[Emil Dinev]

Hi chaps, I have booked myself onto this seminar http://goo.gl/CRvZq8
It seems to me a bargain at £125 early bird price. Who else is going?
I have a spare seat on my van heading from RM3 area.
Anyone interested to share travelling costs give me a ring on 07530296742.

Cheers
Emil

[Mike Halliday]

Howard Partridge coming to the UK should be the talking point of the carpet cleaning community!!

£120 for 2 days it's a bargain, I will be buying my ticket this week.

[derek west]

Will be there if we can get a sitter for 2 days. fingers crossed.

[Billy Russell]

Bought my ticket straight away, can't wait for it

[neil 47]

Surely all 3 of you know enough about marketing by now , and isnt howard partridge just selling a system the same as joe polish ?

1 thing I have learnt is Marketing is a full time job if you really want to succeed .

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Mike phill in does a kick up your arse marketing course a few from here have been on it I'd have thought that would be better?

What I think about marketers is that they over sell their services all you need is various systems and stick to it, keep it simple and straight forward ie if you do leaflets get them out regularly, if you do tele marketing make sure you do an allotted amount etc

Shaun

[Mike Halliday]

Howard is about systemisation as well as marketing, I would be interested in this.

I hope he shows the actual documents and paperwork of  the systems he has in place at his own company, if it's just a big sales pitch for his marketing system I will be peeved off

I might ask on TMF where he post about this course

[wynne jones]

I'm sure anyone, even the most experienced will learn something worthwhile, however to expect a marketing expert to fly over here and not pitch you 'the next level/secret system/inner circle' is a bit naive, in fact he would have less credibility if he didn't.
 

[Hilton]

I went to one by Alan Partridge that was quite good.....
 
Seriously £125.00, if you get one thing out of it that helps then its money well spent.

[Emil Dinev]

Right, quite mixed up opinions here, didn't expect any different 
I have secured my place already so if anyone in Greater London or South Essex is interested to share travel costs do ring me 07530296742

Cheers
Emil

[Paul Clapham]

HP and JP work in the same way, what they are really good at is "Up selling " ie they want you to buy the next level of their system and then the next level, all he  will talk about is systems, and if you use common business sense you can all figure that out for your self's  or spend £100 on a couple of dozen SME marketing books.

Do you really think he is going to tell you all his "secrets" for £120 .....................he will be "phishing" for people to spend more money, these kind of people are in every industry, I met a lot of them when I worked in the photography industry for 30 years, very clever "sales" ( con ) people from my experience.  

[Shaun_Ashmore]

I agree with the first part of your post but disagree with the 2nd part.

Hp is here to offer increased sales for you he will offer you some gems of knowledge but he's not going to tell you everything and also he's going to offer you pieces of information so you can automate it as well as proven ads and leaflets used by him with 'on going' support which comes at a monthly cost.

I like the specific marketers for our business like hp and jp there's also those that market for all businesses like Nigel botterill I think Derek west is signed up to his inner circle.

Shaun

[Craigp]

Bit cheesy "pop a ballon when you get an 'aha' moment"

LOL
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHY95ICo1sI

[Carpet Dawg]

Its more of an motivational thing than anything else. Like its been said his goal is to get you on the higher priced course, but that's fair enough he's a salesmen after all.

Personally I'd love to learn some skills from Jordon Belfort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIHAyoarvZg

[derek west]

I agree with the first part of your post but disagree with the 2nd part.

Hp is here to offer increased sales for you he will offer you some gems of knowledge but he's not going to tell you everything and also he's going to offer you pieces of information so you can automate it as well as proven ads and leaflets used by him with 'on going' support which comes at a monthly cost.

I like the specific marketers for our business like hp and jp there's also those that market for all businesses like Nigel botterill I think Derek west is signed up to his inner circle.

Shaun

not anymore. tried it and it was good so not knocking it, its just not for me.

[Steve Barnett (Carpet Care Plus)]

HP runs one of THE most successful carpet cleaning companies in the world.
For the price of one job and two days out of your business, it's a no brainer.
Instead of moaning about the splash and dash merchants or how the phone isn't ringing, go and listen to someone successful - it doesn't matter if he tries to sell you something, you might learn a few things, like how to sell someone something

[adrian marsh]

Will be there if we can get a sitter for 2 days. fingers crossed.

I'll do it Derek, £200 per day Done my own kids now seem to be the go to person for looking after the new grandchild aswell. Although at 4 weeks old he's quite cute, but don't tell anyone I said that.

On marketing experts; I've read the books, heard the tapes, listened to JP stuff (mainly through Robert Saunders), bought JP stuff, seen JP stuff for sale on the forums & ebay &, tbh, I'm about marketing experted out.

I think (but I could be wrong) the best marketing is about motivation. That is motivation of yourself. It can be hard doing the same stuff over and over, even if it is "systemized".

[Billy Russell]

i'm just going for the drink and to brag about my little blower!!!!
 

[Hilton]

Will be there if we can get a sitter for 2 days. fingers crossed.

I think (but I could be wrong) the best marketing is about motivation. That is motivation of yourself. It can be hard doing the same stuff over and over, even if it is "systemized".

It's all about implementation none of this stuff is any good if you don't put it into action...and see it through

[Shaun_Ashmore]

For the educated new starter it's a must for someone who has been doing it for years then you are looking to streamline your existing business or pick up extra nuggets to add to your original business.

But what do I care I'll be doing far more interesting things like shooting zombies.

https://zombiexperience.co.uk

Shaun