{"id":13214,"date":"2012-11-02T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/blog\/?p=13214"},"modified":"2012-11-02T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T14:58:00","slug":"speakers-do-you-still-use-one-sheets-for-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/public-relations\/speakers-do-you-still-use-one-sheets-for-marketing\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers, do you still use one-sheets for marketing?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loyaltyleader.com\/LoyaltyLeaderOneSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13215\" style=\"float: left;margin: 8px 10px\" title=\"deb schmidt one-sheet\" src=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/11\/deb-schmidt-one-sheet.jpg\" alt=\"debra j. schmidt one-sheet\" width=\"200\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/11\/deb-schmidt-one-sheet.jpg 300w, https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/11\/deb-schmidt-one-sheet-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>In the speaking industry, one-sheets have been a valuable marketing tool.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers have used a simple one-page flier, sometimes two pages back-to-back, to summarize their keynotes, break-outs, workshops and training sessions. They include things like testimonials, contact information, and a list of clients. Then they give a rough draft to their graphic designer who makes it look attractive.<\/p>\n<p>They print it on a good stock and send the finished product to meeting planners and speakers&#8217; bureaus, or tuck the sheets into their media kits.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/speakernetnews.com\" target=\"_blank\">today&#8217;s issue<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speakernetnews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SpeakerNet News<\/a>, the excellent ezine for speakers and trainers, I asked for feedback on one-sheets because it&#8217;s time to update my own and <strong>I honestly don&#8217;t know if people consider the printed one-sheet important anymore.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Do meeting planners want printed one-sheets, or do they prefer electronic only?<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a speaker, do you use printed one-sheets, or PDFs? Do you include a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qrstuff.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">QR code<\/a> on your one-sheet that leads people to your website or blog, or to the profile page at one of your social media sites?<\/p>\n<p>I asked other speakers for feedback, and I&#8217;m posting the same query here in case you don&#8217;t subscribe to SpeakerNet News. If you speak for free or for a fee, <strong>this ezine is must reading. <\/strong>It has a fabulous <a href=\"http:\/\/speakernetnews.com\/post\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Compilations section<\/a> where you can find answers to a wide variety of resources and topics, from how to deal with clods in the audience, to techniques for improving your storytelling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Comment below, share a link to your one-sheet, and I&#8217;ll compile feedback from the SpeakerNet News ezine and let you know what I hear.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d really love to hear from meeting planners on the most important elements of a one-sheet. What do you look for for? How important are testimonials? Do you care about links to social media profiles? What are the most interesting elements you&#8217;ve seen other speakers include?<\/p>\n<p>The one-sheet you see here is from my friend, Deb Schmidt, and nicely done. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loyaltyleader.com\/LoyaltyLeaderOneSheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to see both pages. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for sharing the link to this post on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. I&#8217;d love as much feedback as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the speaking industry, one-sheets have been a valuable marketing tool. Speakers have used a simple one-page flier, sometimes two pages back-to-back, to summarize their keynotes, break-outs, workshops and training sessions. They include things like testimonials, contact information, and a list of clients. Then they give a rough draft to their graphic designer who makes\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/public-relations\/speakers-do-you-still-use-one-sheets-for-marketing\/\" class=\"rmlink\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":5,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[606],"tags":[618,619,518],"class_list":{"0":"post-13214","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-public-relations","7":"tag-client-attraction","8":"tag-photos-graphics","9":"tag-public-speaking","10":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}