Interview With Kim Clausen
Kim Clausen and Linda Claire Puig are the two ladies behind the Done For You Givewaway Of The Century, where they are giving away real services and done-for-you products.
Today I am interviewing Kim about the giveaway and how it can help you with your business!
Biana: Your giveaway is such a great idea – how did you come up with the idea for it?
Kim: My colleague Linda Claire Puig and I wanted to offer a program that could show business owners the many services that were available to make their day to day operations easier. The giveaway was a great way to expose business owners to all the different services that are available and expose them to many professionals in the industry who could provide those services. I am always looking for service providers for my business and this list makes it so easy to get my work done too!
Biana: Please tell us more about the giveaway – what kind of giveaways are available to those who register?
Kim: There are numerous product and service offerings available in all quantities and price points ranging from $100 to several thousand dollars. Services such as ebook covers, bookkeeping services, ready made articles, blog set ups, writing services, ready made teleseminars and workshops, ebook creation, professional interviews, audio and video services, merchant accounts and back office set ups, and alot more. Nearly 30 service offerings – all different!
Biana: What are you hoping to achieve with the giveaway? How are you hoping to help you target market with it?
Kim: We want to give people a breath of fresh air with some free services actually done for them, given how hard we are all working right now, and everyone’s tighter cash flows. We also want them to be exposed to the many service providers that are available to help make doing business easier. And finally we want to give them a list of professional resources for when they need these services in the future.
Biana: What is your one favorite thing about the giveaway?
Kim: The response we are getting from the visitors, and the incredible feeling of good will. There is such a great energy around this giveaway because all the contributors are donating their actual time and products. We purposely created this to be a giveaway geared around relationship-building and not aggressive upselling. So many people have written us to tell how much they appreciate what we are doing, and how excited they are to win!
Biana: Can you share with us your top 3 tips for other business owners who may be considering creating their own giveaway?
Kim: Well, Linda and I are so well suited to do this together because we are all about quality and integrity. So that would be Number 1 – do a high quality, high integrity giveaway with great products and services that is targeted and has a clear purpose. Number 2 would be to give yourself plenty of time to plan so that you can recruit the finest in your industry – contributors and sponsors (like Biana). :-) Number 3 is to have a solid plan of implementation. We created a schedule for everything that needed to be coordinated, set a launch date, planned a promotion schedule, and strategized to get the most reach possible.
Biana: Thank you for taking the time to do this interview, Kim! I am sure many readers will benefit from both your insights and the giveaway!
And you can take a look at Linda’s and Kim’s giveaway (and sign up, it’s free!) at Done For You Givewaway Of The Century!
About Linda Claire Puig: is a newsletter marketing expert and a writer with 25 years’ professional experience. She is president of Claire Communications, which provides marketing communications solutions to busy coaches, consultants, mental health professionals, trainers, speakers, wellness professionals who want to keep their name and expertise in front of the communities they serve.
About Kim Clausen:, President of Ready2Go Marketing Solutions, Inc., is a professional marketer with more than 20 years of marketing and business development experience. Ready2Go Marketing Solutions creates ready made workshops, teleseminars, and speeches that business owners can brand as their own. Ready2Go Marketing Solutions also creates custom training programs for its clients, and trains professionals on how to masterfully create, facilitate and market their own learning programs.