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Tips for how to run a retreat, workshop or VIP day with minimal stress
Planning, creating and running an event like a VIP day/ Workshop or Retreat takes a considerable amount of time and energy. If you’ve run an event like this before you’ll know that almost always, there is a rush in the final days leading up to the event. Unfinished tasks often become urgent and that is also the time where issues inconveniently present themselves. In this article we share with you our tips for how to run a retreat or a VIP day/ Workshop with minimal stress.
5 tips for how to run a successful webinar (free or paid!)
Whether you are new to being a webinar host or have plenty of experience, there are always new developments or approaches for how to run a successful webinar. What will make your webinar successful is dependent on what your purpose and objective is, however we’re going to unpack five key elements that can make a significant impact on the success of your webinar, regardless of whether you offer it for free or for a fee, or both!
Event Waivers: Reducing liability for your retreat, workshop, experience or training event
Experiences and events are more popular than ever before, especially as many individuals and businesses are looking for ways to counter pandemic fatigue, reconnect in the real world, promote wellness and get outside their comfort zone.
How to run a successful workshop or event in a COVID-19 world
Understanding how to run a successful workshop or event comes with experience; however, if you wish to fast track your skills and learn from the experience of others, this article was made for you. If you’ve run workshops or events before, you know that there is a lot involved before the day. You strategically plan a series of steps that include clearly communicating the value of your workshop or event, liaising with the venue, attracting sign-ups, and preparing resources and reminders to ensure they turn up on the day.
Product Photography: How to make money with product photography
Product photography is a seriously growing area of professional photography. In the last few years there has been explosive growth in online retail/ecommerce coupled with an increasing awareness that high-quality photography is a necessity to make sure products sell online. We’ve seen a sharp rise in photographers specialising in this niche, and many digital agencies have also jumped on the opportunity to add product photography services to their offering.
Why service businesses should consider brand ambassadors and influencers to drive growth | Your Influencer Agreement Checklist
An influencer or a brand ambassador is someone with a celebrity status. For example, an influencer might have a popular public social media profile, or be someone that has obtained a large fan-based following. Often influencers are models, actors, youtubers or reality tv stars. Because of their ability to drive sales of products through their following they have earned the title of influencer. When you think of a brand ambassador, you might picture a famous cricket player in a KFC tv ad, or a rugby player on a billboard for Gatorade.
When is a VA not a VA? When they are an OBM or SMM
I have been seeing a lot of different expressions in virtual assistant (VA) land of late. Most noticeably the terms Online Business Manager (OBM) and Social Media Manager (SMM).
Apart from a bunch of acronyms that are hard to remember, what does this mean? Should you call yourself a VA or something else and what does it translate into in terms of the legal steps you need to take to set up and run your business.