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Congratulations to the winners of the Social Media Success Summit Free Ticket Contest 2016.
Kathy Manweiler (@kamkansas) won first place in the written contest, describing the challenge of renewing ties with loyal followers from a previous job (a nationally syndicated newspaper column) as she relaunches it into her own new business. Read Kathy’s full winning entry here: http://bit.ly/2cBuEdO
Courtnie Ridgway (@courtnieridgway) submitted the second place entry, outlining her challenge of defining appropriate channels for the widely diverse messaging and multiple audiences she serves at a busy university. Read Courtnie’s winning entry here: http://bit.ly/2chtp6g
Kathy and Courtnie will be enjoying free admission to the Social Media Success Summit–the online mega-conference designed to empower and inspire you with social media marketing tactics, brought to you by Social Media Examiner.
Thanks to everyone who entered our 2016 contest.
*** CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED ***
Want to win a free ticket to the largest online social media marketing event of the year?
Social Media Examiner has worked hard to bring you our eighth-annual Social Media Success Summit. This is our best event ever!
And we’ve come up with a fun way for you to get involved.
First, what is this event?
Social Media Success Summit 2016 is the world’s largest online conference dedicated to helping marketers and business owners master social media marketing.
Thirty-nine of the world’s most respected social media experts will share their strategies with you.
Hear from Mari Smith (co-author, Facebook Marketing: An Hour a Day), Joel Comm (co-author, Twitter Power 3.0: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a Time), Michael Stelzner (author, Launch), Neal Schaffer (author, Maximize Your Social), Amy Porterfield (co-author, Facebook Marketing All-In-One for Dummies), Christopher Penn (author, Marketing White Belt), Ian Cleary (founder, Razor Social), Jon Loomer, and Viveka von Rosen (author, LinkedIn Marketing an Hour a Day), just to mention a few. See a complete list of speakers here.
Pick up actionable ideas to improve your marketing with Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat, visual marketing, analytics, content marketing, marketing tools and more! Check out all the sessions.
Join thousands of your fellow marketers and business owners who have already registered! Here’s what one had to say:
“This was one of the best investments I have made career wise. The presentations and the people providing them went above and beyond to provide value for the audience. I can’t say enough about the quality of this event.” -Kira
How can you win tickets?
We have two free tickets to the Summit valued at $697 each, plus the opportunity to be promoted to more than 450,000 of your peers! And remember, this is an online conference—so no travel is required to participate.
Two Winners
The first place winner of our written contest gets two tickets PLUS a mention in the Social Media Examiner Newsletter (450,000+ subscribers)! The runner-up will receive one free ticket PLUS a mention.
Here’s how you can enter to win:
Simply write about your biggest social media marketing challenge in the comments box below (scroll down).
The judges (Neal Schaffer, author, Maximize Your Social, Peg Fitzpatrick, co-author of The Art of Social Media, and Amy Schmittauer, host of Savvy Sexy Social) will select the winning entry. Their decisions are subjective and final.
What You Need to Know
- Submit your written entry by September 2, 2016. Only one entry per person.
- The deadline is Friday, September 2 at midnight Pacific Time, and the winners will be announced shortly thereafter.
- If you’ve already registered, no worries. If you win, we’ll either give you a full refund or you can give your spare ticket to someone you really like.
- No purchase is necessary to win.
We look forward to seeing your comments. Good luck!
