Rhonda K. Kitchens
Sellitwithsizzle.com

 

 

 

10 Things To Do
Before November

 

   

    #1:   Begin a programming journal.  This could be a file, a     notebook, a blog or just a list.    

 

   #2:   Identify three actively meeting community groups.    List     five ways on how the library is relevant to each of these groups.

 

   #3:   Read through a local weekly paper noting different re    porters styles/stories. Imagine how each reporter might approach a     scheduled program.  Record relevant names and organizations in     your programming notebook.

 

   #4)   Review a database and come up with 10 perons/groups    that might benefit from its use

 

   #5)    Use some inspiration from the “Sell it With Sizzle” work    shop to put together a program in January/February 2006. Follow     the timeline from the presentation. If you have lost the handouts     go to http://www.sellitwithsizzle.com

 

   #6)   Take your top 5 reference questions — particularly                                      the one’s you can’t answer quickly or at all —- and brain  storm     them into programs.

 

   #7)   Find a meeting/event to network at, maybe even
    composing a brief sales pitch when introducing yourself.

 

   #8)   Save stories of persons who have used your resources to     achieve something.

 

    #9)    Search for bulletin boards, online event listings or other     e-means of promoting your programs. Aim for Word of Mouse.

   

    #10)   Write a blurb, story or press release about a rewarding
    program you’ve created and send them to the library related

    periodicals.  

 

 

 

FAILURE’S CHAL                 fall.” – Mexican Proverb     VISION THING: "The Person Who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. " Chinese Proverb     RETHINKING RESOURCES:  "I learned decades ago to sell the steak you've got to sell the sizzle." founder of Ruth's Chris Steakhouses     AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT: “Miracle start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as your fears.”  --Richard Wilkins     FAILURE’S CHALLENGE: ”It is not enough to know how to ride but you must also know how to fall.” – Mexican Proverb       IDEA RECIPE: “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t — you’re right.” — Henry Ford

 

 

 

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