Posts Tagged ‘ Marketing ’

Speaking: An underused and undervalued marketing method

Aug 6th, 2008 | By Kirk Ward | Category: Featured Articles, Marketing With Speeches

There are clubs and organizations in your community who actively seek speakers for their meetings and community activities. Organizations like community colleges, the local SBDC (Small Business Development Center) and chambers of commerce all seek outside speakers to fill their programs.

If you can give a good presentation, then your time as a volunteer speaker to these clubs and organizations will return practice development dividends far in excess of any other marketing activity you do, with the possible exception of writing articles and books and getting published.



Writing And Using Articles

Jul 29th, 2008 | By Kirk Ward | Category: Marketing Services by Writing

One of the basic tools of the rainmaker system is the writing and using of articles. You’ll enjoy a lot of benefits by having an article printed in a business or professional publication, or even in your local newspaper. However there are some misconceptions about what it will do, and these misconceptions usually wind up [...]



What Are Clients Looking For?

Jul 20th, 2008 | By Kirk Ward | Category: Building Your Reputation, Featured Articles

What are clients looking for? Determine what a prospects needs are, supply it and you’ll be successful, right? It’s what every sales manual you’ll ever see, that doesn’t cover the basics of Rainmaking skills, will try to tell you. Find a need and fill it. But, you’re in a profession, licensed or not, and what [...]