Thanks to my fellow Twitter-ites for helping carry the load during yesterday’s campaign to get facetime for The 3/50 Project with mass media. You guys really did us all proud, re-tweeting like pros as each subsequent wave rolled out.
The irony to all this is that I spent the day flat on my back, with either a horrid case of the flu or Memorial Day food poisoning (sadly, hamburgers and potato salad may be off my faves list for a while). Meant crawling to the laptop every so often to check in…tweet…crawl back to bed…crawl back to the laptop a few hours later…tweet…back to bed…. At one point, had the laptop IN bed with me, which is either an example of steely determination or complete insanity.
But then hey—I used to be a retailer. We’re half crazy by nature.
Now…let’s see how the media folks respond. Fingers crossed. Thanks to each and every one of you, including the non-Twitter users who posted about the campaign on their blogs, asking readers to jump in. Every one of you is a hero in my book.
You all know how determined I am to get national mass media coverage for The 3/50 Project. Well, today we’re going to try a little out of the box thinking.
If you’re a Twitter user, follow me at @cindabaxter, then look for TWO media-related tweets this morning (trust me…you’ll recognize them).
Got ’em? Good. Now re-tweet them. Both.
That’s it. That’s all you have to do. With a little luck, we’re about to start something big.
Thanks to Nest Interiors in Ponchatoula, LA, we have our first peek at The 3/50 Project window cling in action. The Chicago Market began mailing them out late last week, thanks to quick action after a printer snafu. Gotta admit…they look pretty cool, huh?
Twitter fans, take note: Tomorrow morning, I’m launching a campaign to get us on some pretty big radar. Your retweets are critical to this working, so get set. I’m hell bent on seeing us hit the national mass media.
The 3/50 Project is beginning to see some pretty big press, folks.
For those of you unfamiliar with Entrepreneur Magazine’s sister site, WomenEntrepreneur.com, you’re missing out on something special. Eve Gumpel, editor, has done a terrific job of bringing valuable information to female business owners across the country in a positive, upbeat tone. The content’s always dead-on, and worth a read.
Thanks to one of The 3/50 Project’s faithful supporters, Nina Kaufman (a small business attorney and advocate), Eve learned about our cause, and wrote a wonderful piece about the movement in her online column.
Be sure to bookmark the site. Should be on your daily Must Do list.
I gotta tell you, Jim Blasingame makes being interviewed fun. Thanks to his to-the-bone belief in small business, The 3/50 Project made its national media debut this week on his program “The Small Business Advocate,” syndicated in 40 major markets. He really “gets it,” big time.
To hear the interview in full, click on the “Listen Now” button in the top right corner of the blue box above.
Pay particular attention to the part about big boxes and banking. Was something that hadn’t occurred to me before, and won’t leave my head now. Sure puts things in perspective, fast.
Thanks, Jim, for being such a pro. You can count on me taking up the offer to stay in touch.
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.
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.
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!
Thanks to my fellow Twitter-ites for helping carry the load during yesterday’s campaign to get facetime for The 3/50 Project with mass media. You guys really did us all proud, re-tweeting like pros as each subsequent wave rolled out.
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.
Yup. You read that right.
