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Orlando in top 10 for startups – OrlandoSentinel.com

The Disney Entrepreneur Center

The Disney Entrepreneur Center

For those reading that own small businesses in Orlando, Florida you should know that there are many resources available to you.  This article from the Orlando Sentinel speaks to those resources.  From the Disney Entrepreneur Center, to tax breaks for hiring within the city limits, there are many opportunities that the city makes available to us.

We have experience with the consultants at the UCF small business development program, as well as through SCORE.  In fact, our business plan, marketing plan and intial structure were all created with their help.
If you are in the area or are looking to start a business in the Central Florida region, I recommend that you give this article a look and feel free to contact me if you have any further questions. more...
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Read while you pee! | MARKETING EXPOSED


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Credit: Admit One

In this article from Marketing Exposed, the idea of restroom advertising is examined from the point of view of a female.  It's interesting insight is a good indicator of the merits of out of home advertising.

A focus of the article is placement.  This has been spoken of greatly and is of large concern to everyone in the digital signage space.  Choosing bathrooms, as we have, has given us the ability to get right in the face of our viewers.

The end of the article gives some insight into the author's own experience - a very good idea of how to properly reach people and drive business.  more...

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MediaVision July 2009 Newsletter

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It has been a sweltering Summer, but our team has been hard at work pounding the pavement -making videos and adding some social networking capabilities to our sales mix.

We are working with Wall Street Plaza on both their Twitter and Facebook presence and have acquired over 600 fans in 5 weeks!  There is more in the works, and we will let you in on the details in a future newsletter.

Of course if you need some assistance with your social media endeavors, let us know.

damon little head.jpgCall To Action: A Must in Today's Economy

By Damon Didier

Call to Action Pointers

Many of our customers want to create advertisements that are focused on a display of information and an explanation of the service or product. While this helps brand awareness, it does little to spur a customer to act. This model is close to that of a typical TV commercial showing the latest wares from a consumer goods company. The key in this day and age is to encourage a sale by pushing the customer to make a decision. more...

Chik-Fil-A's Giveaways, Stunts Lead to Sales

By Advertising Age ' News

Want to boost sales? Test your customer's engagement by having them do outrageous things. Chik-Fil-A proves that using some grass-roots marketing and some zany ideas you can get your customers to bend over backwards.

This article from AdAge.com does a great job of showing customer commitment in a way that many businesses can learn from. more...

'Tis the season for discounts.  The economy has spurred every company out there to engage in discounting and price drops.  We already offer a great price and value on our video screen advertisements but we think there's room for some other great offers.

To kick off our new social media offerings we would like to provide you with a  $200 social media setup package.  This would include Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn setup.  We will create a unique landing page for Facebook and background for Twitter for you. Let us take the hassel out of creating these pages.

Call us at 1-888-85MEDIA (63342) or email us if you are interested.

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August 15th - Kathy Griffin at Bob Carr August 23rd - Fall Triathlon Festival
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SiteProNews: Where’s Social Media Headed?

This is a great article from the folks at Site Pro News.  It quickly goes over the 5 reasons why every small business should be embracing social media.

While a couple of the points are a bit common sense two strong points remain:  start with social media today - your competitors are and so you must start, too and the second strong point is that frequency is just as important as content.

You cannot start a campaign or marketing effort without a full commitment.  If you choose your social media campaign that way, you will fail.  Being consistent with you message and consistently communicating on the social media platforms is important to remain relevant.  more...

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MediaPost Publications Starbucks Dethrones Coke As Top Facebook Brand 07/24/2009

Starbucks Dethrones Coke As Top Facebook Brand - MediaPost Publications.

By Mark Walsh

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In this informative article about the success that Starbucks is having with it's Facebook page we learn their secrets to Facebook success.  This week they surged past Coke to have the highest number of fans on all of Facebook.

The formula is easy:  offer coupons.  By continuously engaging their customers, offering incentives to revisit and giving away freebies, Starbucks has been extremely successful in promoting to their fans.

Small businesses can learn a lot from Starbuck's example.  Creating a Facebook Fan Page is straightforward, but to generate buzz you have to continually update it and pay attention to it.  Your customers demand that you interact and you have to give them a reason to return.  Coupons are great, but so are contests that test your customers level of commitment.

Read on for more detail on Starbuck's achievement.

http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=110369

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