All around the world people are very excited about Social Media Success Summit 2009 — the first major online event dedicated to helping you successfully market your business with sites like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. More than 500 people have already registered.
Now you have the exclusive chance to win two valuable seats to the event for no cost!
Update: Contest Closed
[See the winners announcement here]
I am not bragging when I say that the line-up is an all-star cast (well… maybe a little).
Presenters include bestselling authors and social media marketing experts such as Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library TV), Darren Rowse (Problogger), Mari Smith (Facebook guru), Jason Alba (wrote the book on LinkedIn), Ann Handley (MarketingProfs), Brian Clark (Copyblogger), Denise Wakeman (BlogSquad). Oh, and me.
Sessions include:
- How to Create a Mega-Following and Mega-Sales With Social Media Marketing
- Building a Loyal Facebook Following for Increased Profits
- How to Grow and Engage an Audience on Twitter
- Using the Power and Reach of LinkedIn to Grow Your Business
- How to Productively Engage in Social Media Marketing
- Five Reasons You Need to Be on Twitter (and Tools to Help You Manage)
- Social Media Start Up: 3 Key Tools to Build Your Social Media Marketing Plan
- How to Attract Tens of Thousands of People in Mere Days
- Using Social Bookmarking for Improved Traffic, Links and Visibility
Go here to see the full details of all 11 sessions …
This event does not require any travel (no hotel, rental car or wasted time). You simply attend sessions online and meet the experts and network with peers from the comfort of your home or office. Pretty cool, eh? 
Contest Prizes
There are two prizes:
- Twitter Prize: Valued at $497
One ticket to Social Media Success Summit 2009 - Grand prize: Valued at $1,693.90!
Two tickets to Social Media Success Summit 2009 (one for you and one for a friend)
PLUS
- A social media marketing consultation with Michael Stelzner (Michael will spend an hour with you, helping you get your plan in order)
- A site-critique by me (I will identify actionable steps you can take to improve your blog)
- A copy of the Problogger book by Darren Rowse and me
- A copy of the book Writing White Papers by Michael Stelzner
Just think how your business or online efforts could be boosted by this package. Just the consult with Michael is priceless; he after all put this whole summit together.
How to Enter
Step 1: Enter for Twitter Prize
Simply post a Tweet on Twitter using the button included here, or simply copy and paste the below Tweet message. This automatically qualifies you an entry into the prize draw to win a free seat at the summit. You may tweet up to 5 times between now and 21st May 2009. The tweet must contain “#smsuccess” to qualify. We will select the winner randomly on the 22st May 2009.
The Tweet:
Win a FREE ticket to Social Media Success Summit 2009: http://cli.gs/Grq8RX #smsuccess
How to Win the Grand Prize
To win the grand prize, write a blog post (no longer than 1,000 words) explaining why you want to win a seat at the Social Media Success Summit 2009. Have your post published by midnight 21st May 2009 (GMT). So we are notified about your post you will need to leave a trackback on this blog post or comment with a link.
Remember the grand prize includes two summit tickets, social media consultation, a site-critique and two awesome books, so it is well worth getting your friends on board. The more friends who enter the more chances you have of getting a seat yourself .
Good Luck!
UPDATE: Already purchased a ticket? No problem. If you win, you get your money back and free access to the summit!
The winners will be selected by Mike and I and announced right here on this blog on the 22st May 2009.
