Convincing corporate sponsors to pay for your book, speaking expenses or special project isn't as difficult as you might think, if you know what they need and how to approach them.
Do it correctly and you could:
--Reach a much bigger audience for your work almost overnight.
--Grow your following and business by 100-250% without spending your own money.
--Go on a 19-city national book, product launch or speaking tour and have most (if not all) the expenses paid for by somebody else.
--See your work promoted on a major corporation's website, Facebook page and to the millions of people on their email list.
--Convince a Fortune 500 company to buy your book by the caseload so they can give it to their employees and customers.
--Hitch your wagon to organizations with instant name recognition and huge infrastructures that already know how to market to their audience.
Those aren't fairy tales.
These things happen all the time because countless companies and organizations sponsor authors, speakers and entrepreneurs just like you. And most aren't well-known.
You're invited to a special free web class at 2 or 7 p.m. Eastern Time today, Friday, December 27.
Host Steve Harrison will be interviewing an author/speaker who has landed sponsorships with Fedex, Bank of America, Microsoft, Walmart, Dun & Bradstreet, Wells Fargo and many other companies and organizations.
>>> The true motivations behind big corporate sponsors that provide funds you never have to pay back (once you know this it opens up an entire new world for you).
>>> Why a sponsor would give money to a complete "nobody" who hasn't written a book yet or created a well-established business or cause. (On the webinar you'll discover 12 reasons big corporate sponsors continually give money to unknowns. And if you tap into just one of these, you too can get corporate sponsorships for your book, dream or even idea).
>>> Sure-fire ways to find the companies most likely to sponsor you.
>>> How to turn your painful past into a powerful book or live event that sponsors will support. You'll discover how a woman with a breast cancer memoir secured sponsorships from several different companies. Plus, how another woman emerged from a painful divorce with the desire to inspire other women just like her. She got a major company to pay for her entire event.
>>> The secret to persuading a company to give you big money, especially if you aren't good at selling yourself. HINT: Write a killer proposal that does the selling for you! Steve and his guest will show you how.
>>>How to avoid this HUGE mistake!! Most people ask for too little money. So the companies don't take them seriously. With sponsors, often the bigger your dream, the better. You'll learn exactly how much money to ask for.
>>> No book? No problem. While many of the people on today's web class will be authors, you certainly don't need a book to get big companies to take you seriously and fund what you're doing. On the web training, you'll hear how a woman got Verizon to pay her to go around the country to speak.
>>> How to get corporate sponsors to pay you to create more credibility for yourself.
>>> The misconception that corporations only sponsor authors and speakers who can put on big events (the fact is many corporations get more for their sponsorship dollars from small events (as small as 25 people).
>>> 5 things corporate sponsors will fund for you. (Sponsors will pay for much more than just to publish your book. Most people never realize this. During the webinar, you'll discover how to get your biggest dreams funded.)
That's not all. You'll also learn:
>>> How to use a corporate sponsorship to get massive amounts of media publicity and attention (corporate sponsors want you to get media attention and will pay you to go on TV). Hear how others have used the corporate sponsorship strategy to appear on and in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CBS, BusinessWeek, CNBC, Redbook, Parenting, U.S. News & World Report, and Wine Enthusiast.
>>> In addition to money to fund your program and platform, four additional benefits and advantages of getting corporate sponsorship (some of these will turn out to be more valuable than the money they give you and will open up a world of new opportunities for you).
>>> How corporate sponsorships can help you get your financial life back in order.
>>> A breakdown of the top 14 categories in which companies sponsor authors and speakers.
>>> Some of the many fatal mistakes people make when approaching a sponsor (here's how to avoid potential deal killers).
>>> The 5 most important elements of a sponsorship proposal (the sponsorship proposal is the most important but least understood part of the sponsorship process. Here's how to create the perfect sponsorship proposal that will impress corporate sponsors so they take you seriously).
>>> 5 specific low-cost and no-cost strategies you can offer corporate sponsors that will let you stand out from all others trying to get corporate sponsorships (and almost nobody thinks about these simple things that can be the difference between collecting a big check or small check from your sponsor).
>>> 2 things many authors and speakers do wrong when approaching a sponsor for the first time that automatically will get them rejected for sponsorship (the good news is, they're easy to fix).
...and much more information, tips, strategies and insight that can only come from an expert who's sponsored by some of the biggest corporations and non profits in the nation.
Enjoy!
Joan Stewart
The Publicity Hound