The Buzz About
Team HALO

"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.

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Book Your Date Now! Team HALO is currently booking conference sessions and small business workshops and seminars for late Summer and Fall/Winter 2008. Please contact Trisha at 601.927.7569 for available dates and booking information.

 

NEW FOR FALL 2008! 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. 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.

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

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 small business and community and state level economic development agencies across the nation, including projects for the Mississippi Main Street Association, the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Mass, and other clients in states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, and Louisiana.

  • 12 Steps to Revolutionize Your Business. This flagship presentation of the Results Revolution and our most requested topic has been revised with new case studies for 2008. Presents our proprietary start-to-finish marketing system for small businesses.
  • Find Your Niche in the Gen Y Market. Explains the demographic, the media and the message that will resonate with this most valuable of all existing customers. This presentation breaks down the technology barrier and removes any fear and explains the perspective needed to successfully market to this new generation.
  • Use Technology to Your Advantage. Learn how to use e-mail, blogs and web sites to market to more affordably, effectively (and legally) in small business. Also addresses social networking and text messaging phenomenon.
  • 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.

NEW FOR FALL 2008! 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. 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.

 

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.