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Top Secrets for Other Powerful Ways to Promote Your Program
Top Secrets for Other Powerful Ways to Promote Your Program
Top Secrets for Other Powerful Ways to Promote Your Program
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Top Secrets for Other Powerful Ways to Promote Your Program

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This book features ways to expand your promotion through participating in trade shows, becoming a speaker, and doing your own publicity. It discusses types of trade shows and how to increase your sales. It describes how to create a topic to obtain speaking engagements, prepare your talk, and contact groups about your presentation. It shows how to contact the media and do effective interviews.

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Release dateNov 10, 2009
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Top Secrets for Other Powerful Ways to Promote Your Program
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Gini Graham Scott

Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., CEO of Changemakers Publishing and Writing, is an internationally known writer, speaker, and workshop leader. She has published over 50 books with major publishers on various topics and has written over 3 dozen children's books. Her published children's books include Katy's Bow, Scratches, The Crazy Critters First Visit, and Where's the Avocado? published by Black Rose Writing. She has published 8 children's books through her company Changemakers Kids and is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She does workshops on self-publishing and creativity. She also helps clients write books as a ghostwriter and self-publish or find publishers and agents. Her websites are www.changemakerspublishgandwriting.com and www.ginigrahamscott.com.

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    Top Secrets for Other Powerful Ways to Promote Your Program - Gini Graham Scott

    From the Success in MLM, Network Marketing, and Personal Selling Series...

    Getting Started the Right Way

    in MLM, Network Marketing,

    and Personal Selling:

    Top Secrets for Other Powerful Ways

    to Promote Your Program

    by Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D.

    www.ginigrahamscott.com

    Smashwords Edition

    Copyright 2009 Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D.

    Smashwords Edition, License Notes

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    INTRODUCTION

    CHAPTER 1: PARTICIPATING IN A TRADE SHOW

    TYPES OP TRADE SHOWS

    SHOW POLICIES ABOUT COMPETING PRODUCT LINES

    COSTS OF TRADE SHOW PARTICIPATION6

    SHARING A BOOTH

    DISPLAYING YOUR PRODUCTS

    Using Posters and Literature

    Arranging Your Booth

    Using a Free Drawing for Prizes

    Making Sure You Have Everything You Need

    Operating Your Booth

    Presenting Your Program Effectively

    CHAPTER 2: BECOMING A SPEAKER TO PROMOTE YOUR PRODUCT

    FINDING AN AUDIENCE WHO WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PRODUCT

    FINDING A TOPIC TO SPEAK ABOUT

    Preparing Your Talk

    GETTING READY TO CONTACT GROUPS

    Creating a Demo Tape or Video

    FINDING GROUPS TO CONTACT

    Handling Your Initial Contact and Follow-Up

    GIVING YOUR TALK

    FOLLOWING-UP AFTER THE MEETING

    CHAPTER 3: DOING YOUR OWN PUBLICITY

    TYPES OF PR POSSIBILITIES

    SOME GENERAL GUIDELINES IN DOING PR

    Finding Out Whom to Contact

    PREPARING AND SENDING OUT YOUR PRESS MATERIALS

    Calendar Listings

    Public Service Announcements on Local Radio or TV

    INTERVIEWS AND APPEARANCES ON LOCAL RADIO AND TV TALK AND INTERVIEW SHOWS

    INTERVIEWS ABOUT YOU AND YOUR COMPANY IN THE LOCAL BUSINESS COLUMNS OR PRESS

    FEATURE STORIES ABOUT YOUR PRODUCT OR SERVICE

    A NEWS STORY

    A GENERAL ARTICLE OR PROGRAM IN ANY MEDIA QUOTING YOU AS THE EXPERT

    INTRODUCTION

    Welcome to Book VI in THE SUCCESS IN MLM, NETWORK MARKETING, AND PERSONAL SELLING SERIES. The focus here will be a variety of other ways to promote your program.

    The book assumes that you have already selected your company, product, or service, know the basic principles of MLM and network marketing selling, have started acquiring customers and distributors, and have used some basic techniques for promoting your program, such as ads, publicity, and brochures and flyers. Now you want to do even more.

    Here’s a complete list of all of the books and chapters in the series, so you can refer to others as needed to help you make your program a great success.

    BOOK I: CREATING THE RIGHT ATTITUDE FOR SUCCESS

    Chapter 1 How to Use MLM in Your Direct Sales Program

    Chapter 2 Getting Prepared: Tips on Thoroughly Understanding Your Product and Company

    Chapter 3 Staying on the Path to Success: The Importance of Persistence

    Chapter 4 Setting Your Goals for Success

    BOOK II: GETTING STARTED IN MLM AND NETWORK MARKETING SALES

    Chapter 1 Basic Principles of Multi-Level and Network Marketing Selling

    Chapter 2 Answering Objections

    Chapter 3 How to Start Prospecting

    BOOK III: ACQUIRING CUSTOMERS AND SPONSORING DISTRIBUTORS

    Chapter 1 Taking Your Prospect to an Opportunity Meeting

    Chapter 2 Putting on a Productive One-On-One Presentation

    Chapter 3 Developing Customers and Turning Them into Distributors

    Chapter 4 Hosting Meetings or Sales Parties at Home

    Chapter 5 Five Tips for Selling Health Products Successfully

    Chapter 6 Other Creative Ways to Present Your Program

    BOOK IV: BUILDING A SALES ORGANIZATION

    Chapter 1 How to Start Building an Organization

    Chapter 2 Helping Your New Distributors Get Started

    Chapter 3 Working with Your Distributors

    BOOK V: PROMOTING YOUR PROGRAM WITH ADS, WRITTEN MATERIALS, AND THE PHONE

    Chapter 1 Advertising Your Program Effectively

    Chapter 2 Creating Professional Brochures, Filers, and Posters

    Chapter 3 How to Write Impressive Letters

    Chapter 4 Proven Telephone Techniques

    BOOK VI: OTHER POWERFUL WAYS TO PROMOTE YOUR PROGRAM

    Chapter 1 Participating in a Trade Show

    Chapter 2 Becoming a Speaker to Promote Your Product

    Chapter 3 Doing Your Own Publicity

    So now, get ready, get set, and learn how to promote your program in other ways.

    CHAPTER 1: PARTICIPATING IN A TRADE SHOW

    Trade shows can be a good source of new contracts and leads. You can participate by yourself, although most distributors combine forces with others to share costs or take turns working the booth.

    In consumer-oriented shows, you can sometimes generate a high retail sales volume for a high-demand product, whether at the show itself or through follow-up with potential customers who express interest. Also, some products, such as office supply products, move very well in business and trade shows.

    But if you're looking for new distributors for your sales group, don't expect to be a major source of on-the-spot sign-ups. Some people may decide quickly. But generally, look on each show as a source of leads for prospects. Then, you or your sales group members can follow up after the show.

    Some

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