Virtual Events are all the hype today, especially for the entrepreneurs among us who want to build their list of prospective clients and fill their database with valuable “warm” contact details of people who already show on interest in our services and products!

Have you ever wondered if a virtual event is something that you could benefit from?

A virtual event

• can help you reach out further than your own town or city because you can invite people from all over the world with your message
• a virtual can help you build a list of “warm” prospects who already love what you may have to offer, so conversion into active purchases of your services and goods may be a bit easier
• virtual events can give you credibility because prospects hear first hand what you know about your chosen topics
• this also adds to your expert status
• you get your name out quickly for quality content
• it’s a great tool for market research: you see how many people attend and hear their most pressing questions making it much easier for you to create the right services for your clients
• it’s cheaper to organize than a live event where you have to book a room or hall, provide seating, nibbles, drinks, etc.
• the virtual event can actually become a passive income product in no time: simply record the event and offer it on your website!
• people who get to know on the event start bonding with you, the all important “I know, like and trust you” effect can happen much easier than only reading an ebook written by you
• it’s very convenient for people to learn from you without having to travel or interrupt their daily activities
• prospects can decide just at the last minute if they want to attend, great for those busy people you want to attract
• virtual events can be profitable if you charge for them, even with only a few people attending because the set up costs can be quite low
• the event helps you get more and more confident with speaking and “entertaining” prospects; you learn to keep people interested because a lot of virtual event software shows you when people get distracted, when they are most engaged, etc.
• it’s a great training to later organize big live events and a whole lot easier to fill your seats in the live seminar because people know the immense value you offer

What counts as a virtual event?

Virtual events can be

• Teleseminars
• Webinars
• Live radio shows
• Live video shows
• any live presentation that uses the computer, phone or video

Why would you do a live event, rather than offer a recorded audio or video?

I know it’s more convenient and easier for the shy ones among us to simply record an audio and post if on our website, but virtual events with you on LIVE are very powerful because

• people bond easier with you because they feel you are there for them, they can talk to you and you answer their questions
• they are interactive, at least the Questions and Answers section, usually at the end of the presentation
• people love being part of a group event (when using a chat function as some software offers)
• you really come across as the expert in your niche
• you can experiment with topics and finetune them before you may attempt to organize a more expensive live event or create a high cost program

You see virtual events have many advantages. Virtual events are great to give yourself the status of the expert, you can interview someone else or even a group of people to make it interesting or get started in the whole game, you can offer live trainings or coaching without having to book a seminar room, you can do virtual events to launch a new product or service with a high possibility of prospects signing up with you.

Now the all important question most entrepreneurs new to virtual events ask: how do I organize a virtual event?

Your virtual marketing support can help you organize a virtual event easily and make it all run smoothly. Your virtual assistant (VA) discusses what you have in mind with you and can make suggestions of what kind or virtual event would be most suitable for the topic and which software is best to use for it. If you want to hold a virtual event, but are not quite sure on which topic, your VA can also brainstorm with you as she often knows of successful topics in the industry, so you can benefit from her experience.

After getting to a topic that would be most useful for your prospects and matches your products and services, the VA will start to draft a project plan. You will give her the content about you want to talk and she organizes everything that needs to be done to organize this special event. She will research different software and come up with costings for services, if you wish, or she already knows what service is best for your unique situation.

Organizing a virtual does not only rerquire technical and content creating tasks, it also involves the marketing part

Organizing a virtual event is not only about the technical and content parts, it’s all about marketing, otherwise you will have no one on the call (Which by the way is actually not the worst that can happen as you still have a great recording that you can re-run or sell as a product!). But you want to have people on the call to be most interactive and answer prospects questions to show them how you can help them.

The VA knows how to launch a virtual event, create the timeline, and work back from the date of event to the preparation pieces. She will give you advice on where to promote it, how to promote it and how often. The VA can also help you release bits of information and snippets you will talk about in the virtual events to create curiosity among your target market.

The VA then organizes all call in information, supports prospects who sign up with their questions and test the software with you. She will have some test calls with you so you feel comfortable. Most of the time she will actually be part of the virtual event to help you get it done properly, watch the chat panel, moderate and record (and make sure it actually IS recorded).

After the event the VA works on the recording, might even edit parts of it and transforms it into a product that you can offer straight away to get more enrollments in your promoted product or service than only the people that were on the call. She also can do customer services and screen calls and emails in regards to the offered product or service, answering those herself (with the information you provide her with) and sort out enrollments.

If your head is spinning right now you can actually relax as most VAs do know the nitty gritty on virtual events pretty well and run through most of the steps herself easily. All you need to do is to create the content and show up at the date of the event!

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