What?s In It For Me?

“Our Mission is to provide valuable information… blah blah blah”
Who Cares? You know what customers care about?  Themselves.  They don’t care what services you provide or how often you win awards.  They only care about what’s in it for them.
Think about the last ad you remember.  Something made it memorable.  It connected with you.  It [...] http://bit.ly/MWtGi

What?s your energy signature?

Every piece of marketing material you create has an “energy signature”, which refers to the emotions (positive or negative) that piece creates in the mind of the recipient. For example, if your business card is professionally-designed, made of heavy card stock, is colorful, has your photo on it, and presents a professional image, that would [...] http://bit.ly/Sx8Xe

How have traditional advertising methods been impacted by Social Media?

Traditionally, you had an advertiser who was marketing at people. Think of television commercials, think of commercials when you’re listening to the radio, think of ads that come across either your computer screen or through the newspaper. The methods that interrupt people’s patterns of behavior are called just that – interruptive advertising.
Traditionally, advertisers and marketers [...] http://bit.ly/ocl28

What is Social Media, How can it help my business?

The Insights Group is an entrepreneur support community, where we are helping to empower small business people to take their businesses and their lives to the next level, to their next goal, to their next dream, whatever that may be.
 Social Media is one of the ways that business people can improve their marketing efforts without [...] http://bit.ly/8D1Zv

Blogging is one of the most important things you can do for yourself and your business

 
I feel compelled to share this clip from Seth Godin and Tom Peters today. I hope it resonates with you as it did with me.

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Setting Your Media Strategy - 2 Day Boot Camp Sept 17-18

When:

Thursday, September 17, 2009 at 8:30 AM (ET)



Where:

InSights Group
7187 Grand River
Brighton, MI 48116




Hosted By:

InSights Group

www.insights-group.com

810.623.5839

 

 

Register for this event now at :

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Event Details:

INSIGHTS GROUP

Presents

Setting Your Media Strategy

2 Day BOOT CAMP

Not to be Missed!

 

SO many marketing choices. What is the right way to promote your business in today’s market? How can you spend your time and money in the best way possible, to get the best results with a minimal dollar investment?

 

Find out how to navigate all your media choices, and start achieving your specific results by attending the Setting Your Media Strategy 2 Day Boot Camp at the Insights Group, and rewrite your advertising and marketing rules. You’ll find out how to create a personalized system to get you top results with a low investment. Develop a strategy that will build your business, grow and change as you do, and respond quickly to market conditions.

 

Overview of topics covered in this involved 2 day, hands on, guaranteed

business building course with emphasis on the Psychology of Marketing

 

®    Strategies for Marketing

®    Introduction to Social Media

®    Defining Sites for your business

®    Google Strategies

®    Blogging

®    Twitter Session

®    LinkedIn Session

®    Facebook Session

®    Personal Branding

®    Organic Marketing Strategy    

®    Organic Google Results

®    Leave Behinds     

®    Networking Philosophy

®    Direct Marketing

®    Networking Philosophy

®    Networking Strategies

®    Connection Building

®    Marketing Tic Tac Toe

 

 

 

Cost: $299 Includes lunch both days and follow up accountability session

            InSights Group Members Save $100

Sign up now, class size is limited and seats go quickly!

Location:

 7187 E. Grand River Avenue

Brighton, MI 48114

www.insights-group.com

 

Thursday Sept 17th, 2009 and Friday Sept 18th, 2009

@ the Insights Group 8:30am-5pm PM

 

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Ladies Night Out - The Wizard of Oz

When:

Friday, September 11, 2009 from 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM (ET)



Where:

InSights Group
7187 Grand River
Brighton, MI 48116




Hosted By:

InSights Group

www.insights-group.com

810.623.5839

 

 

Register for this event now at :

http://ping.fm/Usi8Q



Event Details:

 

Enjoy an evening out...with the characters from the Wizard of OZ

Ladies Nights at InSights are the place to meet, connect, and share the story about your business. Visit with the other vendors and guests who are here to try your products, sample your wares, and get to know more about you!

 

With an emphasis on vendor/guest interaction, each Ladies Night has a game and a theme to get those conversations started. This one will be starring your friends as they enact the Wizard of Oz mystery game so you can determine who melted the Wicked Witch. Complete with the ShopKeepers of the Emerald City (YOU) We’ll have visits from the Wicked Witch of the West, Glenda, her Sister and the Good Witch of the East, and Dorothy, Toto, The Lion, Tin Man and Scarecrow, and of course the great and powerful OZ from behind the curtain.

 

The event opens at 6pm, show runs until 10pm.  Each vendor also provides a gift worth up to $25 for inclusion in the door prize drawing. Vendors are eligible for a prize package...The business with the most guests in attendance will receive a prize package worth over $500, including a free pass to the September 17-18 Boot Camp!

 

Spread the word about your business!!

$150 for a 6’ Space, $50 for a 2x2 table with 2 chairs 

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Motivation 101: Hey everybody,

I have a confession to make. I've been a self improvement junkie for a long t.. http://bit.ly/ZYFOJ

Speaker's Bureau Workshop with Toastmasters Club: District 28 & district 62 invite you to a Speaker's Bureau Wor.. http://bit.ly/K9uXc

Linda Houston - Photographic Art Works: You are cordially invited to a special viewing of the photographic art w.. http://bit.ly/FFj3G

Organic Marketing Club

When:

Monthly Event - First Monday of every month: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (ET)



Where:

InSights Group
7187 Grand River
Brighton, MI 48116




Hosted By:

InSights Group

www.insights-group.com

810.623.5839

 

 

Register for this event now at :

http://ping.fm/MsFKM



Event Details:

Organic Marketing (TM) is a group of tactics for day to day promotion of your business. This is an amazing way to lower your overhead, organize your strategy for marketing and see the RESULTS, every day!

Join us for our Introduction to Organic Marketing from 5pm-5:45pm, and then join us for our open forum Organic Marketing Club Meetings the 1st and 3rd Monday's of every month from 6pm-8pm. Organic Marketing is redefining the way that small businesses and entrepreneurs market their business.

So many marketing choices, not sure where to turn? What should your budget be? Where can you get the best results for your money? How do you create a social media campaign to grow your business? Find out all this and more as a member of the club.

Each week we will discuss one of the squares of the Marketing Tic Tac Toe Board, members will share their experiences and expertise, and we will help you define or refine the best marketing strategies for your business.

The first meeting is always free. Club Dues will be $20 per meeting. For great money savings consider becoming and InSights Enthusiast at either the Gold or Silver level. Just ask any of the InSights Enthusiasts if you'd like more information...

 

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Re: Thought of the Day

"It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper."

-Errol Flynn (1909 - 1959), Australian-born Film Actor

 

From Scott Fox's

365SuccessQuotes.com

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