My time management training company is a fairly new startup - less than 2 years, and only now full time. At this time I am planning to take a signature talk about my time management success journey with an invitation for others to sign up for private weekend retreat workshops or host them for company groups, this is what I'm developing as the cornerstone of my brand for sustainable time management. I have multiple areas of expertise from work-life balance issues to creating individualized business systems, so I can work on personal or professional issues. I don't have any direct connections with the corporate world in any particular industry, so I'd be interested in hearing what industries you think might be interested in hosting a free or affordable lunch and learn with real content where I can invite individuals to join me for a retreat, or the company to book a retreat for their management/employees. Any tips on who to talk to and how to approach a company with an offer of this kind? If you have a company of 15-50, would this be interesting to you? What about leaders in companies up to 1000 employees? Thank you for your help!
Great question - one that I have a bit of experience with. Eleven years of growing the Mims Morning Meeting LLC organically has taught me numerous lessons. Some of the lessons learned have certainly generated growth and revenue increase, others were just an exercise with little to no benefit and still others a great waste of my time. So the advice I share with you comes from a bought knowledge. Your question" Should I offer FREE or affordable lunch and learns for companies to fill my training retreats"? To the first element of your question addressing the word FREE my answer is an emphatic “NO" don't do anything for free. To the second element affordable “Yes” but, it must generate revenue in the form of money in your pocket directly following the event ends that day.
Having done lunch and learns to generate interest in my products and services both on a paid and free, the events that yielded the most were the paid events. ($45.00 person the most costly lunch from 11:15am to 1:00pm on a Wednesday event entitled “Closing Business in the 4th Quarter TIPS”). http://www.slideshare.net/frankmimsv/closing-business-4th-quarter-2013-edition
It is important to have a great foundation to support you in your efforts. For this I choose three, The Greater Houston Partnership one of the largest Chambers of Commerce in the US, Houston Business Journal and LinkedIn. These three opened a different door on a different level to find new treasures, resources and opportunities.
People don’t sustain people they cannot identify. The Greater Houston Partnership (GHP) became that sponsor after five years of cultivation and active volunteer work. The contacts were plentiful and there for the asking. From all walks of life and any vertical market you could name from Aerospace to the city Zoo. All markets participated and focused on the same mission; to bring on new bodies to the GHP. Each person is seeking new information, deeper clarification, redefined recognition and ways to build their work life and family existence empire on a quest of a greater dollar. The GHP is a cure for all.
Please call if you desire information on the remaining two avenues.
Thank you from Frank Mims V of the Mims Morning Meeting, LLC.
Answered 8 years ago
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