Think about the last show you went too and ask yourself why you went.
You went because either someone recommended it to you or you saw a preview of the show.
One of the reasons I am having difficulty getting people to attend my seminars is because no one knows what it’s all about.
They have never seen a preview of the show or spoken to anyone who has ever been to one. That is because no one has ever seen a Think Talk family seminar because the concept is all brand new.

World Famous
I knew that to be successful as a professional motivational speaker I needed to somehow get the worlds attention by becoming world famous. After I broke my world record as an indoor rower I made a DVD recording explaing how I achieved my goal. I sent copies of the DVD to a couple of companies who hire out speakers. Their motivational speakers are mainly famous celebrities and it’s the name of the celebrity that they sell more than it is the content of what the speakers talk about. Some people seem to get a thrill out of being in the presence of a famous person. I don’t judge people by their status in life I think we are all equal and you can normaally tell the chactactor of a person by their handshake rather than their celebrity status.

I sent a copy my DVD to a speakers bureau in Auckland and they just threw  in the rubbish because they could not believe that a 67 year old debt collector living in Timaru a place where hardly anyone in Auckland has ever heard of could ever be worth listening to.

Creative Ideas
To launch my Think Talk seminar in Oamaru a local TV station 45 South interviewed me in a 15 minute interview and it was very good. I got so excited after watching the interview that even I wanted to attend the seminar myself.
45 South is just a new Television station that does not yet have a very big audience but that is OK because its like me its just getting established.
I’m a bit like Sir Winstone Churchill I do most of my creative thinking at night. During the day I will often stop on the side of the road and have a cat nap. Last night I was wondering how I could get my my important message out to the public. How could I tell them that I was having a Think Talk family seminar at the Grosvenor Hotel in Timaru on Wednesday 28th May 2008 at 5.15 PM. How could I tell them that it costs $100 for a single parent family and $150 for a 2 parent family.
How could I tell them that single adults who were Grey Power or Rotary Club members were $200 and poor people were free.
Then I had this brilliant idea. Why don’t I take the DVD recording of the interview I did with 45 South Television and play it at various locations around Timaru so people could get an idea of what Think Talk is all about.

Imports
Many Australians read my articles on both my websites so if they read this one they could still have time to get here before Wednesday and Auckland people could fly down as well. We do have an airport and it’s named after Richard Pearse a man who used Think Talk to build the first Aeroplane. They could have a look at the first flying machine in the world while they are hear. I could even take them out and show them where the worlds greatest racehorse Phar Lap was born.

Preview the Show
Getting back to the family seminar I thought I might call and see some of my friends at the local hotels and see if they will put an add in the Timaru Herald inviting people into their Hotel to see a preview of the seminar.
I could take the DVD around the hotels on Tuesday and by the time Wednesday comes all the tickets to the worlds very first Think Talk family Seminar hosted by Mr Think Talk himself who is the Greatest Motivational Coach in the World will all be sold out.
25 tickets is not a lot to share amongst families it could only be 6 families.

Worlds First
There will be more seminars but there will only ever be a worlds first. When Mr Think Talk is world famous and Think Talk family seminars are being taught all around the world those who buy tickets this week will be able to say my family was at the very first Think Talk family seminar held in Timaru New Zealand.

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