{"id":6127,"date":"2013-08-12T15:26:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T05:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=6127"},"modified":"2016-02-23T16:19:25","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T05:19:25","slug":"enthusiasm-generates-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2013\/08\/enthusiasm-generates-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"Enthusiasm generates interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6134\" style=\"width: 170px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/cherrleader_girl_123rf.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6134\" class=\" wp-image-6134 \" alt=\"young girl cheerleader with pom poms\" src=\"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/cherrleader_girl_123rf-200x300.jpg\" width=\"160\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/cherrleader_girl_123rf-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/cherrleader_girl_123rf-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/cherrleader_girl_123rf.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You don&#8217;t have to have cheerleaders to show enthusiasm&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Enthusiastic sponsor mentions generate interest for the sponsors and the supported organisation.\u00a0I&#8217;ve been watching it happen.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve seen lists of sponsors before, whether it is for a <a title=\"Attending blogging events, live or recorded\" href=\"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2012\/10\/blogging-events-value\/\">conference<\/a>, a charity event or a local club or group. Listing sponsors is fine, but how often do you really take notice of many of the sponsors in such a list?<\/p>\n<h2>An enthusiastic thanks<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, I have seen some gratitude to sponsors that stood out &#8211; and made me truly notice the sponsors. Ok, I haven&#8217;t actually used those sponsors since then but I have a higher opinion of them now than before!<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Heartkids 24 hours marathon\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Heartkids24hrBikeRide2013\" target=\"_blank\">Heartkids\u00a024 hour bike-a-thon<\/a>\u00a0is basically promoted via a Facebook page. Whenever a new sponsor joins in, an enthusiastic, heart-felt\u00a0(sorry, no pun intended) update is added to the page to thank the sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, other mentions of the sponsor are made as an update, too.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6132\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/heartkids_poster.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6132\" class=\" wp-image-6132 \" alt=\"Heartkids charity bike marathon poster for 5 to 6 October\" src=\"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/heartkids_poster-211x300.jpg\" width=\"190\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/heartkids_poster-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/heartkids_poster-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/heartkids_poster.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6132\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Heartkids charity bike marathon &#8211; a good cause and a good business example.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And as a shameless plug, the bike marathon would love more sponsors or donations if you feel inclined. I&#8217;ll be doing a small part of the bike riding, but the more support generated for <a title=\"HeartKids\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heartkids.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heartkids<\/a>, the better.<\/p>\n<h2>Adding enthusiasm&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>For the Heartkids bike marathon, this is not a marketing ploy &#8211; there is <strong>genuine gratitude and excitement behind those status updates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have real enthusiasm, how can you show it in your business?<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have real enthusiasm, it will probably show through so what can you be enthusiastic and passionate about to gain that interest?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Put the enthusiasm and passion in &#8211; someone like me can always tweak the words to read well &#8211; and people will instinctively been drawn to what you are saying.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enthusiastic sponsor mentions generate interest for the sponsors and the supported organisation.\u00a0I&#8217;ve been watching it happen. 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