Book Review: Groomology

                                                     

       Jim Pagiamtzis review

       "Whether you are single and in the process of preparing for the big day, Groomology provides insights from preparation and attitude to take towards working with you fiance to make it a successful day!"  



            About book

               
What Every Smart Groom Needs to Know

The ring's on her finger, her to-do list is growing, and her mood is frantic. What's a groom to do? Let Groomology show him how becoming a partner in the wedding process can make the whole event more enjoyable, meaningful, and memorable. Time and time again, soon-to-be husbands only tackle what the bride-to-be has told them to do. Groomology outlines these traditional groom's duties but goes a step further to instruct grooms in the art of getting involved.

Grooms Will Learn The Best Strategies For A Happy Bride, Including:

• Being Sensitive To the Bride's Needs and Worries


• Taking Over Tasks the Bride Doesn't Want


• Understanding How Much Work Goes Into It All


• Reducing Her Stress


• Giving an Opinion


• Letting Go of an Opinion


• Being Creative


• The One Thing He Needs to Do


• The Benefit of Venting


• When Doing More Is Less

Complete with helpful resources, a guide to bridal party responsibilities and etiquette, tips on hiring vendors, wedding statistics, and more, Groomology is sure to keep couples happy throughout the tricky planning process.

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Six things to avoid doing when speaking to a group

The journey of become a great involves the ability to being able to share you expertise on a topic and also handle different parts of act before and after you share. 

Communication is a flow of conversation your have with the organizer before the event the participants during the event and then post event feedback from both organizer and participants

Organizer

It is important to have communication with the organizer. They have hold the key to you have a successful event. 

Details for how many people will be attending?  Technology needs from do you need to bring your own laptop, projector, screen?  If they supply that is it compatible with your equipment

Can you offer special deals during your presentation? Can you sell at the back of the room?

What has the audience bought in the past?

Prepare

 

The ability to engage with your audience rest on you being prepared with your topic, knowing your time limit and working toward creating ongoing engagement all they until your close.

Topic

Having a relevant topic to share, this goes back to communication with the organizer as mentioned earlier. The may give you suggestions of topics that I have been share in the past, you don’t want to share the same topic as other speakers. Creating engagement is about understanding the needs and wants of the audience and the organizer holds the key to that!

Audience

Being able to engage and work with the audience is a very important part of your talk. This where your skills and strengths come in as being an engaging, energetic and teacher come in to play. Every audience is different and as you continue to grow you speaking profile you will come aware of when you participants are paying attention or when they text on their iPhone!

Technology

Many speakers rely on technology to do their talks from using fancy powerpoint to illustrate their expertise or point, it come with one warning  technology will fail you!  I have seen it to many times and be part of it myself.  You may be prepared for the day but it does happen from powerpoint clicker not working, loosing power to software malfunctioning. In many cases you can fix it and move on. In some case you may have to do it freestyle with no powerpoint!

This come back to being prepared and knowing your topic. As mentioned earlier you should be able to do with your slides. 

Post event

After the event is very import also to communicate with the organizer to get feedback on the talk, collect feedback forms (if they were used) and book the next date to speak!

In the end you these six strategies will have you save time and energy and deliver an impactful and energetic presentation that will yield results.

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9 Tips for Successful Email Marketing

Great to tips to use as your template to creating a engaging  Email Marketing campaign

1^st   Understand the needs of your target audience. Give them concise, relevant information. Write in a personable, clear style.

                                Prepare effective content.

Pay particular attention to the “To”, “From”, and “Subject  lines. They should immediately convey the value of reading on.

2^nd

Test your email on a segment of your audience. Their response should help you gauge such factors as the quality of your content, the readability of your layout, or the timing of your delivery. Alter you approach based on their response.

                                             Test your email.

3^rd

Make sure your readers have opted in to receive your email.

                                       Get your readers’ permission

And , include a clear avenue for reads to opt-out in every email.

4^th

Give readers access to relevant and exclusive information. Be responsive to their feedback.

                                                Make it worth the read.

Reward their loyalty: include special offers or contests from time to time.

5^th

                                                       Include a call to action.

Give readers a reason to act. When readers respond to a compelling call to action, it results in increased web site traffic, greater revenue, or simply a stronger bond between them and you.

6^th

                                                Include a privacy statement

Include a link to a clear privacy statement in every email. A good privacy policy spells out the terms of your relationship with your readers and establishes a relationship of trust between you and your readers.

7^th

                                                      Make it accessible

While email designed with graphics, colour and an attractive layout can be more compelling make sure a plain-text version of your email is available. Not all email software can display complex formats

8^th

When do your readers prefer to hear from you? How often do they prefer to hear from you?

                                                  Set a consistent schedule

Try your delivery schedule on a small test group to gauge when your email is best received.

9^th

Developing an email marketing strategy-one that builds stronger relationships with your audience is a challenge.

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