Power Up Your Marketing Now

POWER UP YOUR MARKETING NOW will take a high-level look at some of the latest media advancements in integrated marketing including print, web, e-mail, multimedia and the ability to track your marketing performance.

On November 3, 2010 Sir Speedy and Bloom Ideas for Growth is going to present an event that can literally change your business. This is an educational event and not another networking event. What we are doing is very simple. For the first 45 minutes you will hear from David Robidoux. David is the Vice President of Marketing for Franchise Services. Following David will be a panel whose sole purpose is to answer all of your marketing questions. This panel will contain Evan Bloom (Sir Speedy), David Robidoux (Franchise Services), Bill Corbett (Corbett Public Relations) and Rob Basso (Basso On Business).

To register visit www.powerupyourmarketingnow.com

This 2 hour even will give you:
- Information to grow your business in the current economic environment.
-Insight into the latest marketing advancements including
personalization, mobile marketing & social media.
-Emerging media concepts – what is on the horizon & how it will change
the way we market.
-Interactive question & answer session with our panel of experts.

A note from the speaker:
Gone are the days…
The days of “tried and true” marketing strategies are gone. Today’s business leaders and marketers have to be nimble to gain or even maintain market share. As such, the status quo no longer satisfies business demands to grow and prosper.
-What are you doing today to grow your business?
-Are you adapting with the times?

To register visit www.powerupyourmarketingnow.com

The Importance of Case Studies

Did you ever wish the salesperson sitting in front of you could prove how all of these wonderful claims they are making actually made a difference in someone else’s life or business? How many times have you taken the salesperson’s so called “words of wisdom” only to be disappointed later on? This is why case studies are so important.

A case study is an in depth description of a process. It can lead a client or prospect through a situation -   how it was analyzed, acted upon and what the real life results were. They clearly show how you as an individual or company made a made a positive impact on someone or some company’s life. Think about how you make the difference for people every day. Put in on paper, put it on your website, put it everywhere you present and sell to your clients and prospects. This little bit of extra proof could be the difference in that next sale. To see more on case studies visit http://ilnk.me/3b23

The Future of Printing According to Rich Lowe

Sir Speedy and Bloom – Ideas for Growth met with Rich Lowe, COO of Franchise Services Incorporated (the Sir Speedy franchise is owned by this company). In this video we get in a brief insiders view of where the printing world is going and why we are not just about putting ink or toner on paper anymore. Click here to see the video: http://www.youtube.com/sirspeedyny#p/u/1/kXttxZgjigE

QR Codes and Your Marketing

Today Sir Speedy and Bloom – Ideas for Growth introduced QR Codes. Simply put, these funny little boxes are the next generation of bar codes. The “QR” is derived from “Quick Response”, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed.

These codes were invented in 1994 for the manufacturing world to help tracking and now with the technology we have today they are being used in the marketing campaigns of some of the worlds largest companies. What makes these codes so great is that they can hold large quantities of data compared to a traditional bar code.

To use a QR Code all one needs is a smart phone with a free application such as ScanLife. Then take a picture of the code and instantly you are brought to a landing page on the internet. This landing page can be a company website, a registration page, enter you into a contest or take a survey. Really the possibilities are vast. In future posts and videos I continue to help you learn and explore how to use these to make your marketing more effective. But until then try scanning the code below.

If you do not have the proper software on your phone go to www.ScanLife.com and get the free application. Then simply take a picture of the code below.

This is an example of a QR Code

Click here to watch our video on QR Codes: http://www.youtube.com/sirspeedyny#p/u/0/UvGx3EHiivI

 Thanks again for visiting Sir Speedy and Bloom – Ideas for Growth.

Bloom Ideas for Growth Enters the Blog World

Well, we finally did it.

Jack Bloom, Evan Bloom & Brandon Bloom the owners of the Sir Speedy in Westbury/Hauppauge/Melville have officially brought you Bloom Ideas for Growth. Basically, this is another way for us to deliver you relevant sales, marketing and just plain old good business information that will help you grow your business. We promise to try and keep this information short and to the point. Most of these posts will only be a paragraph or two and a link to our YouTube account www.youtube.com/sirspeedyny where you will usually see a 30 to 120 second video showing what we are talking about.

We are currently getting our first set of video’s ready to roll out. New video will be posted about every two weeks or as we find really great things that we feel should be brought to your attention. If you go there right now you will see Evan walking down the side of a building for charity and a tour of the main offices of the Mental Health Association of Nassau County (who by the way honored he Bloom Family and Sir Speedy as Corporate Citizens of the Year in Nov. 2009)

Thanks again for stopping by and keep checking back. Remember, we are here to help you grow your business.