Comments on: Nurture Your Brand With A Giveaway

By: Internet Marketing Strategies

Internet Marketing Strategies — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:23:38 +0000

I have been working on this for a while on my blog, still trying to decide what to give away, there are so many options.

By: Vera Raposo

Vera Raposo — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 05:08:47 +0000

Rose – She’s an outstanding woman and I’m thrilled that she does this every year. You’ll certainly gain alot of guidance by following Kelly at her site there.

Trent – Merry Christmas to you as well! and Happy New Year!

By: Trent

Trent — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 05:31:51 +0000

Merry Christmas!

By: Rose | FreeLife Supplements Store

Rose | FreeLife Supplements Store — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:03:33 +0000

How I wish I’d known about this wonderful WAHM before. I am work-at-home mom ever since I gave birth to my third and last child. Leaving the house to go to work for 5 days a week had been a harrowing experience for me and my kids until I decided to stay at home and take care of them myself. As a small business owner (I cook and sell foods mostly to neighbors and relatives) I always try to keep track of all the loyal customers so that I’ll be able to give ‘discounts’ through doubling an item the next time they buy. Their smiles of thanks always make me feel light. Thank you for letting me share my thoughts.

By: Kelly McCausey

Kelly McCausey — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:02:05 +0000

Vera, thanks for sharing about the WAHM Wish!

Ed, it was a full time job for about a week – but the fun of facilitating the wishes is addictive LOL! Next year though – I’m going to do things a bit differently so that we can fulfill more wishes over a longer period of time without me having to take a complete vacation from the rest of my business

I did try to fulfill every clear wish but with five wishes for a new laptop I did have to do some prioritizing based on what I thought I could facilitate in a week’s time. Who knows? Maybe next year we will give a laptop away?

By: Vera Raposo

Vera Raposo — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:07:19 +0000

Steen – I think it was more for all the little extra’s that you do. But of course those can add up as well. I see your point about maybe they’ll start to expect that kind of service from you, but at the same time… don’t we want to overdeliver to our clients? I sure do. I also think if you have a client that wants to overrun your time, it’s time to let them go and find clients that respect us for the professionals that we are.

Angie – I’m so happy to have been a part of your gift, it’s a great program! Yaro is also very easy to learn from and actually apply the work that he tells you to do. Merry Christmas!

Ed – Yes I’m sure it takes alot of her time but the extra effort just shows the great person that she is.

By: Ed Roach

Ed Roach — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:33:16 +0000

That sounds like a full time job right there.

Good for her.

By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:10:14 +0000

I just got a Google Alert for my name and your blog post came up. I want to thank you very much for helping make my wish come true. I’m very excited about Blog Mastermind. You ladies are just wonderful. Happy Holiday’s!

By: Steen Olsen

Steen Olsen — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:55:04 +0000

Interesting perspective on a difficult issue – it is easy to spend numerous hours supporting your customers spending 2 minutes per answer which is hard to invoice and how do you get “credit” for that.
However, at the same time I think one should think about the signal that you send to your customers by doing this. If you signalize that calling you all the time without paying for the support is accepted, why not call every time you have a problem In my part of the world (Denmark, Europe), I think that it is really important to show that the offer I send to my customers is not open for negotiation unless they are willing to skip some of the things they asked me to deliver – If I am worth the money I know I am worth the money. Do you know what I mean?
Steen

By: Vera Raposo

Vera Raposo — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:18:02 +0000

From what I understand Kelly has everyone submit their wishes, and she just goes down her list trying to fill every single one of them. I love Kelly, and she’s a brilliant marketer as well.

By: Ed Roach

Ed Roach — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:20:53 +0000

YES Vera, there is a Santa Claus!

How does she choose who to give the wish to? Or is it the wish maker that is also the recipient? What is the process she uses to determine who’s chimney Santa Kelly climbs down this year?

This is so clever.