| Greetings!
Oh boy - we are getting close! We've set the date of June 23 for our upcoming Amazon.com communications launch - we'll be sending hundreds of thousands of e-mails to people all over the U.S. and abroad to let them know about the Taming E-mail book on Amazon, as well as the amazing list of bonuses we've assembled -- we've literally collected bonuses including e-books, special reports, podcasts, and more that are worth thousands for this promotion. If you've already purchased the e-book, e-course, and/or paperback, worry not - you WILL get full access to those promotions. You will obviously be seeing more information from me very soon on all of this, and expect to get a few e-mails from my bonus partners about me and my book on June 23 and June 24. Thanks again for all of your support! |
| Three Great Air Traveler Tips |
We are coming into those summer travel months, and since it has been a while since I've done some tips on effective travel time savers, I wanted to share three new ones I've been using this travel season.
- Wear your suit/best outfit on your flight. I've simply found that my suit arrives in much better shape and much less wrinkled if I wear it on my flight vs. packing it (a nice bonus - you look good on your flights, which are very often filled with good potential business contacts - never hurts to look professional). Now, coming into the summer months and higher temperatures, I obviously don't like to wear it more than necessary, so I actually also pack hangars in my carry on bag, and then immediately change my clothes into something more comfy upon arrival at my destination airport if I'm not heading straight to a client event or meeting. I've also found out that P&G has produced a travel size bottle of Downy Wrinkle Reducer. Having that along with wearing the suit on the flight pretty much takes away the need to press or iron the suit upon arrival (and a little money saving tip: get a regular size bottle of the Downy Wrinkle Reducer to use for refills of your travel size bottle.)
- If going to a conference and/or meeting by air, and you are expecting to be giving lots of program brochures, attendee lists, goodies, and freebies, consider packing a posted Priority Mail packet or box and/or UPS, DHL, or Fedex box/mailer, preaddressed to you. That way, you can pack light enough to avoid checking bags (often saving 15-45 minutes on each side of your flight), but you'll still have the capacity to send some of that stuff back to you upon your return trip. You can easily collapse down a flat-rate Priority Mail box and ship a pretty significant amount of stuff home too.
- Are you an electronics or laptop lover when you travel? Find and pack a small multi-outlet electrical power strip in your computer bag. Very often, most airports only have a few power outlets available for charging, but if you have a multi-outlet power strip, you can walk up to a person that is already using the outlet to see if they'd be willing to share. And if you get to that outlet first, you'll be really popular with the other road warriors around you when you plug in your power strip and let others share your strip.
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Program Successes Continue
What a past 9 months this has been - the Taming E-mail, Finding Extra Hour, and Optimizing Outlook courses have all been performing great, and I've been BUSY (I've even already reached enough miles to renew my frequent flier elite status for 2010, and it isn't even the end of May yet!) I've received great reviews and comments from my recent sessions at the NALP, HSMAI Affordable Meetings, Michigan Recycling Coalition, and yesterday's session at the Law School Admissions Council in San Antonio (great city by the way - make sure to visit the Riverwalk!)
Deborah Peters, CMP, from SoigneCelebrations.com had this to say about my recent Affordable Meetings Taming E-mail conference session:
"Your workshops during Affordable meetings were exactly what I needed to get my e-mail and electronic files organized. After attending your workshop, now I feel confident in organizing my files and have found additional time to spend on more important matters."
Please keep me in mind for your upcoming meetings and events. Compared to many of the speakers out there, I provide excellent value for the dollar, with very timely and useful content delivered in an engaging and often humorous way. And from a training perspective, most people report that my content is immediately usable, thus providing an instant return on investment.
Look for me at Michigan State HRD, the Michigan Society of Hematologists, a Michigan Chamber of Commerce webinar, and the National Conference of the Institute for Management Accountants here in June, and the Indiana Society of Association Executives and American Dental Association Executives Conference in July. And watch for the Taming E-mail Amazon launch info coming VERY soon.
Until then, Stay Timely!
Sincerely,
Randy Dean
Randall Dean Consulting & Training, LLC
PS: We've upgraded the shopping cart on the http://www.randalldean.com/offers.html -- the user experience for ordering the Taming E-mail e-book, Audio + Binder, and Audio + download program have been greatly improved. Check it out when you get a chance.
PPS: Always feel free to use the "Forward E-mail" option below to share this info with your family, friends, & co-workers. |
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SAVE THE DATE: Thursday, June 11th -- 8:30 p.m. ET; 5:30 p.m. PT |
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Office/Workspace Teleseminar with Bay Area National Ass'n of Professional Organizers president Joshua Zerkel
Get Your Office, Your Paper, and Your Storage UNDER CONTROL!
I'll be interviewing Joshua in this extremely valuable one-hour telecourse program on Thursday, June 11th, at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time; 5:30 p.m. Pacific.
I will be sending out a formal registration e-mail next week, but if you'd like to pre-reserve your spot, just reply to this e-mail (and feel free to share with your family, friends, and colleagues.)
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| More on the Amazon.com and B&N.com Web Postings |
Yes, the national bookstore launch release date has been set for June, 2009, but in advance, the paperback is now available on both Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com, with our formal "launch" later this month. And, it looks like both sites are giving some great introductory deals on the book. Here are the direct links to each sites' ordering/info pages: Amazon.com (you'll see that I've already added quite a bit of additional stuff)BarnesandNoble.com( Note: if you search Amazon.com for the book, do not hyphenate "e-mail" - it doesn't appear in the search with a hyphen - we're working with Amazon to fix this little [yet highly important] issue.) If you make a book purchase on either site, please be sure to send me a quick note via e-mail with your basic purchase info (date purchased, price paid, shipping costs, where purchased), and I'll get you the info that you need to take advantage of the many bonuses being provided by other experts and authors in conjunction with this book launch. This info will be really valuable to us too - helping us to manage the marketing and distribution channels for this launch that much better. And if you like the book after reading, please post a positive review on these sites (please do the same if you've already read a past e-book version.) Reader reviews are hugely important, so I thank you in advance for doing this (and thanks to the two Timely Tips readers and several experts that have already done just that!)
Don't forget - we can get you even better pricing for large bulk orders, or if you order the book in conjunction with a live speaking or training program for your company, group, or organization. Please contact me if you have an interest in discussing either of these options. Also, we could even discuss ways to make the new book a "fundraiser" for your professional group or association. Just reply to this e-mail if interested in discussing several very doable options. | |
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