EMAIL MARKETING
Wednesday, March 14
11:00am – 12:00pm (PST) Email marketing is the root of all evil; unless it’s done right. Attracting high-quality subscriber; building beautiful html messages; understanding and capitalizing on your audiences preferences; and knowing how to evaluate campaign results are critical to effective email marketing.

KICKSTART!
Sunday, April 1
6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST) Do you need a kickstart? Do you have a creative project or business endeavor that needs a serious jolt! Join us, and special guest Dr. Ben Kadel (Emotus Operandi) as we talk about what’s holding us back and what we need to move forward.

WEB TOOLS
Tuesday, April 17
3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST) The nuts and bolts of a successful business can be managed with greater ease when we use the right tools. We’ll discuss the benefits and key features of using web-based resources with one simple goal in mind: making it easier to administrate our creative work.

Buy it Now!

The clamorate! Magazine – Volume 3 is available for just $5 USD (Free for Members).

Excerpt
I’m a huge proponent of making excellent connections and sometimes this means adopting a slightly different perspective. If you are in a business that relies on clients for the bulk of your income stream, then making those connections and keeping them is critical to your success. Treat people with respect, exceed expectations, love what you do and a one-time connection may well become a lifelong client. – David Aiken

These articles are exclusive to this PDF publication and cannot be found anywhere else! It’s a great resource to add to your business library! Plus, it kicks the pants off those crazy expensive industry mags that are full of garbage ads and have absolutely nothing to offer with respect to growing or managing your creative endeavor.

*No trees were harmed in the publishing of this digital product.

Debbie Hartmann
and
Jason Pickles

A very special thanks goes out to Jon McCormack, co-founder of the Kilgoris Project for sponsoring this draw and allowing us to be part of the effort in raising awareness about education and literacy throughout the globe. They are the very roots of creativity, and we all benefit from a more educated and inspired world. To learn more about The Kilgoris Project or make a donation please visit www.kilgoris.org.

Congratulations again to Debbie and Jason. Your Kindles are on the way!

The content is divided into three sections: Drawing a Crowd (changing ones’ marketing paradigm from tasks to people), Making Connections (turning contacts into leads, making the most of your networking opportunities, and spreading the word without selling your soul), and finally Making an Experience (insights on how hosting an inspired event, of any size or budget, can grow your network).

Buy it Now!

Crowd Control by Corwin Hiebert is available for just $5.

This 62-page eBook (nearly 14,000 words) is packed with insights, ideas, and best practices that are connected together by a simple question: Do you want to stand out from the crowd or do you want to attract a crowd?

Excerpt

Creatives have been getting new work for many reasons; talent, quality and marketing are only part of the answer to the riddle. More than anything demand comes through relationships and being a capable problem solver. We gain the opportunity to offer our creative solutions only once we’ve built a meaningful connection with those close to the problem. Companies and clients are not hiring you for your services as much as they are putting their trust in you to help them successfully produce a creative solution. In other words, unless your endgame is to build trust and solve problems then you’re just like everyone else in the crowd; making noise about yourself but not actually saying anything of value.

Relationships with other humans make for experiences. We make decisions based on past experiences; good experiences make for favourable action.

 

Images generously provided by Jeremy Lim.

Email marketing is the root of all evil; unless it’s done right At 10:00am (PST) on Monday we’re hosting a 1-hour interactive webinar on how you can make the most of your email marketing efforts.

Attracting high-quality subscriber; building beautiful html messages; understanding and capitalizing on your audiences preferences; and knowing how to evaluate campaign results are critical to effective email marketing. Join us for candid discussion about this powerful; but often abused advertising method. Oh, and BTW – we LOVE Mailchimp; so there!

Live web meetings are topic-oriented sessions that give you the chance to learn new ideas, trends, best practices and practical solutions regarding your business and marketing issues. Using the online collaboration tool Go-to-Webinar, we gather to talk about what really matters to you and give you a chance to ask your pressing questions. Webinars are just $5 to attend (members participate at no cost). The webinars are not recorded and session materials are not posted to the web but don’t worry, we re-run these sessions (and add new ones) on a regular basis. Learn more.

This episode is an ad hoc Skype call between the Clamorate! publishers. It’s an informal discussion is about business planning, Twitter, GoPro HD cameras, Chris Guillebeau’s ebook “The Tower”, finding new clients and keeping good ones, scope creep and a few other random bits of silliness. It’s a free flowing, raw recording that will be sure to entertain. Feel free to let us know what you think. Got a question? Fire away in the comment field below or send us an email – we’re here to help!

Do you need more clients? Need better clients? Growing your small business can be tough, especially when your prospects have dried-up. Tomorrow at 10:00am (PST) we’re going to tackle the big fish: lead generation. Discussion topics will include how to prepare for new business, eliciting curosity in your work, networking (done right), making “the ask”, and closing the deal.

Live web meetings are topic-oriented sessions that give you the chance to learn new ideas, trends, best practices and practical solutions regarding your business and marketing issues. Using the online collaboration tool Go-to-Webinar, we gather to talk about what really matters to you and give you a chance to ask your pressing questions. Webinars are just $5 to attend (members participate at no cost). The webinars are not recorded and session materials are not posted to the web but don’t worry, we re-run these sessions (and add new ones) on a regular basis. Learn more.

In July 2011 we let loose to the Web a really good idea, but then life, work and unanswered emails happened. Our bad. On top of prematurely flipping the switch, we also found out the hard way that subject matter experts are a lot harder to corral than originally thought. So, we hit the reset button and here we are again.

Clamorate.com now looks like this:

• Memberships. Our annual membership is now just $79 and we do not offer a monthly option. Things change. In this case, for the cheaper Don’t be shy, learn more.
• Business Planning Session. This is new! We want to help you with your specific business and marketing issues and provide you with the guidance and support you need to move your creative small business forward. This 1-hour private Skype call with Corwin Hiebert or Dave Seeram is preceded by a short survey and a customized follow-up action plan is sent to you after the meeting. Need a business plan? Want to brainstorm your next steps? Want help with those business questions that keep you up at night? Whatever you’re dealing with we’re here to help. Sign-up today! Sessions are $99 (free for members).
• Magazines. They’re packed with good stuff! The feedback has been great and they’re our anchor offering. Our magazines have proven themselves as an excellent platform for topnotch content and we’re dedicated to publishing 8 magazines per year. Volume 3 is set to launch very very soon – take a look! Each issue is just $5 (new volumes are free for members and they get back issues for $3).
• eBooks. They are a big deal (and bloody hard to make happen) – but we’re pushing through, besides, it’s self-inflicted. We’ll publish 4 eBooks per year – and they’ll be worth the wait. They’re comprehensive and they explain in detail the principles, practices, and action steps that small business owners need to thrive. The next ebook is titled “Crowd Control: Growing Your Small Business One Humanoid at a Time” by Corwin Hiebert and it is tentatively scheduled to be published January 25, 2012. Each eBook is $5 (new ebooks are free for members and they get back issues for $3).
• Webinars. They rock! And we’re opening them up to the public. The topics we tackle are important and we want to make sure we’re helping as many people as possible. The new schedule is up – check it out. Each webinar is just $5 to attend (free for members and the Think+Drink Session is members-only).
• Podcasts. No change, cuz’ they’re awesome! The library has 4 so far – listen or download at your convenience. We’ve got a new podcast ready to go – it will be published on Monday, January 23, 2012 (iTunes feed coming up).
• Blog Posts. Along with our ever-growing author roster we’re committed to providing great content on the blog once or twice a week. Authors submit posts out of the goodness of their heart, but we pay them for magazine articles and ebooks. Know a pro? Pass this along if you please.
• Forum. We’re working on a (re)Do. Stay tuned.

Thanks for reading and for being involved in this growing community of business-driven artists, freelancers, and creative sole-proprietors. All we want to do here is to help you live the dream. Leave a comment or send us an email anytime – we’re here for you.

Kindle Giveaway!

Now to the fun stuff. What (re)launch is worth anything unless there’s something to bribe you with! To get in on the action simply do one of the following: join our newsletter mailing list, purchase an eBook or magazine, sign-up for a business planning session or webinar in the month of January you’ll be entered to win 1 of 2 Amazon Kindles! Valued at $79. The draw takes place February 1, 2012. Multiple entries are encouraged Existing list subscribers and members are automatically entered into the draw.

In case you missed it, check-out the blog post re: The Kilgoris Project and see the Amazon Kindle in-action in Africa!

Their Worldreader project really got my attention as I’m an avid Kindle user and considering I’ve seen first-hand how entire classrooms in Kenya share one text book I was fascinated to hear how this project is taking shape. Here’s a news report about it:

I wouldn’t be where I am today without my passion for reading. I wouldn’t have had the insights or understood the complex issues at hand with respect to starting my business without having access to a wide array of books. Though I’ve never been a fast reader I spent my entire childhood riveted by stories and facts that I read without being told to read. I read for fun! When I read, I’m entertained. When I read, I’m challenged. When we read we change our course in life – it impacts our spirit, it inspires us to be creative and adventurous. The skill of literacy fades away when we don’t give the gift of the written word. I hope you’re as inspired as I am.

To learn more about The Kilgoris Project or make a donation please visit www.kilgoris.org.

I sat down with him at his home office in North Vancouver to talk about his life as an entrepreneur, the ins-and-outs of his business, creativity, collaboration, as well as some stories from the front lines. His experience and expertise in the entertainment business and his success as a self-marketer makes for some really interesting discussion. Learn more about David Aiken on his website www.checkerhead.com.