Clearwater and surrounding areas, get ready for 7 Minutes In Marketing Heaven!  Marketing guru Tara Jacobsen, owner of Marketing Artfully, is hosting a marketing meetup at Snookers Grill in Tarpon Springs, FL  on August 17th from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.   Everyone is  welcome.  And best of all…7 Minutes in Marketing Heaven is to benefit charity, while at the same time, helping small businesses grow their market share and get more customers!

Who is Tara Jacobsen?

Tara is a sought after marketing presenter known for her “tell it like it is style”

Having worked with Tara for over 10 years, I can unequivocally say that, at times, she seems to be like the Wizard in the Wizard of Oz. Well, in the sense that she IS the behind-the-scenes wizard that has catapulted hundreds of small to medium-size business owners to a more solid, foundational ground when it comes to marketing their business. “Tara works with small business owners who need practical solutions that can be implemented without multi-million dollar advertising budgets or a huge staff of employees.”

This is your chance to pose your marketing questions to the expert in marketing.  Pssssssssst….she won’t admit it, but she does know everything that involves the word ‘marketing’ on this planet!

Keeping it simple, here’s how it works:

Just pay $5 and ask your question.  Tara will provide you with her 7 minute spiel.  Have another question?  $5 gets you another 7 minute answer. Keep asking away! Remember, your $5 for each question benefits charity.   A real benefit is to hang around after your question/questions are answered and listen to what everyone else is asking.  Believe me, you’ll walk away from this event with a bucket full…and then some…of expert marketing information!  So bring a BIG bucket :)

This is an excellent way for you to also market your own business, everyone. Bring your biz cards to network and all your marketing information.  Be sure to tell all your friends so they can benefit and get more business too!

So in a nutshell:

Who: Sponsored By Tara Jacobsen of Marketing Artfully
What: 7 Minutes In Marketing Heaven
When: August 17th from 1pm to 4pm
Where: Snookers Grill
Why: To help small business owners, and Pet Pals No Kill Shelter.

I am proud to produce this Clearwater area event.  If you have any questions, you can reach me at 727.505.5384 or email me at stacy@personalizedmarketingcorp.com.

Come join us for the perfect trifecta; The Best Marketing Speaker at the Best Restaurant in Tampa Bay for the Best Reason in Town to Attend – It’s all about charity and helping your business succeed!

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Social Media – The Power of Video Blogging

by Stacy Hansen on July 2, 2010

Recently, Nielsen reported, “ The popularity of social media is undeniable – three of the world’s most popular brands online are social-media related (Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia) and the world now spends over 110 billion minutes on social networks and blog sites. This equates to 22 percent of all time online or one in every four and half minutes. For the first time ever, social network or blog sites are visited by three quarters of global consumers who go online, after the numbers of people visiting these sites increased by 24% over last year. The average visitor spends 66% more time on these sites than a year ago, almost 6 hours in April 2010 versus 3 hours, 31 minutes last year.”

Pretty powerful stats!

After shooting five hours of client marketing videos for YouTube upload yesterday, I thought it might be time to chat about vlogging/video blogging! Video Blogging has been one of the most effective online marketing tools that I’ve found for my client base.  The YouTube distribution platform provides an avenue for my clients to reach out and gain new prospects, while at the same time, feeding new information to their loyal followers.

What I’ve found to work well for my clients is to complement video content with blog content.  As I always say, ‘there’s a flavor for everyone,’ as some folks love the audio/visual, while others prefer written content.  So we’ve given ‘two flavors’ of information sharing for our prospects and customers to utilize!

If you’ve not signed up for an account, YouTube, has produced a “YouTube 101” series to learn the basic features.  YouTube’s Help Center is also chock full of useful tips and tricks!

The TestTube is one of my favorites.  This is YouTube’s ‘ideas incubator’ where engineers and developers “test out recipes and concoctions that aren’t quite fully baked and invite you to tell us how they’re coming along.”   As YouTube explains, “Your comments will help us improve and perfect the mixtures we’re working on. So jump in, play around, and send your feedback directly to the brains behind the scenes.’

If you’re a small to medium business owner and would like to learn more about Personalized Marketing’s video marketing services for your company, we invite you to contact us for more information!

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Online Marketing and Social Media – Keeping Your Sanity!

June 28, 2010

You’re a small to medium size business and your company is struggling these days, and as a savvy business owner, you KNOW that you have to take the quantum leap and ‘get out there’ with online marketing and social media. Where do you start? You’ve heard about – what now are household terms – Twitter, [...]

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Personalize Your Father’s Day!

June 20, 2010

On behalf of the staff at Personalized Marketing, Inc., have a safe and happy Father’s Day!  Life is about creating memories, and today is waiting for a memory to be created for you and yours ~

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Marketing is a Team Sport

June 14, 2010

As humans, we are passionate about different things in life.  I’m passionate about my family and friends, and lucky for me, I’m very passionate about my marketing business and clients! Each client has their own unique set of needs, and I openly embrace the challenge to ‘share their best kept secret’ to the online world.  [...]

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