Marketing 101

I have a few announcements for your benefit. But, first…

For those of you who keep asking me via email and on Facebook how my foot is doing… well, I’m still limping around like an old man. It’s getting better, but it’s not there yet. (Thank you very much for asking!)

If you weren’t able to make our Local Chapter Meeting this past Tuesday evening, “BOY, did you miss a great meeting!”

It was dynamic. Packed with great energy, great people, and great money-making information.  If you were there, you know!

If you couldn’t make it, we missed you!  I’m sure something much more important came up. But, as I tell a few of my Mastermind members when they miss a meeting… in my opinion THIS local chapter meeting should be as important to you as any important customer or client meeting you have. Shouldn’t it? Afterall, it’s 100 percent designed to help you make more money – just as a customer or client would give you. So, if you are serious about enhancing your income, what gives? Why didn’t you come? (Seriously. We missed you!

So, respectfully, since your fellow members and guests did take the time out of their busy week to be at the meeting, participate, and take vigorous notes, I can’t share everything that we talked about there. However, a few members have asked me where I got the cartoon image of me as “The Former Struggling Consultant”. So, I thought I’d share where you can get that done, if you wish. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, click here to see what I’m talking about. )

Here are few other announcements for your benefit that I mentioned at the meeting, too:

• I got my cartoon image done very inexpensively through Dimple Art. You just send them a picture of yourself and tell them what you want it to look like, and “Wha-lah!”… in a few days you have your cartoon image sent to you as a jpeg. You can check out all they have to offer at http://bit.ly/9LLk33 (NOTE: I am an Affiliate of this site. So, if you decide to invest in yourself, I may make a couple of dollars for the referral.)
  
• Need help with your Marketing Tasks? Whether it’s because of lack of time, lack of patience, or lack of knowledge on how to actually do what you need to do, I can help.  Here are some of the projects I can help with:
  • Social Media Management, Mini-site creation (Squeeze page, Sales page), Lost Customer Reactivation Campaigns, Online Lead Generation/List Building, Creating ‘Multi-step’ Marketing (Sequence), Outrageous Advertising/ Direct Mail Campaigns, “Shock & Awe” Packages, Follow-up Marketing Campaigns, Customer Newsletter(s), Holiday Marketing Campaigns, Design Sales Scripts (Sell, Cross-sell, Upsell), Finding Premiums for Offers, Collect Testimonials, etc.   If you need some help for whatever reason, please give my office a call at (626) 507-8228.
    
• If you haven’t subscribed to Bill Glazer’s Weekly “No BS LIVE” Online TV Show, you’re missing GOLD Nuggets of great marketing information each week. Subscribe at http://NoBSLIVE.tv
  
• UPCOMING GKIC Events: Social Media Money Magnet Seminar, August 9-11th, Baltimore, MD; 2010 MARKETING & MONEYMAKING Info-SUMMIT, Thursday, November 11th – Saturday, November 13th in Baltimore, Maryland, with Bonus “Herd-Building” Day – Sunday, November 14, 2010.  If you need Tuition Forms for either one of these events, please email me at Craig@GlendalePasadenaGKIC.com
  
• Your S&D Example of the Month: Scratch & Win Postcards – “Everyone likes to Win!” Question: “How can you use this in your marketing next month?” Take advantage of the offer they have in the black envelope for GKIC Members only.
• Our Next Monthly New Member Fast-Start Workshop is on Thursday, August 19th at 11:45am. In this workshop, You will discover:  A little more on who Dan Kennedy is, what he’s done, and who he’s helped; Identify what business you are REALLY in; Dan Kennedy’s “No B.S.” Rules for Direct Marketing Success; How to go from “Annoying Pest to Welcomed Guest;” The difference between TOMBSTONE advertising and Glazer-Kennedy Direct Response marketing; Three SUPER-Critical Elements to ANY Marketing Piece; What SYSTEMS are…  and why you must have them in your business to become wealthy; And much more! You can register at http://GlendalePasadenaGKIC.com/FastStartWorkshop.html
  
• There are Currently No Openings In Our Local Chapter Mastermind Groups. We recently combined our Info-Marketing Mastermind Group with our long-time Peak Performance Mastermind Group. This NEW combined group makes one great elite, experienced group to belong to. Current Members include: Dr. Brian Bergh, Jonathan Mitchell, Ron Fink, Ramon Vela, Dr. Harry Malhotra, Heather Morrow, Ruth Failer, Ted Moreno, and Corbet Wilcox. As I mentioned, currently there are no openings in this elite level group. However, I am taking names of people who are interested in getting involved in the NEXT Dan Kennedy Mastermind Group, possibly starting in October ’10.  Please email me at Craig@GlendalePasadenaGKIC.com if you’re interested.

That’s it for now! Have an OUTstanding day (and an even better weekend)!

Dedicated to helping you multiply your income in 2010 (and beyond),

“No BS” Craig

Craig Valine, Marketing Performance Strategist

Certified “No BS” Business Advisor
Glazer-Kennedy Insider’s Circle
Glendale/Pasadena Local Chapter

Craig@GlendalePasadenaGKIC.com
(626) 507-8228   Office