Share Your Tip at the 2010 Annual Summit

Back by popular demand for the third consecutive year, we will be featuring our “40+ Things You Can Do To Make More Money Next Week” session.  This is our highest ranked and most popular afternoon breakout session and we want to hear from you about what specific and practical tip you feel is the most important.  Last year we received well over 100 proposals, so this is very competitive.  To make sure you have the best chance, please read the rules and regulations very carefully.  If you do not follow any of these, your proposal will not be considered:

Speakers must talk about SPECIFIC and EASY-TO-IMPLEMENT ecommerce tactics.

 We don’t care if you are a retailer, researcher, educator or vendor – if you think you have got some killer tips to share, we want to hear from you! Here are the details:

To Be Considered as a Speaker:

1. This session is a real meat and potatoes, get your hands dirty, down in the trenches (pick your favorite analogy) kind of session. There is no room for generalities or non-specific corporate jargon. The only points you want to talk about are things that people can make money with within 7 -14 days of them returning to the office. These tactics must not cost a huge amount of money and be realistic for the attendees to implement.   Tactics, tactics, tactics!  
   
2. We are going to have 5 speakers and an alternate for each session (a total of 10 speakers and 2 alternates). Alternates will be placed on the panel in the event a scheduled speaker drops out or does not have their materials in on time (see below).
3. Your presentation cannot run over 8 minutes. At EXACTLY the 8 minute mark, the moderator will use an air horn to stop your presentation.  This session is not for speakers that cannot stay within their time limit.
    
4. Forget a long personal and corporate introduction – you won’t have time. The moderator will introduce you and we cover your bio and services in the handout. Let the quality of your presentation speak to the value of knowing you and your company.
5. Speaking of Handouts: This session will be moving at a brisk pace. Therefore, we will be giving the session attendees a DETAILED handout so they can listen to you instead of taking notes.  More details will be made available to selected speakers.

  How to Apply:

Please submit your contact information and the three (or four) tactical tips you want to discuss on the Shop.org website at http://www.shop.org/summit10/speaker-application.  Please briefly describe each tip and how it works. If we like what we are hearing, we will contact you and ask you to further define the tips. The deadline for application is May 25, 2010.

APPLY HERE and be aware of the important dates below:

Submit application:  April 15 – May 25
Speaker selection:  May 25 – June 15
Calls with all selected speakers:  June 15 – 30
All presentations and handout materials due:  July 30th
Shop.org 2010 Annual Summit:  September 27-29 – Dallas, TX

Thanks so much and we are looking forward to hearing from you with your killer, tactical, practical, easy-to-implement tips.  Let the GAMES BEGIN!!

Larry Joseloff
joseloffl@shop.org