Comments on: Marketing Your Green Product by Sponsoring a Party–Does It Work, or Is It Just For Fun? http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/25/marketing-your-green-product-by-sponsoring-a-party-does-it-work-or-is-it-just-for-fun/ Green & Sustainable Business Ventures: For Entrepreneurs & Investors Thu, 24 May 2012 14:45:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Hosting a Party to Promote Green Products–Did It Work? : Ecopreneurist http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/25/marketing-your-green-product-by-sponsoring-a-party-does-it-work-or-is-it-just-for-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-13602 Hosting a Party to Promote Green Products–Did It Work? : Ecopreneurist Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:36:44 +0000 http://ecopreneurist.com/?p=1227#comment-13602 [...] a previous posting, I wrote about an increasing trend to host parties to generate interest for your green product.  I [...] [...] a previous posting, I wrote about an increasing trend to host parties to generate interest for your green product.  I [...]

]]> By: John Simonetta http://ecopreneurist.com/2009/01/25/marketing-your-green-product-by-sponsoring-a-party-does-it-work-or-is-it-just-for-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-13455 John Simonetta Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:41:22 +0000 http://ecopreneurist.com/?p=1227#comment-13455 We have used a similar idea with our Dallas design center with mixed results. The Dallas design center is located in North Dallas in the very easy to reach JPMorgan Building on the Dallas Tollway. We can hold about 200 people. What we do is offer the space to networking events in the late afternoon or morning breakfast hour. We don't charge for the space or food so it saves organizers a lot of money. Wine and beer are allowed but it is BYOB. We do screen the groups we let use the space - it needs to be a good fit for us - and we do ask that we can introduce ourselves to the group and explain what the design center is - basically a living display catalog of promotional items which we sell. Other than that we just let people network. It is a good way to introduce our services to a large group of people. Other Ecopreneurist that have their own space might want to try the same idea. As Scott mentions most people expect to pay for rooms large enough to meet or network in. Giving a free space gives you a chance to attract perspective clients. More on the design center at http://proformagreen.com/designcenter.shtml We have used a similar idea with our Dallas design center with mixed results. The Dallas design center is located in North Dallas in the very easy to reach JPMorgan Building on the Dallas Tollway. We can hold about 200 people.

What we do is offer the space to networking events in the late afternoon or morning breakfast hour.

We don’t charge for the space or food so it saves organizers a lot of money. Wine and beer are allowed but it is BYOB.

We do screen the groups we let use the space – it needs to be a good fit for us – and we do ask that we can introduce ourselves to the group and explain what the design center is – basically a living display catalog of promotional items which we sell.

Other than that we just let people network. It is a good way to introduce our services to a large group of people.

Other Ecopreneurist that have their own space might want to try the same idea. As Scott mentions most people expect to pay for rooms large enough to meet or network in. Giving a free space gives you a chance to attract perspective clients.

More on the design center at http://proformagreen.com/designcenter.shtml

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