This is a guest post from GetUsSocial offering my readers the chance to win an iPad2 and sharing social media marketing tips from their experience offering Social Media Marketing Services. You could win an iPad 2 when you enter the official GetUsSocial sweepstakes! Enter by September 30 for your chance to win. As a small business owner, you probably know that social media works—for building relationships, calling attention to your products or services, and getting more business. But, do you … [Read more...]
Father's Day Word of Mouth Gift Card Giveaway
GIVEAWAY OFFER EXPIRED ~ NO LONGER VALID ~ FOR NOTIFICATION OF OTHER SPECIAL OFFERS IN THE FUTURE SUBSCRIBE TO EXECGIFTSBLOG or GROWMAP Father's Day 2010 is June 20 in the U.S., U.K. and Canada and September 5 in Australia and New Zealand. For those not familiar with the whole idea of Word of Mouth or Word of Mouth Marketing (WOMM) it is nothing new. People have always shared what they have recently discovered or most appreciate with family, friends and co-workers. Recently I've been sharing … [Read more...]
Why Marketing is NOT Evil
Why sharing our favorite local small businesses through word of mouth improves our standard of living: Pay attention to the statistics found in the second half of this post and find out how our decisions and actions are key to economic survival. I clearly remember how appalled I was when IBM told us (us being technical employees known as CEs or SSRs) we had to start selling. Selling was a dirty word to me. Marketing and sales were the people who promised what we could not deliver and pressured … [Read more...]
