Where to Hold a Stupid One Hour Seminar?!

[moonlightandmargaritas]

I don't think you've mentioned how many people you expect to attend.

Or how you plan to get them there? Mail, newspaper ad?

I still think that long term care insurance is by far the toughest sale in the insurance business, bar none.

 

[Norwayguy]

Folks,

For the past two weeks, I’ve been raking my brain as to where to have my LTC seminar.

Here’s what I can’t do: Hotel, restaurant, borough hall (non-profits can’t sponsor me), American Legion Hall ($350), libraries (for profit companies can’t even lecture at the library), locally at my “club house” in my community ($150 I don’t have). Called my local Rotary, waiting a response. Ambulance building, waiting a response.

Here’s what’s left: street corner with a bull horn like Abe Lincoln. Rent my associate’s conference room for an hour.

Anything else? I’m telling you, and don’t laugh, I’m ready to knock on my neighbor’s door about ten miles from here, introduce myself and rent their living room out for an hour for $50 -that I DO have.

Why out of the community? Because it's gated and the average person from the nearest vicinity WON'T find my house or their way out.

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Local Municipal Building, in my community if you are giving some type of information you can use a meeting room in the town hall for free. Local public school, they allow the rec dept girl scouts etc they may allow you the use of an auditorium , you won't know till you ask.

 

[policy doctor]

The mega-church I occasionally attend is hosting a long term care discussion and with lunch included, for a $10 fee. It is directed at caregivers of sick family members, and those having aging parents. (bag lunch)

I also noticed in a prior week's bulletin, another ad for another lunch and learn. That one will feature a Dr. who will speak on living free of fear of dread diseases. $10 for a bag lunch.

And time before that they a seminar/workshop for women on finances...fee included lunch.

Are you seeing a trend here?

READ MY LIPS>>> no more free mtgs at your local church.

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[Charpress]

I still think that long term care insurance is by far the toughest sale in the insurance business, bar none.

And with the lowest return on your investment, commission considered.

 

[saieddie]

LTC guys around here host dinner seminars at nice restaurants w/dinner included and still have a hard time getting participants.
I can't imagine anyone paying for the privilege to attend a sales call.

If you can't afford more than $50, i'd offer to give a short talk about ltc insurance at a local clubs monthly membership meeting.

 

[Aaron_4SIGHT]

Can you provide some more details, like the # of people you hope to attend, how you plan on getting them there, and in general who they are? Are there any specific criteria you've got for the venue, like, say, chairs, a microphone, privacy, etc?

A restaurant is out because of cost or some other reason? What about a bar?

There are plenty of retailers out there right now dying to get people into their store - you might be able to do a strike a deal with one to get X people through their front door in exchange for using their store for an hour.

Anyway, here are few random ideas:

Yoga studio or photo studio.

My old gym had a meeting room they rented by the hour.

Many coffee houses have meeting rooms in the back that can be reserved.

Art gallery.

Keep us posted about what you learn!

 

[arnguy]

How about a retirement community (not a nursing home)?

 

[Guest]

I still think that long term care insurance is by far the toughest sale in the insurance business, bar none.

Agreed. Also the first to go if money gets tight.

 

[Freddie]

LTC guys around here host dinner seminars at nice restaurants w/dinner included and still have a hard time getting participants.
I can't imagine anyone paying for the privilege to attend a sales call.

If you can't afford more than $50, i'd offer to give a short talk about ltc insurance at a local clubs monthly membership meeting.

The economics of doing a nice free dinner seminar for LTC and getting no takers is brutal. The comp is low and the closing rate is not taht high.

 

[moonlightandmargaritas]

I remember reading an article by Larry Klein five, six years ago that due to the low percentage penetration ltc insurance was getting ready to explode.

LTCi never did explode. Larry did.