Never Gonna Leave this Kenneth Cobonpue bed

It's just timely that Maroon 5 had their concert here in Manila last Tuesday.  My officemate couldn't get enough of Adam Levine - she spent several nights sleeping up to 4am texting people to get her tickets and was even willing to go to scalpers on the day of the concert itself.  It was really a stroke of luck for her that one of our colleagues had complimentary tickets -- in short, she was able to watch the concert for free!  And she was just behind the VIP section.

Anyway, I recently found out that one of Maroon 5's more recent videos "Never Gonna Leave this Bed", featured a Kenneth Cobonpue creation.  It's at the start of the video.

Isn't that pure coincidence?  It's great marketing tool to promote the forum. :)  5 more days to go!

Guess how many days until our forum?

*drumroll*

6 DAYS!

See you all in our forum! :)

Sept. 29

Guess how many days until our forum?

*drumroll*

12 DAYS!

See you all in our forum! :)

Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses

I received an interesting e-mail from About.com about 101 marketing ideas for small businesses.  It's interesting because 1) my family owns a small business, 2)  I am currently thinking of marketing strategies that is within our small business budget, and 3) I can only come up with about 10 ideas.  I placed the link to the article for those who would also like to read it.  The author listed 101 ideas by category and placed hyperlinks to some of the concepts. 

Good luck and happy marketing!

Click here to go to the article on 101 Small Business Marketing Ideas

Marketing by Consumers

The PLDT myDSL Anna Banana commercial now has a sequel.  What's interesting is it encourages viewers to participate.  The story is Anna Banana publicly rejected Derek.  So now PLDT myDSL is looking for a new Anna.  I remember the discussion we had in class about companies who use a similar strategy.  They ask consumers to help them in creating or marketing their brand or products.  Doritos is one example.  Below is an an ad created by a consumer and shown during the 2007 Superbowl.