the bathroom, back to the home-office and outside for some fresh air.
Celebrate home based business week by inviting clients into your home-office for a luncheon or tea or if you have an online event, host a networking teleconference or webinar. Have everyone who participates sign a guestbook. Give away prizes! Have fun… send certificates of appreciation and thank-you notes afterwards. If you don’t have a home-based business… and have always wanted one, if not now, when?
October 7th, 2008