Promoting a Live Event: Convincing vs. Inviting

It probably won’t surprise you that I’ve received some emails from people who say they’d like to attend an upcoming workshop but that it would be a financial challenge to make it happen. Some people have pointed out the irony of not being able to afford the Conscious Abundance Workshop. My response is normally just to agree with them. I don’t want to convince them to go. If I’ve never met them, I really can’t tell if they’re a good match to be there. And I don’t know the extent of their financial challenges or their readiness to change. Only they can decide whether to go. My job is simply to make the invitation and answer any questions they may have. When I was broke, if I wanted to stretch myself to go to an event that would be difficult to afford, I would have found it annoying at best if someone pressured me to spend money I didn’t have. I remember attending a Tony Robbins event during the 90s that I could barely afford. I can’t say that it was particularly transformational, but it was a lot of fun. Afterwards Tony offered each attendee a free 30-minute coaching session with one of his coaches. I naïvely thought that was very kind of him, although I figured it would include a sales pitch for something at the end. When I showed up, I discovered that the coaching part was merely a 10-minute information gathering session to be used against me for a manipulative, high-pressure sales pitch that included being double-t...
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