24 May 10 Spa Packages as Incentives
Meetings at luxurious resorts and hotels are the type of travel incentives many employers use to motivate their employees. While staying at a top-quality resort is an excellent incentive in itself, employers may want to consider adding a spa package as an additional motivational factor. Spa treatments are truly an indulgence that most people cannot afford on a regular basis.
Spa packages are usually relegated to special holidays or events. Therefore, providing employees the opportunity to earn unique travel incentives that include a spa package is an excellent idea. Employers may be surprised at the response of employees to this type of incentive.
Spa packages as an addition to incentive travel do not have to break the bank. Employers may even want to consider simply adding a spa package as an option. This may be the best route for employers to take as all employees will not utilize the spa incentive. Spa packages may includes things such as facials, massages, or signature spa treatments.
Purchasing optional spa packages for employees is just another way employers can show their gratitude for the employee's dedication and hard work. When incentive travel is memorable, employees will be inclined to increase productivity levels in order to again be eligible for these special rewards.
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21 Aug 09 Take Advantage of Federal Guidelines for Bailout Companies to Increase Your Value
As a business meeting and event planner, you are constantly searching for ideas to add value to your services. Recently the federal government published guidelines to the businesses receiving bailout dollars. These guidelines can in fact aid you to be a preferred planner.
The boards of directors of corporations getting cruicial relief from the government have to adopt a company-wide policy on any outlays linked to air travel services, entertainment and holiday parties, and conferences and events. This policy is not aimed to include justifiable outlays for sales conferences, human resources development, unexcessive performance incentives and other controls attached to a firm’s ordinary business operations. What does this mean? Here are a couple of the stipulations and ways you can employ them to cause your client’s businesses seem golden even if they are planning incentive travel. (more…)
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06 Aug 09 Fourth Quarter Play Strategies–Conferences
Even though the recession brought the bailouts, which in turn brought scrutiny into meetings and conferences, emerging from the economic downturn does not guarantee that the meeting business will spring back. However, the hardships don’t not guarantee that it will stay in the toilet, either.
Fourth Quarter Cautions
Conference and business meeting planners may see a slight uptick in business with no real surge simply because companies are concerned about their images. There are articles all over–including blog posts here–about the idea of image and spending. The flip side of that is this: meetings are important to education, motivation, and technology sharing. You can be prepared for reluctant spending by having lots of alternatives to lavish accommodations, high-tech meeting environments, and expensive dinners with high-priced keynote speakers. (more…)
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29 Jul 09 Lead Generation for the Self-Employed Meeting Planner
Whether you are a meeting planner or a freelance chicken coop cleaner, one thing is clear: you need to market your services, communicate with clients, and turn leads into sales. The first two are getting easier every day. The Internet and email has helped immensely with reach-out efforts of all businesses that use it. However, turning leads into sales is still done with the personal touch. Here are some ways to boost sales by what sales experts call lead nurturing.
Lead Quality
The first thing you need to do is determine if you lead is ready to buy–in your case, ready to book an event. If you get most of your leads through the internet, have a form available for your leads that ask when they think they will be ready to commit or if they are just shopping for ideas. Word it in a way that makes them feel comfortable telling you the truth. If you work by phone, have the questionnaire handy to ask them verbally. (more…)
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