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		<description><![CDATA[Mobile Contests and Raffles The Purpose: To create brand awareness and increase potential customer interaction while building a contact list of prospects. This technique can be used for sales events, grand openings or simply to extend the reach of your business on a &#34;One Time&#34; or &#34;Recurring&#34; basis. Two Versions First, the least expensive version. [...]]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><a href="http://vincecourtney.net/mobile-4-you/mobile-marketing-breakthrough/istock_000017912506xsmall" rel="attachment wp-att-319"><img align="left" alt="Mobile Marketin for Local Business" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-319" height="230" src="http://vincecourtney.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/iStock_000017912506XSmall-300x230.jpg" title="iStock_000017912506XSmall" width="300" /></a> </span></p>
<h2>Mobile Contests and Raffles</h2>
<h3><strong>The Purpose:</strong></h3>
<p>To create brand awareness and increase potential customer interaction while building a contact list of prospects. This technique can be used for sales events, grand openings or simply to extend the reach of your business on a &quot;One Time&quot; or &quot;Recurring&quot; basis.</p>
<h2>Two Versions</h2>
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>First, the least expensive version.</strong></span></p>
<ol>
<li>Your business provides one or more prizes to be presented to a lucky winner or winners upon raffle completion, an opening and closing time for the event and any graphics or other details that may be required</li>
<li>You purchase the service</li>
<li>We perform the setup which includes allowing one or a combination of the following sign up methods. Mobile device, email or online form.</li>
<li>The raffle is announced using online methods such as social media and from your business location with hand outs at point of sale.</li>
<li>The raffle is completed and prizes are awarded.</li>
<li>You are provided with a printout containing the names and contact details from the participants of the event.</li>
<li>Optionally, press releases can be developed and released to the local online and offline news papers to extend the publicity surrounding the event.</li>
</ol>
<p><img align="right" alt="Mobile Contest Marketing" class="alignright size-full wp-image-377" height="264" src="http://vincecourtney.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/clear-361-264.png" title="clear-361-264" width="361" /><strong><span style="font-size:14px;">Second, a more robust version.</span></strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Your business provides one or more prizes to be presented to a lucky winner or winners upon raffle completion, an opening and closing time for the event and any graphics or other details that may be required</li>
<li>You purchase the service</li>
<li>We perform the setup which includes all of the following sign up methods. Mobile device, email or online form. Digitally stored email and mobile prospect lists are generated on accounts owned by your business allowing you to market to these lists later using email broadcasts or SMS text messaging.</li>
<li>The raffle is announced using online methods such as social media, a broadcast message to our existing list of local residents and from your business location with hand outs at point of sale.</li>
<li>The raffle is completed and prizes are awarded.</li>
<li>You are provided with a printout containing the names and contact details from the participants of the event. Your mobile and email lists are already available and ready to use at your discresion after raffle completion.</li>
<li>Press releases are developed and released to the local online and offline news papers to extend the publicity surrounding the event.</li>
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