The Biz GrowOp

April 4, 2013
 
In This Issue
April Seminars
Connecting Niagara: Meet this month's featured businesses
Get Around To It!
Building Your Email List Can Be a Thing of Beauty
Networking Goes Public at Seaway Mall
5 Must-haves for Social Media Management
5 Reasons Why EventSpot Works Better than Email Marketing
Cute Video of the Month
GrowOp
YDV Named Constant Contact All Star for 5th Consecutive Year
April Seminars

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FREE Thursday April 11, 2013 from 

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT

In this session, participants will discover how communicating with customers regularly can help a small business stay connected, and generate increased referrals, repeat sales, and unwavering customer loyalty.

 

FREE* Tuesday April 16, 2013 from 

12:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT

A Best Practices and Strategy Overview for Small Business and Nonprofits to Utilize Social Media in Marketing Strategies

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* Seminar is free. Lunch is extra.  

 


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everaging LinkedIN

Thursday April 18, 2013 from 

1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT

In this session, participants will receive a 2 hour guide to using LinkedIN to 'build their professional network', but more importantly how to use it as a lead generation tool. Registrants are provided with a 'Guide to Using LinkedIn' booklet for taking notes and for future reference. Geared to those just starting with LinkedIn. $50

 

 FREE Thursday April 25, 2013 from
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT

In this session, participants will receive a live, guided demonstration on the tools and features in Constant Contact's event marketing system called EventSpot. In this time-efficient, highly practical 2 hour session, you will learn the basics so you can get going with your own event marketing strategy.

 

 Tuesday April 30, 2013 from
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT

In this session, participants will receive a 2 hour guide to using Pinterest for business. $50


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Welcome to this month's issue of 
The Biz: GrowOP. We hope you find the information useful, funny (video) and engaging. Please let us know what you would like to see our newsletter cover in future issues. 

As you know, our office offers services for email marketing and social media marketing among other things. If you gain, nothing from this newsletter, do remember -- by reading any part of this issue, you now know email marketing works.

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Building Your Email List Can Be a
Thing of Beauty

Step by step guide to collecting email addresses 
Helpful Documents to Build Your Email Database  Building Your List Can Be a Thing of Beauty A step-by-step guide to collecting customer and member email addresses. Get the steady response you need to keep your business growing. Whether you're a bookstore, ... Continue reading →...»


Photo courtesy of Candice Dilts-Armenti / Spotlight Niagara 
On Saturday, March 23, 2013 members of Networking Niagara displayed their products and services at Seaway Mall at their first member showcase.  This group of Niagara businesses meet every Tuesday morning for ... Continue reading →
 

Networking Niagara 
Social media has grown from a curiosity to an integral piece of corporate strategy in the space of only a few years. Nearly overnight, companies have brought on whole teams of specialists to craft ... Continue reading →...»
Event Spot

Using email marketing works to announce an event, but what about collecting registrations, managing the registrants, collecting payment for registration or other items offered as part of your event? Just think - no data entry as the system does it ... Continue reading →...»
Cute Video of the Month
Muppet Show - Mahna Mahna...m HD 720p bacco... Original!
Muppet Show - Mahna Mahna...m HD 720p bacco... Original!

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Individuals Own the Conversation Written by Matt Foulger. Originally posted on HootSource. Governments, corporations and NGOs around the world face a serious trust deficit. Although high-profile institutions have weathered the storm of negative public opinion since the 2008 financial crisis, the 2012 ... Continue reading →...»

YDV Group is proud to announce that we are a HootSuite Solution Partner. HootSuite is a social media management system for businesses and organizations to collaboratively execute campaigns across multiple social networks from one secure, web-based dashboard. Key social network integrations ... Continue reading →...»  

 

Doer or Dawdler. Which are you?
This month I'm working my way through Barbara Stanny's book "Overcoming Underearning". She is the best-selling author of "Secrets of Six-Figure Women". Recognizing the fact that I am an under earner from my own definition of the phrase, when I ... Continue reading →...»

 

Social media is definitely a little time consuming but it doesn't need to be. There are hundreds of apps out there to help you stay on top of all that you are doing.  Here's one that we found that will ... Continue reading →...»

YDV Group Named One of  
Constant Contact's 2012 All Stars

 

YDV Group recognized for achieving exemplary marketing results


All Star AwardWELLAND, ON - MARCH 2013 - YDV Group, a marketing agency specializing in email marketing and social media marketing has received the 2012 All Star Award from Constant Contact®, Inc., the trusted marketing advisor to more than half a million small organizations worldwide. Each year, Constant Contact bestows the All Star Award to a select group of businesses and nonprofits who are successfully leveraging online marketing tools to engage their customer base, and drive success for their organization. YDV Group's results ranked among the top 10% of Constant Contact's international customer base for the 5th consecutive year. 
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YDV Group

Your Design Vehicle was established in 2001 as a marketing agency for small to medium-sized business. YDV specializes in social media management and email marketing while also offering design, product and event marketing services. To find out more visit www.ydvgroup.com.  YDV is a Constant Contact Partner. 

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Debi Katsmar,
YDV Group
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