“Thank you for the Chamber Membership Drive Training with Oliver Group DIRECT. What I saw unfold as Rob and Kate Oliver worked their magic on the room was one of the finest deliveries of fun, learning and practical marketing tools that I have seen from any platform anywhere in the
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Michael Sipe, President, CrossPoint Capital
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Anne Hotte, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Rob & Kate, No way! These flowers are just beautiful! Is this another example of “shock and awe”? It works! We are sharing the timeline and new approach to retention at the staff meeting tomorrow! I am so excited about it! Thank you for ALL that you did! You make
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Maria Patterson, Carrollwood Area Business Association
Dear Rob & Kate, Thank you many times over for facilitating the most successful Membership Drive in the history of CABA! We appreciate all you have taught us and all the expert information and advice you have generously shared. You are both a joy to work with and thank you
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Patricia Crowley, Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce
Dear Rob and Kate, On behalf of the Greater Hernando County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, thank you for presenting your “DIRECTDrive” to our membership committee. The teachings you shared certainly were a result of our successful Membership Drive. We appreciate your support to the Chamber and look forward
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DIRECTDrive Training Attendees Comments
Great seminar – took away some good sales points/tips
Great training and some great ideas to use. I look forward to seeing the results. Thank you.
Very effective tools. Can’t wait to use them!
Very good workshop. We will look to see how we can use this in membership and business partner efforts.
This was awesome & got some great ideas about networking meeting new people & most importantly, how to make your company/organization/business standout & make an impression & get more members to help all of us!
Great info, put reasons for doing what we should do. Creative ideas, (out of the box). Excellent energy & humor.
Creative Ideas! Humorous!
Great enthusiasm. I feel like we jammed the details and logistics of the drive into the last hour of the day. I also was a bit surprised that the workshop was directly geared toward the Chamber membership drive. Thought it was a more general marketing workshop. It was very good though. Thank you!
Great, fast paced, energetic presentation!
I appreciated being reminded of “Direct Marketing 101”.
Excellent kick off – inspirational. I haven’t heard as comprehensive a presentation on direct marketing since I was a high school student listening to a magazine drive program.
Great presentation – have then info for future reference!!
Awesome Job!
Great information & presentation.
Very energetic, personable – great ideas and information
Fast, impressive, funny and very relevant to marketing philosophies in print media!
Informative, fun, great ideas. Definitely worth the time.
Very helpful points.
Great marketing meeting – looking forward to the drive.
Great energy – I’m ready! Thanks!
Impressive presentation! Thank You! God Bless.
Great Job!
Awesome Ideas. Thank you!
Good thoughts . Thanks!
Awesome! You condensed into the program so much valuable information in a short amount of time. Great job!
Great ideas!! Great seminar – took away some good sales points/tips
Rob’s energy, enthusiasm, excitement of delivery was top-notch, world-class, and more than I expected. Fantastic! Can’t wait to put it into practice! Thanks!! Let me know if I can ever buy you & Kate dinner. You’re awesome.
I love you guys! Great info for the “new economy” and building membership for our local HBA. I almost feel guilty but received tons for my own company. I want you to be a speaker for our Remodeler 20 Group. As a board member & VP and business owner, I wouldn’t have missed it!
In a very short amount of time, I was given a tremendous amount of useful information to not only assist me with the CBIA DIRECTDrive but also in the sales and marketing process of my own business.
The Oliver Group did an impressive job of providing some very helpful tips & direct marketing ideas that make sense & don’t cost very much. I appreciated how the seminar also applied to good marketing in general, for businesses, not just HBA recruitment.
Great tips for member retention & business clients. Mailing tips were interesting.
The ideas given are great and I am positive they will work. Rob gave us 20 good tools to work with. They will help my business as well as the HBA.
I’ve been in sales for 17 years. Refreshing to get fresh ideas & info. Thank you!
Before committing to attend the Direct Marketing Seminar for the TBA, I was skeptical. After attending the workshop, I realized how powerful the information could be to our HBA & my current business.
Very informative, useful information. Was looking for new marketing approach. Thank you.
Great presentation. Your concept about creative urgency is a fantastic idea.
While the focus was on Builder Association membership (which is great), I also found the info applicable to our business. In addition, the presentation was interesting and fun.
Eye opening seminar. Helps to think outside of the box to identify new market targets. Also helps to open eyes to new approach on making and offer and closing the deal.
Best marketing workshop EVAH! You guys have given me so many tools that I can use! Much appreciated Rob & Kate!
Excellent workshop. Always enjoy a new twist to re-visit (sales) marketing, this applies not only to membership, programs & products but also day in day out business enhancement.
I thought this was an amazing way to spend my Friday. Great membership ideas, great ideas to better my business. I love your excitement!
Great! Fun, interesting and I believe will be very effective for increasing our membership.
You take sales practices & put them into a defined, easy, fun plan to create new membership & revenue. Looking forward to placing the rubber to the road.
This class was fun and informative for getting new builder association members as well as marketing tips I can use in my own business.
Great day of marketing 101 for membership. Fast paced and humorous stories made examples easy to remember. I will take “Create, Enhance, Deadline” to use in my business! My eyes were opened to access to most powerful, successful and influential people is why people join – It’s about new business.
Excellent presentation – informative – funny – held my interest – learned info for CBIA and for my business.
I really enjoyed the day. Not only do I have some great ideas for our association’s membership drive, but I also have gained some great ideas for marketing my company!!
Awesome information – great ideas for building business & for increasing memberships! Fun and informative!
These ideas are great, easy to do and follow. I know that they will help with this drive as well in my business.
I though the class was great! Loved all the ideas both for the HBA & my business.
One good idea would make it worth it. I got way more than ten. Real value not perceived value.
Very informative and helpful for both membership drive and business.
Great seminar, lots of energy, lots of terrific ideas to use in business. Looking forward to a very successful membership drive.
Wow! I’m pumped and excited! Great info. On not only the membership drive, but I learned so much of which I can apply to my own business. Great workshop! Thanks for the energy.
Thank you two for everything that you did, have done and will do for our State and local associations. I had many pessimistic members in the beginning and had to push really hard! You two were right on target with your foresight and wisdom of how to pull this off. I have never seen so much excitement for two days straight in our local. I have received a lot of credit for our local success and it all goes to you. I have taken you two out of the category of business associates and placed you in my heart as FRIENDS. What you have done is an act of friendship, not business. Forever in your debt, Jim.
A lot of work, but so incredibly worth it. I cannot stress enough of the importance of having volunteer leaders at the training. Without their buy-in and enthusiasm, we wouldn’t have been successful. Plus they backed up staff on the hard calls.” An awesome experience for both volunteers and staff. Our association needed a great activity like this drive to get members excited again. The Oliver staff keeps you pumped!!!
A no brainer- Great program!
Incredible results!! Challenging and fun, yes…I did say fun!
I think everything was great. The Oliver Group was so great to work with.
The membership drive energized all of us, reminding us why we’re part of such a great organization.
This worked very well and once the paperwork was organized, it all was easy to keep track. This is a good concept and works when followed.
Wonderfully successful statewide. We were really blown away by how many new members we were able to get.
Our Kick-Off party was great. The location was great. Timing was perfect. We got all those members for May’s National Membership Day Double spiked. Decorations were the best (nice to have friends at Lockheed Martin). Great ending. We had a great time. Competition was great. From staff point of view, it went very smooth, thanks to you guys. It was a lot of fun.
You were very helpful and accessible whenever there was a question or a need for modification. Start looking for sponsors now!
The training workshop made us believers and laid out a system which was easy to follow and truly works. We could have done more! Only about half of the Board helped out and the ones who did were surprised by the great results. Recruiting 65 new members was a great addition, but I wonder what we could have done if more members bought into the program. My suggestion: Sell your Board – The more participation from your Board, the more successful the drive will be!
It was great – very entertaining!! You guys ROCK!
Exceeded our expectations. Do it! Get as many people involved as possible.
As an unsolicited testimonial for those of you considering working with the Oliver’s, their program works. More importantly, we had a blast. Not only did we grow our membership, and budgets, nicely, but we again pulled together as a team with everyone working, and competing, for the same thing statewide. Lots of phone calls and text messages between the locals, lots of friendly-but-pointed competition, and everyone gathering around computers for the 2 hour shift change updates to see what the new numbers looked like.
The DIRECTdrive was everything you said it would be and more!
The DIRECTDrive experience helped us to be very organized. It takes time but is fun and well worth it!
You really will get what you give. The more effort you put into the drive, the more you will take away. It was great, the best thing to happen to our Association in a long time, if not ever…and it was fun!
The drive is well worth the time and money. Not only did we bring in 82 new members, but we also had members help out that usually aren’t active.
The percentage increase in membership was unbelievable.
There is no question that the results of the drive made the experience very positive. We anticipate that our drive in 2007 will be very good as well.
Be prepared to process a lot of applications ahead of time. Be certain that members fill out forms completely and clearly. Follow the program and you will succeed!
Content was excellent. Members attained were very credible.
Ultimately we got 32 new members – 17 Associates and 15 Builders!! Nationally there is an attraction of two associates for each builder. This is GREAT, 30% growth in two days is phenomenal! You delivered what you promised and delivered on time and on budget. Your staff is terrific, timely and most responsive.
We were surprised at the number of members willing to participate and pleased with the cooperative, fun atmosphere. We were amazed at the results and being able to accept credit card payments was very helpful!
You all are great at what you do and offer. The DIRECTDrive is a very worthwhile and exciting experience!
Team meetings prior to Kick-Off Party were helpful to our success, I believe. We had an 84% increase, our Builder Members went from 60 to 102! The overall process was very organized-takes time, but fun and well worth it!
The increase was way beyond what we expected. The DIRECTdrive gives quite an education and experience…it’s well worth it.
Our association did better than what I personally thought we would do. The quality of our members is great!
The drive was fast and furious. It was great to see new faces get involved and work towards a common goal. We are very happy with our member increase and the quality of our new members.
A Blast!! Lots of work, but well worth it. Communication was the key to keeping the involvement with all the locations. Your well-thought out materials were professionally provided, your proven process worked for us even with the small size of our Association. Thanks for your cheerleading, it meant a lot to us. And we had 95 people attend our general meeting, we normally have 50. It was awesome!
Membership increase was better than I could have imagined. It was a great experience. The Oliver Group staff was very informative and helpful with all my questions and concerns. Thank you!
It worked well! It was great to have your support and help with the forms. You guys did a wonderful job. Get as many people to the training day so they are involved from the start and buy into process.
The whole process was amazing. Everything went very smoothly with the preparation. Our training attendees came back very enthusiastic and we doubled our goal! We hoped for 40 new members and got 85! Can’t beat that!
We are overwhelmed! 72% membership increase – we never imagined! The overall DIRECTDrive Experience was awesome.
Rob & Kate did an excellent job. We left with so many ideas and energy – Thank you! The DIRECTDrive experience was an incredible amount of fun. It took a lot of energy but we got the right people with the right attitudes and our numbers are where we want them!
It was a great training, very informative & got everyone excited. A very team-building event. We hit our overall goal and everyone was surprised and impressed.
The Oliver Group knows what they’re doing when it comes to organizing a membership recruiting plan. We followed their directions and increased our membership by 49%. Rob’s humor made the training fun for everyone. Our increase in membership was more than we ever imagined we were capable of recruiting in 2 days!!! It was hectic, chaotic, but it was worth it.
Training went well – very thorough, easy to digest and prioritize.
Thank you Rob & Kate! You have a great staff and great energy. It was fun and exciting, people got competitive, and our members were energized and excited even up to the end of the last day.
Our increase in membership was far beyond our expectations. Just super!
For those considering a DIRECTDrive: Get Ready! It takes a lot of enthusiasm and hard work, but is definitely worth it.
It was a very productive and rewarding experience. There was so much excitement! The training process helped to keep the drive going – they believed! We are very happy with the percentage of growth and the DIRECTdrive was fun, exciting and very beneficial.
Our VP attended the training and came back very excited. The preparation material from The Oliver Group was a huge help to us. Our membership increased 38% and these new members will add strength and diversity to our organization.
The DIRECTDrive Training workshop was very impressive. We had our board meetings last week, and the talk in every committee meeting was the membership drive and what a great thing it was for the association. Thank you, Oliver Group, for your hands-on work with each of the locals and for all you continue to do for us!
DIRECTDrive is an awesome process. These guys know membership! I was blown away. On Day 2 at 3:00pm, we had 550 new members. Rob and Kate kept saying “Wait and see, wait and see.” By 5:30 we had 850 – 300 new members in two hours! The Oliver Group is the best. Following our DIRECTDrive at our Annual Convention, there was so much talk about the drive, membership and more drives to come. Thank you so much for making the Members in my State realize it can be done. The Oliver Group kicks BUTT!
Attendance at the training workshop is so important! It was lots of hard work but the networking on the teams was great. We are so happy with our increase!
Training was fun and easy to understand.
This was a very positive experience and we received more members than anticipated.
The training workshop was extremely well done! Rob & Kate stayed focused and covered everything.
We gained high-quality members who have displayed an interest in getting involved with various committees.
The DIRECTDrive was a blast and it worked! We overshot my goal for increasing membership, which was great.
We are very pleased with our membership increase which has given us top-quality companies. The Drive was a little crazy, but we had a great time and have great results. It was worth the work and we look forward to the retention program.
To get TOP Quality members, simply work The Oliver Process – it’s Top notch. Kate and Rob covered the critical parts of the training most effectively. Membership is a daily job and the increase from the DIRECTDrive was a good beginning and will result in a grand finish.
The Training was very informative and exciting and everyone was pleased with the whole process. We added 109 members during our DIRECTDrive…we had so much fun. It is a great tool to bring excitement and energy to your membership. We did!!
Everything in the Drive Process was perfectly planned, forms were delivered right on time, and with great members, we were bound to do well. Our members worked so hard and proved themselves beyond expectations!! Everyone was in complete “AWE” at the number of new members (160% increase). The staff at The Oliver Group was so gracious to work with. They were quick to respond to our needs and were excited for us – yes, it showed!!! Thank you!
I would highly recommend the DIRECTDrive process to others. I loved the forms and “template” for doing a successful drive.
Drive Process was very hectic but it worked. We saw results and overall, we’re happy. The Oliver Group Staff provided lots of help and was always quick to reply with answers to my questions.
This was the largest, most successful drive to recruit new members in the history of the (Indiana) Builders Association. It was great to be a part of history in the making, and to share the enthusiasm with so many members as they grew their membership radically overnight. It was a terrific experience.
It’s an amazing system! We increased our membership by 26% in two days and I STILL have applications trailing in. It was a great experience…a lot of work for staff but it was worth it
The DIRECTDrive experience was very successful and we were pleased! It was great to have Rob & Kate drop by too – very nice, genuine people.
Getting more members involved will get more new members. The training was great, the Drive went great, keep up the good work Oliver Group.
The DIRECTDrive concept worked very well. Our membership increase was great and it was a great experience – a ton of work in a short period of time.
The DIRECTDrive was fun and successful! Thank you for everything…it was great working with you.
Your DIRECTDrive staff and assistance was great – very supportive!
The DIRECTDrive training and the concept of team recruitment created an atmosphere of fierce competition which resulted in success. We got our builder team members together at the same time during the drive, and they ended up recruiting the majority of our new members. Thank you!
Trainers were very good and materials very helpful. The Oliver group staff did a super job staying in touch and getting material out.
Loved many of the anecdotal stories in the training. The staff did a great job helping the local associations with all questions and concerns . . . you had them all motivated to bring in the members.
Staff was great and did a good job. Our membership increase was more than we had expected. As the day went on, the excitement grew.
The DIRECTDrive is an excellent concept.
The process works!
We had a great outcome. There is lots to learn. Follow the checklists!
I’m excited for next year. First time associations should attend the training.
WOW! 93 new members! This is a lot of work but well worth the efforts.
Rob and Kate – Thank you for all the help! Without your services and advice, I’d probably be asleep right now, but I’m too pumped for sleep. Last fall, I remember cautiously going out on a limb anticipating a 10 – 15% growth in membership. West Texas topped out at 59% growth and Texas as a whole is pushing 25%! What a weenie I was to see your past results and be such a negative Nellie?! You definitely know membership drives and have really turned a mole hill into a mountain. I don’t know what your schedule is, but multiple hugs and High Fives may be in your future.
Thank you for leading us through a terrific membership drive. We are so excited to have 2,397 new members, as well as new friends in The Oliver Group team. We appreciate all you did for us from the special mailings to the moral support you provided to all of us during the DIRECTDrive.
Rob and Kate – how can we thank you for this membership drive? We had no idea that we could gain all these new members in just two days. THANK YOU!!! You moved us out of our “Comfort Zone” and showed us possibilities we had never dreamed of. Thank you to all of your staff for their phone calls, e-mails and support during the drive. Every word of encouragement was important to us. From all of your new friends in Dickinson, thank you again and again.
The Michigan Association of Home Builders has completed its most successful membership drive in its history. During a two-day blitz this past week, nearly 600 new companies and organizations joined the Association. There has been tremendous consolidation and difficulty in the home building industry across Michigan over the past few years. Yet, as the results of this drive show, there is still much interest and hope that the homebuilding sector will make a comeback and grow and thrive in our great state.
Rob & Kate – Thank you so much for putting together such an awesome membership drive. Our whole association is just in shock at what we did – 180 new members in just two days! It was so much more than we ever anticipated. And the best part was the members working together to achieve a goal. We had such great participation and they had such fun! Thanks for making it all possible, you two are the best and your staff too. They kept us on task in such a positive, fun way – we would never have gotten everything ready without them.
Thank you for all your help. You’re right – “Ya just gotta believe it’ll work.” We recruited a broad range of members – builders, lenders, suppliers and sub-contractors and gained a 10% increase – WOW!
Plan early and prepare prospective members ahead of time. The Oliver Group was a great help and cheerleader. Great Job!
Thank you so much for all the help that you gave over the 4 weeks. We are completely blown away as are people who said this could/would never work. With this concentrated effort, we have 25 – 50 people saying the incentives are nice, but that’s not why we’re going to join so we’ll join anyway. Some are corporate and need corporate approval so in the next couple months we expect to see even more growth.
Rob & Kate, With all the excitement at the end of our fabulous membership drive in Nebraska, I’m not sure if I thanked you. So, thank you. I realize that this is your job and the way you make your living, but I also believe that you truly LOVE what you do. You bring excitement into what you are doing which in return puts excitement into others. The 2 of you have helped put excitement back into our local HBA (MOBA) and for that I am truly grateful. I love what we stand for and the people we help and it is great to have new life blown into our organization with new members and have the old ones excited again. Thanks again.
We were so pleased with the results and feel like we can manage the growth we experienced during this DIRECTDrive. It is wonderful knowing Rob, Kate and the group will continue to be a resource for us. To those other associations considering a DIRECTDrive, do not go very long without giving. The Oliver Group a call. They are wonderful to work with. Rob really inspired and motivated our membership. He is an incredible leader and I wish we could have him around always!
Rob and Kate, Thank you for bringing out the potential for growth that we knew was there. You lit the fuse and it exploded! I am left speechless – thank you. It was great to see you in Norfolk. super job staying in touch, President, HBA of the Norfolk Area, NE
Everyone that is a member of an Association needs to go through this Drive Process and Training. It is motivating, exciting and inspiring.
MOBA is delighted to have the increase in light of the economy and the state of the industry. The DIRECTDrive Experience was very positive and brought out lots of new members participating as well as “seasoned” members.
The DIRECTDrive is a very professional program with lots of support. Our membership increase was great considering the economy.
The Training Workshop was great…even better than the one we attended in 2007. Our group was energized, and overall, the Drive was good and as effective as anything could be in Michigan right now.
The assistance we got from The Oliver Group was incredibly helpful and made the process seem easy! If you are considering a membership drive for your organization, consider The Oliver Group DIRECTDrive, their assistance is invaluable and takes a lot of the guess work out of the process. This is our second year with them and both times our membership has grown remarkably more than it would have had we tried to pull it off ourselves. Thank you Kate and Rob!
The process worked well. Thank you for the Leader Board – that was a great addition to last year. A BIG thank you to The Oliver Group Staff for all her help in customizing forms to fit our needs. We had a great experience.
People need to know that this DIRECTDrive Process works! I am floored with the caliber of new members. I doubt that many could stay as focused without the support. It’s exhausting but it works. We need the deadlines, encouragement and pushing to keep on task.
It is always good to work with the staff at The Oliver Group!!
Plan early and prepare prospective members ahead of time. The Oliver Group was a great help and cheerleader. Great Job!
Our increase in membership was AMAZING. Rob is certainly motivational and the overall DIRECTDrive experience was excellent – so fun.
Great training and some great ideas to use. I look forward to seeing the results. Thank you.
I experienced Rob & Kate’s training seminar three years ago and was truly impressed. The only thing you need to know to be successful is STICK TO THE PLAN and you will have the best membership drive in the HBAs history. We did and recruited 233 members in 48 hours.
A different approach and way of thinking about membership. I like the fun idea’s. Great story telling. And a new way of looking for members, “out of the box”. Rob went all day with lots of energy and enthusiasm. What a fun and knowledgeable meeting.
This is my second time for this presentation and it’s always useful, informative and there’s always something new to learn. If you have a chance to hear Rob, please do. You won’t regret it.
Really loved the crossover to my business.
Very informative & motivating. It will definitely help us recruit new members. Thanks!
You have come up with a number of additional ideas since the last class three years ago. The class is fun, quick & very informative.
Good information. Great way to simplify for non-sales oriented professionals. Want to talk to them about talking with my sales team.
Lots of energy & ideas.
Excellent presentation. I hope that our membership drive will be successful because of this presentation.
They gave us many good ideas. Looking forward to putting these ideas to use.
Good Drive Training. Great ideas.
Very good – many good points. Not only for Association membership drives, also good for business.
Very good informative session. Information will be useful for both membership drive & business.
Great program – Lots of good ideas.
Down to earth and easy to follow information. Thank you.
Very dynamic – simple stuff to be easily implemented.
Very good – enthusiasm is catching! Looking forward to the Retention program.
Great ideas with practical applications to many businesses. Thanks.
I’m addicted! Love that crack.
The Oliver Group does a wonderful job at presenting an opportunity to create new membership by having fun. They give great ideas and concepts on achieving success on this membership drive. I highly recommend them as a can-do company.
Can’t wait it see your plan in action. Great program!
Great marketing strategies for not just the HBA membership drive.
Good review of a number of items. Several ideas will be useful for the BSA council as well as AHBA. Thanks!
Very informative & entertaining! Thanks!
I was skeptical coming into The Direct Drive Seminar, but was able to walk away with some practical, business related application item along with
Interesting! New & exciting ideas were presented.
Very Entertaining! Very informative and a great way to generate excitement for The Direct Drive.
Great energy – Great ideas. Memorable stories to support ideas.
Absolutely terrific! Sheer genius and I’d highly recommend to anyone interested in making good things happen for their association.
Think we could put the two days together; half day drive, half day retention. The members get a little restless with a long seminar. Thank you.
Good job! Very good ideas & different ways of looking at things.
Very good ideas. Very motivational.
I had big doubts before the meeting but you did a great job & I have no doubt about our success. Well done!
Information is very usable for any business. It is delivered with enthusiasm and excitement. The information is a common sense approach during the presentation.
Excellent Job! Rob was informative and entertaining – even if it was the “second time around”! Bravo!
Very positive information for the drive and business.
I am hoping to retain all we recruit! J
Very informative and a lot of good ideas.
Your message regarding envelopes & newsletters was great!
Originally, I wasn’t scheduled to participate in the training. I’m glad it worked out so that I attended. It learned things that have helped me personally, as well as been energized for our drive.
Great program idea – I’m in! Where’s my $20 for completing this in the next 5 minutes. Haha!
Found inspiration and took away some new ideas. Would encourage others to attend.
Great Job! Good information for this drive and business in general. Thanks!
Very informative session. As someone new to the association, your suggestions will be helpful as I implement policy. Thank you.
Great, very informative. Looking forward to starting, and the finish!
Great training session! Exceeded my expectations for sure. Thanks so much!
Great presentation! Very valuable for our HBA & hopefully for my sales.
Good info but a little long for my members. Thanks for coming to see us!
Wonderful experience with much needed info to use in the HBA & my business.
It was my 3rd time to learn, and I always learn something new. Enthusiasm always rises. Want to learn some retention tools!!!
I liked the three hour time span this year. It’s great to have a refresher to get everyone motivated to get the drive started.
Thank you for your great ideas on how to entice new members (with incentives, guilt & greed). Thanks!
This was very helpful! I am leaving here today motivated and ready to implement some good ideas to have a fantastic membership drive.
Awesome!! Thanks for everything!!! You definitely motivated us today in upping our goal & what we can accomplish! Thanks again!!
Great training course. We have seen this work before and we’ll see it work again this year. Amazing!
This is a very successful program that I am excited about. I believe this association will reach our goals. I have enjoyed this program that has a lot of great info that I can use on a daily business.
Appreciated the information – very helpful for a newbie! Liked the very specific tops on motivating people, language to use & not use during the drive (donation bucket). How to keep the energy up! Thank you!
Great job, enjoyed learning more about how I can get more involved with recruiting more members.
Great program! I think following up with a retention program would be a great idea.
Very motivating. I liked your energy and your selling strategies. Also thanks for the past stories.
The Oliver Group brings a process to recruiting members. They offer ideas and share experiences from around the country. Why reinvent the wheel. The Oliver Group process works! Go Memphis!
Great presentation! Thank you!
All good info. Great presentation!
Great ideas – I like the examples.
The seminar was great!
Great Information!
Thank you!
Very informative. The pace was right.
Great job!
Helpful Information! Inspirational Tips! Motivating! Thank you.
Great program & you are great to work with.
First training I’ve attended – a lot of good info! Thanks
Great information! The state should reconsider and not cut the time for your presentation.
Excellent program today. Learned a lot as usual.
This meeting reviewed items I had forgotten.
Thank you for your thoughts and direction. We are excited about where this process might take us and your program is exciting. Great presentation!
Wonderful lecture! Thanks for your support.
Lots of fun. Great ideas!! I can see how this works. Go girls!
Great presentation! I’m confident that it will help our Association.
Interesting & delightful – looking forward to a successful drive.
Great energy – Great information. Very excited to get going and raise membership! Can’t wait to see results from the teams. Very enjoyable presentation!
Great enthusiasm! Thanks for the time & energy! Great tips for the growth of the HBA & my business.
I will be excited to see how successful we can be with our drive.
Great enthusiasm, good directions.
Thank you good presentation & info.
Very enjoyable – Good leadership
Very interesting – will be interesting seeing how this carries over to other areas!
Your enthusiasm was good.
This has been very good – lots of good information. I am ready to start getting new members. You have the best information!
Rob & Kate, you had your hearts in your excellent presentation. Good Job.
Joining and becoming involved in CBIA was one of the best business decisions I ever made. CBIA is my best referral source!
Very interesting class. Sometimes it felt like it was rushed & maybe my points were looked over. Had relaxed feel, energized class.
Great Stuff! Please contact me while you have down time at the airport! Thanks JB
Very good class.
Can’t wait to get started. Great!!!
The training was Great! It Works!
Although I am passionate about recruiting members to our association, I’ve always been apprehensive about what to say & who to say it to. This gave me the confidence and the tools I needed to be successful not only in member recruitment & retention, but also in marketing & sales for my own business! Thank you!
Feel, Felt & Found J “Great Job”
Great Presentation! I learned things I can use, not only during the membership drive, but in my business, immediately.
Great!
Great training tools! Useful information to take back & implement! Wish us luck!
Direct Marketing 101 was a great discussion. I learned a lot and thank you very much for your time. Keep up the good work.
Good concentrated seminar on membership recruitment.
What an awesome presentation. Very energetic and full of information. It was great to hear items that occasionally have gone through my mind and I really never could put into words.
Very informative and beneficial not only in finding new members for our HBO, but also new ideas for my personal business.
Can’t wait to start the drive and see our results. I received countless ideas for the membership drive that can also be used in my business.
Great Presentation! Kept my attention the entire time!
Great seminar! Very informative and fun. I can’t wait to implement the ideas and watch our membership and my business grow!
Excellent meeting – very entertaining and informative presentation
The seminar was excellent, reinforcing the importance and benefits of belonging to The Builders Association. Many new ideas were passed along that will definitely help increase the CBIA membership. Rob did an excellent job making the presentation informative and interesting.
Great information. As a marketing professional, I really appreciate (and was reminded of) the excellent principles that will ensure our drive’s success and can also be applied & practiced in any business that want to succeed.
WOW! The Oliver Group is full of ideas! Can’t wait to build CBIA and my personal business using their thoughts and ideas! Training was Fun! Thank you! You are invaluable!
There were good ideas.
Great energy! Lots of great ideas! Best sales seminar I’ve attended. J
Quality presentation. Informative and entertaining.
Great tools to assure our success in membership. Also some great ideas for my construction company sales & marketing efforts. Thank you for bringing this to us.
In a very short amount of time, I was given a tremendous amount of useful information to not only assist me with the CBIA Direct Drive but also in the sales and marketing process of my own business.
Rob’s energy, enthusiasm, excitement of delivery was top-notch, world-class, and more than I expected. Fantastic! Can’t wait to put it into practice! Thanks!! Let me know if I can ever buy you & Kate dinner. You’re awesome.
Enjoyed the presentation.
I enjoyed this seminar although my background is accounting. I felt I learned enough to take it with me. Thank you Rob, you made it fun! Kate good job having to live & put up with Rob! LOL
Great seminar! Having recently joined BIA, I am really pleased I attended. This membership really needs to happen.
I love you guys! Great info for the “new economy” and building membership for our local HBA. I almost feel guilty but received tons for my own company. I want you to be a speaker for our Remodeler 20 Group. As a board member & VP and business owner, I wouldn’t have missed it!
Very interesting. Got some fresh ideas – for the drive and my business.
Enjoyed the day… Lots of useful info & you keep the day interesting. Thanks
The Oliver Group did an impressive job of providing some very helpful tips & direct marketing ideas that make sense & don’t cost very much. I appreciated how the seminar also applied to good marketing in general, for businesses, not just HBA recruitment.
Fun seminar – interesting & informative!
Great tips for member retention & business clients. Mailing tips were interesting.
The ideas given are great and I am positive they will work. Rob gave us 20 good tools to work with. They will help my business as well as the HBA.
I’ve been in sales for 17 years. Refreshing to get fresh ideas & info. Thank you!
PS. It would have been nice to have been asked if we had any questions – but I understand the time constraints.
Before committing to attend the Direct Marketing Seminar for the TBA, I was skeptical. After attending the workshop, I realized how powerful the information could be to our HBA & my current business.
Very informative program that showed a lot of new and productive ideas. Rob did a great job in keeping the program moving. We will hold our drive on November 17th. I’ve been the EO at the HBO since 1997 – and I wish I would have known about you sooner! In the future – it may be helpful to shorten some of the stories and give more information that you were unable to get to because of the time. I think the second half of the program was rushed – and past the 2:00 PM end time. Overall – great program!
Very informative, useful information. Was looking for new marketing approach. Thank you.
Very exciting and informative. Thanks for coming.
I have heard so many opinions about this class, and many opinions about the possibilities that come from The Oliver Group. I will say that I am glad I sat through the class and I am excited to see how it works at our Association.
Great information on mailings and incentive ideas. I am looking forward to a successful membership drive.
Great presentation. Your concept about creative urgency is a fantastic idea.
While the focus was on Builder Association membership (which si great), I also found the info applicable to our business. In addition, the presentation was interesting and fun.
Eye opening seminar. Helps to think outside of the box to identify new market targets. Also helps to open eyes to new approach on making and offer and closing the deal.
Great info for our local HBA & S.B.S.
Enjoyed presentation very much. Material and pace kept morning interesting. Got me thinking “outside the box” and provided some great ideas that I am sure we will use to be the best team in our membership drive. Thank You!
Excellent workshop. Always enjoy a new twist to re-visit (sales) marketing, this applies not only to membership, programs & products but also day in day out business enhancement.
Best marketing workshop EVAH! You guys have given me so many tools that I can use! Much appreciated Rob & Kate!
I thought this was an amazing way to spend my Friday. Great membership ideas, great ideas to better my business. I love your excitement!
Great! Fun, interesting and I believe will be very effective for increasing our membership.
Great workshop. Learned a lot!
You have provided us with new tools to solve some old problems. Thanks!
Very uplifting and refreshing to know that membership can be fun in this economy! Very encouraging to staff!
You take sales practices & put them into a defined, easy fund plan to create new membership & revenue. Looking forward to placing the rubber to the road.
Great information. Looking forward to putting it to use.
Very informative – looking forward to our drive.
Great Job
This class was fun and informative for getting new builder association members as well as marketing tips I can use in my own business.
Great day of marketing 101 for membership. Fast paced and humorous stories made examples easy to remember. I will take “Create, Enhance, Deadline” to use in my business! My eyes were opened to access to most powerful, successful and influential people is why people join – It’s about new business.
Great presentation.
Excellent presentation – informative – funny – held my interest – learned info for CBIA and for my business.
Georgia
Time well spent. Must say I learned a tremendous amount but better yet saw a new way of looking at things. Plus it’s always good to laugh and learn.
Well worth doing – hoping to rejuvenate morale and boast participation. Good points on retention.
Lots of great information!
I Believe!
Exceptional, new & refreshing ideas with “measurable” goals & outcomes – great for any business. Need to stop the insanity is what I will take away and have tools to do it now!
The information presented has practical application for every aspect of any business or program. The tools offer more than just a program of the month philosophy.
Great ideas to have members give information about themselves with little incentive. Enjoyed the postage and mailing ideas.
Good presentation that keeps your interest.
The opportunities & other things we can do in our association are very good ideas. The testimonials will be used completely.
Really enjoyed the seminar and the tips for recruiting new members.
Great program!
I really enjoyed the day. Not only do I have some great ideas for our association’s membership drive, but I also have gained some great ideas for marketing my company!!
Great presentation, full of valuable tools and information to make our membership drive a success.
The training class was fabulous! Can’t wait for the successful membership drive.
Great ideas with thought provoking delivery.
By attending this training session I learned new ways to market our Association, and new ways to bring new members in the organization.
Great ideas – It will work!
Awesome information – great ideas for building business & for increasing memberships! Fun and informative!
Liked the presentation format. Liked the witty examples.
This has been great! Lots of great ideas presented in a manner that is catching and I can see how this can quickly spread.
These ideas are great, easy to do and follow. I know that they will help with this drive as well in my business.
You guys rock! I am very excited to see where my HBA will be on October 30th! Note: I graduated with a marketing degree and the skills & tips that I learned today are better than types of courses!
I though the class was great! Loved all the ideas both for the HBA & my business. I think we need to expound more on doing business with a member. I think this goes back to the basics and that’s the care of what use to make us stronger, more exclusive.
I enjoyed the training so much. I have been an R.O. for almost 14 years and I always benefit from learning new things. Thanks for all you do!
Training allow you to think differently about our Association and more positively about recruiting members. Great ideas – looking forward to our membership drive!
Lots of great idea’s I plan to use. I needed a fresh approach. Wonderful presentation.
all are great. I’ve already gotten several ideas I can implement right away to help with retention – that’s huge!
One good idea would make it worth it. I got way more than ten. Real value not perceived value.
The drive was insightful, provided good information to pull off a successful event.
Great primmer for our drive. Increased my level of enthusiasm for the drive.
Can’t wait to get started. An inspirational program.
Good ideas on incentives & simple approaches to organizing.
Very informative and helpful for both membership drive and business.
Great seminar, lots of energy, lots of terrific ideas to use in business. Looking forward to a very successful membership drive.
Well thought out procedures and incentives for membership dries. No wonder so many HBA chapters have had such successes.
Wow! I’m pumped and excited! Great info. On not only the membership drive, but I learned so much of which I can apply to my own business. Great workshop! Thanks for the energy. Souther Tier HBRA
I really enjoy all of the marketing tips I got today. Being that this is my first Direct Drive, there is a lot of useful information I will take back and use in the next 30 days. I am now excited about planning the direct drive in November.
I always hear great new ideas and reminders of where I should spend my time for increased retention.
It was great to have a refresher course and to hear the process again. Thanks for sharing it again!
Great info! Even though this is my second time, I learned different things. Second time was even better! Wonderful marketing suggestions.
Not only great membership retention tips and methods for a successful membership direct drive, but also great direct marketing tips you can easily implement immediately in your business.
The tools we gained will allow us to gain new members – if we can get member buy in. Rob was great in helping give us answers to the obstacles that I know we will come up against from our members, that will allow for that buy-in.
The Oliver Group makes recruiting new members easy and fun. They are well organized and available to assist before, during and after the drive.
Great information. Very well delivered – flowed well and didn’t get boring or tiresome. Thanks for keeping it fun!
Good Benefit. Great creative ideas for getting more business and more members.
Very informative. Well presented. Thanks for coming to St. George
My business is referral based, much money & time is spent on our client database management. It is help to our success, as it is help to success of SUHBA as an association.
I have learned more here today about how to market my business than what I had learned in 20 years of being in business.
I enjoyed this seminar very much. Many of the items discussed I can take back to my company and use today. Thank you.
Excellent principals for business promotion, customer retaining, or employee motivation. Appreciate fast pace of course.
I was very pleased and surprised at the new ideas that were presented. Great job!
Loved how we could relate information to our own businesses. Valid learning examples are invaluable.
The ideas were well presented and this has been time well spent!
Very informative & entertaining. Made everything seem doable by anyone.
Good information. Hope it works — It will Work!
Great event to help get my mind out of a rut. We all need to think more out of the box.
We are a 55 and better community. We have a stay & play villa program that works well for us, but we need to generate better quality leads. Sun River sales are over 40% by reference.
I would have liked to have had more time with you guys. A lot of valuable info. I’m excited about this upcoming drive. Thanks!
This has been excellent! We are looking forward to our upcoming membership drive and implementing new tools we have learned to grow and retain members.
It was a great workshop – wish you could have stayed longer! Here we go!!
I have been wanting to get you here for 2 years. I am beyond excited to have your knowledge, expertise and experience to help us have the most successful drive in our history and in the history of any local in Utah.
Lots of good tips for my business. Enjoyed way more than I thought I would.
Thanks for your efforts! We’re pumped for success!
Good information. Fast, Fun, Enthusiasm thru-out. I do believe it will work!
Great presentation – Thinking outside the “box”. Could be a touch shorter in time.
Your presentation was (is) very good. There are a few things that I learned that I can apply to real life… 1) Never to sit next to you two on a plane because I don’t want to learn about Amway! 2) I now feel the need to visit Mexico. 3) I will struggle to remember that I am from St. Louis, not Des Moines. 4) After all of the partied I will need to go to rehab. Thanks!
Good information – sounds & looks like it will work very well. I like your power point slides.
Do not think – just do – you have got everyone doing – in the room. It is a start.
GO!!!
Very Interesting presentation, stealth marketing.
Love the story telling. Helps me remember.
Great Job!!
I like the energy of the presentation.
Good direction & tips.
Great program – love the tips on mailings.
You made me look at marketing in a way I have never been taught. I learned “no” is not “no” to – just the opportunity I am offering. I learned how to get rid of someone on the plane J (if I ever have the nerve.)
The Cubs Suck!
Very entertaining, very informative, I am glad I came.
Your class was very informative, and you provided us with great new ideas. J
Very well done!
Great training – In Portland would be better, 4+ hours on the road is tough.
This is my third or fourth version of the training exercise and by far the most informative.
I’m a believer!
Great job – now we’ll see how it works.
As I recall from 4 years ago but definitely some new ideas, thoughts.
Good stuff, thanks. Good luck too.
Excellent presentation! Your synopsis was the best I have heard on this topic – tremendous potential for my business too!
Great information to prepare us to have the most successful drive we’ve ever had.
As a “non-closer”, I think I am better ready to do this thing! Thanks
Thanks again for another informative & entertaining training. Much appreciated!
Wow! This is just what I (& the Association) needed! Excitement & some great ideas on how to recruit & retrain our members. I love the lumpy envelope idea!
Lots of fun, very informative. Stick to your schedule.
A lot of great information. All very usable.
Thank you. I didn’t like the slow format in how we started. Going over retention first (to me) was more geared to staff and not “new” membership. Just my two cents.
This was probably the most eye-opening & enlightening training! We have such a problem with membership retention & recruitment! These tools will definitely help to get members join & get involved & I’m super excited to get started!
Very good. Very useful. Very informative.
Fantastic! Enthusiastic! Great info/ideas. Huge benefit for the success of our party 2 dz party! And excellent instructors – kept me motivated, engaged, involved. Looking forward to implementing several of these ideas.
This type of thinking is exactly what our Association has needed. These tools are simple and realistic and I can say, with confidence, that we will do the things discussed today! Thank you!!
I came for the membership drive, but I learned so much more. The things I learned will help in my new business. I learned more in this one seminar than I learned in a whole term in a marketing class at a university.
I enjoyed the time spent today! Rob has some great ideas to grow membership – promote your business. Great story teller too! Thank you!
It was awesome to have some ideas on retention. Excited to try them out. You do such a great job!
This training provided great ideas to help us have a good members drive. Really liked the ideas for incentives to be enhancers and deadline offing.
Great info. Very positive, uplifting info. Thanks!
Just two of your ideas will balance my budget projections! Awesome – and your seminar was about our membership drive!
I have to admit I was not looking forward to spending a whole day here, but I learned more in the last few hours than I did in an entire semester of some of my marketing classes in college. Thank you so much!
I love your ideas I’ve heard today, not only for my role in the HBA, but for my own business.
Loved the ideas, very helpful.
Great thought proceess.
Very powerful information. Exactly what our association needs in this economy.
Rob did a great job on keeping my attention. I learned several tips that I can and will use to help generate sales in our business and with the HBA.
Need information on law expense/non-expense – High impact marketing & referral business generation of income (i.e. home sales, remodeling, lot sales, etc.).
Enjoyed the enthusiasm of presentation and relevance. Direct Marketing 101 is very good for general business practice. Referencing during presentation and short breaks kept level of interest throughout.
Very good meeting – very helpful information for my HBA membership efforts and for my business as far as finding new customers and additional business.
I have enjoyed the seminar today. I feel several of the items apply to my own business. Presentation was very good.
Wahay Good!
Excellent presentation-enjoyable, educational, and most of all interesting and entertaining! Good use of “real life” stories that reinforced the message and the ‘sales tool’ that was being discussed.
Fun & Relevant!
I had a great time and learned a lot. Thanks!
Eye Opening!
Fantastic program and presentation. Excellent ideas, tips and comments. Very well presented!!!
You bring an upbeat moment to us, during this time of feeling beat down. We needed this info to bring us all together & help us to learn to dance in the rain. Job well done!
Love the fun attitude & jokes! It made the marketing reminders more fun to learn and/or review.
Very informative – great ideas given in a great presentation.
I loved the energy of this seminar and your ideas were great. Some are so obvious it’s hard to believe that they are not already being implemented. Thanks for your time.
For a concept that’s so simple to grasp, you have presented it in a fun, engaging way. Since both the HBA and builders are, as a group, set in their ways, this allows them to “think outside the box”! Thank you for a good presentation!
The things that I have learned in today’s class will not only be valuable for the membership drive, but will be essential for helping our business grow at NFM. Thank you!
Great Job!
Good presentation with lots of helpful examples.
Perfect instruction for our CSSN right now. Thank you!
Very informative & fun to learn!
You have some very good ideas. You keep the room involved & teach about success and keep it fun. Good job!
Very good seminar, learned a lot about retention and how to go get new members.
I’ve selling ideas/flooring for 40 years and I’ve heard ideas here today that are great for our business.
I thought the presentation was lively & gave good/helpful suggestions & information.
Enthusiastic, Enriching, Excitement. That’s what I received today! Thanks!
Very good information that can easily be passed on to members who aren’t here. Like how it’s set up with teams and only 2 actual hours on the phone.
You have got me re-enthused about membership & my own sales activity work. My plumber is getting a call tonight & invited to awards ceremony.
Enjoyable & Enlightening Day.
Fresh approach, lots of good ideas!
Thank you for an absolutely fantastic day and for your first class presentation. The program itself is excellent and it is difficult to see how anyone could tail if they just follow the program and the guidelines. It is truly a win-win situation for everyone and a dynamic that allows people to see it working before it even begins. It was a sincere pleasure meeting both of you. From the sounds of your travel plans, it will be awhile before you see this, but I wanted you both to know how much I enjoyed the day! I look forward to the successes ahead!
Very helpful. Being so new, this training has given me a lot of great ideas, in addition to the membership drive process. I’m very interested to see how this goes in Marquette!
Very upbeat, like being challenged. Thanks!
Very informative & full of great ideas. Great ways to ‘look outside the box’.
The most direct, powerful, successful, innovative program to learn how to dance in the rain.
New information was good, very helpful tips.
I have been fighting my board to keep our printed newsletter and this workshop just gave me the answers to win. Thanks and do the newsletter the way it should be done.
This was a very exciting educational day in regards to increasing our local HBA membership drive.
Great kick-off session to prepare for our most successful membership drive in our history.
This is our 3rd time attending & we’re back because we know the methods & principals & tools provided by Rob & Kate work!
Good retention ideas. Love the “dancing in the rain” quote.
I am always impressed by your training sessions. We have applied what was taught and found success.
Good stuff on testimonials & how to get them. Agree totally on mailed vs. electronic newsletters.
With the decline in the building industry that we are currently seeing membership is not a priority. You shared with us many ways to show members how important it is to maintain membership and build enthusiasm.
We participated in 2 Direct Drives resulting in 50 & then 55 new members. Last spring our membership committee thought they didn’t need the hype or competition & “got it!”. The result was 2 new members & 1 by the E.O. The lesson… your system works & we’re doing it again!
Our Association has participated in 2 direct drive membership drives. Each was an outstanding success and far exceeded our expectation! It was very fun for all. Then we tried to do it on our own….it was a bust! I always enjoy attending the training because I always learn something new & useful.
The Oliver Group offers an exciting outlook on the potential that your association possesses to have the best membership drive in the history of the Association. Why do something else that isn’t proven?
I found many new points beneficial to both HBA & personal business. After 29 years of selling/marketing your seminar is now on the top port of my list of recommendations. Thanks!
Very good. Didn’t get bored – informative and entertaining.
Enthusiastic and exciting. Ideas informative and easy. It worked for other HBA’s and there is no reason it can’t work for Winston-Salem. Looking forward to seeing our results!
Gave us some great ideas
Enjoyed the program. Like the Direct Mail ideas. Lumpy envelopes, business cards, fear, greed, guilt. Good Luck to you.
Very informative. Would be helpful to know how to deal with various objectives.
Inspirational & Informative.
Very good, common sense ideas for membership drives that can be used in my business and charities/non profits that I belong to. Kept my attention better than any all day seminar I’ve been to.
Thank you!
Great for HBA! And I learned or remembered many things that will help me grow my business! Looking forward to multiple digit % growth.
Innovative – packed with ideas that can immediately be put to use – & in the long term too.
Your ideas to help HBA’s are fantastic. I will take many of your ideas and use them in my business. So the advantage of today’s seminar was two fold. One for our local HBA, and, two for my company to improve our marketing and sales.
Great!! I have always believed.
Great seminar. Very motivated for the upcoming drive. Thanks!
Great information.
Great ideas for my HBA.
Looking forward to it!! Great info & ideas!
Halleluiah! I love it!! Outside of box approach to how we have always done it. Confident that this will work and bring new & excited members to our Association. Thank you.
Great common sense. Strategies that work. So simple anyone can do it.
Great job! Lots of very helpful information. We are looking forward to a wonderful fall drive!
Seminar was helpful & interesting. Picked up ideas & suggestions to use in my business as well as the HBA membership committee.
Fast, Exciting, Motivational! Thanks!
Very good!
Excellent training & wonderful information. Morning session suggestion: I love all the stories, but they seemed to take up too much time.
Excellent workable suggestions that allow you to make anti-sales people sales people.
I enjoyed the seminar and the information presented is well organized and thoughtful. I believe the format and suggestions will help us be more successful with our membership drive. (Fewer stories would shorten the length of the seminar without diminishing effectiveness.)
Excellent – many tips that I can fit into my business as well – Plus makes it all seem like seamless common sense. The marketing opportunities hadn’t occurred to me. Thanks.
Great presentation – Love the 8:05 club & the storm/rain quote.
Great presentation! Awesome energy & lots of info to take back!
Great Stuff!
I enjoy learning about marketing.
Great class & can’t wait to see the results!
Great job! I like the presentation! Great way of thinking!
Great info. Would like more actual answers to # ed questions. Got a lot but I’m one of those type A’s & new as membership director! Checked out your blog, so will probably get more from there!
Good seminar, some info does not apply to our HBA.
Very good information.
Good information, look forward to using in my business as well, would definitely be interested in help on my business.
Great job – Thanks! We know our drive will be successful! Thanks for encouraging the board & other members to get involved in the details of the drive.
I have enjoyed learning & reviewing many tips on marketing. I feel this will be a real boost for our membership drive.
Great job!
Finally!! Great – just like I knew it would be.
The presentation was great. Great ideas I’m looking forward to using to get new members.
Very interesting concepts, entertaining.
Team effort is great – you’ve inspired me today to do that. Cool – you are great – “If I can do this, so can you… is the message you are sending. How does that work for you? Great for us.
Very good tips & techniques. Presented quickly and in good order. Entertaining and good information for successful planning and implementing.
You did an outstanding, well prepared program. Great Motivator. Thank you for sharing.
Great information – looking forward to getting started!
Thanks for the refresher. Can’t wait to do this!
This class would be better suited for a full 8 hour time slot.
Very informative! I will not just take away strategies for the HBA Membership Drive but for my job and personal business as well. I will also be able to use this for my son’s wrestling sponsorship drive. Thanks!
Clear, Concise, Common Sense (or C.C.C.S.) Great presentation, very professional, knowledgeable, informative.
I loved the training! I “found” it very informative & entertaining. I am planning on a great success for our organization.
Very informative!
Thank you for coming to NC! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed attending your workshop. I’ve learned some very good tips and I look forward to our membership drive!
Thanks! Covered a lot of info, but got it.
Great job – opens the mind. Start thinking outside the box. Good humor – No power point J
I like the global new economy. Feel, felt found is also a great tool. Looking forward to the membership drive.
Great training, Thank you! The process far exceeds my expectations. I can’t wait to see the results! PS I love the “power point slides”!
Really appreciated all of the “Business Building” tips rather than a single focus of membership only. Feeling excited about the prospects. I started a list of “potentials” already.
Very motivational & lots of good tips to enhance your membership.
Really great information – I learned so much. It would be helpful if the handout followed the presentation.
Very clever & interesting direct marketing approach. I learned a lot. I will try to apply this in our new home sales.
Thanks for opening up some new ideas and concepts for me and our business as well as the association.
Building excitement for the campaign will be both beneficial and important for it to be successful. I expect great results.
Thought provoking, think outside the box ideas that even someone who thinks they know a lot of tricks can use!! (Does that make sense?) Thank you for working with us – we’re striving for success!
Great presentation! Fun, exciting & great info. Wish you were here longer.
Great presentation & tips for marketing materials. I’m really excited and looking forward to the membership drive.
Very motivational. A lot of good ideas both during the drive and year round. Very informative.
Great ideas for incentives! Lumpy envelopes, crooked stamps & hand-addressed envelopes were good ideas.
Thanks for the comical, yet intriguing, approach to helping our association grow. We’re looking forward to being another success story!
Lots of good ideas for marketing/promoting membership in the HBA. We will definitely use what we learned! Thank you!
Excellent training!! Looking forward to the new membership drive.
Great new ideas that can apply to other events. Excite members to participate.
Common sense approach to positive results for increasing membership. Great retention ideas, refresher on closing techniques. Thank You!
Interesting sales & selling techniques with processes that I know will work. A little too much/too long story telling. I feel like I might have missed something that Kate was going to speak about, which is why I waited to turn in my comment sheet until the end of the presentation. Overall, I would recommend this presentation to organizations for training.
Entertaining, informative, fresh advice and useful tips.
Great presentation, very informative, and interesting.
Great stuff got me thinking outside the box.
Very informative. Gave a lot of tools for membership & retention.
I give you a grade of 3 E’s. Exciting! Entertaining! Energizing!
Interesting! Exciting! Ready to get started! Rah!! Rah!! Rah!!
Great program! I’d like for it not to be so rushed! I could use the $20 for motor home fuel.
Open to anything new that will help boost membership. I like the energy and the concept behind this. I can’t wait to try it.
Very energetic – fast – never got sleepy
Very informative and entertaining. We are looking forward to getting our membership drive started!
I enjoyed your presentation. I think it can work in St. Tammany. We have enough motivated members that will put in the time to make it work.
Took away great information for my business as well as for the HBA Membership drive and Retention.
Excellent Information
Great information, Good tips.
Great info – both new and reminder ideas! Good “outside of the box” thinking.
We love working with Kate & Rob. They have a solid proven program that generates results.
Nice pacing, informative and enjoyable.
Refreshing and good ideas for doing business. Thanks!
Good course, lots of info! Really tough day (Monday) for builders!
Thank you for your presentation!
Rob & Kate, great training today!! Looking forward to a awesome drive!!
This is good stuff. Very insightful.
Awesome! Learned so much – not just retention & membership – but great tips for being a business owner/worker bee.
Rob, you did a great job. Thank you.
Energy level high – great ideas that can actually be put to work immediately – useful information.
Good thought provoking ideas – obviously for today’s topic – but my business, for things we take for granted.
Good illustrations to support facts or suggestions. Power point presentation would not have been as effective. Kept audience engaged.
This seminar has been a real “eye-opener” for all facets of membership. I have been membership chair for 3 years. Our association is now starting to “get it”. After this seminar – Greater Fort Worth B.A. will really “get it”. Good stuff!
Rob & Kate – you gave some great specific action items – more meaningful than in 2007.
Great Ideas.
Enjoyed the seminar & the information was not only informative but was presented great.
Informational, entertaining
Informative, engaging, enthusiastic!
Trust the process! The Oliver Group formula works. Texas saw a 24% increase in 2007. We look forward to the same success in 2010.
Even better this time than before. Think it will be easier for the membership drive & retention. Lot of great ideas.
Great information to be used in everyday business. The out of the box ideas were very helpful and useful.
Wonderful training. Thanks for the message.
Great job! We’re looking forward to an excellent drive on August 25 & 26. Thanks for your enthusiasm & support.
Great job, anyone could benefit from your seminars, timely, we all needed a boost from the negativity.
Great class! Rob is entertaining & informative. I learned lots of good stuff to take back for recruitment & retention. Thanks so much!
Great Info! I learned a lot and will be bringing some of your tips back to incorporate in other programs!
Enthusiasm & Excitement Builder! Great tips. Here’s to Success!
I went through the training 3 ½ years ago. It was great then! Today I did it again and reviewed some old things, but picked up much new info that will be used everyday. Thanks!
Very good presentation!
Very informative, great ideas for business & also for fundraising & drives. This made me think “outside of the box”. Thank you and Awesome Workshop!
Good program that will help our drive. I would like to have more info on helping my small business market better. I have a community that is very nice, yet my sales are very slow. I may not be able to afford it, but would like to see what you can offer.
Good job. Really enjoyed the whole process, looking forward to doing this.
Great program – very improved and better salesmanship & marketing. Good retention!
Need Inspiration – Thank you.
You did a great job for the short amount of time you had. Learned great info!!
This training is even better than the one we had three years ago! Thank you for giving us effective tools to implement easily and quickly.
This was great for me as a director of an association and also as a sales manager for a home builder.Thank You.
Excellent presentation!
Great ideas, I can’t wait to put your program in action.
Very high energy. Lots of good ideas.
I’m walking away today with a lot of awesome ideas. I have learned how much thinking “out of the box” can help my company. I’ve only been a member of the HBA for two weeks now, and have been given tools that will take me from a rookie to a pro in no time. Thanks so much.
Learned lots & lots!
Lots of great, easy-to-do retention ideas!
Great information on how to retain members. Great info. Will make lots of changes & keep up the good work.
I thought some of these retention ideas were really super. Our EO at Tyler has done a couple of these ideas. But I plan to share this info with her & our membership committee. Thanks for your efforts.
This was very informative & inspirational for both my participation with GHBA as well as my professional career. Thank you.
Very informative, really enjoyed the presentation, looking forward to receiving my order.
The training is great and well worth the investment of time and money. I have benefited both times I’ve attended.
Great information – applicable for association and business. Got a ton of great marketing ideas!
Good job, thanks!
Good direct marketing ideas
Great retention tips! Love the faucet incentive idea.
Good job – very informative!
Very good training. Was surprised that although we have been through this seminar before, I still learned a lot of new ideas.
Great ideas, this should be a really good drive for us. We are excited!
Great ideas!!
Enjoyed the presentation.
Good info to build our membership – kept it fun.
Excellent as always.
Well worth the time!
Thank you. Your info and ideas are fantastic. I will use them all.
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