If you want more information on this Get Organized Month Activity, FAQs or ideas on what to give, please scroll to the bottom of this page. Otherwise, enter your information in the form below. Once entered, you will receive an email within 24 hours confirming the information we received from you.
We will break up the items into 3 categories: Your Office, Your Time and Your Home. If you prefer that your item be categorized in a specific area, please note that in the comments on the form below.
The final promotion/list-building page will be ordered in the order we receive responses, so the sooner you fill out the form, the better position you will receive!
Partner with us today and get fabulous exposure for your business!
Get Organized Month - The Great Organizing Giveaway
Launches January 25, 2010
You are invited to participate along with a large number of wonderful experts and authors on January 25th for the launch of a powerful and heartfelt Ask The Expert Organizers - GREAT ORGANIZING GIVE AWAY!
In Honor of Get Organized Month, we are working on a strategy that targets thousands of people on January 25, 2010. This will include an internet blast; social media exposure; radio, and newspaper exposure; and other marketing strategies.
We’d love to have you as one of our cherished partners by providing your bonus gift.
Are you interested in being a partner but not sure how it will benefit you or what exactly is expected of you? What are the benefits for participating in the give-away?
We will list you as a sponsor on the campaign page. Your name, along with any bonus gift will be placed on www.AskTheExpertOrganizers.com so you will receive exposure to hundreds of thousands of viewers on January 25, 2010 just by being part of the campaign. If we all work together and do this right, the campaign will direct thousands of new people to your website to collect your gift.
- You will get exposure to thousands of people that are interested in getting organized.
- It will drive traffic to your site -- Your bonus gift can include a link that you provide that will take viewers to your website to get their free gift from you.
- This will give you the ability to ask for names and email addresses to help build your list.
- It costs you nothing! Since we are looking for electronic downloads, you do not need to worry about production or shipping costs.
- Be a resource to your contacts for fabulous organizing and productivity information.
- Don’t have web functions set up to have people sign up for a program? No problem! Just let us know and we can help you.
What Can You Do?
- Contact us by completely filling in the form above to secure your space to be included in the campaign – the sooner your reply, the higher your name and items will go on the publication.
- Agree to send a Solo mailing, newsletters, posts to blog, twitter or facebook (and/or any other type of promoting). The copy will be provided, it's that easy.
- Schedule time to send an announcement to your list on January 25, 2010.
How it Works
- On January 25, 2010 everyone participating will send a mailing or mailings to their lists letting them know about the give away. (solo email, blog posting, newsletter/ezine, tweets, forum posts, facebook entries, PR etc.)
- People reading the mailings will get excited and click on the link to get their free stuff.
- They will be taken to a page that has them confirm their interest in getting the free stuff.
- They will see everyone's offer (including yours) and will scroll through the page to determine which offers they are interested in.
- When they find something that they are interested in, they will click a link to go to your web site and get what you are offering. They will click on the links to your web page/download/whatever and get their gift from you. (This is how you find out about them too.)
Win Win for everyone! Our lists and exposure grow and they get free tips and tricks that make their Get Organized Month fabulous.
Things You Might Consider Giving
You can give anything that fits the theme of Get Organized Month. I have had some people ask me for ideas, so here are some thoughts, but don't let that limit your creativity!
- Give a downloadable ebook, eReport, eWorkbook, or audio or video downloads.
- If you have a newsletter, you could give a free subscription.
- If you have a subscription possibility to your blog, you could give that.
- Do you have any favorite tips? If so, write them up in a targeted tip sheet that you can give away.
- Do you have some favorite blog posts? Package them up into a “special report”.
- Some organizers are giving away free telephone consultations.
- Some organizers are saying the first X number of people that contact me will get X # of hours of service.
- Don't have an info product but have a presentation that you have given? Talk to me about how you can turn it into an MP3 for free that you could give away.
SAMPLES:
Here are some giveaways that we have already received:
- Monticello Corporation (makers of the Paper Tiger software) are giving free trials of their software and 5 people will be drawn to win a free license of the software.
- AboutOne is giving 100 People one year free membership + one lucky person will get an iPod Touch Prize Draw and they will be providing videos of Moms sharing their tips of saving time and organizing their family information.
- Paul Burton of QuietSpacing is giving Power Processing Your E-mail -- a one hour seminar.
- Allen Davis of Productivity Engineer Action Planner ebook
- Michelle Poteet of Reclaim Order is giving 51 Creative Organizing Solutions Found in Every Day Items
We want to make this a positive experience for you so we will provide you with all the details and any promotional materials you need, including sample emails, sample press releases (to get you more exposure in your local area), tweets and facebook updates.
If you have seen this type of give away before, you know that the web page ends up really impressive, but often long. The sooner you submit your information the higher presence you will have on the page. We are publishing on a first come – top listed basis.
Your support will help get out the message that we are not alone but rather interconnected with each other. Together we can change the world and help people live happier more organized lives.
I know how you love to bring great messages and inspiration to the world, and by being a part of this campaign you will accomplish that in a beautiful beneficial way.
Thanks again for your support. You are appreciated!
To your success!
Stephanie
Founder Calahan Solutions, Inc.
Founder www.LearnFromOrganizingExperts.com
Proud Top 5 Finalist for NAPO-LA’s prestigious 2010 Most Innovative Organizer Award. http://www.napola.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=98194
PS - Why am I doing this? Well, because I have the available technology and experience to make it happen. I love our industry and believe that together we can spread the word better. I have heard from many organizers that they are looking for ways to get the word out about their business and a list building campaign is one way to do that! It has never been done before and I love fun activities that help everyone involved.
Want to know more before you decide to participate?? Feel free to email me at networking@calahansolutions.com or connect with me on Twitter @StephCalahan or Facebook or via phone 309-825-7833. I'll be happy to answer any questions you have.
FAQs
I don't have a way to download an item from my site. Can I email participants?
Sure! When you fill in the form make sure to tell the participant how to redeem their gift. In the field or the "URL / Website for Gift" field, link to your Contact Us page.
Can I just give you the give away to download from your site?
We would be happy to help you with that and can upload your giveaway onto our page. Put the file in the "URL / Website for Gift" field. However, understand that if you do it this way, the prospect does not get direct access to your site, so make sure that your giveaway file has all your contact information.
I have a Word file, but I want to give it in a PDF. How can I convert it without paying to convert it?
I use http://www.pdf995.com/ to create all of my PDF files and LOVE it. Go to their site and download the free version (there are ads that come up when you create a PDF, but who cares?) Once you install the software, you can access it from any program that you would normally print from. Rather than chosing your printer in the properties box, you chose PDF995. You print to the PDF file. Way cool and pretty easy. I love the ease of the converter. I can go in any program and say File – Print – select the PDF995 as the printer and it will pop up a window where I get to tell them where to save the file on my computer.
I like your idea of creating an audio MP3 file. How would I do that?
I know that there are many of us that have fantastic content but no way to share it other than face-to-face. We can change that! For this campaign, I'm giving away access to my audio creator. One final MP3 per person participating. Here is how it works:
Take either a presentation that you give or some of your favorite tips and we can turn it into an MP3 audio that you give away. Dial (214) 615-6505 ext 3186 and talk into the phone like you are talking to a friend. The system records you and once you hang up, the MP3 will be generated and I'll get an email letting me know when it is complete. If you start and goof, just hit the # key and it will give you options to re-record. One tip --- make sure to introduce yourself and your company at the beginning and end of the presentation as well as a way they can get in contact with you. This is X of X and today I'm going to talk about X. The recording line will take up to 60 minutes of content.
Once the MP3 is generated, we will supply you with the file and you can continue to use it even after this campaign is over.
How many people will I be giving something to?
We will collectively be mailing to 1000s of people. Your giveaway could be appealing to everyone or a few. The idea is to give away something that will bring visitors to your website and get exposure to your business. I encourage you to give away as many of your item as possible, but if you prefer to manage a drawing that is fine too. We have participants that are doing both. Make sure to indicate on the form if it is a drawing so that we clearly communicate in the published work.
Is this event for NAPO members only?
For those that are participating in the give away, I am not restricting it to NAPO only. I am a member of a number of organizing groups and some members are NAPO and some are not. I chose Get Organized month because organizing is already highlighted in many other ways, so it will be more likely to get picked up by media, etc. If you think that others in your network would have content that would be targeted to organizing and productivity then bring them in too. The more people that are involved the stronger the campaign will be. I do want to be careful to keep the focus on organization and productivity so as to not water down the focus of the giveaway. With that I say use your best judgment and bring more people on board!
I don't have anything to give. Can I still participate?
You most certainly can! Please look above on this page for the section called "Things You Might Consider Giving." If you
