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Expect to get many ideas and many
'ah-hah' moments to make a difference to your email marketing. But don't
take our word for it ...
What other businesses have said after
attending a workshop
Very informative, lot
to take in as a first step. Great also to get a PDF of some of the
slides.
Ellen McDermott - Hire A Hubby, Bulimba,
Queensland, Australia
The speed of change of
technology is moving so fast that I knew if I want my business to grow I
had to find out about e-marketing. Helen was excellent in explaining how
it works in real language (no technical jargon). Thanks so much.
Sarah Hawkins - Sarah May Business/Lifestyle
Coach, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Focus, Relevance,
Value. In three hours you delivered information that will help me take
action straight away to launch an email marketing campaign. Thank you
for your energy and passion.
Margie Gadd - Barini
Consulting, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Exceeded my
expectations - brilliant, very informative and has opened up a whole new
way of thinking. Get out there, Get with it, Lets do it... Love the
energy. Thank you for a great session.
Marian Di Giacomo -
Coscer Accountants, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Really opened my eyes
to the potential of email marketing. Can't wait to start developing my
own email marketing plan.
Maria Priante - Design
Juice Web Design, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Lots of great
information to put into action straight away. Thank you.
Judy Lloyd - Cairns Chamber of Commerce, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Great, practical and
informative. A positive starting point for our communications. Can’t
wait to get started.
Carolyn Bindon - Private
Wealth, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Great content. Learnt
a lot.
Dr Margo Poole - Cariblue, Brisbane,
Queensland
Sometimes we are so busy stressing that we can neglect the delivery.
Great tips Helen. Thank you.
Sandy Holmes - Cairns Chamber Of Commerce,
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
I enjoyed the
presentation getting some new tips and ideas and getting a chance to
learn.
Fiona Fisher - Max Stocks Food Service, Cairns,
Queensland, Australia
Very interesting and
useful. Good format and lots of ideas and useful tips. Great energy,
thank you.
Julie Swatrz - Queensland Parks and
Wildlife, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
The presentation gave a
great insight into many overlooked essentials of eNewsletters that I had
previously taken for granted. Thanks.
Barb Miller - etrainu, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Great presentation.
Could go longer as it’s interesting listening to other peoples views and
comments.
Michelle Krsticevich - O Connor Law,
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Very informative with
great tips and advice. I left the workshop with a plan on how to start
our newsletter, who we should target and what to include. I also learnt
some elements on email layouts that was extremely useful.
Kelly Pond - Cairns Show Association, Cairns, Queensland,
Australia
Wonderful and thought
provoking presentation. Opened up my mind to lots of opportunities for
the network. Learned a lot of invaluable tools and tips. Presentation
was done in an easy to digest manner. Thank you Helen.
Liz Gallagher - TBWN, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Thank you very much for
an informative and I have my vision happening. Would like a PDF of
slides so I can really be sure my rough notes covered everything. Love
the charts - really got me thinking and helped me to plan well to have
an effective E marketing system.
Penelope-Ann
Sullivan - Business & Career Pillars, Townsville, Queensland, Australia

And more from previous attendees ...
Many workshops I have
been to and nearly fallen asleep with boredom. Not in this case. Helen
was great, she knows her stuff, is positive and refreshing. The workshop
got the ideas flowing and I can can now grow our email marketing
further. No yawns from me today.
Therese Toy,
Townsville
Enterprise, Townsville, Queensland
Demystified email
marketing for me. Thank you.
Marina Durban - Willandra Houseboats, Mildura, Victoria
Excellent presentation
- lots of useful and valuable information.
Louise Funnel - Mildura Rural City Council, Mildura, Victoria
Brilliant workshop, I
now understand much more about the power of correct email. Helen you are
a very easy to understand and the scones were fabulous.
Mia Kolpin - The Art Vault, Mildura, Victoria
Excellent presentation,
I have learnt quite a number of aspects regarding email marketing. We
have done limited email marketing but after attending this session,
realise we have not done it correctly.
Colin Harrison - Mildura Golf Club Resort, Mildura, Victoria
The session was very
informative. Very Interesting. Helen's delivery was very engaging.
Rob Syme - Rob Syme Entertainment, Mildura, Victoria
Thanks, Great
presentation, very informative. Helpful hints and lots of ideas.
Lesley Cattanach - Mildura Holiday Houseboats, Mildura, Victoria
Very interesting and
well presented. I am glad I came.
Gillian Roberts - Trinity Lutheran College, Mildura, Victoria
Appreciated the common
sense realisation about what and how to do, and not expect readers to do
what we would like them to do.
Dennis McPhee - Dejay Consulting PL, Mildura, Victoria
Great tips, thank you.
Kerrie Giddings - MADEC, Mildura, Victoria
Helen was a very
informative afternoon, opened my eyes to how beneficial the emarketing
can be for my business. Thank you.
Debi Glasson - Wooden Eye Estate, Mildura, Victoria
Informative information
and tips I can implement in daily email marketing.
Chelsea Diana - Sunraysia Institute of Tafe, Mildura, Victoria
Thanks, some great
tips, love the Roses chocolates. Great presenter and kept my attention.
Scott Cameron - Centacare, Mildura, Victoria
Great ideas and very
informative and professional presentation.
Breece Stephers - MMTC, Mildura, Victoria
The seminar provided a
good snap shot of e-marketing and the opportunities to grow business
cost effectively.
Marissa Fiacchi, Eblen Subaru, Adelaide
Able to see value in
this approach, great to pass on to my manager.
Brenda Maddern, Australian Central Credit Union, Glenelg, Adelaide
Good one, learnt a lot,
we are one of the one-of newsletter, unfortunately.
Phil McMahon,
Phil McMahon
Real Estate, Glenelg, Adelaide
Great basic information
on a topic that could be so over whelming. Now I’m off to put the
information into practice.
Angela Lockwood, Port Macquarie, NSW
For someone who is just
starting to establish newsletter, I found Helen’s seminar to be very
informative. The tips Helen presented will be very helpful in the
future.
Stacey Theofanou, East Port Vet Hospital, Port Macquarie, NSW
Your seminar was great,
really made me think about business marketing & the power of e
marketing.
Nick Neville, Work Life Group, Port Macquarie, NSW
It was a very enjoyable
seminar. Opened my eyes to different forms of marketing, specially for a
newspaper.
Tina Barlow, Rural Press, Port Macquarie, NSW
Was interesting but
would have liked a full day!
Tiffany Slack-Smith, Port Chamber of Commerce, Port Macquarie, NSW
You have given me a
great insight into this form of marketing and I an more informed on what
to do.
Pam Albutt, Glasshouse Flowers, Port Macquarie, NSW
Very knowledgeable and
raised consciousness on not only email marketing but some marketing
ideas in general.
Michael Lockhart, CAD Partners, Port Macquarie, NSW
Great to get all the
correct rules and regulations on email newsletters. Very informative and
has provided me with some great ideas to now use.
Phil Look, All Recruiting Services, Port Macquarie, NSW
Good info flowed along
nicely ignited lots of ideas for our companies. We have started blogging
but this is better. I imagine for $400 a month we get more than that
amount with ideas from Helen.
Bob Knuckey,
Moisture Cure, Port
Macquarie, NSW
Melisa my email
marketing specialist is going to get me back on track.
Bryce Hoad Developments, Innisfail, Queensland
Really enjoyed the
seminar presented by Helen. Kept me very interested throughout the
seminar. She conveys here enthusiasm in her business and passes this on
to us.
John Henderson, IBS Engineering, Innisfail, Queensland
Very interesting
session as am introduction to email marketing.
Ross Shaw, James Cook University, Townsville
Very Interesting day.
Enjoyed it immensely and will recommend your workshop to other staff I
feel may benefit.
Matt Monkhouse, James Cook University, Townsville
I found the workshop to
be really interesting and informative. I am excited about getting more
involved with e-marketing within the company I work for now.
Joanne Walter, BSTAR, Townsville
Useful & informative. I
like Helen’s style of presentation. Very accessible. A good working
opportunity.
Jacqui Donegan, Townsville
Thank you for your time
today. You have really helped me look at newsletters from another point
of view. I now have too many ideas to try out. Ha ha ha . I am looking
forward to being able to utilise these new skills in my next newsletter.
Let us know when you run more workshops. Thank you.
Alicia McBride, WHK Accountnats, Townsville
Thanks for helping to
simplify email marketing and get the creative juices running and help me
identify some good ways to structure our e-newsletter.
Karen Kneil, Auto Corner, Mackay
Thank you for an
informative workshop. Loved the input from the small group of
enthusiastic and forward thinking business operators.
Debbie Teske, Total Outdoor Furniture, Mackay
Great workshop. Well
worth the time spent. I’m certainly going away with lots of ideas and
information to help improve my e-newsletter.
Robyn, Mackay Chamber of Commerce, Mackay
Great ideas and very
thought provoking discussion.
Amanda Mizen, Tropical Safety, Mackay
It's hard to take a
full day away from the shop. There is so much to catch up on when I get
back. Sometimes days like this can be a waste of valuable time and not
much is learnt. NOT TODAY. The information, enthusiasm, practical
advice/suggestions & fun exceeded my expectations. Thank you so much.
Brenda, Mackay
As my company currently
sends newsletters via snail mail this workshop has shown and given me so
many ideas to take back to the office with a view to now doing
newsletters & Christmas card electronically.
Denise Clark, DKM Group, Coffs Harbour
Very informative
workshop in a friendly and open environment. The content was presented
in a clear and concise format in terms that I found easy to follow and
understand.
Lisa Knowlson, Breakfree Anuka, Coffs Harbour
Helen's very
informative. Workshop very casual, relaxed and friendly which is
wonderful. I have learnt a lot and the workshop has exceeded my
expectations.. I am very excited about all the possibilities that your
workshop has opened up for me.
Amy Martin, Palms Shopping, Coffs Harbour
Very informative.
Opened my eyes to the possibilities of marketing through email.
Darren Page, Bendigo Golf, Bendigo
I found this workshop
was extremely informative and helpful. It was exactly what I was looking
for. Cant wait to get started.
Peter Cacallaro, GPO Restaurant, Bendigo
Opened my eyes to the
local possibilities I had been missing being part of a national
franchise.
Chris Wilkinson, Drummond Golf, Bendigo
Head is spinning with
ideas, certainly the content of today’s workshop is timely, and the end
result is the feeling of a successful day.
Wodonga, Vic
Fantastic information
and knowledge. Great examples and nice presentation. Variety of
information.
Rebecca Snow, Wodonga Sports, Wodonga
Absolutely fantastic
workshop. Very beneficial & thought provoking on how our business can
improve & use this form of marketing to it’s full potential.
Karen Knight, Continuing Education Centre, Wodonga, Vic
High energy and
engaging workshop. Thought provoking session with a great bottom line
business case often hard to find in marketing.
Kelly Dwyer, Wodonga TAFE
Interesting session
with lots of great ideas. Become a little sales focused towards to the
end. Difficult to keep on track but well done.
Greg Wheeler, Healthfocus Physio, Wodonga, Vic
I found the information
informative. Helen was warm/friendly. She went out of her way to provide
us with additional information and ideas. We now have a lot to think
about in the direction we are hoping to take.
Brooke McKoy, Healthfocus Physiotherapy, Wodonga, Vic
An informative session
on how to design an email, without the tech.
Dan Procter, Marketing Manger, Business SA (Adelaide Chamber of
Commerce), Adelaide
Even more words from previous email
marketing workshop attendees ...

I attended an eMail
Marketing workshop run by Helen Bairstow. The world is changing everyday
and Helen has the approach to utilize today’s technology for today’s
market. Thoroughly recommended.
Ben Kelly, Jim’s Bookkeeping, Queensland
The email marketing
seminar provided me with a deeper knowledge of factors to consider when
preparing a successful email marketing campaign. I learned that
something that can be construed as small or insignificant can play a
major role in the success (or failure) of an email. We were able to
instantly improve some aspects of our current email strategy and move
forward with some great ideas for planning email marketing campaigns for
the future.
Allison Kane, Brand Coordinator, Adelaide Football Club (The Crows),
Adelaide
Opportunity,
communication & sales are the three words that come to mind.
Gregory N Lawrence, Marketing Manager, Howlong Country Golf Club &
Motel, Victoria
Thanks for yesterday.
Very interesting and can't wait to implement the suggestions.
Linda Butler, Marketing Manager, WAW Credit Union - Smart Banking
Fantastic day. Most
worthwhile workshop I have attended. Great sharing of info.
Jill Morris, Simply Hampers, Cairns
Congratulations to you
all as you give a very special service to those struggling to come into
the 21st century!
Nick Henry,
The Ardent
Alpaca, Beechworth
I would highly
recommend the smart email marketing workshop to anyone with the passion
to gain more knowledge that are in or are looking into the industry.
Also you learn from the best, thank you Helen for a very exciting
course, I will take a lot away from it.
Samantha Cuzzo, Grady Homes, Townsville
It was great to learn
content & what appeals to different people so that relationship is
increased. Also interesting to learn about design aspects.
Regina Schmidt, Townsville Enterprise
This workshop was just
brilliant. Exciting and inspiring to say the least. I just cant wait to
go home and implement these ideas in our own business.
Trudi Johnston, Guardian Accounting, Townsville
Coming from a SALES
based industry our first thought is to SELL. I learnt from the workshop
that it is not bets to sell in a newsletter but instead provide useful
information.
Tina Hendry, Smith & Elliot Real Estate, Townsville
Thank you for an
interactive and informative look at email marketing. It has changed the
way I look at my emails.
Roselee Krisohos, e property consultants NQ, Townsville
It was a great pleasure
to have Helens expertise and extensive knowledge made available at this
workshop. I could see that at the start of the day many attendees were
not sure about what they were venturing into and by the end we were all
truly inspired.
Sara Shaw, Butterfly House, Townsville
The email marketing
workshop was fantastic. Being interactive it was a great way to share
and bounce ideas off each other. Helen was a great presenter and made
the session relaxed but very very informative. I would recommend this
workshop to anyone who has been thinking of entering the wide world of
eMarketing but hasn’t been game to take the next step.
Kate Buchanan, Lancini Group Of Companies, Townsville
The smart email
marketing workshop hosted by Helen Bairstow was a highly informative,
interactive workshop that allowed similar minded business
owners/managers to communicate openly about eMarketing ideas and take
away information that can be read in a text book. A highly enjoyable
experience.
Bianca Stanley, Bstar, Townsville
Helen provided some
really relevant and practical information in a relaxed and encouraging
environment. Now we are ready to get started.
Ross Johnston, Guardian Accounting, Townsville
A very interesting and
insightful course. Highly recommend.
Stacey Caldwell, Grady Homes, Townsville
It's one thing to know
what you think and go off on your own opinions and judgements. I found
that the smart email marketing workshop was a big eye opener and gave me
a greater insight on how online newsletters can not only enhance your
business but attract greater attention to your customers. I thoroughly
enjoyed the workshop and can't wait to get started on my newsletter.
Renee Ivanov, Bstar, Townsville

Very interesting, I
learnt a lot and looking forward to learning more.
Lynne Cavanagh - Christmas Party for Special Children
www.christmasparty.com.au
Good stuff - makes you re-think your email marketing.
Chris Carpenter CCMS, Adelaide, South Australia
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