Have you been thinking about taking one of my workshops, but needed a little incentive?
Well, hope this helps: I will be doing giveaways for seats at my two upcoming Boulder Digital Arts  (BDA) workshops, listed below.
How do you win access to one of these workshops?
Step 1:
Go to https://www.Facebook.com/UniqueThink (UniqueThink’s Facebook page) and LIKE it! By clicking the LIKE button, you’ll get notifications of these giveaway promotions!  It’s that easy!!!
Step 2:
Take the action it suggests (whenever I post about a giveaway) and you can win!  That’s it!  Enjoy!!!
Here are the two …

Today there was a post on Ragan’s PR Junkie’s Blog (self-proclaimed “For Communication Junkies Everywhere“).  The blog post was written by Michael Sebastian about a press release from PitchPoint Public Relations –which consists of Chicago-based PR pro Mitch Delaplane, an Apple computer, and his dog Sally–issuing a press release titled, “The most amazing press release ever written.”
Here is the link to the post: http://blog.ragan.com/prjunkie/2011/01/did_this_pr_pro_write_the_most.html
When you read Michael Sebastian’s post, you’ll note his mention of the press release getting a #1 Google ranking for the term “amazing press release.” I’ll talk …

You gotta admit, Santa rocks the marketing!

Whether you celebrate the Christmas holiday or not, you have to agree, Santa is the ultimate marketer. For one month out of the year (December), he does a bunch of high profile joint partnerships (tie-ins with everyone from Macy’s to Salvation Army – not to mention Rudolph), everyone is talking about him the whole time (effective word of mouth marketing), and, in one night, he gets more done than most of us do all year!
Santa Marketing Facts:

Branding: Everyone knows who he is and …

How difficult is it to make an appointment with your clients?  If the below conversation is one you have been a part of in the past, you are not alone:
Client: I’d like to schedule a meeting

You:  Sure, what time works for you?
Client:  I don’t know, why don’t you make a suggestion?
You: How about Wed at either 1pm or 3pm?
Client:  That won’t work
You: OK, what days or times do work?
Client: How about at 8am?
You: Ok, Wed at 8am

Client: No, I can’t do Wednesdays, at all, can you do Thursday at 8am?

You: …

Finally, WordPress.com makes it easier to switch over to a version of WordPress.ORG (self hosted version, that means it sits on your own hosting plan, instead of on their server, which gives you A LOT more freedom).  This used to be a chore to do, but WordPress.com has made it much easier with a new Premium option called Offsite Redirect.  Yes, Premium comes with a small cost, but nothing compared to the time and effort of the old way of accomplishing this.  It’s only $12 a yr.
So what does this …