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Buzz Marketing Monthly October: theFacelift Launches Today! Open Web Awards, 5 Ways Social Media Has Changed Our Lives, and Lots More

theKbuzz's monthly newsletter on what's happening in the world of word of mouth marketing...the good, the bad, and the buzz-worthy! 
 
Table of Contents
  • Welcome and theKbuzz News 
  • theFacelift Launches Today!
  • Free Webinar Wednesday Returns 10/28: Small Businesses, Huge Opportunities through Facebook Fan Pages
  • Top 5 Ways Social Media Has Changed Our Lives
  • Enter the PepsiCo Challenge and Join Us @ the WOMMA SUMMIT in Las Vegas 
  • Mashable's Open Web Awards - Vote for Your Favorites (and us :])
  • Recent Blog Posts from Buzz Marketing Daily

Welcome and theKbuzz News / 50% Discount!

Welcome to Buzz Marketing Monthly, your source for the latest news, tips, trends, and ideas in word of mouth marketing, social media marketing, and of course, buzz marketing! If you're a new recipient, you should know that this newsletter goes out every month on the 20, 21st, or 22nd. This month, theKbuzz is happy to welcome three of our newest clients to our family: Boston Children's Hospital, Epicuren, and Salentine Travel. We're also thrilled to introduce theFacelift today, an affordable, exciting Facebook marketing solution for small businesses.

With today's launch of theFacelift, we've revamped our PageStarter program to create thePageStarter / PageGrower Pro and we've also reduced our prices to make theTwitterTrainer more affordable.  Our clients are still raving about Social Ideation for bigger brands, companies and non-profit organizations, through which we build a 12 month roadmap of how to use all of the many social media tools and sites (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, MySpace, Blogs, etc) to best accomplish your objectives. So far, Verizon FiOS, IMAX, stride rite, Uno Chicago Grill, the Boston Public Health Commission and many others have reaped the benefits of Social Ideation. Will you be next? Mention this newsletter when you contact us for an exclusive discount. Visit http://theKbuzz.com or call us at 718.416.2899 to talk about Social Ideation or any of our marketing services. Enjoy our latest Buzz Marketing Monthly, and as always, if you'd like some social media or word of mouth buzz, just give us a buzz via phone or email Dave@thekbuzz.com. From all of us @theKbuzz, we wish you a month filled with excitement, surprise, changing colors, success- and buzz!. Have a happy and safe Halloween, and we'll see you on November 20th!

theFacelift Launches Today!

theKbuzz is thrilled to announce theFacelift, a program built exclusively for small business owners. This program, available to businesses or organizations with fewer than 20 employees, uses a proprietary platform through which we design and build small business Facebook Fan Pages-- and help maximize the benefits of being on Facebook, with applications such as virtual gifts, polls, quizzes, rss feeds, and more, along with our marketing expertise and education. Now, a small business's Fan page can and will have the same look, feel and functionality as a Fortune 500 company's page! Visit http://theFacelift.biz for more details on the program, and use exclusive code "CLIENT" for 50% off the first month, available for the next 72 hours only. Or read all about the launch in our complete press release here.

 
Free Webinar Wednesday Returns 10/28: Small Businesses, Huge Opportunities through Facebook Fan Pages

Please rsvp, join us and spread the word about next Wednesday's free Webinar!
 
The FREE webinar this Wed. 10/28 at 3:30 eastern time will cover:

  • Examples of great, interactive Facebook Fan Pages that small business owners have across an extremely wide variety of categories: doctors, dentists, realtors, lawyers, accountants, brokers, consultants, contractors and other professional services businesses, as well as restaurants, bars, stores and other small retail locations, just to name a few!
  • The Basics of How to Build a Fan Page or Improve Your Existing One
  • How to Build a Community of Fans on a Limited Budget
  • Case Studies of Successful Uses of Facebook Ads on Small Budgets
  • An introduction to theFacelift Platform from theKbuzz


If you'd like access to any of our 20 previous free webinars about social media and word of mouth marketing through various channels and for various industries, we now have an extensive webinar library available exclusively to Facebook fans. You can access free downloads of webinars on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube, and for businesses, non-profits, politicians, sports teams, schools, attorneys, consumer products, restaurants, and health fields, all through our Facebook Public Profile on the "Fans Only" or "Webinar" tabs. Hope to "see" you at a Webinar soon!

Top 5 Ways Social Media Has Changed Our Lives

Social Media has undoubtedly begun to change our lives in very profound ways. From how we get our news, to how we do business, to how we stay in touch with friends, to what we reveal and how we can exert influence, things have changed a lot on the last three years, and they're only going to change more in the next three. Soren Gordhamer of Mashable summed up the top ways social media is changing our daily lives in an excellent post written earlier this week. See his complete blog post here, and do let us know how social media has changed your life on our Facebook Fan Page, Twitter Page, or Blog.

Enter the PepsiCo Challenge and Join us at the WOMMA Summit in Las Vegas

theKbuzz will be presenting a case study at next month's Word of Mouth Marketing Summit in Las Vegas - and we're hoping you'll join us. WOMMA and member company PepsiCo have teamed up and are in search of the best case studies from organizations who have used online and offline word of mouth marketing strategies to create awareness for a cause-related initiative focused on Human or Enviromental Sustainability.At PepsiCo, they have committed to achieving business and financial success while leaving a positive imprint on society - delivering what they call Performance with Purpose. If you are a nonprofit or company and think you've got a worthy case study, then take the challenge. Tell WOMMA how you used word of mouth marketing to help a worthy cause in the area of Human or Environmental Sustainability. The winner gets one free registration at WOMMA's Summit 2009 (valued at $1,395) and the opportunity to present their case study to the Summit audience.

More information and registration at http://womma.org/summit09/challenge/
 
Mashable's Open Web Awards - Nominate Your Favorites (and us!)
 
Mashable is proud to present their 3rd annual Open Web Awards online competition. The Open Web Awards is Mashable's international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology and achievements in Social Media. This year, they've extended the length of the campaign by one month and also have created some new and engaging categories for their audience to reflect the changes in web culture since 2008. For the first time, there's an award for best Social Media Agency - so we need your help! Would you please take 2 minutes to vote for @theKbuzz in the Social Media Agency category? Thanks so much - as always - YOU RULE! Click here to demonstrate just how much you rule by nominating us.


Recent Blog Posts From BuzzMarketingDaily.com
 
Big Brands Throw Free Ads Down Toilet (Dave)
If You #BeatCancer You Also Beat a Guinness Record (Devin)
The 5 Coolest Things You Can Do With Facebook Ads (Devin)
Why You Should Stop Running Those Banner Ads Now (Carrie)
How Could #MileyComeBack #WhenTwitterWasDown (Jenna)
Vocabulary: What Viral Means (Helen)

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