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Team HALO

In the News: Sept. 11, 2008

Business district planning consultant: Retail presence vital
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"Marianna speaks from the heart with confidence to genuinely help help customers to gain a knowledge - and has loads of enthusiastic motivation! I was throughly pleased - loved her enthusiasm. Marianna is a GENUINE PERSON!"
Brenda S. Ashworth, West Side Main Street, Charleston, West Virginia

"It was the best presentation I attended at the National Main Street Conference. I've told many people about her since returning home. I loved her "cheap" ideas, and she has a wonderful sense of humor."
Betty Jo Wood, Libby Main Street, Libby, Montana

"I liked the variation of ideas and the simple fact that she didn't have a continuous list of bullets. She had concise ideas and was able to present them descriptively through situations and stories."
Sean Bender, Director, Center of Community & Learning Partnerships at Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts

“This was some very strong information presented with power and authority. I told my wife it was one of the best seminars I have ever gone to - well worth my time and money.”
McBee Barbour, owner of Stafford Wells, Winona, Miss.

"Thanks for a great workshop! Very good!"
Bernice Linton, Director, Historic Hattiesburg Downtown Association, Hattiesburg, Miss.

We Speak. We Interact. We Equip.

Book Your Date Now for a team of marketing experts that can teach social networking in plain English or motivate cooperation among small business owners. Call Team HALO for practical advice that will leave your small business owners enthusiastic and movitated... and equipped to change, equipped to implement new technologies without fear, equipped to succeed.

If you've ever considered bringing in an outside consultant to work with your small business owners - or considered Team HALO in particular, this is your year! Our fee structure has changed significantly as a way to help you help us achieve our mission to bring our practical marketing message to as many small business owners as possible this year. Marianna Hayes speaking at the Illinois Main Street Conference about marketing to Generation Y.

Team HALO is currently booking conference sessions, community visits and small business workshops and seminars for Spring/Summer 2009. Please contact Marianna at 662.392.1179 for available dates and booking information.

 

THE PERFECT MESSAGE FOR DEALING WITH THE ECONOMIC CRISIS FACING SMALL BUSINESSES!

Don’t Just Survive – Thrive! This important topic is critical to the success – to the vigor – of your business district during the current economic recession. Don’t succumb to the statistics and trends – be an outlier of prosperity during this time. Learn which tools work and don’t work. There are lots of success stories out there - we'll share them with you, and teach you how to become your own success story. Learn where to cut the budget and where to stay the course.

Whether it’s a conference speaker, local seminar or workshop, technical assistance or services visit, or even staff or board retreats, Team HALO will not disappoint with presentations filled with immediately applicable takeaway tasks, case studies, visual aids, and just plain valuable marketing information information.

Marianna Hayes presenting marketing tools to a Mississippi Main Street quarterly training session.Marianna Hayes and Andy Chapman are widely sought-after business speakers, including national conferences like the National Main Street Conference and America’s Mart University.

Marianna is known for the energy and passion she brings to her topic and her presentations. Andy’s energy, humor and technical insight empower attendees with the courage to try new tactics that lead to success. This dynamic team will empower, motivate, enlighten and stimulate the audience to action – and leave them with tips and information they can apply immediately.

Team HALO has worked extensively for national, state and community small business and and economic development agencies and small business clients across the nation, including projects in 16 states including Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.

Following are our most popular speaking topics:
 

  • NEW! Must Use Marketing Tactics that Will Work Right Now! This presentation combines business basics with our short list of affordable - often FREE - marketing tactics that business owners must use right now to succeed in business.
  • NEW! Fresh Ideas for Effective Marketing Campaigns.
  • NEW! Don't Just Survive - Thrive! This important topic is critical to the success - to the vigor - of your small business or community during any economic period, but especially now. Don’t succumb to the statistics and trends – be an outlier of prosperity during this time. Learn which tools work and don’t work. Learn where to cut the budget and where to stay the course. See case studies of success and participate in a valuable question and answer session.
  • NEW! So I Have a Web Site...Now What?
  • The Key to Small Business Success: Customer Retention. Why and how-to of this often overlooked but necessary aspect of business marketing. Learn how to jump-start cash-flow and grow a business using your existing customer base. Includes case studies, specific retention methods, customer loyalty programs, customer service tips, and customer appreciation rewards.
  • The Look That Sells. Outlines tips and ideas as well as the justification for why a business should invest in curb appeal, interior displays, windows and marketing visuals. This presentation is full of photos, do’s and don’ts, and low-cost ways to make the right impression.

Marianna Hayes and Andy Chapman visit with conference goers at the Destination Downtown Conference in Nachitoches, Louisiana.ALSO AVAILABLE… Key notes and conference break-out topics developed especially for your event. Just ask us, and we’d be happy to discuss your needs related as they relate to small business, whether individual or community based.

EXTRA VALUE TO PARTICIPANTS. At each presentation, Team HALO leaves attendees with take home materials including copies of slide presentation, summary of session notes, and a valuable toolbox of applicable resources such as technology marketing tool list, recommended reading lists of blogs and books, and more.

BOOK TODAY! Allow 90 minutes for each presentation. All presentations include ample question and answer session.