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