Well the National Stationery Show’s done and the load out underway. From all accounts, it was a rousing success. Here are a few notes from my stroll down the aisles: [click here to continue…]
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May 2009
Want to hear the latest news about The 3/50 Project? Tune into Jim Blasingame’s nationally syndicated radio show, “The Small Business Advocate” Tuesday morning at 8:00 a.m. Eastern time. I’ll be Jim’s guest, happy to share our message with listeners coast to coast.
If you don’t know what station to find the program on locally, you can also hear it simulcast online (http://www.smallbusinessadvocate.com/show).
For those of you on the west coast that might not be up and around at that hour, go to that same webpage to hear the replay.
Big thanks to Jim and his counterpart, Bliss Bowman, for offering the airtime. The more ears we reach out there, the better for small businesses everywhere.
On a related note, if you happen to be NYC today, swing by the Javits at 2:00 p.m. for my seminar about The 3/50 Project (room 1C02/03, lower level). It’s free to attend, but you’ll want to register online.
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Yup. You read that right.
As of midnight last night:
- 4,200+ registered Supporters on The 3/50 Project website
- 5,600+ fans on The 3/50 Project Facebook page
- 50,000+ “absolute unique visitors” have visited the website (61,000+ if you count all visitors)
- 201,000+ Google hits for the search term “The 3/50 Project”
Someone tell me this isn’t a Bobby moment from Dallas and that I’m not going to wake up to find it’s all been a dream.
(If you’re too young to understand that reference, never mind. Am showing my age again.)
Off to New York today for a couple of days of press runs and The 3/50 Project seminar. If you’re in the city on Monday, swing by the Javits Convention Center at 2:00 and pop in. We’ll be on the lower level, room 1C02/03. It’s free…no pre-registration needed at this point. Just show up, smile, and c’mon in. Might be an interview in the deal with a couple of heavy hitters from the press in attendance.
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The folks at George Little Management are rock stars in my book. Thanks to the generosity of Patti Stracher and her staff, anyone and everyone who wants to attend The 3/50 Project Seminar on Monday can, whether they’re attending NSS/Surtex or not.
It’s free…no charge…just show up and you’re in the door.
Monday, May 18, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Javits Convention Center
Room 1C02/03 (lower level)
There’s going to be at least one major news outlet there (read: national), which means a good chance a few participants in The 3/50 Project will be interviewed. Might be your shot at some pretty nice limelight!
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Thanks to WREX TV (NBC) for helping get the word out about The 3/50 Project; we sure do appreciate it!
These next few days may be a bit quiet on the blog, as I cruise the aisles at NSS, meet with press in New York, and sing the praises of independent business owners at The 3/50 Project seminar on Monday. If you’re in the neighborhood, stop by!
Editor’s note: For some weird reason, the video player that’s embedded above shows up sometimes, then disappears others. Has to do with the servers on WREX’s end, not ours. It’s also fluttering in and out on their site, so…who knows….?
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This really has been a week of reminders, hasn’t it…? Hmm. There’s a first for everything.
But this is the last reminder. Seriously. I need to get packed and on a plane, after all.
To attendees of the National Stationery Show, I’ll be Twittering from the aisles (@cindabaxter). Be sure to bring along your wireless device to get in on my tweets spotlighting items and booths of note, complete with booth numbers-—no vendor names, since we want to give a leg up to those hearty souls who actually made the trip. [click here to continue…]
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Heads up to those of you planning to attend The 3/50 Project seminar in New York on Monday–there’s a major (and I mean MAJOR in capital letters) national print publication planning to attend. Could mean face time for those of you whose stores are participating in the Project if he’d like an interview or two, so please be sure to register asap.
The 3/50 Project Seminar
Monday, May 18, 2009
2:00 p.m.
National Stationery Show / Surtex
Javits Convention Center
Room 1C02/03 (lower level)
Free to attend, but PLEASE register in advance at:
http://www.nationalstationeryshow.com/attendees/seminars.html
This could be it, folks…the mass media exposure we’ve been hoping for.
A packed house would really make this fly, so please be sure to put it on your calendar if you’ll be in the area that day. I’ll be sharing creative ideas that businesses around the country have been working with The 3/50 Project–should be a fun session.
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Thought those of you who have so enthusiastically embraced The 3/50 Project would get a kick out of this photo. It’s from the portion of my presentation focused on the Buy Local trend.
Our moment in the sun didn’t stop in Hong Kong. See that camera on the far right, in front of me at the podium? That’s Dubai television, filming the seminar. Folks, we’re gone global.
I see that in my absence, you’ve been busy. We’re well beyond 3,000 registered supporters on the site, have more than 5,000 fans on Facebook, and have shown up in a plethora of newspapers and on some more television stations. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again:
It’s voices like yours that give this thing life. Thanks for picking up the ball and running with it, folks. You rock!
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