How Are You Beating The Recession? Share Your Success Story

After sharing some of the previously submitted business success stories with The Wall Street Journal This Morning (that aired on 120 radio stations), we’re even more passionate about publishing stories about companies like you that are beating the economy. “A media driven recession” doesn’t have to dominate the news as there are millions of people looking for real success stories. The Community Marketing Blog has been capturing great stories and sharing it with reader from over 30 countries.

The news is filled with Doom & Gloom but there are great stories of how you or someone you know used innovative marketing to grow their business. As a gesture of goodwill marketing, we want to help your business get attention for great innovations in marketing that have helped you grow despite the economy. Tell us about online or offline extraordinary things you've done that have helped you sell more and/or grow your customer base.

Share Your Business Story - How Are You Beating The Economy?

Our main readership comes from twitter and LinkedIn and allows us to reach over 650,000 professionals on a weekly basis. As a result of our work The Wall Street Journal This Morning interviewed us in March 2009 and aired our endeavour to over 120 radio stations across the US. It enabled us to share a few stories about businesses like you with millions of listeners. Our press exposure is growing by the month for online and offline media and we're glad because the attention is really about you and your company.

We're taking stories up to 500 words and will submit the blog to 7 top social networks, send out an RSS feed and ping over 30 blog indexes. Final approved content will be posted within 48-72 hours. You will be notified once the blog on your business is live.

Send your story to Andrew Ballenthin, architect of the Anti-Recession movement and this site's blogger: andrew@solsolutions.ca

Once You Are Approved...

Your approved article will be posted on these sites to support additional traffic, search engine results, and increase your visibility to huge social networks.

Delicious - http://delicious.com/AndrewBallenthin
Digg - http://bit.ly/fF7x5

Google - http://tiny.cc/gGvmS

LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/AndrewBallenthin
Reddit - http://www.reddit.com/user/SolSolutions

Technorati - http://bit.ly/Wu8tM
Twitter - www.twitter.com/solsolutions

You can include a low resolution JPEG/PNG of your logo at a maximum size of 100x100px and choose the keywords and Technorati tags you would like to represent your article. We will also offer up to 3 hyperlinks back to your site or addresses of your choice. You are more than welcome to include your company address and contact information as well.

Some Ground Rules To Make This A Win-Win

Sales pitches for products or services will not be published. If we cannot get content to a publishable quality within 2 emails of correspondence, our apologies, we will have to decline posting the article. As we are not charging for this service, we need your support to write great content. Our goal is to work with you to inspire other companies and build on great networking principles. Your help making this goal a reality will help everyone win!

Comments

[Alanna]

I recently came across your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I don't know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.

Alanna

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[Dean Cullingham]

All I can say is wow!. I'll definately be back to check out some more on this site. I will also consider writing about my new marketing strategy for my own site that has exceeded my expectations. I'm not sure that my writing skills will be up to it though.

[Annie]

well i think it is the right time when you should go back to studies as job is hard to sustain.when the recession phase will clear.you can always go back to job.so i left my job to handle this situation and doing my masters in this time

[Signupandmakemoney]

I really enjoyed the post. So far I am beating the recession, surprisingly, I've been using some of the techniques in this post to do it.

[Chris Morales]

Great idea. Since being laid off from my advertising job last summer, I have been doing many things to survive. My story was covered in MACLEANS magazine recently (I blogged about it of course :)). I love the idea of doing something positive and have been sharing that message every opportunity I get.

[Chad Rothschild]

I would love to share what I am doing to beat the doom & gloom hangover. I have changed my script, my beleifs, my view of the world. I believe the tough times are going to change and only the tough will survive.

Here is what I have told my team.
1. Change your reps - if we are used to doing 40 push ups a day, then we need to increase to 200 a day to get the same results. The good news is when things do change, we will be in a great position and get more than the 4X effort we have put in.
2. Change your angle- where do you want to be in 6 months, 12 months? 99% of the people are looking at the TV or sky waiting for it to fall. I am CHOOSING to look at the world from my own angle and looking under every rock for every opportunity. It is a choice, dont watch or read the NEWS, CHOOSE to make your own news.
3. Change... PERIOD- You can not do the same things you have always done. You have to change.
Change usually brings fear...fear of the unknown. Get out there, read what other successful people are doing...dont reinevent the wheel. If you are not sure where to start. Start with Seth Godin. He will change everything you think and believe. Malcolm Gladwell is a good one as well. I am reinventing myself everyday. Be flexible, liquid.
4. Change your view- Believe whole heartedly in the above and make it genuine and part of everything you do. If you dont feel it, then fake it until you make it. No one is going to ordain you to change, you must DECIDE to do it and then change your mind to believe it.

I have started a blog this month to share everything I am doing and learning through my reinvention of myself. Engaging is the new world. Take a peak, let me know your thoughts...
http://tinyurl.com/ccqo4n Dont believe the bad hype and fall into that "hangover". Be Blessed.

Chad Rothschild