14. The 100 Mile Client Roster
Blueprints for Success
● Identity kit: brochures and business cards * Published January 2010
● Marketing kit: planning calendars
● Web hosting kit: Drupal multisite
● Proposal writing kit: to get new clients
● Money kit: budgeting, planning your work, gnucash, bookkeeping
● Workshop kit: plan and deliver an outcome based workshop
● Web site kit: templates to use with clients (based on my Web site action plan)
● Newsletter kit: based on effective email campaign content
● Desktop publishing kit: OOo templates for nice looking handouts/short books
● Conference kit: plan and run your own conference
● Membership kit: uses open atrium + includes membership model (business guide)
More info at: www.100mileclientroster.com
18. Tip #4
Delay detail.
Features don’t matter.
Benefits do matter.
19. Tip #5
Enable and motivate your downstream.
Direct consumers matter less.
20. Summary
1. Connect emotionally with your customer.
2. Define success according to customers, not itches.
3. Give the gift of success to get contributors.
4. Delay detail. Features don’t really matter.
5. Enable your downstream to succeed.
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