In this Issue

 

• A Note from Beth Offering 30 Minutes of my Time
• Marketing, Metaphors and Inspiration
• Articles, Tips and Insight From Around The World
• Upcoming Events Visibility For A Song
• Beth Recommends

A Note From Beth

 

 

 

OFFERING 30 MINUTES OF BRAINSTORMING

 OR CONSULTING for your Quick Participation!

 

WOW, what a great event on the Brainstorming Train, more commonly known as "TrainStorming"

 

There's just something about moving from car to car making connections and working on our business; riding through the fall leaves and pumpkin fields and having a warm meal with new and current friends. 

 

One of the many favorite things I enjoy doing is sitting with everyone at

the end of the day and asking what they're leaving with that they didn't

have before.  Here are just a few comments:

 

Clarity / More $$ for my Business / A Productive Mindset / A Plan / 

Affirmation / Freedom leaving behind everything I don't like to do /
A new business title / Resources / New Energy / My stress is gone.

 

I received a gift with the group brainstorming for me.  My question was, When I say "Adventures In Brainstorming" I can get a response of

"I already have too many ideas."  Knowing these events are so much more than just a list of ideas, I requested a tag line from the group asking them to call out words from their experience on the train.

 

Here are the ideas I received:

 

Ideas into Action / Solutions / Directing your Ideas / Get er Done! /

Creative Strategic Planning / Cutting Creative Clutter / Fine-tuning /

Clarifying / Organizing / Refine Your Purpose / Making It Happen /

Encouragement of Getting Together / Sorting Your Thoughts / You're No Longer Brainstorming Alone / Perfecting / Organizing Your Ideas

    

We may be close to the WOW factor but not quite there yet.  I would love to hear from you if you think one of these fits or if you have a new tag-line from your experience of Adventures.   

 

• You will be entered into a drawing for a complimentary 30-minute marketing consult for simply participating and,
• If there is a winner with a WOW tag-line, that person will also win a 30-minute consult.  Please submit your tag-line to beth@marketingontheplayground.com in this format...

 

Adventures In Brainstorming for Women In Business

_______________________  Tag-line goes here.

 

Because the participants on the train started the ball rolling, you too will be entered into the drawing to win for your participation. 

 

I look forward to hearing from you.  Have a GREAT weekend coming up.

 

p.s.  For past participants and members of Adventures In Brainstorming, look for a personal group to begin for you on Linked In.  It's coming in the

near future.  It will help you with accountability after an event, with connections and with resources. 

 

 

 

Inspiration In Business Is A MUST!

 

I saw this on channel 9 this morning.  I was taken by the enormity of it all.

At first I thought it was a huge field that someone cut a design into, then

heard each section was planted with a very detailed map. 

 

It made me think about this time of year and our business.  How for some

it's about learning more, for others it's about re-creating.  No matter what

it is, look at what happens when you keep going and one idea pops up.  Look

what happens when you plant one seed at a time.

      FROM THIS...

TO THIS! 

 

http://www.severscornmaze.com/about.php?mazesection=currentmaze 

 

Then click on the Pirate Adventure picture to see the aerial view.

 

I was so inspired with the beginning of "one idea" I called to get a little
more history.  I spoke with a family member who told me they are 4th

generation with 100 years of farming.  Through 4 generations they did one
thing, farmed their land.  In 1997, look what happened with two people who
got curious, asked questions, learned and had fun with their business.  http://www.severscornmaze.com/about.php?mazesection=about

 

The motto of Marketing On The Playground is "If it's not fun, why do it!"

Don't forget to bring fun into the marketing of your business.  See the fun

Sever's have instilled in their website. Don't forget to go to the Home page

where you can hear the music.   

 

 

    

 

 

This week I received a call from someone I see every few weeks when

I simply run my errands.  Not a personal friend, not a business associate. 

She made me aware of something I would want to know about that could

have negatively impacted my business just slightly.  She went above and

beyond by simply picking up the phone and calling me.  I've written her

a thank-you note as well as sending a copy of it to her supervisor.

 

I was saved from the slight possibility of a negative impact from someone
who cared and took the time.  She thought it was nothing, it was just a
phone call. 

 

At the end of the note I made sure she knew that...

 

 

A simple act of kindness reaches far beyond the act.

 

You never know where your heroes and heroins will come from - just

recognize the smallest of acts and make your appreciation known with a

thank-you, a handwritten note or your choice.

 

 

 

  

 

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