I thought it would be a good idea to share some new marketing tools I discovered this week. Maybe you can use them to grow your business. Beginning with…
SendOutCards.com
I met Robert Hill of SendOutCards.com via Twitter (@RobertHill). Perfect for business owners and busy sales people, the program lets you send a printed greeting card in 60 seconds. I spoke with Robert this week and he showed me how to set up alerts for birthdays, anniversaries and more. Once you’ve loaded your contacts into the system, you can send Thank You notes to anyone in your database or your whole list in just a few clicks. And speaking of thank yous…
Mustard & Relish
Thank you to Bo McDonald of Greenville, South Carolina. Bo, a.k.a. The Grumpy AdMan, is one of the principals at Mustard & Relish, a full-service ad/pr agency that blends the best of two great PR guys. Bo wrote a blog post calling out PRstore and questioning whether the system works. I submitted a comment and we had a great dialogue. Kudos to Bo for his follow-up post giving some love to PRstore. Besides, how can you not love an agency with a name like Mustard & Relish? And speaking of the perfect blend, how ’bout…
SmartMarket Movie
If you blend savvy marketing with Hollywood-style movie-making, you get SmartMarket Movie, the creative brainchild of Eric Guerin. Eric’s another Twitter-er (@eric_guerin) and I spoke with him last week. The concept: Why make a ho-hum TV ad when you can make a cinematic masterwork? SmartMarket Movie can produce anything from a 30 second TV spot to a 3-minute “trailer” for your company and more. Eric and business partner Heather Riley can write a script to suit any strategy. And speaking of strategy…
MC Think Tank
For competitive marketing strategy in the scenic Idaho hills, check out MC Think Tank. I called principal Ardith Lowell after she caught my attention on the Lip-Sticking blog, which focuses on marketing to women online. Ardith is a consummate PR maven with a focus on helping clients position themselves in the marketplace.
Hope you find something useful in these links. And, as always, share your thoughts in the comment section below.