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Quote to Inspire Your Winning Ways

"What you get from life is in direct proportion to how much you give away."

-- A favorite quote of Peter Bailey from the holiday film classic "It's a Wonderful Life"

Check Out This Cover Story for the December Issue of Mobility Magazine

ABODA's President and CEO Dave Caple is quoted extensively as other members of the Pacific Northwest Relocation Council offer insights about customer service recovery. 

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Cool Sites Worth Your Time

Do you ever wonder if your elevator pitch has all the ingredients to take you and your business to the top?  If so, try out your best 15 second pitch by following the free wizard at this site:

15secondpitch.com

You'll learn a lot by going through the exercise.  Best of all, when you save your pitch, it comes up in the search engines so others can find you to learn more.  And, the site offers a community of other business owners with whom you can connect and do business.  Try it.  And, if you need more help crafting a winning elevator speech, connect with Lorraine Howell at www.mediaskillstraining.com. Her "Give Your Elevator Speech a Lift" book covers this topic from beginning to end, and she is even better in a one-to-one coaching session.  She spent a couple of hours helping me, and the value is absolutely priceless.

If you are hungry to connect with small business owners from coast to coast, this site is a fabulous resource:

startupnation.com

There is even a StartUpNation Internet radio show you can listen to and learn powerful lessons about catapulting your business to the next level of success.

Need Stocking Stuffers?Consider Media-Savvy-to-Go Tips Booklets! 

Have you decided that 2007 is going to be the year that your business steps out from obscurity and finds its place in the media spotlight?

Are you hungry for 147 things to do that really work to get your story on the Web, in print, and on the air without breaking the bank so you can sell more stuff, build your business, and get on with your life?

Buy your Media-Savvy-to-Go tips booklets today, and buy them for all your business owner friends, as well.

It's the most powerful $10 per set you'll spend this holiday season to kick 2007 publicity results into high gear.

Visit the online store at www.mediasavvytogo.com today. 

Other Great Gifts to Consider This Holiday Season

Affirmawraps (personal affirmation blankets in fleece or cotton) from Affirmagy. 

Plus, watch for the December 9 business feature in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer to learn how the comfort and joy of these personal affirmation blankets is sweeping the nation and the world!

Hot tubs and accessories from Olympic Hot Tub Company. 

This is comfort and joy of an entirely different kind.  Soak your troubles away and get your best ideas and the inspiration to see them through.  Your hot tub could be the "think tank" you need to catapult your own growing business to the next level of success!

Pass this Ezine Along To Your Friends!

I'd love to grow my ezine distribution list in 2007.  If you gain value from this ezine, please pass it along to your success and publicity-seeking business owner friends.  Thank you. 
Volume Number 21, December, 2006

What Media Results Can a Client Expect in a Year's Time?



Dear RecipientFirstName,

In December of 2005, I made a rather bold request of my ezine subscribers, project clients, and referral partners.  I asked for one of them to step up to become one of our agency’s annual retainer clients and engage us to the highest level of our passion and capabilities.

 

Alice Cunningham, co-owner of Olympic Hot Tub Company, called me a few days later and said, “Is there still room for me to be one of your  clients?”  She said she wanted to sign-up.  She also quipped that perhaps she should call back in a few minutes to allow me time to recover from my surprise.  We both had a good laugh over that, and we started working together in January of 2006.  Since then, Alice and her company have enjoyed prominent and favorable coverage in the media.  The coverage has supported a very strong year of retail sales, estimated to reach $10 million by year-end.

 

As a Puget Sound retailer, Alice wanted to capture headlines that would tell her 29-year business success story.  She wanted media coverage and speaking engagements that would demonstrate her winning ways as a business owner, customer service provider, and mentor to others, while bringing credibility and support to retail sales at her five stores throughout the region.  Marketing dollars were redeployed from yellow page advertising to public relations for 2006 to achieve these objectives.

 

The good news is that Olympic Hot Tub Company is projected to close 2006 with the highest retail sales in its 29 year history.  The public relations effort has been supportive of the company’s advertising, direct sales, and Web initiatives.  The picture that has been painted by the editorial coverage has been consistently positive, and business performance is mirroring that pattern.

 

Alice has this to say about the public relations effort so far:

 

"How do I describe Nancy Juetten? She's got energy, spirit, creativity, media savvy and more sheer perseverance than anyone I've ever met.  When Nancy believes in you, you've got a powerful ally. Under her guidance, Olympic Hot Tub Company has had more great press in 2006 than in the past five years.  I've been amazed by the response of our customers new and old. Our credibility has been further cemented by all of the great press. And, our employees feel proud to work for a company that has attracted so much attention. What's the added benefit of all of the media coverage that Nancy has been able to get for us? Other reporters have seen it and called me directly.  In other words, the more you get, the more you get. If you want to shine a searchlight on your business and get results you never expected, call Nancy today!"

 

So often potential clients wonder what kinds of results they can expect from our collaborative work together and how often results will flow to their business and reputation-building benefit.  The summary to follow demonstrates some of the highlights from our work with Olympic Hot Tub Company so far this year.  If you’d like a similar pattern of favorable coverage for your growing company in 2007, get in touch at nancy@nsjmktg.com or give me a call at 206-447-8501 ext 1. We have room for one more annual retainer client, and we can’t wait to hear from you.

 

And, if you are still wondering about what holiday gift to share with your family this season, consider a hot tub from Olympic Hot Tub Company.  Visit www.olympichottub.com to locate the retail showroom nearest you. 

 

Olympic Hot Tub Company in the News

 

Print Coverage:

 

May 2006 Business Women 2006 - Snohomish County Business Journal

How to work alongside one's spouse without sinking the relationship

http://www.snohomishcountybusinessjournal.com/archive/bw06/workingwithspouse-bw06.htm

 

May 12, 2006 - Puget Sound Business Journal – Alice Cunningham writes an about the importance of making one's products easy to buy, easy to own, and easy to refer.  This article ran the same day as her keynote presentation to the Eastside Business Awards event at Meydenbauer Center. http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2006/05/15/smallb3.html

 

June 28, 2006 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer writes a profile about Alice Cunningham and her commitment to philanthropy. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/275653_nwgiving28.html

 

November 4, 2006 - Seattle Post Intelligencer Retail Notebook explains why Seattle hot tub business is awash in customers.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/291116_retail04.html

November 5, 2006 - Leading the way - Colleen Willoughby teaches virtue of giving, and Alice Cunningham lends quotes to the story.  http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2004/11/08/focus6.html

Award Wins and Recognition:

 

November 3, 2006 - Puget Sound Business Journal names Alice Cunningham one of the 20 Women of Influence for her leadership, mentoring, and long-term contributions and accomplishments in her industry and the community.

 

Television:

 

June 16, 2006 - The KCTS program “Serious Money” profiled

Alice Cunningham and her business. See streaming video at this link:  http://www.kcts.org/video/ListAllVideoIndexPage.asp.  This single media appearance generated at least one very specific hot tub purchase. The customer said she saw Alice on that show and knew she couldn't buy a hot tub from anyone else.

 

Radio:

 

Multiple Air Dates, 2006 – Alice Cunningham shares her business success tips over 29 years via the Six Steps to Small Business Success Radio Show with Paul Casey and the Chat with Women Show with Pam Gray and Rochelle Alhadeff on 1150 AM radio.

 

Speeches and Keynote Presentations:

 

February, 2006 – Alice Cunningham is the featured speaker at the monthly meeting of the Women Business Owners.  She shares the easy to buy, easy to own, easy to refer philosophy and why it works.

 

March, 2006 – Alice Cunningham serves as a small business panelist for the Washington Bankers Association Marketing Conference.

 

May 24, 2006 – Alice Cunningham serves as the keynote speaker at the Eastside Business Awards to a sold-out Meydenbauer Center crowd of success-seeking business owners and leaders who learned about the easy to buy, easy to won, and easy to refer philosophy.

 

June 2, 2006 – Alice Cunningham shares how to keep your small business afloat in rocky waters with the guests of the North Seattle Community College Network Breakfast.  Listen to the podcast at this link: http://www.learnatnorth.org/breakfast.htm

 

March, 2007 - Women’s Business Exchange Presentation – topic to be confirmed

 

May, 2007 -- E-Women Network Presentation – topic to be confirmed

 

Online Article Posts to Internet Directories:

 

Visit www.ezinearticles.com to review Alice Cunningham’s latest submissions. 

 

May 1, 2006 – How to Buy the Right Hot Tub the First Time – Key Questions Before You Build Your Backyard Getaway

 

May 2, 2006 – How to Successfully Run a Business with Your Spouse without Sinking the Relationship

 

July 7, 2006 - Tips to Stay Safe and Healthy When Soaking in a Public Hot Tub

 

August 28, 2006 – Hot Tub Etiquette – 14 Tips to Keep Soakers Comfortable in Hot Water

 

You are receiving this ezine because you have asked to receive it and/or we've worked on projects together and created valuable impact for your investment in our public relations and marketing communications services. If you don't want to receive free offers, tips and marketing news from us in the future, please send e-mail to nancy@nsjmktg.com, and I'll remove your name from the mailing list. As always, your comments about this ezine are welcome and appreciated. 

Nancy S. Juetten Marketing Inc. helps winning companies get known, build media buzz, enhance credibility, and attract quality leads through public relations consulting and Media-Savvy-to-Go do-it-yourself publicity tools.  Visit www.snohomishcountybusinessjournal.com to read the latest Media-Savvy-to-Go column online. This month's column shares media relations tactics that deliver big bang for the effort with very few bucks.  Publicity Hound Joan Stewart liked the column so much, she blogged about it.  Here is the link to her blog: http://www.publicityhound.net/ 



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