Women in Business Online: Thinking of hosting a virtual event? You should! Here’s why…

woman with headset3Joint ventures (predominantly Virtual Events) is the primary way that I grow my “list”… my community… my peeps… my tribe by leaps and bounds!

A virtual event is a joint venture marketing strategy that I highly recommend but, here’s the caveat… it’s not for the weak at heart! While there are definitely a lot of moving parts to a virtual event you’ll discover that the end results are totally worth it!

If the idea of hosting your own virtual event interests you or you love the idea of being able to put your own joint venture together (virtual event or not) to grow your list this year you should know about Virtual Event Boom. A Virtual Event about… virtual events ;~)

The FREE preview series is on now!

And in case you need a little more motivation, here are my top 8 reasons why hosting a Virtual Event is so smart:

1) RAPID LIST BUILDING: The co-promotion of the joint venture partners creates massive exposure for everyone involved. Ten high profile joint venture partners with an average list size of 10,000 means that your message/event will be exposed to 100,000 people. That’s good for you and good for your joint venture partners too!

2) RELEVANT LIST BUILDING: When done correctly – the flood of new subscribers you attract through your virtual event are targeted and relevant to your area of expertise. Take List Attraction Week as an example. Serious women in business online want to know how to grow their list, keep people on their list and make money from their list. There is the potential to get the best of both worlds: quantity AND quality. And, when it comes to list building this is a winning combination!

The more relevant your list, the easier it is to build RELATIONSHIPS which is the heart of your community. Through relationships comes trust and that is the cornerstone of profitability.

3) IMMEDIATE REVENUE: A successful joint venture planned correctly can lead to immediate revenue. A percentage of the targeted and relevant subscribers you attract will become paying customers.

4) DIVIDE EFFORT MULTIPLY EFFECT: In my opinion, a virtual event is the ultimate leverage. By partnering with other experts in your area of expertise, the collective energy and effort grows your list, boosts your credibility and stimulates revenue. Now you can impact more people AND… do more and more of what you LOVE to do!

5) CATALYST FOR MOMENTUM: A virtual event is a catalyst for tremendous growth. My business grows by leaps and bounds rather than inching along. I’m also able to leverage the momentum and buzz a virtual event creates. And you can too!

6) CREDIBILITY THROUGH ASSOCIATION: When you partner with other highly respected experts in your field, it boosts your credibility by association. And, as the lead of the joint venture, you boost your fame factor too! “Oh wow! You know [insert name of super cool guru JV partner]? I’m impressed”

7) POWERFUL AND PROFITABLE RELATIONSHIPS: Collaborating and creating joint ventures with other experts boosts your credibility through association. As you add value and increase to their lives, they want to add value and increase to you. These mutually beneficial win-win relationships are priceless.

8 ) MARKETING BECOMES FUN AND EASY! The momentum each joint venture project creates allows me to get the biggest results for my investment of time and money. The key word here again is LEVERAGE. A Joint Venture is SMART marketing on steroids!

Sound good to you?

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What Does It Take to Host a Virtual Event Successfully?

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Virtual events are on the rise. According to a survey conducted by On24, 63% of the 5000 marketing professionals surveyed said they were more likely to attend conferences online than in person.

Wow! With so many people searching for virtual events to attend, it’s no wonder that hosting one has become so seductive.

Virtual Events have become the #1 way that I personally have been able to take big leaps in my business. Just some of the reasons I do them are… growing a large and responsive list, boosting credibility and generating revenue.

Yet, despite the attractiveness, when done poorly, a virtual event can do more to damage your reputation than help it.

Ask my friend Leesa Barnes…

When she first started hosting her own virtual events, she could only attract 2 people and she made every mistake in the book…

  • She didn’t record her session
  • She didn’t provide an invitation to her guests on how to follow up with her for more info
  • She focused more on getting the technology right than on the marketing
  • And she tried to do it all by herself

So, why am I mentioning Leesa?

Since 2006, Leesa has hosted a variety of profitable virtual events that easily net her between 5 and 6 figures in extra income.

Not just that, but she also produces virtual events for people who don’t want to do it themselves.

Leesa is on a mission to help as many people as possible learn how to host virtual events successfully.

That’s why she’s hosting a **FREE** preview call series to share with you best practices in virtual events.

These calls take place weekly beginning on Wed Apr 14, 2010 and ending on Wed May 5, 2010. Each call is 75-minutes and will give you the tools and tactics to host your next virtual event with success.

These complimentary calls are a SNEAK PEEK of all the great content Leesa and her faculty of speakers (people like *ME*) will be sharing at the 2010 VIRTUAL EVENT BOOM, a 5-day virtual event taking place May 10-15, 2010.

Head on over to VIRTUAL EVENT BOOM to get the call-in details for this **FREE** preview call series.