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Subliminal Goodbuzz!

Just received this message on Facebook from a friend who is a Goodbuzz user. I can’t resist the impulse to post it here:

Believe me or not. Last night I had a dream about Goodbuzz. And saw it start in Togo. I even saw some details. Like this singer who used Goodbuzz to promote her concert and the message went to 700 people. I saw that number on the piece of paper. Well, I guess Goodbuzz managed to creep into my subconscious now…..

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Give the Advertising Budget to your Fans and Friends

Imagine you have a $1000 budget to promote your website, your shop on etsy, or to launch new product. How will you spend this money?
⁃    Buy clicks on Google Adwords?
⁃    Buy traffic from Stumbleupon? clicks from Reddit?
⁃    Try Facebook Ads?
⁃    Buy banner display on some blogs or affiliate networks?

Whatever your decision, now ask yourself, when you’re looking for an event to go to, a product to buy, or a non-profit to support, do you pay attention to advertising or do you listen to what your friends recommend?
If your answer is, “I listen more to my friends and direct contacts”, then welcome to a New land of opportunity to reach more people and spread the word out about your events, products, and business faster, and more effectively.

How it works?  
Advertisers post their advertisements, then deposit a tip (a sum of money) for their fans, followers and contacts to spread their message out. At the end of the campaign, the tip is split between the people who spread the advertiser’s message.

Now, meet Ella. Ella is a marketer in New York. She has an event to promote, and needs to make sure that she fills up the seats or maximizes visitors. After she has sent her tweets, Facebook status updates and emailed her friends and business contacts, she still can’t seem to fill up the seats.

Ella was running out of time, when a friend told her about Goodbuzz. Ella posted her event on Goodbuzz; offered $500 tips to people to help her spread the message.

The results were instant. Hundreds of people visited the event page and spread her message to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and by email. In less than 48hours, her event sold out. Ella is Happy!

It worked, because nowadays 75% of people discover new things because another person has shared them with them.

Francis is one of the people who helped Ella. At the end of the campaign, Francis received eight dollars and fifty cents for the leads generated for Ella.

Goodbuzz is a new way of doing advertising by giving the advertising budget to your friends, fans and followers to advertise your event or business.

The advertising money go the people, not the middleman.

When traditional methods have failed you, give GoodBuzz a try. It is easy to use, safe for brands, affordable, and delivers better marketing results faster.

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Why to join the GoodBuzz Network?

We Share, Like, Forward our members news, events, campaigns. Your stuff is promoted and exposed to more people than a coverage on top blogs or magazines. http://goodbuzz.org

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A SURPRISING WAY TO PROMOTE GIGS AND CONCERTS

A Band manager in New York has a new album release gig to promote, and needs to make sure that he fills up the seats or maximizes visitors. After he has sent his tweets, facebook status updates and emailed his friends and the bands fans, he still can’t seem to fill up the seats. GoodBuzz could be the right solution for him in this situation.

Times have changed. Bands and artists need to play more. They don’t make money anymore selling recordings themselves, but with tours and gigs. The more they play, the more fans they have, and being more visible gets them more deals.
But how to promote the events? MySpace is nearly useless. Simple event listing and mailing to direct contacts are never enough. Also, there is too much clutter to fight through on other social networks.

Surprisingly, bands and artists could overcome these limitations by joining forces through peer referral networks, where local bands and artists recommend each other events and activities. The “Goodbuzz Network” has been created for that.

When a member of the network has an event to promote and needs help to reach more people, he will log into the program and send referral requests to the other members. The members who find his event interesting for their contacts, will recommend it for free, using more than 8 channels available: emailing, social medias (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Myspace), blogs, sms, posters, flyers, etc.

Now, our New York Band manager could spread the word about his gig far beyond his direct contacts.

The value of the service is that it gives bands and musicians a tool that they didn’t have in the past, which is to get in front of other bands and musicians’ contacts without having to negotiate with them 1 on 1. This is the big idea.

Here are some recent examples:
http://www.goodbuzz.org/~examples
http://www.goodbuzz.org/~tour

Check out what other sites are saying about GoodBuzz.
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/04/21/effective-event-promotions-with-goodbuzz/

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Grassroots Marketing for Nonprofits

A fundraiser in New York has an event to promote, and needs to make sure that he fills up the seats or maximizes visitors. After he has sent his tweets, facebook status updates and emailed his friends and contacts, he still can’t seem to fill up the seats. GoodBuzz could be the right solution for him in this situation.

GoodBuzz is a web application that apply P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to event promotion and help nonprofits organizations promote their events for free through grassroots marketing.

Often, nonprofits organizations are limited by the number of people they could reach directly through their mailing list, twitter followers, Facebook friends, etc. Otherwise they have to spend money in advertising trying to reach their indirect contacts. But, promoting events cost a lot of money, and big promotion budgets are not for everyone (nonprofit organizations, musicians, artists, etc.). That’s where GoodBuzz comes to play.

When a member of the GoodBuzz network has an event to promote and needs help to reach more people, he will log into the program and send referral requests to the other members. The members who find his event interesting for their contacts, will recommend it for free, using more than 8 channels available: emailing, social medias (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Myspace), blogs, sms, posters, flyers, etc.

Now, our New York fundraiser could spread the word about his events far beyond his organization’s direct contacts.

The value of the service is that it gives nonprofits organizations a tool that they didn’t have in the past, which is to get in front of other nonprofits organizations’ contacts without having to negotiate with them 1 on 1. This is the big idea.

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P2P (peer-to-peer) Technology Applied to Marketing and Advertising

You have an event to promote, and need to make sure that you fill up the seats or maximize visitors. After you have sent your tweets, facebook status updates and emailed your friends and contacts, you still can’t seem to fill up the seats. Goodbuzz could be the right solution for you in this situation.

Often, event organizers are limited by the number of people they could reach directly through their mailing list, twitter followers, Facebook friends, etc. Otherwise they have to spend money in advertising trying to reach their indirect contacts.

Promoting events cost a lot of money if you want to reach a lot of people with your marketing campaign. Big promotion budgets are not for everyone and that’s where GoodBuzz comes to play. It helps event organizers to spread the word about their events far beyond their direct contacts.

How doest it work?
Goodbuzz is a peer referral network. It means members recommend each other events to their contacts for Free. When a member of the network has an event to promote and need help to reach more people, he will log into the Goodbuzz program and send referral requests to the other members of the network. The other members of the network who find the event interesting for their contacts, will recommend it  to their contacts for Free. There are more than 8 channels and ways to recommend events (emailing, social medias, blogs, flyers, etc.)

The Value of the service
The value of the service is that it gives event promoters a tool that they didn’t have in the past, which is to get in front of another event promoters’ contacts without having to negotiate with them 1 on 1. This is the big idea.

 

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How to Promote Your Event – When You Don’t Know What to do next

You have an event to promote, and need to make sure that you fill up the seats or maximize your visitors. After you have sent your tweets, facebook status updates and emailed your friends and contacts, you still can’t seem to fill up the seats. Goodbuzz could be the right solution for you in this situation.

Often, event organizers’ marketing are limited by the number of people they could reach directly through their mailing list, twitter followers, Facebook friends, etc. Otherwise they have to spend money in advertising trying to reach their indirect contacts.

Promoting events, however, costs a lot of money if you want to reach a lot of people with your marketing campaign. Big promotion budgets are not for everyone and that’s where GoodBuzz comes to play.

The GoodBuzz Network is a peer referral network that help event organizers to reach people who are not their direct contacts through peers for Free.

Join the GoodBuzz Network.

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The Best Explanation of GoodBuzz

The best thing that could happen to you is when your customers explain your service to other customers better than you will do yourself.
This week, GoodBuzz received a lot of media coverage, and among all, the following explanation of what is the GoodBuzz network has all captured the essence of the service:

You have an event but you need to make sure that you fill up the seats or maximizing your visitors, you have sent your tweets, facebook status updates and emailed your friends, but still can’t seem to fill up the seats. Goodbuzz could be the right solution for you in this situation.

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Chambers of commerce bring value to their members on a daily basis

Go International: Grab more Opportunities for your members

Imagine your chamber has a local fair, exhibition or trade show to promote, and you’d like to increase attendance, and attract people from other cities and countries to the event. How do you that?

Do you hire an advertising agency to promote the event abroad? Do you buy advertising on Internet and in international newspapers and trade magazines?

In fact, most of chambers won’t be able to afford the cost of a national or international marketing for all their events. Even if they could, the impact may be well limited.

Surprisingly, chambers could overcome these limitations by joining forces through peer referral networks, where they recommend each other events.

When a chamber has an event to promote, and needs help to reach and attract people from other cities and countries, they will log into the peer referral program and send referral requests to other chambers of commerce around the world. The chambers of commerce that find the event interesting will recommend it to their local contacts and businesses for Free.

It is a more simple, effective and affordable way for a chamber to promote its local business events and opportunities abroad.

The “Goodbuzz Network” has been created for that. Check it out here: http://www.goodbuzz.org

3 simple steps to get started with the GoodBuzz Network

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Create your chamber’s account.

It’s simple and take less than 1 minute.

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Select and join local and international networks.

  • Join the Global network of chambers. This network will help you reach people all over the world.

  • Join your national network of chambers. This network will help you reach people in other cities and regions of your country. If a national network is not yet created, start it and invite other chambers in your country to join.
  • Join your regional chambers network (examples: European chambers of commerce Network, East Africa Chambers Network, etc. ). If a regional network is not yet created, start it and invite other chambers in your region to join.
  • Create your city business referral network. It’s usually a network for local small businesses to share opportunities and to help each other promote their activities and events. If your city referral network is not yet created, start it and invite other local businesses to join.
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Start your promotions.

When you have an event to promote, just log into the Goodbuzz program and send referral requests to the members of the networks you belong to.

 

The Goodbuzz network helps chambers bring value to their members on a daily basis.

 

It’s free to join. Click here to learn more!

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A tool for chambers of commerce

How does a chamber of commerce attract people from abroad to its local fairs, exhibitions, and trade shows?

Imagine your chamber has an event to promote, and you’d like to increase attendance, and attract people from other cities and countries to the event. How do you that?

Do you hire an advertising agency to promote the event abroad? Do you buy advertising on Internet or in international newspapers and trade magazines?

In fact, most of chambers won’t be able to afford the cost of a national or international marketing. Even if they could, the impact may be well limited.

Surprisingly, chambers could overcome these limitations by joining forces through peer referral networks, where they recommend each other events.

Imagine a local chamber of commerce in Asia or in Africa which has an event to promote, and needs help to reach and attract people from other countries. With the GoodBuzz network, they will just log into the program and send referral requests to other chambers of commerce around the world. The chambers of commerce that find their event interesting will recommend it to their local contacts and businesses for Free.

It is a more simple, effective and affordable way for a chamber to promote its local business events and opportunities abroad.

Everything is done in one place, and there are more than 8 channels to recommend events: emailing, social medias (Facebook, twitter, Linkedin, etc.), blogs, flyers, etc.

Here are 3 simple steps to get started:

1. Create your account on www.goodbuzz.org

2. Select and join local or international networks of chambers

  • Join the global network of chambers. this network will help you reach people all over the world.
  • Join your national network of chambers of commerce. This network will help you reach people in other cities and regions of your country. If a national network is not yet created, start it and invite other chambers in your country to join.
  • Join your regional chambers network (examples: European chambers of commerce Network, East Africa Chambers Network, etc. ). If a regional network is not yet created, start it and invite other chambers in your region to join.
  • Create your city business referral network. It’s usually a network for  local small businesses to share opportunities and to help each other promote their activities and events. If your city referral network is not yet created, start it and invite other local businesses to join.

3. Now, you are ready to Start your promotions: When you have an event to promote, log into the Goodbuzz program and send referral requests to the members of the networks you belong to. The members of the network who find your event interesting, will recommend it to their contacts for Free.

As a reminder, it’s free to join the GoodBuzz network, and all members enjoy 500 Free emailing credits per month. JOin.