(641) 209-6531
TANNER@SEMINARCROWDS.COM
Please accept this letter of recommendation on behalf of our company. Our entire staff is very pleased with the range of services you provide. We are also impressed with your company’s willingness to accommodate our rapidly changing needs on a prompt and accurate basis. Especially surprising and satisfying, though, is your dedication to excellence in customer service. From the first contact through to project completion, your organization is consistently friendly, patient, and thorough. We cannot overemphasize the value and quality your assistance brings to our business, and we cannot overstate the appreciation we feel for such a job well done every time!
T.G., IN
I have used other mail houses and their mailers haven't gotten the response that Seminar Crowds has gotten me. The price, service, and quality of attendees is what keeps me coming back for the past year and a half. It is truly a turnkey operation. Thanks.
C.H., CA
Seminar Crowds has now mailed for six of my seminars. Everything has been completely smooth and I have gotten between a 1.2 and 3.0% response. My income from new business has been higher this year than in any other year. I attribute that to the professionals at Seminar Crowds. Thank you all.
P.O., WA
I just wanted to let you know what a great job you and Seminar Crowds are doing. Our first reservation call was last Friday and we only have 1 seat left today. We are actually working on our overfill date. We are so happy about our responses. When you mailed these invitations last Tuesday, the first invitation was received by Friday. That is an awesome mailing time. Do you send our invitations first class? We have never had such quick responses. Many thanks for a job well done.
D.O., VA
I have used two other well known direct mail companies in the past. The difference between those companies and Seminar Crowds is that Seminar Crowds costs half as much and has provided me with twice the results. I have less less follow up with Seminar Crowds and less con- cerns about my mailings being handled properly. Seminar Crowds has always responded quickly and has also exhibited a high degree of professionalism. No other company has ever brought me such great ideas and helpful knowledge. R.T., OR
This mailer is great! I have never had such a wonderful response. I have used every mail shop out there. You beat them all and the price is great as well. I will use you every time!
C.F., WV
I just wanted to let you know how thrilled I am with the results of my last mailing. We had 124 attendees out of 7,000 cards or 1.77%. This does not include 3 others who mysteriously disappeared during the presentation and two more who never entered the dining room when they learned the evening would last 1-2 hours. Post cards continue to be the most effective way to market a seminar program and Seminar Crowds! Inc. has the execution system to get it done right!
M.G., PA
I’ve been advertising for seminars in every way over the last four years. Having tried every variation with reasonable success, but great expense. Then I heard about Seminar Crowds postcards. The first time I tried it I doubled attendance over all of my previous seminars at much less cost. Thanks for a great program.
B.C., OK
I do not know what makes Seminar Crowds work so well. I only know that last year I spent twice the amount with other companies and received half the results.
My first seminar mailing with Seminar Crowds had fantastic results, over 100 attendees and counting. The staff at Seminar Crowds has been courteous and professional. I recommend Seminar Crowds to any agent considering doing seminars.
J.B., PA
Thanks to you and all of your colleagues at Seminar Crowds for my successful seminar. I had over a 2% response to my mail out. That's right, Seminar Crowds mailed 3,000 invitations and I had 62 people to attend my dinner. I especially liked the way "Tele-Direct" handled all calls and the follow up emails to me. Thanks again.
J.J., MS
Seminar Crowds is everything they said they would be and more. I really did not expect to fill the room on the first day the cards hit peoples homes. That is unbelievable. When I called people to tell them how successful your program is they would not believe me! I was not surprised as I didn’t believe it myself. Seminar Crowds is the best and we will be doing a lot of mailings in the future. Thank You for being a resource we can count on.
T.S., NV
Our company just got into the seminar business and things are going extremely well, thanks in part to Seminar Crowds. They have guided us through some very unfamiliar territory and we got the end results we were looking for: a great mail piece, friendly and helpful support, and rooms full of people! We are genuinely grateful for the proficient and knowledgeable service the people at Seminar Crowds has given us.
G.S., CA
Thanks to Seminar Crowds and the postcards we have sent, we have had people on a waiting list... waiting for cancellations for our upcoming workshops. We've never experienced such a response and I've been doing workshops for over 8 years!! Thanks again to Seminar Crowds and the time they've spent in counseling us on better use of our dollars.
B.D., WA
I want to take this opportunity to thank Seminar Crowds for their professional assistance in sending out my first mailers last January. I had a 2% return on a 5500 mailing. That filled up three workshops with an overflow for a fourth. Several years ago my partner and I used another major mailing company, paid almost twice as much, and received very similar results. In a time when competition is fierce it is essential to keep expenses in check as long as it doesn't affect your business' professionalism. In addition to receiving great prices the people are very friendly and make you feel like family. Thanks again for every thing.
R.M., FL
I have saved over $15,000 so far this year on my mailing costs. This allows me to put on more seminars resulting in more appointments. This simple postcard mailer works amazingly well!
D.S., IN
I started by mailing 15,000 mailers with Seminar Crowds and received over 200 reservations! I had to expand from 2 to 5 seminars of about 40 each. I started out with a 66% appointment ratio at the very first seminar, I then got 70%, 75%, 80%, and 80% respectively at the next four!
J.D., MO
To say I am pleasantly surprised would be an understatement! I have tried just about every method of seminar lead generation out there: Newspaper ads (pathetic response), Telemarketing company invites (Outrageously expensive and won’t reach the do not call list people), Wedding Style Invitation (Expensive and underperforming and over used), and other postcards (The Glossy ones), and no one has come close to achieving the results that your cards have given me. The ability to at any time get a real-time listing of attendees is invaluable. I was most pleased also with the fact that you mailed the cards out when you said you would and the people received the cards in a timely fashion. If I had a nickel for all the promises other companies have given me only for me to find out the hard way that invitations didn’t get out when they should, I would not have to work anymore. Keep up the great work!
P.D., NC
Having just used Seminar Crowds for the first time, I was extremely pleased with the results. You mailed the cards from Iowa on a Friday, and by the following Wednesday both sessions were full and there was even a waiting list!! Prior to Seminar Crowds, I used the fancy but costly wedding style mailers and never received anywhere near a similar response rate. With your service, I was able to mail 50% more invitations and still manage to save hundreds of dollars. In my opinion, the key is that you can spend the same as the expensive invitations, yet send out twice as many! It doesn’t seem wise to cut the mailing cost to save several hundred dollars, when the increased mailing size can bring in dozens of additional prospects.
I have not yet completed the second of my seminar sessions, yet I am confident enough in the process that I have already committed to a second series using Seminar Crowds. Interestingly enough, in talking to the attendees about various types of invitations, the vast majority seemed to like the cards better because they could read them immediately, and they were easy to retain. Many attendees said that they o ften just throw out the sealed letters as ‘junk mail’ without even reading them.
S.K., PA
Just a quick note to send all of you a GIGANTIC THANK YOU and big pat on the back for ALL of your work in correcting our last mailing...I smile at how you guys turned lemons into lemonade...without missing a beat....you were just quite simply amazing...you guys are all the definition and example of extraordinary customer service! You saved the day... and you saved the seminar!
D.S.
I wanted to know, once and for all, if a simple mailer like the one used by Seminar Crowds would work better than the ‘tried and true’ mailer I had been using. Even though my old mailer was expensive, it was effective, and I did not want to take a chance on a poor turn out, so I decided to do a test. I mailed 10,000 with Seminar Crowds and 10,000 with the wedding style invitation I had been using for the same series of seminars. I was very surprised at the results. I had basically the same responses with the Seminar Crowds mailer as with my old mailer.
Now here is the amazing news — the Seminar Crowds mailing cost me less than half! But that isn’t all; the Seminar Crowds invitation only brings in the people who directly respond to the mailer, my other company brings in guests with coupons as well, so the actual number of direct respondents was higher with Seminar Crowds at half the cost! After this test I am now sold on the effectiveness of the simple post card mailer that Seminar Crowds provides to my business.
J.V., NJ
I don't know how I am going to see all my appointments; I have over 40 appointments and achieved a 73% appointment ratio at my last seminar!
A.V.N., MO
Like most Reps., I’ve tried several different providers of seminar invitations and I must say that Seminar Crowds provides the most ‘bang for our buck.’ Not only is their product competitively priced (about 1/2 the cost of one mailing company we first used), but their individual touch (responsiveness to our calls, their suggestions as to what's working best in today's seminar world, etc.) is outstanding! They are great to work with!
D.K., IL
Just a note to say thank you for all of your help. I used your mailer in the past and had great success with it. I then moved to a different FMO and they wanted me to use their mailer. I used their mailer and did not get anymore people than I did with yours, but I spent a lot more money. Well, needless to say, I am back using your mailer again and I will continue using yours every month now as I want to write $10 million in production from here on out. Your mailer does work at a fraction of the cost!
T.H., MO
I mailed fifty-five hundred pieces and my response rate was 2.27%. I had to have a second seminar the following night of the date I set to catch the over-flow. I couldn't be more pleased with the total experience I have had in working with your company. I must say that working with your account manager was a real pleasure. At every point of the process, he was super efficient. It was as if he took ownership of the seminar and he had a personal interest in making sure your part of the process was successful.
R. H., NC, VA, AL, FL
I waited until we had held the first two seminars to respond to your request for a testimonial because I wanted to see the quality of the participants. Were we pleased! Your system has worked well for us and we will be doing business with you in the future. There is no reason to spend big bucks on an expensive invitation when your program is so effective! We had such a good response that we had to add a third session. That is a happy problem. Thanks again.
M.M., GA
I had 40 attend the seminar out of 44 reservations. I could not be happier with both the results and attendance. I plan to do another in about two months -- as soon as I can work through my 10 appointments. Your service is certainly outstanding and whoever takes the reservation calls did a terrific job. Thanks so very much.
B.M., TX
My seminars are in Vero Beach, Florida which is inundated with invitations from speakers. I have had outstanding attendance with the mailing system developed by Seminar Crowds and I know that their prices are significantly lower than the competition. Their experience in the seminar business has been extremely helpful to me as I am new to the industry. I doubt that their is another mailing service in the country that can provide the invaluable advice that Seminar Crowds gives to their clients for free!
Dr. C. C., FL
I didn't believe this simple postcard could be as good as the more costly workshop invitations. But it is! I regularly get over a 1.5% response rate, at about half the cost. I know that the quality of my attendees is just as high as anyone in the business.
W.H., IA
I heard about Seminar Crowds but was skeptical that a simple little card could be as effective as the fancy mailers. I was shocked when I had 68 responses with 60 attendees for a two day seminar. I then made the mistake of going back to the fancy mailers and had terrible results. I don't know how this simple little yellow card works, but I am back to using Seminar Crowds and hope to do business with Seminar Crowds for many years to come. I plan to give over 30 seminars next year. I will keep you posted on the results. M.T., CA
Each of the six seminars I have conducted using your mailer has produced capacity, or nearcapacity crowds. Because of your service, I have gained many new clients and will attain a new level of production this year. I could not be more pleased with the quality of service I receive from Seminar Crowds. I plan to continue using your service, as it has proven very beneficial to my business.
D.C., East Texas
We have consistently been experiencing a 1.5% to 2.5% response rate from our Seminar Crowds mailers, and the quality of attendees is as good or better than with our previous mailing companies. We have already referred several agents to Seminar Crowds and will continue to do so. We are extremely happy with all aspects of their operation and I personally am available for further reference.
I was very happy with the turn-out and results and appreciate your attention and concern with everything going as planned. I would definitely do it again.
P.S., TN
I tried another vendor that I had used in the past and found my results to be terrible. I greatly appreciate you doing a rush mailing to get my attendance where it needs to be. We will never stray again. We will stick with what works.
H.H., FL
We have just ordered our 3rd mailing from Seminar Crowds and must say we are very pleased with the results to date. We have tried 2 seminar mailing organizations previously and have had dismal results. Our results on the 2 seminars where we used Seminar Crowds have been exponentially better than the results we have previously received.
We mail 7500 pieces consistently with Seminar Crowds and for our January seminar we had 84 new prospects that represented 50 buying units. Of the 50 buying units, we set 20 appointments at the seminar and 6 have requested appointments later due to scheduling conflicts. To say the least, we are very pleased.
We had 8 first appointments right after the seminar. Of these appointments, 2 had investment assets of $900K plus, 1 with $400K+, 2 with $150k+, 2 with $75K+, and 1 with $10K+. 7 of the 8 have scheduled 2nd appointments and I have 10 1st appointments next week. As you are aware, even the best financial professional cannot be successful unless he/she has prospects to see, and thanks to Seminar Crowds, we have qualified prospects to see!
J.W., TX
Last month we sent our first seminar mailing with Seminar Crowds, Inc. I was very pleased with the personal and responsive service our company received throughout the mailing process. Furthermore, we were extremely pleased with the overall quality of our attendees. This seminar resulted in a highly improved appointment ratio. I am still running meetings that have come out of this seminar and am expecting to gain a number of new high-quality clients! We are already planning our next seminar mailing with Seminar Crowds, Inc.
J.I., NE
My first mailing has booked over 100 people, and I still have over a week to go. You have made it simple, and the customer service is fantastic!! I appreciate the input from you and the staff at Seminar Crowds.
J.S., NC
I contacted your organization and scheduled a mailing. I was overwhelmed with the response I received. I just completed the second of two seminars scheduled and have had to arrange a third because of the response. Your reservation system and web page control are outstanding and I will definitely use you again and recommend your services to anyone interested in doing seminars.
T.C.
I have been using your service for approximately one year. Your company and employees have consistently delivered excellent, timely, professional service. Since employing your services, my monthly seminar mailings are virtually turn-key. It is a relief to be able to focus on what I do best, and that is servicing my clients. Thank you for a great product and a wonderful staff.
R.S.
We were so pleased with your services and ideas. We ordered 10,000 cards and expected our response to be two or three workshops of 35-40. We try to keep our size to 35 because the very best place we have used with good food will only take about 40 at the maximum. Well, our response was six workshops of 45-50. Even then we turned others away. We also had quite a number of people just show up, and because of the limited space had to turn them away. This was the first time in over four years we have turned people away because of limited space and too many wanting to attend. Thank you for your help in developing the mailer and the great service of sending it out in a very timely fashion.
J.C., OH
It has been a pleasure working with Seminar Crowds. I would like to provide a testimonial so that others can benefit from your service as much as I have: Seminar Crowds exceeded my own expectations - specifically in the number of attendees we secured at our financial workshops. We averaged a 1.93% response rate with a postcard designed by them. This kind of return is absolutely phenomenal! We had double the attendance we planned for, which is always a nice surprise.
R.J.S., CSA
I came to Seminar Crowds after having had a horrible first experience with seminar invitations through the mail, so needless to say, I was very skeptical. Would their approach net better results? Well, I am very happy to say that not only did Seminar Crowds net better results, they generated outstanding results! For the same price, we were able to mail to twice as many people using the postcard mailer as we had mailed to using the standard envelope mailer and, as a result, we were able to not only fill the room for the two nights we advertised, we actually had to open a third night that we filled as well! Now, I am a true believer. What is even more unbelievable to me is that we only held the seminars a little over a week ago and we’ve already closed business that fully covered the cost of the mailing, as well as the cost of all of the dinners for three presentations. Seminar Crowds is the best!
T.V., CA
In this busy rush around world, we hardly ever take the time to slow down and compliment a good job. But I wanted to take just a moment of my day and let you know how totally impressed I was with the entire handling of my job order that you did. Every step of the way you kept me informed either via email and/or phone calls so that I knew every detail of the job in progress. And with timing being critital on this mailing, your promptness of each detail from the list count to the scrubbing to the proof copy to the billing to the mail drop...all was handled with absolute precision. So I want to say a sincere, "thank you," Tanner for a job done absolutely incredibly! Thanks again and have a great day!
B.L., TX
I’d like to thank you for the tremendous results that I have gotten with Seminar Crowds. Last year I sent ‘fancy’ wedding style invitations with another company. They said that the wedding style ‘always’ got the better results. Well, I'm thinking that the better results was for their bottom line and not the number of attendees for me - the cost was .75 per invitation.
The basic mailing through the Seminar Crowds - the Post Card has given far superior results. I got a 1.3 response rate. I have had 143 people signed up for 2 seminar dates. The response to the mailing was so great that I had to schedule TWO EXTRA seminar dates for the same mailing! People seem to respond to the ‘No Frills’ mailing much better. I am very pleased with not only the results of the invitation but also the excellent service that I have gotten from you and all of the people with whom I have worked at Seminar Crowds.
Thank you again and I look forward to our continued relationship.
R.L., CO
I was very pleased with my first mailing using Seminar Crowds. I had a nearly 2% response rate to the mailing. This is nearly twice the rate of return I have experienced with other companies, at about half the cost. The ratio of appointments set with attendees was about 60%, which is consistent with what my firm typically experiences. I recommend highly Seminar Crowds for your marketing needs.
S.M., WV
Finally, after 22 years in the financial services business, I’ve found an effective, highly productive way to get in front of people. Seminar Crowds stands head and shoulders in the industry, with a dynamite reservation system, quick and efficient services, and responsive account specialists. Their simple postcard mailer has repeatedly given me ‘waiting list’ attendance for our seminars. Hats off to a great company and administration. For me, they have put the fun back into selling.
L.T., CA
I’ve been in the financial services business for over 15 years and have never gotten the results I am getting with my Seminar Crowds postcard mailers! My last mailing advertised two dates and they filled up in two days! We ended up adding four overflow dates! We had over a 2% response rate and 60% appointment ratio! I have learned from that round of seminars that I connect better to smaller audiences. My meetings are always full. I even had to prop the meeting room doors open to make room for one couple who showed up without reservations! And I ended up with "wait listed" people for my next seminar!
T.W., AR
I have used Seminar Crowds now in two cities. The price and service from their team, and quality of the attendees has been a constant for the past year. My other colleagues in the industry now know who to turn to in this competitive era of seminar cost. You will be happy with your choice.
R.F., TX
I want to thank you for the excellent work that you and the Seminar Crowds staff did in making my first seminar a success. Your overall service and attention to detail was outstanding. I really learned a great deal from the seminar you offered as well! I will be calling you soon to set-up my next seminar mailing. I have also recommended you to the other financial planners in my office. Keep up the great work!!!
K.G., MO
I mailed 3800 postcards and had 58 people at my seminar. I have mailed more letter style invitations at times and gotten fewer people while paying about 50% more. Seminar Crowds is the place to use.
B.H.
I am utterly beside myself with happiness as a result of your fantastic work! Let me explain why. My company holds dinner-seminars for financial planning for retired people. Two months ago the mailing company I had been using for over 18 months sent a 7,000 piece mailing to the wrong area about an hour away from the location of the restaurant that was booked (and paid for) for two upcoming seminars. To make matters worse, the mailing company then went out of business. I was suddenly in trouble!
Aside from the $5,000 I had just thrown away on a useless mailing, I was about to lose my deposit at the restaurant, and worst of all, I would lose an entire month's worth of revenue by not holding my regularly scheduled seminars.
That’s when I began calling other mailing companies and was told repeatedly that there was just not enough time to get the mailing accomplished in time to save the restaurant booking that was already in place. But then I called Seminar Crowds and they explained that it could be done easily if we got to work right away.
The outcome was fantastic. They worked with me to create (from scratch) a new mail-piece that turned out to draw in people better than the one I had been using. Then they helped me review the data for the number of prospects I could mail to within a reasonable distance from the venue, even working with me to use selection criteria filters that are not typical but extremely effective.
My seminars were fully booked in 5.9 days, which is a new record. And, the appointment and closed-business percentages were as good as I had ever experienced.
I will happily recommend Seminar Crowds, Inc. to anyone that is looking for fantastic, thorough, efficient, consultative, and economic mailing services.
G.S., CA
Just wanted to drop a few lines to let you know how valuable your service is to my business. My appointment schedule has increased as has my production, all thanks to Seminar Crowds. Your customer service is second to none and my account representive is extemely attentive to all of our needs. Thank you for providing such an excellent source of business. You are a credit to your industry.
J.M., IL
Recently I have been doing business with Seminar Crowds, and I have been very favorably impressed.
K.J.W.
As I reflect back on the past three years of growing my business I would like to take a moment to let seminar crowds know what a key part they have been in taking my business to the next level. After years of struggling to get in front of qualified individuals I somehow landed to Seminar Crowds with the referral coming from a marketing organization. I find them to be professional and willing to work around my changing needs. The results I get from their mailers are consistently great. I credit them for a lot of the recent success i have had in taking my business to the next level. Again, thank you for everything and I look forward to many more successful seminars. Thanks for keeping the room full of qualified prospects.
C.W.
I recently stopped spending thousands of dollars with another company, recieving poor results and very poor customer service and switched to Seminar Crowds. I love the service, respect and dedication that I have received. If you have ‘had it’ with companies that treat you great until they get your money and then act as if they don’t know you, call Seminar Crowds now!
E.S., TX
Best turnout from your mailer. I had a greater reply from your mailer than any mail house I have ever used. You have my next order!
E.G., VA
I have used your company on a number of occasions and have found it to be the most cost effective service on the market today.
I heartly endorse it and would recommend it to anyone who is trying to ‘pack the shack’ in todays oversaturated market.
Looking forward to a long relationship.
K.J.W.
I really appreciate you going above and beyond to make sure our first seminar will be great! You took time to make sure all the people that called to RSVP were called back to make sure the meal selections were asked for. You also made sure any new callers would be asked. It is a pleasure to work with you & Seminar Crowds to make sure we have positive results!
R.B., WI
I wanted to say I appreciate all your work do to help me become more successful. It's a pleasure to work with you and Seminar Crowds. Seminars Crowds is a great company with terrific people that want to help your business grow.
J.D., CT
I want to thank you and the staff at Seminar Crowds for the great job you all do getting prospects to our seminars. Last month we mailed 7,200 postcards and had a total of 67 guests attend. Your wealth of knowledge on mailings makes getting good prospects to attend a no brainer. Thanks!
A.A., FL
Since we've been working together, seminar attendance has literally doubled without a decrease in the quality of attendees. The mailers look fantastic and you've saved me thousands of dollars. Bottom line: No contest, my friend. You're blowing away the competition!
M.G., NM
Thanks so much for working with us to stay within our budget. Your actions in this regard are simply indicative of the support you provide to your clients. As I mentioned to you, I've been involved in direct mail advertising over a span of several years, and I have never encountered the care and efficiency that Seminar Crowds provides at every level. Everyone from Susie to Luke to everyone else we have dealt with shows a high level of understanding the client's needs and the urgency to get the job done effectively. Our experience with Seminar crowds gets an A++.
D.E., TN
I’ve always known that holding estate planning workshops was the most effective and profitable way to educate prospective clients. The challenge was in controlling the cost associated with bringing prospects in with no assurance of results.
In early 2016 I was talking to one of my clients who owns a mail house specializing in seminar mailings. He assured me that my workshops would be filled with qualified prospects at a significantly reduced cost versus the quotes I had received from other similar companies. Most important was the assurance that I didn’t have to offer meals to lure people in. In fact, he said I would probably save over a thousand dollars each time I mailed using his company, Seminar Crowds, Inc.
He was right! I have so much business in part due to Seminar Crowd's proven formula that we plan to hold even more workshops in 2017 to accommodate the response. In fact, we have even opened our third office!
I highly recommend that attorneys who want to substantially increase their estate planning practice use Seminar Crowds, Inc
Attorney, S.H., IN
Having worked with half a dozen different mail houses over the last decade, I can easily say Seminar Crowds is without a doubt the best out there! Their service is second to none and the prices are consistently the least expensive in the industry.
I.F., CA
I had NEVER used a seminar company in my 30-year career in the securities industry; however given that my company was introducing a new investment product, we decided to try the seminar route.
After speaking with a couple of seminar companies, my decision was a slam-dunk when I spoke with Tanner. He was so knowledgeable and professional and his years of experience in working w/financial industry professionals really helped us to target the right group of people; made sure that we had chosen the right restaurant; and he developed a compelling invitation for our seminars.
All this combined with Tanner’s prompt & excellent customer service helped us achieve the results that we were expecting for both of our events. We are currently in the process of planning our next set of dinner seminars and would HIGHLY recommend Seminar Crowds!
I.R., CA
As we all know, there are a lot of promises made in the seminar mailing industry and not all are kept. Our firm has used many and for the last year we have been using Seminar Crowds and they have done a great job for us.
I.N., MO