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BNI PPT by Gil Zeimer, Freelance Copywriter

Gil Zeimer — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:51:13 +0000

Below is a link to the PowerPoint Presentation I made today to show you some case studies and prices of my freelance copywriting consultancy at Zeimer’s Advertising Shoppe.

I’ve now added slides for the two blogs that I’ve recently written on www.mjsearch.com and www.avantpage.com. Pricing for blogs is variable, depending on if it’s a one-time article or a series. Costs range from $100 – $250 each.

Zeimer bni presentation_072810

Please YELP me if you’d like to write a review.

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For more information on my freelance copywriting services, visit www.zeimer.com or call me at 415.491.1058.

“Why I Love BNI” Song

Gil Zeimer — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:46:32 +0000

At yesterday’s BNI Embarcadero weekly word-of-mouth referral meeting, the largest in Northern California, I asked Richard Reinholdt “Why Do I Love BNI?” Here are the lyrics I wrote for him to sing to the tune of “Hair” from the long-running Broadway musicial.

WHY DO I LOVE BNI?
You asked me why, why I love BNI.
I love it noon and nighty-night-night.
It shines so bright,
Don’t ask me why I go, Giver’s Gain, don’t you know?
It’s for the guys and gals, and those referrals…
Darling….

CHORUS:
I love BNI,
Oh, BNI… BNI Em-bar-ca-de-ro.
I love BNI Em-bar-ca-de-ro
Closed business, sausages,
And referrals all the tiiiiiimmmmmme!
Show up, stand up, Givers Gain for breakfast right here!

We meet on Wednesday morn, if it’s cold or it’s warm
At the home for our swarm is right here.
It’s here we inform, it’s here we transform
We meet as a life form
For the beauty, splendor, and wonder of

CHORUS:
B-N-I,
Closed business, sausages,
And referrals all the tiiiiiimmmmmme!
Show up, stand up, Givers Gain for breakfast right here!

By Gil Zeimer, BNI Embarcadero President
www.zeimer.com

Pirate Day is Wed., 5/12 — Memory Hooks

Gil Zeimer — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:21:45 +0000

“Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me…”

Jack Sparrow won’t be there. Neither will Captain Hook, Blackbeard, Henry Morgan or Roberto Clemente.

But at BNI Embarcadero on Wednesday, May 12th, we’ll be celebrating Pirate Day by giving our infomercials with memory hooks!

A few examples of the better ones in our group:

Whenever you need a writer, remember you say Zeemer and I say Zeimer.
Business big, business small, Bob Gates helps them all.
I’m Wayne Allen Cameron CPA, I’m the one who keeps the IRS away.
For residential real estate, call Tom Redmond. It’s the only investment you can call home.
To be able to update your own Website, you say Likoma, I say Likoma.

So dust off your memory hooks, maties, or you’ll walk the plank!
See you tomorrow morning!
Captain Gil
Your BNI Embarcadero President

BNI Membership Extravaganza, 3/29 – 5/28

Gil Zeimer — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:05:11 +0000

Announcing the BNI 2010 New Member Extravaganza

You could be one of 200+ BNI winners to enjoy an exciting andfun-filled trip to the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, Louisiana!

When four or more chapters from the SF West Bay Region sign up six or more new members for each chapter between March 29th and May 28th, the SF West Bay Region will qualify for the drawing.
When just six new members join your chapter between March 29th and May 28th, 2010, your chapter qualifies for the drawing. (Subject to the region qualifying.)
All members who are listed on the application as sponsor of the new Members receive one chance in the drawing for each new member they sponsored into their chapter!
The more new members you sponsor into the chapter, the more chances you have to win! (Example.: 3 new members = 3 chances!)

Winners will receive a 4-day, 3-night trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, FOR TWO! (Airfare not included.) Travel dates are October 15th through October 18th, 2010.

Winners and guests will stay at the Hotel Monteleone located in the historic French Quarter.Trip includes round-trip transfers, hotel and a workshop/breakfast hosted by Dr. Ivan Misner!

For more information, contact Gil Zeimer com.

Freelance Copywriter BNI PPT, 3/10/10 – Zeimer’s Advertising Shoppe

Gil Zeimer — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:01:48 +0000

As a freelance copywriter, attached is the PowerPoint Presentation I made yesterday to BNI Embarcadero about my experience and expertise as a healthcare copywriter, direct response copywriter, financial copywriter, website copywriter, and more. In it, you’ll find an overview of my services, my hourly rate, and several examples of my freelance copywriter work.

I’ve now expanded slide 12 to include the industries I work with:
• Healthcare
• Packaged goods
• Legal
• Technology
• Financial
• Startups

For more information, visit Zeimer’s Advertising Shoppe.

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Freelance Copywriter PPT to BNI Embarcadero

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Meet Your New Leadership Team, 4/1-9/30/2010

Gil Zeimer — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:01:16 +0000

We’re proud to announce our new leadership team for the term beginning on April 1st.

Anyone who wants to attend our Leadership Training Session with me on Monday, March 15th, is welcome to come at no cost to you. (The chapter pays the fee.) Breakfast is served at 7:30; training is 8:00 am – 1:00 pm at Hotel Monaco, Grand Café Room, 501 Geary, SF, 94102.
Let Gil know ASAP if you plan to attend.

Position	Name
President	Gil Zeimer
Vice-President	Ron Micuch
Secretary	Jerry Becerra
Treasurer	Kate Carreiro
Visitor Host	Adrienne Dale
Social Committee	Carlos Ramirez (Chair), Shianne Lombard, Brenda Mercer, Marty Wall
Membership Committee	Robert Gates (Chair), Cathy Cohn
Renewing Members	Dan Joraanstad
New Member Mentors	Kay Heatherly (Chair), JC Avakian, Colleen O’Connor
Current Member Mentor	Tom Redmond
Technical/PPT/Microphones	Kenji Oshima & Adam Barnum – Co-Chairs
Education Coordinator	Angela Warren & Jamie Stern – Co-Chairs
Timekeeper	Phil Siegel
Go For the Gold	Gabriel Gasca
Newsletter	Gil Zeimer & Bradley Charbonneau
Card Boxes	Mike Hack
Power Teams	Bart Saling & Kate Antonini – Co-Chairs
Webmaster	Bradley Charbonneau
Design & Marketing	Lauren Deane Evans
Librarian	Richard Reinholdt

Referral: IT Services Website Copywriting

Gil Zeimer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:21:48 +0000

This is a project that I recently completed as a freelance website copywriter, using more descriptive copy and two SE0 keyword phrases per page. It was a BNI Embarcadero referral from Bart Saling of Bridge to Bridge Technologies.

As an established IT managed services company serving clients in the San Francisco Bay Area, IPSO FACTO IT SERVICES works with small businesses, medium-sized businesses, large enterprises, and government entities, as well as not-for-profit groups.

Visit the site of approximately 50 pages: www.ipsofacto.info

Copy by Gil Zeimer; Web design by Naoki Nitta.

BNI Power Teams Presentation

Gil Zeimer — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:48:57 +0000

Click on image below to scroll through the presentation.

Bart Saling, Lauren Deane Evans and Gil Zeimer presented “The Power Partners of BNI Embarcadero: A Marketing Overview” at the 1/13/10 meeting.

The Six BNI Embarcadero Power Teams are:
• Legal/Financial Service
• Information Technology Services
• Marketing Makeover Services
• Health & Fitness Services
• Relocation Services
• General Business/Lifestyle Services

We will find a place in one power team for each member.

To find out more, download the PDF of this presentation.

BNI Embarcadero Newsletter November 2009

Gil Zeimer — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:13:31 +0000

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Dear Member,

GOT NEWS?
If you ever have relevant news, a BNI success story, or a social event update for the next issue, email it to gil [at] zeimer [dot] com. Thanks, Gil, Editor in Chief

Who’s New, Who’s Up & Who’s Out: Membership Report
In September, October and the first week of November, we’ll have inducted eight new members. That’s got to be a record, even for our chapter.

Recent winners for the most “Go For The Gold” one-on-one dance cards was Lauren Deane Evans, Cindy Henderson, and Noah Stolmaker. They have each earned a free month of breakfast dues.

Our newest members:

Phil Siegel, Public Relations/Publicity
Ryan Ramirez, Cartridge Refilling
Susan Jewel, Estate Planning Attorney
Joshua Larson, Residential/Commercial Architect
Adrienne Dale, Computer Software Consultant
Rick Giesea, Telephone Services Rep
Shianne Lombard, Fitness Instructor
Wendy Parker, Massage Therapist

Please make arrangements to have one-on-ones with all of these new members.

These members renewed in October and November:
Colleen O’Connor, Richard Reinhold, Isabella Schwarzinger, Wayne Allen Cameron and Dan Joraanstad.

These members are due to renew soon:
John Kalin (December 1) and Kate Antonini (January 1).

Membership Drive
Our Membership Drive continues. If you bring a guest, and he/she becomes a member, you will receive two months’ free dues. If you happen to owe the chapter for past dues, this can be applied to that debt.

BNI Embarcadero Octoberfest Visitor’s Day Recap
By Gil Zeimer

We had them at “Wilkommen.”

From the moment Herr Richard Reinholdt started singing “Wilkommen”, the audience of 90 members, visitors, and guests were enraptured. One visitor said, “I’m ready to drink the Kool-Aid now!”

Our Visitor’s Day to celebrate BNI Embarcadero’s 13th anniversary was an overwhelming success. Ed Craine, SF Regional Director, praised our efforts. I want to put the spotlight on President Seth Tajbakhsh who did a great job as Master of Ceremonies and recognized our marketing team for a job well done. Multiple BNI members of other chapters were amazed at how entertaining our presentation was.

Only time will tell how many new members we’ll get out of this Visitor Day. But I’m so proud to be part of an organization where each member so freely shared his and her successes over the years during the Testimonials and Referrals part of our meeting. Those word-of-mouth advertising messages were so heartfelt that I couldn’t have written them better myself.

Again, here’s a recap of Seth’s email thanking everyone:

Wow! What a meeting. I want to thank everyone who was involved in organizing the meeting today. Both Gil and I received many compliments from members and visitors today. Special thanks goes to (in no particular order):

Gil Zeimer who was the mastermind behind this meeting with his lyrics for the songs
Richard Reinholdt, Dan Joraanstad, and Kathy Olberts for singing and keeping us entertained
Ezra Palmer-Persen for doing a great job spinning and keeping the energy consistent with background music, even as visitors entered the room at 6:30am!
Gabriel Gasca for producing a great marketing video
The Visitor Host team for getting people in, paid and situated smoothly
Bradley Charbonneau for helping with the Evite, website, and posting the new video to our site on 10/29
Jenny Appel for coordinating with the restaurant
Mischa Purcell for providing us with his A/V equipment
Additional helpers (lots of you guys) for showing up early to help with setup
Marty Wall for his cartoon on the Evite
Andy Foster for printing the T-shirts with our new logo on them
Lauren Deane for designing the signage and handouts
Kevin Casey – BNI Embarcadero history
Ed Craine – BNI presentation

I want to salute each of you members for becoming BNI Ambassadors for our chapter’s continued growth and success by giving such great testimonials to entice visitors to join. Gil said he gave out at least eight applications today, so we’ll see who joins in the coming weeks and months.

We are, as advertised, The Best Damn Chapter. Anywhere!

PS: Two applications went to BNI members of a chapter in Marin who now want to transfer to BNI Embarcadero. Others went to guests who had been invited by members of our chapter.

PPS: Ezra Palmer-Persen emailed this: Thanks to you guys for letting me participate. Your chapter is totally great. It was a fabulous event! I can only imagine that all the visitors wanted to join.

Chapter Openings
We currently have an opening for each of these categories in our Top Ten List:

Ecommerce Expert
Email Marketing Specialist
Furniture Sales
Hair Stylist
Handyman
Mac Computer Repair
Marketing Strategist/Consultant
Moving Coordinator
Office Supplies/Paper Supply Rep
Relationship Therapist

View the updated list at the Openings page of the BNI Embarcadero website.

Step Up To The Mike: Speakers Schedule
The schedule for our upcoming thespians is always listed at the Speakers’ Page of the BNI Embarcadero Website. Jerry Becerra will attempt to have a Power Team speak whenever he can.

November 4
Jerry Becerra, Skip Dion, Brian Pensack.

November 11
Katherine Bernitt, Julia Ten Eyck, Richard Reinholdt.

Taking Care of Business: VP Report Through October 29, 2009

Referrals Passed in 2008: 2,329
Referrals Passed 1/1 – 10/29/09: 2,241
Average attendance: 92%
Number of members: 58
Closed business, YTD (1/1 – 10/29/09): $874,477
Closed business, Last Term (4/1/09 – 10/1/09): $579,676
Closed business, 2008: $1,367,360
Closed business, 2007 $1,285,665

REMINDER: Only report the Closed Business revenue you personally received from BNI Embarcadero members and referrals or other chapters to our VP, Ron Micuch.
For those of you who close large contracts and receive a commission on the total amount of revenue, please submit only the amount of commission or revenue you received or will receive, not the amount of the total contract. AND PLEASE USE ONLY ONE “CLOSED BUSINESS” SLIP PER MEETING.

NEW POLICY ON REPORTINGCLOSED BUSINESS: You can now report Closed Business for the previous month only through the first Wednesday of the next month. After that, it’s the new month’s Closed Business. For example, Wed., November 4th was the last day to report closed business for October 2009. After that, any income you receive through referrals will be counted as November income.

Party Central: Social Events Calendar
A holiday party is being planned. Details to come from Angela Warren and her party planning team!

September & October Subs & Visitors
SUBS & VISITORS: Too numerous to mention.
To contact any of the visitors or subs, please ask Dan Chomko for their contact info.

Scheduled Power Team Meetings
Legal Power Team (Chair: Bob Gates), Next meeting: TBD.

Financial (Chair: Kevin Casey) Next meeting: TBD.

Marketing Makeover (Chair: Gil Zeimer) Next meeting: TBD.

To create or expand a Power Team, speak with Bart Saling.

IF YOU HAVE A SUCCESS STORY TO SHARE, SEND IT TO GIL ZEIMER COM.

Other Stuff: Miscellaneous News & Announcements

Using The Comments Feature on The BNI Embarcadero Site to Write Testimonials. See Example.

Finally: Please keep your contact info up to date on the BNI site. Lots of members–and potential clients–use this site to find names and number and email addresses. Here’s how.

Why do you think this page is the most popular page of the BNI Embarcadero site?

Design time donated by Likoma.
Copy time donated by Zeimer.

Top Ten Most Wanted Positions

Gil Zeimer — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:08:46 +0000

Need the PDF to send to a colleague? Here: BNI Embarcadero Wanted Poster