In Today’s Contracting Economy, Nonprofits and Charities Can Nourish Interest in Their Cause and Encourage Donations Through Teleseminars
For nonprofits, telephone conference calls – known as teleclasses or teleseminars – can be instrumental in spreading awareness about a cause, galvanizing supporters and raising funds.
(EMAILWIRE.COM, March 23, 2008 ) Goshen, MA – Despite all the buzz about social media, viral media and blogging, an incredibly easy-to-use, pre-computer medium can be a productive marketing tool: the telephone. Telephone conference calls – known as teleclasses or teleseminars – can be instrumental in spreading awareness about a cause, galvanizing supporters and raising funds. An upcoming four-week course with veteran teleclass presenter Marcia Yudkin (www.yudkin.com/teleteach.htm) enables teleseminar novices to get a fruitful program up and running for their organization by late spring or early summer.
“Using just their voice over an ordinary telephone, nonprofits nonprofit fectively impart knowledge, improve bonding among their supporters, inspire action and increase donations,” says Yudkin, the author of 6 Steps to Free Publicity and 10 other books. “They can also institute educational programs that create an easy new stream of income.”
Just a few of the countless ways charities, nonprofits and advocacy groups could implement teleconferences:
* Idea-thon: Inviting supporters and newcomers to the cause to call in with ideas for reaching an organizational goal
* Success stories program, where (for instance) previously homeless families share who and what helped them, with CDs sent afterwards to all local media
* Audio newsletter for contributors, conducted live, then linked to in a broadcast email
* Humorous call-in program run by some individuals helped by the organization
* Interviews with topical experts on new techniques or technologies for doing good
* A donor pledged $100 to the cause for every person who calls in to a teleseminar on a certain evening
Yudkin’s upcoming "Teleteach for Profit" course meets the first four Wednesdays in April from 4 to 5 p.m. Eastern time and includes information on costs, teleclass structure, marketing, publicity, logistics, technologies needed and not needed for success with teleseminars; samples of pertinent emails, postcards, transcripts and other people’s teleseminars; one-on-one consulting or moderation of their teleclass; free distribution of one teleseminar-related news release; and two months of access to a private member forum for feedback and answers to questions. Including every ingredient necessary for success in marketing through teleclasses, the program costs $795.
For more information on "Teleteach for Profit," go to www.yudkin.com/teleteach.htm .
“Using just their voice over an ordinary telephone, nonprofits nonprofit fectively impart knowledge, improve bonding among their supporters, inspire action and increase donations,” says Yudkin, the author of 6 Steps to Free Publicity and 10 other books. “They can also institute educational programs that create an easy new stream of income.”
Just a few of the countless ways charities, nonprofits and advocacy groups could implement teleconferences:
* Idea-thon: Inviting supporters and newcomers to the cause to call in with ideas for reaching an organizational goal
* Success stories program, where (for instance) previously homeless families share who and what helped them, with CDs sent afterwards to all local media
* Audio newsletter for contributors, conducted live, then linked to in a broadcast email
* Humorous call-in program run by some individuals helped by the organization
* Interviews with topical experts on new techniques or technologies for doing good
* A donor pledged $100 to the cause for every person who calls in to a teleseminar on a certain evening
Yudkin’s upcoming "Teleteach for Profit" course meets the first four Wednesdays in April from 4 to 5 p.m. Eastern time and includes information on costs, teleclass structure, marketing, publicity, logistics, technologies needed and not needed for success with teleseminars; samples of pertinent emails, postcards, transcripts and other people’s teleseminars; one-on-one consulting or moderation of their teleclass; free distribution of one teleseminar-related news release; and two months of access to a private member forum for feedback and answers to questions. Including every ingredient necessary for success in marketing through teleclasses, the program costs $795.
For more information on "Teleteach for Profit," go to www.yudkin.com/teleteach.htm .
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