Marketing & Business Promotion
For Certified Zentangle Teachers®

OK, so now you have CZT status. Where you take it is up to you!

This retreat gives you the opportunity to take your Zentangle® inspired art to help carve out a CZT career path while sharing your tangles and brainstorm strategies with other CZTs.

ESSENTIAL BUSINESS BUILDING BLOCKS FOR CZTs
Planning for your business is a crucial element for success. Attending CZTs will identify and incorporate the unifying principles necessary to develop a clear vision and help choose the right path and plan for your own CZT business. Discover and explore the tools you need for a successful business.

MARKETING YOURSELF AS A CZT
Create marketing materials while strengthening your vision for a strong business presence.
We'll take the time to tangle artwork with "TangleSignments" specifically geared for reproduction of your own marketing aids used in your business to develop your own brand consistent with the Zentangle - CZT brand.
Pre-Retreat homework is required.

STRATEGIES & TECHNIQUES FOR RETURN BUSINESS
Learn and expand on proven marketing strategies that encourage repeat classes while incorporating
Zentangle and third party product sales. Teaching aids and supply resources will also be covered.
Each of us has our own way of teaching. Which class format and presentation technique is right for you?
Learn how you can engage your students to want more classes and coach your them creatively and confidently.

ONLINE STRATEGIES & SOCIAL MEDIA
  •  Email Marketing correspondence and strategies.
  •  Domain registration and website options in compliance with Zentangle Inc.
  •  Benefits of Social Media and what works best for you. Facebook, Pinterest, Twiiter Google Plus?
  •  Online Blogging - What to include, the length and what it takes to blog successfully.

PURE TANGLE TIME®
This is time we will need to finish up the day's work and get samples completed for selling our
classes to hungry tanglers.

ARTIST TRADING CARD SWAP
Tangle as many ATCS as you wish to swap out with other attendees. Use traditional patterns or show off new technques - a great way to present a new teaching idea to other CZTs.

SMILE, YOUR ON!

YouTube DEMO COVERAGE with Kristy, the Video Editor of Suzanne McNeill's YouTube videos. Kristy will be taping individual demonstrations during the retreat. This is an optional opportunity to promote yourself to mention how viewers can reach YOU for additional classes. Segments should not last more than 10 minutes and will be edited to shorter lengths.

TENTATIVE WORKING SESSIONS begin at 8:45am each day:
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 2013
8:45am - 11:45am
Introductions, Overview & Essential Business Building Blocks
[Lunch Break]
1:00pm - 5:00pm - Mini Class - Tangling on Fabric with Suzanne McNeill, CZT
Business & Marketing Strategies
[Dinner Break]
7:30pm to 9:30pm - Pure Tangle Time & ATC Swap
Tangle Time is a time to share with others and get our "TangleSignments" complete.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 2013
8:45 am to 11:45am - Expanding Your Vision & Coaching Creatively with Marney Makridakis
(Author, Amazon Bestseller Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life)
[Lunch Break]
1:00pm to 5:00pm - Expanding your vision, Marketing strategies
[Dinner Break]
7:30pm to 9:30pm - Pure Tangle Time

SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2013
8:45 am to 11:45pm - Online Marketing & Social Media tips and
strategies with Sharon Lynn Payne, CZT
[Lunch Break]
1:00pm to 5:00pm - Preparing for your creative CZT journey
Wrapping It Up

REGISTRATION
$575*
$475* - Previously attending CZT's
* When you pay by check to:
AV Graphics • P.O. Box 2362, Coppell, TX  75019 • 214-957-1736.
For online/credit card payments, a PayPal convenience fee applies.

PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED CZTs RATE does not include business cards, personalized flyers and
some supplies (you already have them!). Previously attended CZTs receive updated flyers and new material
presented at the retreat.

Payment is required upon registration as seating is limited. "Pencil me in's" not accepted.

Seminar price Includes:
  •  500 Custom-Designed Business Cards with your own artwork
  •  Marketing Notebook
  •  25+ Pre-Formatted Teaching Aids & Flyers
  •  Over $100 worth of Art supplies to create with.
  •  Instruction
  •  Materials
  •  Lunches, breaks and after dinner treats.
Dinner is on your own. There are plenty of nearby restaurants and you can hop on the
Dart rail system to visit downtown Dallas.
The hotel offers complimentary shuttle service within a 5 mile radius of the hotel.
So, there is no need to rent a car, unless you feel like you really want to explore, but there will not be a lot of down time to explore unless you stay an extra day or two.

* OPTIONAL MONDAY PLAY DAY
AUGUST 26, 2013

MARKER MAGIC
(Sponsored by Texas Lettering Arts Council)
Angie Vangalis, CZT - Instructor
9:00am - 3:00pm
$110 - includes breaks, lunch, markers, supplies and handouts.
Spell out the day with letters as we explore lettering using various types of markers. Participants
will adorn their pages and impress their students with fancy letters created by basic monoline pens,
calligraphy and brush pens. This class focuses on the correct use of tools and letterform.
Bring a Black Pigma Micron Pen - size 01. This workshop held at Jaycee Park Center for the Arts.

ACCOMMODATIONS
HYATT PLACE DALLAS/LAS COLINAS, TEXAS


Hyatt Place Dallas/Las Colinas is pleased to extend a special room rate for this CZT retreat at $84 (plus taxes) per night (Single or Double Occupancy). This rate includes:
    •  Complimentary WiFi
    •  Complimentary Kitchen Skillet Breakfast
    •  Shuttle service to and from DFW Airport
To book your stay, click on the photo above or call 972-550-7400 and tell the concierge you are
with the CZT Marketing Retreat to get this special rate.
Reservations must be made by August 1st.

The hotel is located about 9 miles from DFW Airport at
5455 Green Park Drive • Irving, Texas 75038  • 972 550 7400

ROOMATE LIST
We are keeping a list of those who would like to room with another CZT.

WHAT TO BRING
•  Comfortable clothes - layers are best with air conditioning.
•  Sakura Pigma Micron Pens - 005, 01 & 05 and anything else you enjoy creating with and want to share.
•  Your Zentangles to share.
•  A project to demo for Suzanne's YouTube video (optional) or to share with participants
•  Cushion for your tush - we will be sitting a lot...
•  An Open Mind to create, learn and share!

OPTIONAL ITEMS
Available on registration page. The details are what sets you apart from the rest.
Special order - aprons and bags are embroidered the official Zentangle logo and
your name, followed by CZT title. Aprons are available in Khaki and Black with 2 pockets
and adjustable strap.
CZT Apron - $19.99
CZT Zipper Bag - $14.99
Order by JULY 29 and your personalized items will be waiting for you at the retreat.

BUSINESS CARDS
Do you need some cards that will make others do a "double take" or WOW! That looks like so much fun reaction? The Business card layout and design service is included with attendance, but if you cannot attend
the retreat, a special rate is available to CZTs at $75 for 500 cards. This price includes full color printing, 14pt. Glossy Cardstock with rounded corners, shipping within the contiguous US and design/typesetting assistance using YOUR artwork.

Guidelines are provided HERE.

EVENT COORDINATOR
Angie Vangalis, CZT and Creative Director of AV Graphics.
Angie has been a Creative Professional for more than 30 years designing marketing material for small businesses in print and web media. She has taught more than 50 Zentangle classes, workshops and 3 retreats since her certification in May 2010. She passionately embraces the Lettering Arts as a vehicle of creative expression.

CANCELLATION POLICY
Cancellations made before July 29, 2013 -  $50 cancellation fee applies.
No Refunds after July 29, 2013.

Zentangle, CZT and Certified Zentangle Teacher are the registered trademarks of Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas -  visit www.zentangle.com for more information about Zentangle. Tangle Time is the registered trademark of AV Graphics.

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