Nov
21
Is This The End Of Seminar Events
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I know you are probably thinking to yourself right now what? The end of In Person Seminars and Events how can that be? First let me start by clearing the stage here and saying that In Person events such as seminars, bootcamps, trainings and workshops are the best when it comes to successful teaching, networking and selling for today’s Information Marketer who wants to speak at these events. It is also so for the attendee who wants to learn and have the opportunity to meet the experts In Person and network with other individuals, create possible joint ventures and of course get away from the spouse and kids.
All teasing aside though, in today’s economy it has becoming increasingly more difficult for promoters to plan, market and promote successful In Person events. Let’s face it, getting “cheeks in the seats” as I call it, is becoming harder and harder to do. As a promoter you can not rely upon your speakers to promote the Seminar for you and get the cheeks in the seats - it just isn’t going to happen. If you do not work to create a winning-winning-winning for your Seminar it may indeed be the end of In Person Seminars for you!
Let’s run through the winning-winning-winning of In Person events #1 - Must Be A winning For The Customer First and foremost is the customer, your attendee. If your attendee is happy then you have secured your first winning. To secure a winning for the attendee it must be the right Seminar, the right time, the right price, the right message and the right speakers.
If you fail at any of one these and you are not able to promote this Seminar successfully to get the cheeks in the seats then you will not have a winning here. Not just from lack of attendees but also for the few that did show up because you see for them it affects thier experience. The attendee will not be happy because they feel uncomfortable at events with few in the audience and they dont like to stand out. Also now they don’t have the benefit of In Person networking and joint venture opportunities and the dynamics of a postive successful Seminar change in the room dramatically typically causing a negative environment for all which in turns negatively impacts sales by the speakers.
#2 - Must Be A winning For The Internet Speaker A winning for the Internet Speaker is speaking at a In Person Seminar with a full audience at least 100 people to make it profitable and the audience is the perfect match for their presentation and product. As a Internet Speaker you need to ensure that these two criteria are met prior to signing a Internet Speaker agreement. When the turn out is low the Internet Speaker is not happy because they essentially loose money. You see when it coms to seminars, the Internet Speaker is in a business relationship with the promoter to make money.
The speaker pays their way to fly to the event, pays for car/ground travel, pays for hotel and meals. They take time away from thier family and their business to invest in the promoter and the expected audience, knowing that if they have a large, happy and TARGETED audience to speak to then they can teach and successfully sell their continuing education course. This is how the Speaker makes thier money they sell thier “System” their “Package”, and they split the cost 50/50 with the promoter.
#3 - Must Be A Win For The Promoter When the Win for the audience is met and the Win for the speaker is met, then the Promoter gets their Win in the end and the event is successful and profitable for all. However, if their is no win for audience and they don’t show up for the event or for those that do show up but don’t buy, that starts the ball rolling down the wrong hill. This affects the event dramatically and the Speaker is not happy then you don’t have a Win for them and your event goes down the drain.
Yes there key strategies that you can implement to mitigate Losses and turn them into Wins and I’ll share those strategies with you in my next post. Until then Break a Leg!