How to Make it Big in the Seminar Business

How to Make it Big in the Seminar Business
Author: Paul Karasik
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2004-12-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0071460586

How to Make It Big in the Seminar Business is considered must have reading among consultants, speakers, and seminar leaders. Fully updated and revised, this new edition is packed with insider tips on determining fees, marketing, scheduling, presentation technologies, and much more. It features new chapters on using the Web and other new technologies to deliver seminars; marketing on the Web; developing coaching services in conjunction with seminars; and E-mail newsletters. Readers get a fully updated and expanded directory--listing the names, addresses, and telephone numbers for hundreds of public seminar companies, corporate training companies, speakers bureaus, and seminar websites.

Start Your Own Seminar Production Business

Start Your Own Seminar Production Business
Author: Entrepreneur Press
Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2006-10-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1613080972

Did you ever think you might be able to make money leading seminars to teach others what you know? Or promoting a dynamic speaker who motivates the crowds? Many people pay top dollar to attend seminars that teach them how to do something faster, better, more easily or more profitably—which gives you a great opportunity for profit. This hands-on guide, completely updated with the latest trends and newest information, details how to plan seminars, webinars, and teleseminars for yourself or someone else from start to finish. Learn how to: • Negotiate for great deals on halls, hotels and conference rooms • Promote a business with almost no cash investment • Use ingenious PR tactics that will draw attendees—and profits—like a magnet • Test-market your subject matter before spending a dime • Develop and sell CDs, books and other profitable materials People who promote and produce seminars are making huge profits—and so can you! Get in on the action in this booming field today.

How to Start a Seminar Production Business

How to Start a Seminar Production Business
Author: ARX Reads
Publisher: ARX Brand International LLC
Total Pages: 25
Release:
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Seminars are a big source of income nowadays. You may now know it but HUNDREDS of individuals, organizations, companies, associations, and giant corporations demand seminars all over the United States. Seminars and workshops are big business, with thousands being run every year across the U.S. A quick search of Eventbrite, for example, reveals around 35,000 upcoming seminars, and that’s only on one platform. With attendees in the hundreds and/or admission fees in the thousands for the largest and most successful seminars, they can be a great source of revenue for edupreneurs. If you can teach your subject in a classroom setting or via an online course, there’s no reason you can’t convert what you know into an informative and engaging seminar. Seminars tend to focus on knowledge, experience, and growth and it’s the reason why a lot of people demand them. If you WANT to start a seminar business, we’ve listed the 6 steps you will need for your successful seminar checklist.

How to Develop and Promote Successful Seminars and Workshops

How to Develop and Promote Successful Seminars and Workshops
Author: Howard L. Shenson
Publisher: Wiley
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1990-09-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780471527084

A complete guide to succeeding in today's burgeoning seminar business--from developing a program and market testing, to pricing, promotion, advertising, and more! How to Develop & Promote Successful Seminars & Workshops The adult education business--seminars, workshops, classes, conferences--is one of the fastest growing industries in the country and, for many, extremely profitable. Now, Howard Shenson shares proven-effective, research-based strategies responsible for filling more than one million seminar seats, to allow anyone with marketable knowledge to succeed in the seminar business. You'll learn: * How to select a marketable subject and test market any seminar for about $1,000 or less * How to develop a dynamic program and effective program materials * How to create a powerful, registration producing marketing strategy and design winning promotional materials * How to assess promotional effectiveness and fine-tune marketing to increase sales * How to evaluate and choose where and when to conduct your seminar or workshop * How to select hotel and conference facilities * How to price your program to ensure maximum registrations/profitability * How to develop or obtain program materials and how to add to your profits through back-of-the-room sales of products and services * How to creatively select and rent mailing lists, and maximize your direct mail response while reducing marketing expense

88 Money-Making Writing Jobs

88 Money-Making Writing Jobs
Author: Robert Bly
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1402250592

THE BEST WAYS TO MAKE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WRITING! Writers today are no longer just working on books and newspapers. Businesses, advertisers, and hundreds of other outlets are desperate for people who can craft effective messages and persuade people with their words. A strong writer can make $50 to $200 per hour, or even more... if you know where to find the work. Robert Bly is a professional writer who makes more than $600,000 per year from his writing. Now, he's ready to share his secrets. 88 Money-Making Writing Jobs presents the best outlets writers can find to turn their words into profit (including many that few people think to seek out). Along with an overview of each job, you'll discover: A breakdown of what it typically pays The nuts and bolts of what you'll write What it takes to work in the field How to get started Resources for finding the work For anyone serious about a career as a writer, this guide offers the best information on how to make incredible money in ways that are fun, challenging, and make the most of your writing talents.

The Complete Guide to Running Successful Workshops & Seminars

The Complete Guide to Running Successful Workshops & Seminars
Author: Kristie Lorette
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Company
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2014-11-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1601388713

A typical workshop doesn’t always sound intriguing — in fact, it’s something most people try to avoid attending. Still, seminars are held each year in many fields and industries, and usually none are alike. While thousands of executives, employees, and other professionals dread hours of lectures and preaching that the average conference involve, the one you’re planning doesn’t have to be the norm. The Complete Guide to Running Successful Workshops & Seminarsis your complete guide to putting together an effective conference that is sure to be a hitfrom start to finish, regardless of your field and audience. In this new book, you will learn the ins and outs of planning a workshop,from general decisions about how long the event will last to the minutedetails such as where each person will check in and sit. This completeguide will teach you how to effectively target and communicate withyour audience so you can give your attendees the information they weremissing. You will learn about the basics of leading a training program,such as what characteristics you should portray to show your authorityand credibility, as well as the general structural elements of a workshop,seminar, and conference. This comprehensive book will help you define thereason why you are holding a workshop, and will teach you to succinctlycreate an objective for your participants so that you are destined forsuccess. You will even learn how to evaluate and measure your successduring and after the event to prove your true effectiveness and determineyour program’s strengths and weaknesses. Filled with information abouthow to build a budget, planning, scheduling and get funding for yourworkshop, this book addresses the financial aspect of holding an hour, day,or weekend workshop so that you can adequately allocate your money.This comprehensive guide has it all — and will teach you everything youneed to know to plan, promote, and present a conference.

Entrepreneurial You

Entrepreneurial You
Author: Dorie Clark
Publisher: Harvard Business Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1633692280

What does it take to create the career you want? It's no secret that the world of work has changed, and we're shifting toward an ever more entrepreneurial, self-reliant, work-from-wherever-you-are economy. That can be a liberating force, and many professionals dream of becoming independent, whether by starting their own businesses, becoming consultants or freelancers, or developing a sideline. But there's a major obstacle professionals face when they contemplate taking the leap: how to actually make money doing what they love. You may have incredible talent and novel ideas, but figuring out how to get started, building your reputation in a new realm, developing multiple revenue streams, and bringing in a steady flow of new clients can be a daunting prospect. Dorie Clark, a successful entrepreneur and author, has done it all. And in Entrepreneurial You she provides a blueprint for professional independence, with insights and advice on building your brand, monetizing your expertise, and extending your reach and impact online. In short, engaging chapters she outlines the necessary elements and concrete tactics for entrepreneurial success. She shares the stories of entrepreneurs of all kinds--from consultants and coaches to podcasters, bloggers, and online marketers--who have generated six- and seven-figure incomes. This book will be your hands-on guide to building a portfolio of revenue streams, both traditional and online, so that you can liberate yourself financially and shape your own career destiny.

Profit First

Profit First
Author: Mike Michalowicz
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2017-02-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 073521414X

Author of cult classics The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur offers a simple, counterintuitive cash management solution that will help small businesses break out of the doom spiral and achieve instant profitability. Conventional accounting uses the logical (albeit, flawed) formula: Sales - Expenses = Profit. The problem is, businesses are run by humans, and humans aren't always logical. Serial entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz has developed a behavioral approach to accounting to flip the formula: Sales - Profit = Expenses. Just as the most effective weight loss strategy is to limit portions by using smaller plates, Michalowicz shows that by taking profit first and apportioning only what remains for expenses, entrepreneurs will transform their businesses from cash-eating monsters to profitable cash cows. Using Michalowicz's Profit First system, readers will learn that: · Following 4 simple principles can simplify accounting and make it easier to manage a profitable business by looking at bank account balances. · A small, profitable business can be worth much more than a large business surviving on its top line. · Businesses that attain early and sustained profitability have a better shot at achieving long-term growth. With dozens of case studies, practical, step-by-step advice, and his signature sense of humor, Michalowicz has the game-changing roadmap for any entrepreneur to make money they always dreamed of.

The Art of Gathering

The Art of Gathering
Author: Priya Parker
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2020-04-14
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1594634939

"Hosts of all kinds, this is a must-read!" --Chris Anderson, owner and curator of TED From the host of the New York Times podcast Together Apart, an exciting new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together—at home, at work, in our communities, and beyond. In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive--which they don't have to be. We rely too much on routine and the conventions of gatherings when we should focus on distinctiveness and the people involved. At a time when coming together is more important than ever, Parker sets forth a human-centered approach to gathering that will help everyone create meaningful, memorable experiences, large and small, for work and for play. Drawing on her expertise as a facilitator of high-powered gatherings around the world, Parker takes us inside events of all kinds to show what works, what doesn't, and why. She investigates a wide array of gatherings--conferences, meetings, a courtroom, a flash-mob party, an Arab-Israeli summer camp--and explains how simple, specific changes can invigorate any group experience. The result is a book that's both journey and guide, full of exciting ideas with real-world applications. The Art of Gathering will forever alter the way you look at your next meeting, industry conference, dinner party, and backyard barbecue--and how you host and attend them.