Sunday, October 25, 2009

FREE PRODUCT SAMPLES - Direct from The Manufacturers





FREE sample of one of the Simplestick Wall Stickers Pictured Above

FREE Halloween STUFF: Treats, Food & Other Goodies for Everyone

Readers: Definitely Bookmark this page now, and keep coming back as more freebies will be added as I discover and confirm them with each offering company up until Halloween.

THIS IS NOT A Halloween TRICK:
  NO PURCHASE IS REQUIRED FOR ANY OF THESE GREAT DEALS!

For retail store giveaways, it's highly suggested that you call your local location to be sure they are offering these great giveaways as some may be at participating stores only.

RETAIL STORES, RESTAURANTS & FOOD

  • FREE Black Jack Halloween Taco at Taco Bell on October 31, 2009 from 6 p.m. till Midnight. One per person, while supplies last at participating stores.
  • FREE Boo-Rito (AKA Burrito) at Chipotle restaurants if you come in costume dressed as a Burrito, Burro, Taco, or Taco Bowl on Halloween, 6 p.m. till closing  
  • Coupon for FREE YoCrunch Yogurt  
  • FREE Earth Friendly Reusable Trick or Treat or Shopping Bag w/ Cut Pug Dog on it from Centinela Feed & Supplies, Los Angeles locations, while supply lasts. Must present coupon from Sunday, L.A. Times 10/25/09; offer while supplies last until 11/1/09. 

ON THE INTERNET - GREAT Last-minute Ideas & Resources

  • FREE downloadable Halloween Masks, including high resolutions pictures of such recognizable faces as Sarah Palin, from HuffingtonPost 
  • FREE links to Halloween Pumpkin Carving Templates including faces of Heath Ledger and others are listed on Pinkraygun
  • FREE Downloadable Halloween Screensavers & Wallpapers
  • FREE Alvin Pumpkin Carving Stencil offered as a promo for upcoming release of Fox's new movie Alvin the Chipmunks, The Squeakquel, which opens December 25, 2009
Don't miss MommyBlogExpert's other Halloween Blogpost on FREE & FRUGAL crafts and food to make with links to all the directions

Friday, October 23, 2009

Should All Brands Be Using Twitter, Facebook & Other Social Media?

In answer to the question is social media (Twitter, Facebook, et al) always a good thing for B2C and B2B brands to use?  I'd say probably not.  I tending to agree, instead, with a piece in the online edition of a major advertising trade that I have read for decades, and that I continue to read daily now, even though I am no longer working in advertising and public relations as I transition to full-time professional mommy blogger through this blog MommyBlogExpert

Here's my opinion, which also appears in Adweek's comment section responding to the original article:

Brands -- and their advertising and PR agencies back in the stables -- need to really think things through before jumping on the Facebook, Twitter and other social media bandwagons. Various promotional tactics work for different types of B2C and B2B businesses, and may indeed share occasional overlap with each other's brands on some concepts when it comes to marketing.  Yet, we all must constantly remember that social media is not the one-size-fits answer to every marketing challenge.

Benjamin Palmer presents a strong case along these lines in, "Is Silence Golden?"  See the October 22, 2009 digital version of Adweek for Palmer's full story.