Virtual Event Success

The Luggage of My Dreams

I spent the last 5-days trying to find the luggage that you see pictured on the left. It’s made by Heys, it’s pink and it’s hardcover. I’m in desperate need of new luggage, especially since I leave today for Nancy’s I Heart My Business 3-day workshop in California, so I started my search last week to give myself enough time.

The first thing I did is call the Heys Canada head office to see if I could just pop by and buy what I want. The receptionist told me that they don’t sell direct to the public and that I should go to one of their retailers. Sears and the Bay are the 2 she mentioned, so I jumped in my car and drove to both these department stores.

Of course, they have Heys luggage in gray, lilac, teal, red and black, but not pink. I went to every Sears and Bay that’s within driving distance of where I live, but no pink. I think I burned enough gas to buy 8 sets of Heys luggage in pink with all the driving I did. I even got a Driver’s Tan on my left arm because I was in the car so much.

But to my disappointment, no pink luggage. And while at Winners, I almost bought a multi-colored luggage because I desperately wanted new luggage. I stood there and looked at the luggage for 20-minutes trying to convince myself to buy it. But in the end, I just couldn’t bring myself to settling for something I really didn’t want.

I now have to drag my lilac luggage that only has one wheel and put all my muscle into keeping it from teetering from side to side (thanks goes to Skyservice for somehow separating the other wheel from my suitcase about a year ago).

Is there a virtual event lesson here? But of course!

I believe that many of us settle when we produce our telesummits and virtual events. We want a design done for the logo that’ll represent our virtual event, so we go with the cheapest option. Then, with our backs against the wall, we settle for a crappy design instead of going out and hiring the best talent.

Or, we open up a bunch of tabs that point to 5 or 6 virtual events. We have NO CLUE how to write sales copy, but we mash together the words from 5 or 6 virtual events together on our virtual event sales page and decide that that’s good enough.

Or, we super blast our friends on Facebook inviting them to our virtual event. We don’t care that mom’s on the friends list or your cousin third removed from Kansas is on the list or that teenagers who you volunteer with at church are on the friends list. We settle for a sandblast approach to our marketing instead of really trying to understand how to build a tribe using social media who’ll take action on everything you send them.

Instead of waiting for the pink suitcase with our virtual events, we settle for the teal, lilac, gray, black or red because we’re in a rush. Because we don’t have the money. Because, because, because…

So, what ways have you cut corners with your telesummit or virtual event that came back to bite you in the butt? What advice can you share with others so they take more care when producing their virtual events?

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