Why let the big seminar promoters make all the money while you speak at their events for a tiny share of the gate? Now you can promote your own public seminars ... get all the glory ... and keep the lion's share of the money!
Dear Reader:
Are you promoting and producing your own public seminars?
If not, you are leaving a pile of gold on the table!
Everybody who's involved in the Internet, speaking, consulting, copywriting, and marketing today should be leveraging their skill and knowledge - and making money hand over fist - in their own public seminars:
** INTERNET MARKETERS can increase revenues from their list, get customers to order more expensive products, and add incredible value for their subscribers. Internet information buyers love live events!
** SPEAKERS AND ASPIRING SPEAKERS can get on the platform - in front of a live, paying audience - whenever they want, as many times as they want. No more pleading with meeting planners to give you a shot. You can create many more opportunities to stand at the podium ... in front of an eager group of listeners ... expound on your knowledge and ideas - and make a boatload of money in a single day!
** COPYWRITERS, COACHES, CONSULTANTS, AUTHORS, AND OTHER MARKETERS can open up a lucrative new profit center ... generate lots more revenue from their intellectual property ... and significantly boost their bottom line. Plus, doing your own public seminars further positions you as a guru in your field!
However, not one out of 1,000 of the folks listed above will ever take advantage of the incredible money-making opportunity available today in producing and promoting your own public seminars.
The reasons, I'm convinced, are that (a) you fear no one will come to your seminar ... or (b) you think you don't have enough content to speak for a day ... or (c) you don't know how the seminar business works ... or (d) you are afraid of the cost and risk.
As someone who has made a nice income over the years giving seminars - both my own and for others - I am here to tell you that none of the above need concern you:
>> "No one will come to my seminar." You can fill a room even when you are virtually unknown to your audience. I did: when I promoted my first one-day seminar way back in 1982 or so on "How to Become a Published Book Author," I filled a hotel room with 60 paying customers - with just a one-time mailing to a rented list of strangers! (Not one of them by the way had read or even heard of the two books I had written at the time.)
>> "I don't have enough content." You probably do. If not, invite other speakers to give talks at your event. That way, you only need a one-hour talk instead of a one-day course. Surely you can talk about your favorite subject for an hour or 45 minutes?
>> "I am afraid of the cost and risk." In the old days, promoting public seminars was indeed a risky proposition, because it was done with costly newspaper ads and direct mail. Today, with the Internet and low-cost e-mail, you spend and risk virtually nothing to promote your public seminar.
>> "I don't know the seminar business." This may be a valid reason why you're not doing profitable seminars. But it need not be any longer. Read on for details....
Promoting public seminars -
once costly, now affordable.
In the "good old days," Fred Gleeck and I promoted our own public seminars with direct mail and newspaper ads.
It was tremendously risky and expensive. If the promotions didn't work, we were out thousands of dollars in marketing costs.
The Internet has made it cheap and easy to promote your own public seminars.
With the online marketing methods Fred and I teach you in our audio course, Public Seminar Profits, your marketing costs are virtually zero ... so the financial risk is minimal or nonexistent.
In Public Seminar Profits, you'll discover:
- Which type of event should you promote - public seminar, conference, workshop, or boot camp?
- How to get people to flock to your event in droves ... even if you're not a big name in your field.
- Advantages of promoting live events vs. tele-seminars or Webinars - for the attendees as well as you, the sponsor.
- How to reduce your risks and commitments in the seminar business almost to zero.
- How to market your seminar virtually at no cost via e-mail ... even if you don't have an e-mail list yet.
- Recruiting partners to promote your seminar in their e-newsletters - without paying them a dime for advertising.
- How long should your seminar last? Half a day? One day? Two days? Longer?
- Avoid holding your seminars on these days of the week if your attendees are businesspeople.
- The 3 best months to hold your public seminars ... and why they work so much better than the other 9 months of the year.
- Should you hold seminars only in New York, LA, and other major cities? The answer may shock you.
- Setting the registration fee for your event - price ranges for low, medium, and high-priced seminars.
- Setting your marketing goals: determining the optimum number of attendees you want at your event.
- How to get a great video and audio recording of your event - and market the recordings after the seminar as DVD and audio CD albums. Plus: optimal pricing for seminar audios and DVDs.
- The most powerful type of seminar attendee testimonial -- and how to get as many as you need.
- Taking orders, processing attendee registrations, and taking payments - should you do it both online and offline?
- Selling out your event early with Early Bird Registrations ... and how to price them for maximum sales.
- Setting your seminar cancellation policy. Plus: handling attendees who want to make partial payments.
- Increasing registrations and attendee satisfaction with a money-back guarantee - and one ethical way to make sure people don't take advantage of it.
- Pros and cons of having a single speaker vs. multiple presenters.
- Calculating total seminar revenues with the TR = SR + PS + CB formula ... and why even a seminar with limited attendance can become very profitable when you use it.
- How to get great speakers to actually pay you for the privilege of speaking at your event vs. the other way around. It's amazing but it's true; happens all the time.
- How far in advance of the seminar date should you begin to promote the event ... and how often should you e-mail your list about it?
- Creating a successful seminar web site or landing page that maximizes sign-ups for your events.
- An often-neglected way to multiply seminar profits by selling more of the CD and DVD recordings of the event.
- Do direct mail and newspaper advertising still work for filling seminar seats? What about postcards?
- Determining your geographic target market - local prospects, U.S., or worldwide?
- How far will folks drive to attend a seminar? Also: how to get hotel and airline discounts for your attendees.
- When speakers make sales pitches from the platform, some attendees get turned off. Here's a proven technique that can make them more receptive.
- Selecting the best topic for your seminar and designing the curriculum.
- The audience looks bored or disinterested. Use this "pattern interruption" to wake them up and re-engage their attention.
- Should you strictly promote your own events, speak at other people's events, or a combination? Why?
- The 1-2-3-4 Formula for calculating seminar ROI. Instantly determines whether your event is a hit or a flop financially.
- How to use free tele-seminars to build buzz about - and sell out -- your live events.
- Preparing your seminar hand-outs, workbooks, and other course materials ... without eating into your profits.
- What's working in premiums and free bonus gifts for seminar marketing today?
- A clever technique for finding out what hotels the big seminar promoters think are best for holding events in any city - without even asking them.
- The seminar date is approaching. You wanted 30 attendees but you have only 6. How to fill the empty seats fast.
- Must you be or hire a celebrity speaker or big name in your field to promote a seminar?
- How to plan and schedule a series of public seminars, conferences, and other events.
- Your first public seminar: how to prepare your talk, overcome stage fright, and step to the podium with confidence and enthusiasm.
- Tips for handling questions from the audience - even if you do not know the answer.
- What to do about hecklers, oddballs, and other disruptive attendees.
- How to make sure you cover everything your attendees want to learn.
- Up-selling seminar attendees on premium products and services.
- Food and drink are costly and can quickly make your profits dwindle. How much are you obligated to serve - and what do your attendees expect?
- How to bond with the audience before you even speak the first word of your talk.
- Making yourself and other speakers available to the audience before, during, and after the scheduled seminar hours - how much individual attention should you give attendees?
- Preparing for a blizzard, hurricane, or other emergency that could shut down your event.
- Know your liability and protect yourself against potential law suits.
- How to ensure that you get great ratings on your attendee evaluation forms.
- More tips for making sure your event sells out -- and that your attendees leave raving about you and your program.
Act now and save $30
Public Seminar Profits has been completely updated and professionally recorded on 3 CDs. It's a fast-paced, fun, informative, and entertaining discussion between two seminar pros who have done just about everything in the business over the past 25 years.
There's no lengthy manual to read or boring workbook to complete. You can absorb the entire program ... in about a week ... while listening in your car as you drive to and from work each day. It's that easy!
The list price for Public Seminar Profits is $127. Order now and it's yours for only $97 ... a $30 savings off the cover price ... less than I charge for just 15 minutes of my time.
And that's what you pay only if Public Seminar Profits in fact helps you make profits with your own public seminars.
If not, your cost is zero. Zilch. Nothing. Nada. That's because you can....
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That's right. If, after reviewing Public Seminar Profits, you aren't well on your way to earning thousands of dollars a day promoting your own public seminars ...
Or you are dissatisfied for any other reason ... or for no reason at all ... just return all the CDs to me within 90 days.
I'll refund your $97 payment in full. No questions asked. That way, you risk nothing.
So, what are you waiting for?
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Sincerely,
Bob Bly
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Bob Bly is a full-time freelance copywriter specializing in direct marketing. He earns more than $700,000 a year and became a self-made multi-millionaire while still in his 30s.
A copywriter for more than a quarter of a century, Bob has written promotions for over 100 clients including Phillips, Agora, KCI, 21st Century, Weiss Research, EBI Medical Systems, Sony, IBM, AT&T, Grumman, Crain Communications, McGraw-Hill, Intuit, and AlliedSignal.
Bob is the author of 70 books including The Copywriter's Handbook (Henry Holt) and Business-to-Business Direct Marketing (NTC Business Books). He has published more than 100 articles in such publications as Successful Meetings, Direct, Business Marketing, Writer's Digest, and Amtrak Express.
Bob's writing awards include a Gold Echo from the Direct Marketing Association, an IMMY from the Information Industry Association, two Southstar Awards, an American Corporate Identity Award of Excellence, and the Standard of Excellence award from the Web Marketing Association. He has also taught marketing at New York University.
Mr. Bly has appeared as a guest on dozens of TV and radio shows including The Advertising Show, Bernard Meltzer, CNBC, and CBS Hard Copy. He has been featured in major media ranging from the LA Times and Nation's Business to the New York Post and the National Enquirer. He was a featured speaker at the 2006 annual conference of the National Speakers Association.
Known as the "King of Content," Fred Gleeck is widely recognized as a highly ethical, no-hype marketer of information products. Many consider Fred to be one of the best (if not the best) teacher of "how to make money selling information products online."
Fred has created more than 300 audio learning programs, e-books, software packages, and other information products, all of which are marketed online. He is the author of 15 books including Selling Products from the Platform and Marketing and Promoting Seminars and Workshops.
With more than 20 years experience as a speaker and seminar promoter, Fred has spoken at dozens of seminars and boot camps - both his own as well as other people's events - to thousands of attendees. He regularly presents at both the Learning Annex and the National Speakers Association.
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