Rocco
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- Wyoming, USA
So for the last 3 months, I have been doing free classes once a month at the library. First month was on internet security, computer viruses, malware. Had 30 people attend, sold 16 copies of Kasperky.
Last month, I did one on the importance of switching from XP. Had 36 people attend, 21 of them I did a data transfer for.
Today they wanted me to prepare more information on internet security, so I did. Instead of the brief overview, I went more into detail. 32 people attended, sold another 9 copies of Kaspersky, and 7 subscriptions to Carbonite. (thank you cryptolocker!)
In the survey, they said they want a class on Windows 8 next month. It was what a lot penciled in. Although I finally bought a laptop with 8.1 on it, I have avoided using it like the plague. Now I guess I have to go and buy a book and become an expert at it, LOL. Other than customer relations, I just don't know how to turn a class on Windows 8 into a sales opportunity. I don't want to get into the business of selling computers, sounds like a pain, and no company I have looked at will allow a dealer to work out of their house, LOL. Or am I looking at this the wrong way? Not every class do I have to sell stuff to? In this case, I can give a good overview of how to do things. Maybe a side by side comparison to an older Windows.
Every class so far has been very successful. I have probably done a computer cleaning on 20 of the customers as well. Maybe a freebie course with no selling points would make me look good, LOL.
What do you guys think, and have you attempted to do similar courses?
Last month, I did one on the importance of switching from XP. Had 36 people attend, 21 of them I did a data transfer for.
Today they wanted me to prepare more information on internet security, so I did. Instead of the brief overview, I went more into detail. 32 people attended, sold another 9 copies of Kaspersky, and 7 subscriptions to Carbonite. (thank you cryptolocker!)
In the survey, they said they want a class on Windows 8 next month. It was what a lot penciled in. Although I finally bought a laptop with 8.1 on it, I have avoided using it like the plague. Now I guess I have to go and buy a book and become an expert at it, LOL. Other than customer relations, I just don't know how to turn a class on Windows 8 into a sales opportunity. I don't want to get into the business of selling computers, sounds like a pain, and no company I have looked at will allow a dealer to work out of their house, LOL. Or am I looking at this the wrong way? Not every class do I have to sell stuff to? In this case, I can give a good overview of how to do things. Maybe a side by side comparison to an older Windows.
Every class so far has been very successful. I have probably done a computer cleaning on 20 of the customers as well. Maybe a freebie course with no selling points would make me look good, LOL.
What do you guys think, and have you attempted to do similar courses?