{"id":135,"date":"2010-08-04T10:19:16","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T17:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reframemarketing.com\/blog\/?p=135"},"modified":"2017-08-07T10:06:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T17:06:24","slug":"amanda-lowe%e2%80%99s-first-owj-street-team-event-was-a-complete-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reframemarketing.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/04\/amanda-lowe%e2%80%99s-first-owj-street-team-event-was-a-complete-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Lowe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first OWJ Street Team Event was a complete success!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"_mcePaste\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reframemarketing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/2010-07-30-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-136\" title=\"2010-07-30 002\" src=\"https:\/\/reframemarketing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/2010-07-30-002-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reframemarketing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/2010-07-30-002-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reframemarketing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/2010-07-30-002.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">For her week as an Event Planner, Amanda decided to stage a pop-up event to help\u00c2\u00a0promote awareness of One Week Job. On Friday, July 30, her and the Reframe Team\u00c2\u00a0staked out a spot in Robson Square in downtown Vancouver, set up a table, and started\u00c2\u00a0spreading the news by handing out brochures and talking to people on the street. To help\u00c2\u00a0get the word out, Reframe also contacted media outlets and emailed her business list.<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\"><\/div>\n<div>Here are some insights that she gained from her experience:<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\"><\/div>\n<div>Good Things:<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">\n<ul>\n<li>Table was good as a central location and place to talk to passerby \u00e2\u20ac\u201c had a good\u00c2\u00a0number of people come up to the booth and ask us about what we were doing<\/li>\n<li>The signage helped attract attention, ie: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I am Passionate About\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d sign.\u00c2\u00a0We signed up (approx.) 10 new people to receive One Week Job emails, and win\u00c2\u00a0an autographed book\/coffee-meeting with Sean!<\/li>\n<li>A couple business people approached Sean and exchanged business cards \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00c2\u00a0wanted to talk more about possibly working together<\/li>\n<li>We handed out all 100 of our fliers<\/li>\n<li>Had 5 volunteers show up to help!! Amazing!<\/li>\n<li>Not everyone is on social media, so it was a good way to share the program face-to-face with those who might not have found it online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">Ways to Improve:<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">\n<ul>\n<li>Been more coordinated with our branding \u00e2\u20ac\u201c we wore yellow, but there could\u00c2\u00a0always be more yellow!<\/li>\n<li>Had an activity\/game to attract people<\/li>\n<li>More volunteers<\/li>\n<li>Hit more street corners, moved around more<\/li>\n<li>More time \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Started earlier and gone longer<\/li>\n<li>More\/larger signage, put them up around where we were located, at cross walks,\u00c2\u00a0etc.<\/li>\n<li>Giveaways \u00e2\u20ac\u201c something immediate other than the brochures that we could have\u00c2\u00a0given out. ie: candy, OWJ branded <a style=\"text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/bestforthekids.com\/best-nerf-guns\/\">toy gun<\/font><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">In the end, Amanda learned the basics of how to pull an event together and discovered a\u00c2\u00a0fundamental lesson about event planning: It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s TOUGH BUT EFFECTIVE!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">Here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the link to her blog:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oneweekjob.com\/blog\/\">http:\/\/www.oneweekjob.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\"><\/div>\n<div>Good job, Amanda! And good luck!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For her week as an Event Planner, Amanda decided to stage a pop-up event to help\u00c2\u00a0promote awareness of One Week Job. 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