Wendy Clark with her "Loving Hugs"

I found the “cause” that I have been looking for.  You may remember me telling you that I have been looking for a cause to promote?  Well, here it is:

Loving Hugs, Inc. was founded by Wendy Clark a few years ago to try to put a smile on the faces of children who have to grow up in unbelievable circumstances.  She gives donated stuffed toys to children in refugee camps, to disaster victims (like earthquake and flood), and to orphans all around the world.  Loving Hugs is non-denominational, apolitical, and totally non-governmental.  It doesn’t replace anything that the local government should be doing or that big international relief organizations are doing.  Ok, she does get some help with distribution from the U.S. Air Force and Navy.  She’s received donations from Girl Scout Troops, some community and church groups, and people who just wanted to do something.  She has no paid employees and uses donations to cover her storage, shipping and packaging costs.

The best part for me is that she has accepted my help doing the thing I enjoy most…email and social network marketing.  Of course, I love giving and receiving hugs too..

Find her at http://www.lovinghugs.org or Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/LovingHugsInc

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Decide what type of content you want to share.

You can set the code generator to show text, place a phone call, send a text message, or send your customers to a specific URL.

Don’t forget: If you’re sending people to a website or video, make sure it is viewable on mobile devices!

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Preview your QR code on a mobile device. You’ll want to check and make sure that your QR code works correctly.

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Download your code. To download the file, Click On the Download button at the bottom of the screen and then save the image file on your computer for future use.

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Use your QR code anywhere. Now that you have your code saved, you can put it anywhere you think your audience will see it by inserting the QR code as an image into your flyers, signage, and more!

  ]]> http://www.cybermailmarketing.com/2011/07/are-you-qr-coded-yet/feed/ 2 http://www.cybermailmarketing.com/2011/07/how-to-go-viral-2/ http://www.cybermailmarketing.com/2011/07/how-to-go-viral-2/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:22:58 +0000 admin http://www.cybermailmarketing.com/?p=292 Have you ever seen the TV series “America’s go talent?”  Well, there are a number of versions of that throughout the free world. Here is an example of talent going viral.   His name is Sung-Bong Choi. 

Watch him on YouTube!

If you can develop something with the emotional appeal of this video, it will go viral. Grab a tissue and watch the YouTube video.

I was once on a committee that gave advice to a state level tourism office board of directors.  The people on the board were supposed to be the top in their industry.  The people on the advisory committee were supposed to be tops in their field.  What they tried to do was create a campaign that would go viral and bring a lot of tourists to the state.  It cost a lot of money and took six months to create.  But to my mind, it had minimum success.  It lacked credibility and genuine passion.  The example of Sung Bong shows great passion motivating talent.  There has to be a lesson to be learned there somewhere. ]]> http://www.cybermailmarketing.com/2011/07/how-to-go-viral-2/feed/ 0 http://www.cybermailmarketing.com/2011/06/how-to-get-to-25-facebook-page-likes-and-a-vanity-url/ http://www.cybermailmarketing.com/2011/06/how-to-get-to-25-facebook-page-likes-and-a-vanity-url/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:47:53 +0000 admin http://www.cybermailmarketing.com/?p=302 How much fun is this?  A few days ago I was looking at my really cool Facebook page with only 9 “likes” on it.  It had been that way for quite some time and I didn’t know how to get more attention without buying ads.  So I went to every group I am a member of on Linked In.  I asked the question “What would it take for every member of the group to “like” the Facebook page of every other member?” I promised that if anyone “liked” my page, I’d “like” theirs.  Within a week I have more than 25 “likes” and can now go for a “vanity” URL.  How cool is that?

An even more significant result was that I was able to be connected with these folks on Linked In.  Finally, one of the best results was that these new friends were all great resources and prospects.  We are of like mind in our openness to communicate with the other members of the group.

It only worked with a couple of the 28 or more groups I belong to.  But, when it worked, it worked well.  Ho hum, some groups just won’t think in these terms.  But for the ones that do, it is great!

Now you can find me at: http://www.facebook.com/CybermailMarketing

Frustration!

One of the groups I was posting to in Linked In asked me not to start so many “commercial” discussions in their group.  I was thinking I was being generic enough about the topic ant anyone would like to hear about it.  (OK, all I ever talk about is broadcast email marketing, social networking, and blogging.)  Since the group was organized to discuss something else, I was off topic.

Well, of course, I don’t mean to offend, but my point is that I didn’t realize that I really was getting too thick on the group discussion board.  I realized that there was so little other activity in the group that my normal postings were filling the page.  Oooo.  Not good.  So I went through a deleted my discussions from the group I offended.  Then I went down the list of groups I belong to and found the same situation in a number of them.  So I deleted my postings in them also.

Now I’m looking for groups to join where my discussions about broadcast email marketing, social network marketing,, and blogging would be welcomed.

It is a fantastic app that will allow you to create a welcome page and import large graphics and HTML.

I’ve seen some FACEBOOK pages that have more than one IFram page. So I’m going to have to look into it further.

Look at the new Cybermail Marketing Facebook Page.

It’s an easy app to load and a real kick to the business of marketing on FACEBOOK.

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Brands know they must stay active on their Facebook page, writing posts and encouraging engagement. But there are certain tactics that increase fans’ participation, including using specific words and posting at certain times.

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