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Building your Agency... Then Polishing it for Sale!

October 14. 2006 - A One Day Special Event! - All Investigators Welcome

Guest Speaker: Jimmie Mesis - PI & Owner of PI Magazine - (WAPI Hon. Member)

This unique Event will focus on presenting to private investigators in the UK - marketing and sales techniques that have proven extremely successful for PI's in North America and major cities throughout the world.

This special event will feature North America's most well known, respected, and sought out private investigator, Jimmie Mesis - Owner of PI Magazine. He is an award winning motivational speaker and an extremely successful PI with 27 years of proven business experience. Here’s your chance to learn proven techniques from someone who will show you how to easily increase your agency revenue.

This unique WAPI event will provide an opportunity for Attendees to learn how they could increase the volumes, value, and sale price of their Business - as and when the time comes to sell. Also to demonstrate to those in business, proven methods to increase market share.

Jimmie's companies have generated millions of dollars in business and he's willing to share his techniques with us for the very first time. He will answer your questions and share key elements, strategies, and step by step techniques that have proven successful for investigators worldwide.

The full day event will be presented in Two Sessions:-

Morning Session -

Marketing and promoting your Agency - effectively with little or no money
How to increase your hourly rate without losing a customer.
How to increase the amount of retainers requested from clients.
How to handle incoming telephone inquires that turn callers into clients.
Targeting specific markets and getting them them to hire you.
Why it pays to say "good-bye" to certain clients.
Effective networking techniques.
How to benefit from free publicity.
Advertising Do's and Don'ts
Secrets of Internet promotion
Website optimization, and getting your agency listed for in various databases for free.
Effective direct mail campaigns.
Effective cold calling techniques, for both in person or by telephone.
How to close the deal.
How using the right tools will save you and your client’s time and money.

Afternoon Session -

Building your PI business and Agency for future sale.
How an agency name will help or hurt you
Creating repeat business
Determining the value of your agency.
How to find a buyer.

AND a Special Bonus Session:

A One Hour Advisory on DPA Compliant Tracing Methods Presented by the inimitable Peter Heims - past ABI President, ISG Member and an all-round really good chap!!. (Or so he tells us!!)

SIA Status - There will also be an update on the GB licensing status

The Event will be open to ALL Professional Investigators - whether or not WAPI Members.

The Event will take place on the same Saturday as the 2006 WAPI Annual Banquet and will cost £90 per person inclusive of morning coffee, buffet lunch and afternoon tea. (Banquet details are available on www.wapi.com)

Attendees will probably recoup this small investment within a few days by simply implementing these proven techniques.

The Seminar + Banquet will make for a wonderful weekend, the Ladies can explore Birmingham's City Centre!! The Venue for the Seminar will be the Birmingham City Council Offices, and the Banquet will take place at the Hyatt Regency - both in the heart of Birmingham City Centre. There are special B&B rates for Banquet Attendees at the Hyatt - full details as below.

This is an amazing opportunity that you will not want to miss! You can keep doing whatever it is you “think” you should be doing to run your agency and possibly continue wasting time and money, or you can listen to an expert and learn what you really “need” to be doing to earn more each and every day.

Seating is very limited. Make your reservations early!
Tickets are on a strictly "first come - first served" basis, and with a limit of 150 places, Just email Ian Withers on Chairman@WAPI.com specifying the number of places required - the Price per place including refreshments and lunch is UK£90 and will be invoiced from June 2006.

There are still a few places available for a limited number of Trade Vendors to participate at the Seminar - If your Association, Agency or Services Company would like a Vendor Table/Stand Space - please let me know as soon as possible. The Day charge will be UK£150 - Refreshements, Buffet Lunch & Electricty & Internet connection included.

Ian (D. Withers)
Chairman - WAPI
chairman@wapi.com
www.wapi.com
079 7064 5420

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