Elure Marketing Group

"How to Fill Your Seminars and Workshops … Without Spending a Fortune on Promotion"
The Three Most Common Reasons You're Struggling to Fill Your Events

Reason #1: Budgets are tight, and training is an easily cut expense.

When money gets tight, training is among the first expenses to be cut from corporate budgets. Unless your seminar is absolutely mission-critical for day-to-day tasks, approving managers will be hard-pressed to justify sending their employees to your events. And if attendees are paying their registration fees out of their own pockets, the sell becomes even more difficult. If your prospects are worried about putting food on the table or paying for little Jimmy's braces, they won't be inclined to fork over their hard-earned cash for a seat at your event.

Reason #2: Prospects don't want to - or can't afford - to travel.

More than two years after the horrors of September 11, the travel industry still hasn't recovered in full. Some Americans are just plain hesitant to leave home. Others would like to, but can't afford the expense … and can't get their employers to pick up the tab.

Reason #3: We're more protective of our time.

As far back as 1981, Faith Popcorn predicted that America would become a nation of cocooners … and boy, was she right. The pendulum is swinging back from the frantic, can't-eat-dinner-as-a-family-more-than-once-a-week days of the early 21st century. The downside is that as families carve out time to be together … and employees focus more on a work-life balance … it becomes more and more difficult to convince prospective attendees that it's worth giving up their time to attend your training event.

The Secret to Overcoming These Challenges …So Prospects Beat a Path to Your Door

The key to overcoming these top three challenges can be summed up in one word: Value.

Value … such as you must deliver unbelievable value in your content.

And value … such as your seminar marketing materials must convince prospects beyond a shadow of a doubt that your event will deliver more value than they are paying for.

If you want to win their hearts and their registrations, your prospects must believe at a gut level that your seminar will be "worth" it.

…Worth the money they'll have to cough up to travel to your event.
…Worth the cash they'll have to scrape together to pay the registration fee.
…Worth the hassle and frustration of running the security gauntlet at the airport.
…Worth the effort of rearranging their schedules.
…Worth the guilt of being away from their families for days.
…Worth the extra hours they'll have to put in at the office to make up for the time they'll miss.

"Let's face it, getting in front of your prospects is essential to growing a professional practice. That's why we chose to work with Elure Marketing. They have been very effective in getting us media attention and their efforts are showing in name recognition and prospect calls."

William Lange, CBI. M&AMI, Principal,
VR Business Brokers