Testimonials
We take our seminars VERY seriously. Thoughtful
feedback from Delegates is extremely welcome to enable us to
improve and to deliver only the very best service and advice.
Here are just a few of the totally unsolicited and unedited
comments from Delegates to our seminars.
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"After doing your seminar I set myself
what I thought was an impossible sales target.
I promised myself that if I got it I would buy
a lovely silk coat I have had my eye on and
could not afford. At the show lots of other
exhibitors were really unhappy – blamed the
organisers for low numbers and poor results.
But we had an amazing show and my lovely new
coat is now hanging in my wardrobe! Thankyou,
thankyou, thankyou!"
Keishana Coursey, Natural Parenting Ltd
Christchurch New Zealand
http://www.naturalparenting.co.nz/
Firstly I want to say the biggest ‘THANK YOU’
ever!
Because of you and what you taught me
resulted in the most amazing Property Expo I
have ever had.
Let me begin by saying that I would not
have been a key note speaker at the expo if it
wasn’t for you. You gave me the idea and the
strategy behind securing a speaking
engagement.
Although the time slot I was allocated
was probably not the best, I did in fact end up
with almost a full house.
The response enabled me to successfully
launch my book – 47 Biggest Mistakes Made by
Property Investors and How to Avoid Them as
well as my CD ROMs. To put this in perceptive,
I achieved a 5000% increase on last year’s expo
results.
In addition to this, as you suggested I
did not run a competition this year yet I
increased my database through people signing up
to my newsletter by 300% on last year.
Plus, (yes, it keeps getting better)…I
also obtained a 500% increase on warm to very
hot leads for my mentoring programs.
I was also approached by national
magazines offering me the opportunity to
provide articles for their magazines which will
give me more national exposure and some other
stand holders (with a national presence)
offered to joint venture with me in promoting
my books and products. So as far as putting a
figure on this…well, priceless!
All I can say Colin is that your program
is far too cheap! You undervalue the
information and support you give.
If it weren’t for you I would not have
achieved this result today.
Now I am looking at expanding my
business by applying your learnings at the
Sydney and Brisbane expos in 2008.
I take my hat off to you and humble say
thank you, thank you, thank you.
If you ever need any assistance with
property investing…you give me a
call!
Helen
Collier-Kogtevs, Real Wealth Australia,
Vic
www.realwealthaustralia.com.au
We’ve found Colin Green’s seminars on how to
exhibit a great tool for our clients.
By implementing the strategies and techniques
he imparts, our exhibitors achieve their
objectives and get more out of the Show.
The spin for us is happy, repeat clients who
understand the powerful benefits of exhibitions
and how to make the most of them.
It’s a win-win. Colin is enthusiastic,
professional and has a great sense of humour.
We look forward to working with him again in
2008.
Dona White, CEO, North
Port Events, Auckland, New Zealand
www.northportevents.co.nz
"We have had amazing success off the back of
our trade show in Las Vegas in Jan. We now have
2 new distributors covering the whole of the
USA as a result. We have been working very hard
on our post show work this year and it
certainly paid off! We are about to double our
turnover on last year! And of course we are
excited as we are heading off to Vegas in
January again and Germany in April!"
Jarka Kluth, King Concepts Australia,
Vic
www.kingconcepts.com/
"I found the session incredibly useful. Colin's
experience shone through and his style was very
engaging and enjoyable! I will certainly put
the knowledge I gained today to good use at
Communicasia next year!"
James Breeze, General Manager and
Psychologist, PTG Global NSW
www.ptg-global.com
"Our exhibit at the Business and Franchising
Expo in Brisbane was a raging success. Many
thanks to your "Best of Show" seminar. Our
editorial in the Courier Mail was the very
first article published in the lift-out about
the show and we received positive enquiries and
contacts because of it. I now understand the
importance of pre-show advertising"
Ray Richardson, Managing Associate,
Global Gold Associates, QLD
www.globalgold.com.au
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"Since last years training seminar, I am
pleased to report that I have revisited the
material a number of times. It remains fresh in
my memory!
In terms of the application of the material
learnt, you'll be pleased to hear that, in
representing the "Geographe Wine Region"
precinct operators at the 2006 WA Food and Wine
Festival, the precinct won "Best of Show". I
will be looking closely at the statistics
generated from the consumer exit survey,
(normally used to market the following years
show) to see how much more recognisable the
"Geographe Region" has become!!"
Keith Warrick, Capel Vale Wines,
WA
www.capelvale.com
"One of the best one-day courses I have
attended. I consider myself to be experienced
in trade fairs and am happy to acknowledge that
I picked up some very valuable and useful
tips"
Simon Fawkes, Managing Director,
Business to Markets Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand.
ex New Zealand Trade Commissioner, NZ Trade
& Enterprise, Hamburg,
Germany
www.b2m.co.nz
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"I would like to thank you for a fantastic
seminar. I had a wonderful day and I found you
a true delight to both speak with and listen
to. Your enthusiasm and knowledge are an
enviable commodity, and I hope that they
continue to bring you success in all of your
chosen ventures"
Johanna Hicks, Sales Manager, Pronamics
Pty Ltd, QLD
www.pronamics.com.au
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Just wanted to thank you for a great seminar
yesterday. I learnt so much & remembered
many things I had forgotten I knew. You really
kick started my thoughts & now activities.
We have just over a year to get ourselves well
& truly ready for the Pet Expo in
2006...may need to call on you at some point to
refresh some ideas but I am all systems go at
the moment"
Trish Manners, Co-owner, Tails R
Wagging, NSW
www.tailsrwagging.com.au
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"Great seminar which has given me some really
good tips that I will be implementing. Has also
made me think about a few things we are
currently doing which I will now be
reviewing"
Sarah Vining, Senior Marketing Officer,
Farmers Mutual Group, Palmerston North,
New Zealand
www.fmg.co.nz
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"I found your course excellent!!! As a first
timer trade show organiser, your course pointed
out specifics and the little things that you do
not think about. I have told everyone that it
is extremely useful. I have taken a lot on
board and am aiming to make our presence at
Fine Foods a successful one"
Vanessa Pettinger, Marketing Co-ordinator,
Goodman Fielder Food Services,
NSW
www.goodmanfielder.com.au
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Exceeded my expectations"
Brendon Egan, Export Advisor,
Austrad
www.austrade.gov.au
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"I am heading off to Istanbul shortly to
organise a site at an important Trade Fair.
Your seminar and advice has been immensely
valuable in preparing for this. Once again,
many thanks."
Peter Smith, Export Sales Manager
Forlong and Maisey Group, Hamilton, New
Zealand
www.forlongmaisey.co.nz
"Your course was terrific and covered such
relevant topics. You had some really helpful
insight and creative ideas. It's really
motivated us at The Music & Motion Studio
to work our year around our
Conventions."
Kaziah Marsden, The Music & Motion
Studio
Forest Hill, Melbourne, Australia
www.musicandmotion.com.au
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This was my first major exhibition - although
have attended many over the years, in Europe,
US & Australia - and organised many smaller
events. Picked up a lot at your seminar and
walked away with the goal of winning a Best of
Show...
And We Won................
AWG Australia won the Best Custom Made
Stand for Shopfit at the Sydney Exhibition
Centre last week. The team was over the moon,
as they had been to three exhibitions that were
failures in the past and the Directors said
this is the last shot.
One of our objectives was to reinforce the
company's branding and re-position the company
as an end to end, design, display and shopfit
solution.
From the opening of the exhibition we saw
immediate results in the change of visitors to
the stand and the nature of their enquiry. We
achieved our lead target.... Now we will work
on the return on investment."
Robert Wickham, Marketing Manager &
Business Operations Manager
AWG Australia P/L, Vic
www.awgdisplays.com.au
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"Your Brisbane Seminar was very comprehensive
and the Workbook provided is a great tool, that
as a Company, we can continue to use as a
reference manual. Similarly your CD / DVD that
we purchased will be a great memory jogger and
will be used to ensure all our Staff are up to
speed before they attend the various Trade
Shows. Thank You!
Wayne
Harrison, Business Development, Printsmart
Graphics, Brisbane
www.printsmartgraphics.com.au
"Sessions were very thought provoking and
provided many opportunities for improving
performance"
Sandra Newbold, National Export
Manager, AIMIA, QLD
www.aimia.com.au
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"I would just like to say thank you for a
wonderful workshop on Wednesday. I have taken a
lot out of it and have made sure that the
information is passed onto everyone in our
organization who has to do shows"
Michele Hogan - Marketing Co-ordinator
Upstream Petroleum P/L, NT
www.upstreampetroleum.com.au
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"Well done! Excellent! Very useful!"
John Schoeman, Managing Director, VGM
International, NSW
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"My compliments! I came here very
experienced to get useful information - and got
it! Great content - stimulated a lot of
ideas and reassured me that we've got a lot
right already"
Natalie Berndt, State Training &
Events Co-ordinator
Nutrimetics International, SA
www.nutrimetics.com.au
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"My sincerest of congratulations. You give
absolutely well documented, precise and
brilliant seminars. I think I can say that
having been an international exhibition
organiser in Asia Pacific for the past 12
years. I always learn something new from
you"
Stephen Allen, CEO & Founder, Golf
World Management P/L, WA
www.golfworldgroup.com.au
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"I have to say the training was excellent and I
keep the notes on my desk and refer to them
often. The audience interest calculator has
been most useful in being able to assess what
our success rate ought to be. I've also put
into place a number of pre-show advertising and
promotional activities"
Jill Bynon, Marketing Specialist, ADT
Security, NSW
www.adtsecurity.com.au
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"I was extremely enlightened by your seminar
and it certainly helped me to focus on the real
issues of exhibiting at a show - many
thanks"
Tony Hashfield, SuperYacht
Technologies, QLD
www.super-yachts.com
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"It was an excellent mix of presentation, video
examples and discussion. You were very
passionate, knowledgeable and lively - a very
valuable session"
Carol Labbad, Marketing Co-ordinator,
eB2Bcom VIC
www.eb2b.com.au
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"We incorporated many of the suggestions from
your seminar into our stand at 'Hospital,
Health and Aged Care' in Melbourne - and won
the 'Best of Show' award! Even better, we had a
WONDERFul show and the boss is
delighted with our
results!"
Jacqui Moore, Interloc,
NSW
www.interloc.com.au
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"Fantastic seminar today Colin! I just didn't
know what I didn't know about
exhibitions!"
Rodney Knight, Managing
Director,
Aquaknight
Industries Ltd, Henderson, Auckland New
Zealand
www.aquaknight.co.nz
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"We have implemented your ideas we learned at
your seminars and our first trade show went
really well! Thank you. We plan to make our
next one even better"
Nicole Lander, Senior Consultant,
Battlefield Sports, QLD
www.battlefieldsports.com
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"Thankyou for the opportunity to network and
share in your knowledge this morning. Your
presentation was direct, factual and the
content fantastic. It goes to show that it's
the little things that make big differences.
I'm looking forward to implementing your tips
and experiencing greater results at shows in
the future. Please continue to email info. on
your seminars, I look forward to learning
more"
Roslyn Lakelin, Director, Eternity
Bridal, QLD
www.93collections.com.au
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"Colin, I enjoyed your passion for the topic
& I was convinced you had plenty of
practical experience. I enjoyed the photos from
different shows as examples of what you are
referring to"
Elizabeth Paterson, Account Manager
International Beauty Expo, Reed Exhibitions,
NSW
www.reedexhibitions.com
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"Your tips really helped with our success at
the Royal Adelaide Show recently. I presented
four training nights based on 'stepping out' to
maximize the performance of our consultants in
getting (& following up!) leads from the
show & I'm very pleased with the results.
We got over 2000 solid leads! I must say that
your seminar really motivated me to make the
Royal Show work for us & our consultants
responded most enthusiastically to the
training"
Natalie Berndt, State Sales
Co-ordinator, Nutrimetics International,
SA
www.nutrimetics.com.au
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"We both recently exhibited at SMPTE. Our
objective was met in the first day and it just
got better. My objective was to prove to the
industry that ZCG Scalar could compete with the
“Big Boys” and as I said the feedback on the
first day alone was way better than we had
anticipated. The leads were excellent as well
and I have taken on the role of “Lead Manager”
and our first letter has already left the
office last week, and I am chasing the follow
up for the end of this week.
Your seminar was very good and what I didn’t
take in on the day (been a long time since I
have been in a learning environment) was fully
absorbed when reading the booklet and my notes
afterwards"
Sally-anne Kelly, Marketing Director,
ZCG Scara, Vic
www.zcg.com.au
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"Our next show will be MUCH better as a
consequence of today"
Alan Lough, Marketing Manager,
Whitireia Community Polytechnic
Porirua, New Zealand
www.whitireia.ac.nz
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"I really enjoyed the workshop today. Colin was
an invigorating, informative and motivating
presenter. I definitely picked up some useful
tips from both Colin and the audience. Well
done and thank you".
Alana Fullarton, Marketing Manager,
Connected Solutions Group, NT
www.csg.com.au
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"Thanks again for a great course - the focus on
concrete actions to improve show outcomes was
especially helpful".
Mitch Cunningham, Event Co-Ordinator,
IWES, QLD
www.iwes.com.au
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"I attended the AIME Melbourne briefing and
found it extremely interesting. Your
presentation in particular was passionate,
energetic and very informative. Well
done"
Iain Hardie, Director of Sales, Grand
Hotel managed by Sofitel, VIC
www.grandhotelsofitel.com.au
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"I'm still using the golden tips I learnt at
your training every day and boy is it true
about the lack of objectives from most
companies!"
Paul Guy,
Sales Manager, Terrapinn (Australia),
NSW
www.terrapinn.com
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"I really enjoyed the seminar I attended
yesterday and write to tell you so. I learnt so
much more than I could have imagined, yet
didn't come away bogged with confusion as to
where to begin. The manual/note book you gave
us is such as excellent record of our teachings
and perfect as a base for making a start on
exhibition changes.
Linda also enjoyed the day and has walked
away with cogs ticking and thoughts
flowing."
Chance Lockwood-Mawson, Track Trailer,
VIC
www.tracktrailer.com
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"Thank you very much for last weeks course - it
was extremely valuable & I have already
recommended other staff members attend from
Codarra in the future!
Carol Vickers, Client Manager, Codarra
Project Management NSW
http://www.codarra.com.au
"The fine Food Show went well for us and your
course was very useful in
making the best of it - and the follow
up"
Jock Douglas, Managing Director,
Australian Desert Limes, QLD
http://www.australiandesertlimes.com.au
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"I really enjoyed yesterday and got a lot out
of the session. I'm really looking forward to
organising our stand at DesignBuild expo next
June in Melbourne.
Suzi Kerr, Marketing Manager, Connolly
Key Joint P/L, QLD
www.connollykeyjoint.com
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Check back from time to time as we add more
comments from delighted Delegates. Come to a
seminar near you soon and have YOUR say on your
experience!
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