Promoting Your Collections: Messaging, Merchandising and More

Sep 26, 2019 02:00pm -
Sep 26, 2019 03:00pm
(GMT-5)

Event Description

Promoting Your Collections: Messaging, Merchandising and More​
09/26/2019
2:00 - 3:00 pm

Limited seating - priority will be given to SEFLIN members.  If your library is not a member of SEFLIN register on the waitlist HERE. 

Collections are the mainstays of libraries. After spending lots of money and time curating, processing, and making them available, you may think the work is done. But there’s one more vital step --- promoting them! This webinar will help you go beyond basic book displays and posters. Marketing maven Kathy Dempsey will help you understand why you should actually talk less about your library’s items and more about why they’re wonderful. She’ll share sample messages that illustrate the concept of “WIIFM” –What’s In It For Me? This webinar will also touch on the concept of cross-promotion, and using social media effectively.

With the knowledge you gain during this session, you will be ready to:

• Tie collections to activities and current events
• Use physical items to promote invisible, digital items
• Stop publicizing products, and instead, tout their benefits
• Promote collections outside of your buildings
• Use cross-promotion, alone or with partners, to share info efficiently
• Try simple merchandising techniques to boost circulation

This session features many colorful images of great signage, merchandising, and social posts from libraries around the world to get your creative ideas flowing. Level: Intermediate.

Presenter: Kathy Dempsey is a consultant and trainer through her business, Libraries Are Essential, and is the author of The Accidental Library Marketer (Information Today, Inc., 2009). Her work is dedicated to helping librarians and information professionals promote their value and expertise in order to gain respect and funding. Kathy has been the Editor of the Marketing Library Services newsletter for 24 years and was formerly Editor-in-Chief of Computers in Libraries magazine. She also blogs at The 'M' Word, and is an active member of the New Jersey Library Association.

 


Event Type:Training
Category:Management
Early registration ends on Aug 27, 2019.
Regular registration starts on Aug 28, 2019 and ends on Sep 21, 2019.
Late registration starts on Sep 22, 2019.
(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)