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Casual Articles - Ten Convention Travel and Attendance Tips
You've had one thousand of the finest, most eye-catching business cards printed. Now, what do you do with them?Networking with business cards is one of the most cost effective means of marketing your business--and yourself.Get those business cards out!Don't leave them sitting in the box, they do you no good there. Get them into the hands of your prospects! If you think of your business card as a mini-billboard for your company, you'll realize that you need people to see it in order for it to be effective. Here are a few ideas to get you started...1. Keep them in your pocket, purse, briefcase, and wallet, on your desk, and at the reception area of your office.Leave
Cold calling is the pits! We all hate it and we also hate being on the other side of a cold call. So to stop cold calling you need to be able to generate leads without picking up the phone. Here’s the basic process.To be successful in generating leads you need multiple methods. It could be anything from a website, email, direct mail, signs, banner ads, Google Adwords, etc. There are so many methods to generate leads that it’s too big a topic for this article.To be effective you need all your methods for generating leads to go into one specific funnel. For example, if I send out a direct mail piece and I’m driving people to go to my website I also want to drive people to my website if I’m using s
Ten Convention Travel and Attendance Tips:
Before you leave for your Convention, there are some fundamental basics you should consider.
1. Are you flying to your Convention? If so, have you looked into the rules and regulations about the amount of luggage you are allowed to travel with. If you plan to shop while at your Convention, remember to consider duty, taxes and how your shopping items will contribute to increased luggage on your way home.
2. Do you need a passport to travel to your Convention? There are new rules these days about travelling to other countries. As an example, effective January 23, 2007, Canadians will need a passport to travel to the US. At the moment the date for needing a passport to drive into the the US from Canada is January 1st, 2008. As well, US citizens travelling outside the US may need a passport to get back into US. So whatever your situation is, ensure you've examined your passport requirements. Getting a passport can be a lengthy procedure, so plan ahead and allow the time you need to acquire your passport before your scheduled trip.
3. Are you traveling outside your own country with health coverage protection? Ensure you have purchased any additional health travel insurance you may need. Understand exactly what you have purchased, and what you are obliged to do should you have to use this insurance. As an example, you may be required to contact you health insurance provider within a 24 hour period of an incident occurring. Know the details ahead of time.
4. Have you thought about your need to get office work done while you're attending your Convention? Although we don't pre-plan to sit in our hotel room doing office work, there may be an instance (or two) when the office wants or needs you to resolve a matter (or two). Technology today allows you to remotely access your PC from anywhere in the world. Although your work or home PC won't physically be with you, you can still access your PC files, databases, networks and emails from your convention, either from your own laptop or other P
I was reading another chapter in one of my favorite books, The Art Of Possibility. This is one of the best books I’ve ever read on transforming your personal and professional life. On page 55, the authors introduce the practice of, “being in contribution.”One of my clients says contribution is essential to being who she is. She says, “Helping others is part of my life purpose. I need to help at least one person in some way, every day.” For many, being in contribution to others is a core value. Many have defined the value of contribution as meaning, “being in service to others” because they want to make a difference in the world.The intention of being in contribution can be expressed by saying, “How can I help
2. Do you need a passport to travel to your Convention? There are new rules these days about travelling to other countries. As an example, effective January 23, 2007, Canadians will need a passport to travel to the US. At the moment the date for needing a passport to drive into the the US from Canada is January 1st, 2008. As well, US citizens travelling outside the US may need a passport to get back into US. So whatever your situation is, ensure you've examined your passport requirements. Getting a passport can be a lengthy procedure, so plan ahead and allow the time you need to acquire your passport before your scheduled trip.
3. Are you traveling outside your own country with health coverage protection? Ensure you have purchased any additional health travel insurance you may need. Understand exactly what you have purchased, and what you are obliged to do should you have to use this insurance. As an example, you may be required to contact you health insurance provider within a 24 hour period of an incident occurring. Know the details ahead of time.
4. Have you thought about your need to get office work done while you're attending your Convention? Although we don't pre-plan to sit in our hotel room doing office work, there may be an instance (or two) when the office wants or needs you to resolve a matter (or two). Technology today allows you to remotely access your PC from anywhere in the world. Although your work or home PC won't physically be with you, you can still access your PC files, databases, networks and emails from your convention, either from your own laptop or other
A follow-up companion reader to The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, here is a clear character profile of the ideal Team Player. Maxwell stresses some main qualities of a good team player: intentional, or she is focused on the big picture, relational, focused on others, selfless, willing to take a backseat for the good of the team, and tenacious - works hard to overcome obstacles, no matter what.1. Adaptable: If you won't change for the team, the team may change youTeam players who are most likely to become adaptable possess the following characteristics:a) they are highly teachable;b) they are emotionally secure;c) they are creative; and,d) they are service-minded individ
3. Are you traveling outside your own country with health coverage protection? Ensure you have purchased any additional health travel insurance you may need. Understand exactly what you have purchased, and what you are obliged to do should you have to use this insurance. As an example, you may be required to contact you health insurance provider within a 24 hour period of an incident occurring. Know the details ahead of time.
4. Have you thought about your need to get office work done while you're attending your Convention? Although we don't pre-plan to sit in our hotel room doing office work, there may be an instance (or two) when the office wants or needs you to resolve a matter (or two). Technology today allows you to remotely access your PC from anywhere in the world. Although your work or home PC won't physically be with you, you can still access your PC files, databases, networks and emails from your convention, either from your own laptop or other
People love to receive something for free. This is a fact that you should take advantage of it if you want to attract new costumers and improve your sales.Through rebates and incentives, you can actually give people what they want but still, make a significant increase on your sales. And for that reason, rebates and incentives are two of the most common and most effective marketing strategies you can make use of.Rebates and incentives, of course, must not be given at any time and in any situation without studying first to positive and negative effects it would generate to the business. Here are the critical areas where rebates and incentives must posses.Correct Rate.Just because you want to increas
4. Have you thought about your need to get office work done while you're attending your Convention? Although we don't pre-plan to sit in our hotel room doing office work, there may be an instance (or two) when the office wants or needs you to resolve a matter (or two). Technology today allows you to remotely access your PC from anywhere in the world. Although your work or home PC won't physically be with you, you can still access your PC files, databases, networks and emails from your convention, either from your own laptop or other
If you are a financial advisor who has ever struggled when dealing with wealthy prospective clients, then what you need is a process or formula to follow that will enhance your success. About the only more frustrating than not having enough appointments, is blowing them when given the opportunity. That's where a formula comes in.With formulas, all the typical human-error is removed. It's replicatable. It's like 2+2. When I do it I get 4. You do it, you get 4. You see, if you know that a formula works - virtually anyone with a pulse can 'plug-in' to the formula and get the same results. If you haven't reduced everything you do in your business to some type of formula...then you're working too hard and will neve
5. Have you Pre-registered for your Convention and Convention Classes? Some conventions allow you to do this. By pre-registering for your convention classes you not only save time, but you also ensure yourself a spot in classes that most interest you. The intangible element to this little tip, is the time you save by knowing your schedule.
6. Do you have Maps of where Events, Classes, and the Hotel are? Yes, I know this sounds so "basic". But how many people actually think ahead to how their time will flow from the point their alarm clock goes off in their hotel room to the next event, and the next event, and so on. One of the biggest wastes of time is trying to depend on someone else for directions, times, or even "what's next". Don't let this convention be a convention controlled by someone else's knowledge of "what's going on". If the convention you plan to attend has a website, visit that site and map out your event BEFORE you leave. Yes if you have your laptop with you, you can do it while you're there, however how much time will you take to "get organized" while at your event if you actually didn't do it before you left? Sorry, chances are you'll continue with the last minute mentality while there as well. So, take control of your time and map-out your event schedule.
7. If your Convention Classes are not being held in the same hotel you're staying in, do you know how you're getting there? Will you be renting a car, taking a cab, bus or car pooling with friends? Know this before you leave. Have a map of direction to these classes, in your hands, before you leave for this trip. By pre-planning your convention schedule, y
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