8 Weeks Til 'BLAST' Off! November Networking Event October 10, Lemon Grove

It's getting closer Friends!  Mahoning Valley Business Blast is just 8 short weeks away from launching your daily 'Blast' of different People, Businesses, Organizations, Causes, and Events, in and around the Tri-County area of Columbiana, Mahoning and Trumbull.  We have had some really great diverse days sold already, from an image consulting service to home restoration and repair, to renting a photo booth for your next party/event, to a couple of wedding anniversary's.  As of today, we still have a $9 dollar Biz Blast Day available, and some great holidays and event dates for next year.  Our second networking event will be on Wednesday, November 10th, at the Lemon Grove Cafe, 122 West Federal Street, downtown Youngstown, from 5-7pm.  There will be plenty of free parking at the back parking lot entrance on Commerce Street between Hazel and Phelps Streets.  There will be some free appetizers provided, some door prizes, and coffee, soft drinks and cocktails for purchase.

I have been having people tell me they love the idea of the Business Blast and are looking forward to telling their friends all about it.  Well, how about getting paid to spread the word??  I think your friends and associates will appreciate hearing about what we can do for getting them noticed, and you can earn 20% of the cost of their Biz Blast Day or Monthly Sponsorship.  For everyone that you refer who signs and pays for their marketing, I will send you a check back on the 1st and/or the 15th of the month after they have paid for their day in full.  For more information, information will be posted on the website tomorrow, 11/2.  Get your friends and family a full day of marketing and a 'call to action' for what they do, and earn a little spending money for yourself as well.  Hope to see you at the Networking Mixer at the Lemon Grove on the 10th.

Scott

Planning Next Mixer, Welcome New Biz Blast Day Advertisers

Wow, can't believe our first 3 weeks of launching the company went by so quick and we are now getting into November and just 8 weeks away from going live.  We are very excited and have been talking to some great people, businesses and organizations that will soon be looking to market with Mahoning Valley Business Blast.  We are currently setting up our second networking event to follow-up the successful launch party at O'Donold's Irish Pub in Austintown.  Our next event location will be announced shortly.

A couple of our newest signed advertisers are the Youngstown Wedding Ministers and a special Valentintes Day Wedding Anniversary.  We have strong commitments from 5 more that we should be putting up this week, so be sure to start ordering your Biz Blast Days soon.  We encourage you to order a day that is relevant to your business or organization, but if you are looking for a bargain, we still have January 8th available for just $8 dollars.  Remember that you may only order up to 2 Biz Blast Days in the first 100 days to April 10th, to make is fair for everyone to get a chance to market their business for an entire day for less than $100, but after April 10th, you can order as many days you want the rest of the year.

We are also looking for some practice "Blast" days over the next couple of weeks before launch.  For a small $100 donation to one of our 4 charities, we will give you all the benefits of a Biz Blast Day, but for an entire week.  Email or call if you are interested in participating.  More news soon friends, take care!

Sweetest Day and Sweetest Deal Options on Biz Blast

You have seen in our marketing that Mahoning Valley Business Blast is for businesses, organizations, causes, and events, but have you seen the implication it can have for regular ol' people??  That's right, you can purchase a Biz Blast Day to recognize a person just as easy as the others, and we have already sold our first such of a day.  On February 10, we will be "Blast"ing the Hitchcock's Wedding Anniversary.  We will still be creating a video, have a blog all about their life together, have pictures, and tell the Internet all about their love in an email "Blast", Facebook postings, and Twitter updates.  What a unique way to show love, appreciation, retirement best wishes, congratulations on first day of a new job or school, etc.


Sweetest day is this weekend, it's open for "Blast"ing next year, and we have this coming Valentine's Day available for just $45 dollars.  Give her/him something that will live on as we celebrate this day and archive it for years to come.  Much longer memory's will last than after the flowers die, or the meal has been consumed.  You can go online now to purchase your Biz Blast Day for next year, or give us a call and we can arrange for our Sales Manager Jerrid to meet with you and help you plan to Blast this special day.  You can reach us at our website, or call us at 330-406-0989.  Have a great "Sweetest Day" weekend and remember, to tell your friends and family you care about them every day!

Pick a 2009 Preview Biz Blast and Help Local Charities!!

Hey Friends, 

     Thank you so much for welcoming Mahoning Valley Business Blast as the area's newest and most unique marketing opportunity.  We have already sold 11 Biz Blast Days and we are getting more inquiries daily.  In fact, we are so excited that we just cannot wait until 2011 to start Blasting businesses, organizations, causes and events, soooo we are going to start getting into practice by offering some "early bird" Biz Blasting.  

     As you can see, our website just has a sample company, "Pepsi" for the Daily Biz Blast, Daily Deal Blaster, Daily Pictures, and Daily Video; and we made up a phony chess club for our monthly advertiser since we havent officially started blasting yet.  Well, to get us rolling and into the "Blast"ing in 2011, we are going to use November and December of this year as "Practice Blasts."  First of all, for anyone that wants to sponsor an entire month next year, (January thru June is $500 and July thru December is $1,000,) you will also get to be featured for free in November or December of this year.  This offer is good for the first 2 people who get back to us.  What does a monthly sponsor get?  You will be on the front page of the website for the entire month with a small blurb about you, a picture with a link to a longer blog entry detailing everything about your business or event, with pictures and video, and finally, you will be tagged on every video we produce for each Biz Blast Day that month, saying that the Daily Blast is brought to you by "YOU."  Also for being the first two purchasers of monthly sponsorships, we will donate $100 dollars to the Charity of your choice.

     Second, starting November 1st thru December 26th, we will be creating a Biz Blast Day for you that we will keep up for an entire week on the front page of the website.  This will give us eight weeks to practice and refine our Biz Blast techniques and posting to the most effective social networking platforms.  What we are asking those that would like to participate in these "Practice Blast" weeks is a donation of $100 towards a local charity in Mahoning Valley Business Blast's name.  For a $100 donation, you will be featured as our Biz Blast Day for an entire week, with pictures, a video, blog entry and daily blasts.  You can pick from the following charities that are near and dear to our heart's;  Angels for Animals, Help Hotline Crisis Center, Second Harvest Food Bank, and Big Brothers/Sisters.  We hope you will join us in raising $1,000 dollars for local charities and getting your business, organization, cause, or event "Blast"ed on Mahoning Valley Business Blast.

Based On A True Story...... How Biz Blast Was Started

So now that word is getting out on Mahoning Valley Business Blast, I am getting quite a few questions on where I came up with this interesting and intriguing concept.  Let me clear it up a bit for you.  As a student in Marketing for the last 20 something years, and owning my own Marketing and HR Consulting firm for the past 2, I am always looking over the web to see what is new, working, and not working.  Two years ago I found a site that I thought was smart, simple, replicable, and most of all, fun.  I have been viewing the concept from time to time over the Internet and found that it was not just surviving, but thriving.  As it starts it's third year of business, the income has multiplied 5 times.

The other concept I have been looking out is an Internet discount program that has been replicated across the Country, and is even used in some variation here in the Valley.  In today's economy, even those with larger disposable incomes, are looking for the best deals and ways to make their dollar go farther and those on a budget find it imperative.  I really didn't want to "over"-use a concept, so I was looking at ways to combine it with something else to make it stand out a little bit more.

Around September 1st, after a lot of thought, I picked what I thought was the best of each concept and combined them into the business you have found here.  The first concept I really wanted to emulate was the idea of some type of hook that would make the business get noticed, yet make it a very affordable price for my potential clients.  No one will have to pay us more than $365 to promote their business, organization, cause, or event, for a full day of social media "Blast"ing, period!  Those that are Internet savvy and find us here first, have an advantage of getting a phenominal price, starting at only $1.  To make it fair, no one can take more than 2 days of the first 100, after that, you may have as many as you want, consecutively, or at different dates.  Another way to Blast yourself at an incredibly low cost is to sponsor an entire month.  The first 6 months are only $500 and the last 6 months are only $1,000.  Being a monthly sponsor gets you on the front page of the website for the entire month, with a link to a blog entry detailing your opportunity, and you are also tagged on every Biz Blast Day for the entire month on the daily videos.

Creating a way to drive traffic to those who advertise with us, was equally important to me, so using the second concept of offering some type of promotion in each of our Daily Biz Blasts was a no brainer.  Each of our Biz Blast Day clients can choose a promotion of their choice.  They can offer a give-away to increase contacts on their social media platforms, or offer a print-out coupon to use on any product of their audiences choosing, and finally, they can offer a certain product or service at a special price, that can be paid for the day of their blast to drive future customers or participants.  How exciting would it be to get a daily email or check our website each day to find a special deal from somewhere local in the Mahoning Valley.  If you want to find out more, read over our website at www.mvbizblast.com, or call us to set-up an appointment to get together and explain the concept in detail and how it could work for YOU!

Launch Week A Success....Looking Forward To "Blast"ing Off

Well friends, the first week of our official launch is over and I am very proud and happy with the results.  The Mahoning Valley Business Blast sold 10 days it's first week putting us ahead of our modest goal of selling just 7 days a week.  That pace would have 2011 sold out by October of next year.  There are still plenty of low-priced days available, along with great promotion days, such as holidays and season changes available.  We are finishing up the week with 2 days sold to our friends at the Mahoning Valley Home Builders Association, who are looking to Blast their fantastic Spring Home and Garden Show in February.  Yesterday we sold January 2nd to talented local artist Laurie J. Anderson, who sells some of her beautiful watercolors and prints on her website.  There is still a $3 dollar day available in January, so give us a call or go to our purchase page to buy it over PayPal.

This weekend we will be brushing up on our video skills as we prepare to create 365 custom videos next year.  It looks like a fantastic weekend, so we will bring the camera out to a couple events and areas that are happening in the Valley.  Personally, I am looking forward to heading over to Chris Yambar's "Lawn-Con" on the West Side of Youngstown.  For an old comic book geek like me, it will be fun to meet some of the local and national talent that Chris has gathered to fill his front lawn.  I also hope to catch some of the seasons change in Mill Creek Park, one of our Valley's most precious natural resources.  I hope you all have a great weekend and next week maybe you will be Blasted as a new client of the Mahoning Valley Business Blast.

 

Launch Party Lot's of Fun, Sales Appointments Available Now

     The Official Launch Party at O'Donold's Irish Pub in Austintown on Tuesday was great fun, and we really appreciate everyone who came out in the rain to find out what Mahoning Valley Business Blast is all about.  There was a presentation of the business plan which was very popular and brought some great questions and lot's of praise from everyone there.  O'Donold's was a gracious host and we had some great finger foods and some nice drinks, and we appreciate them sponsoring our first of monthly networking events.  We gave away a free Biz Blast Day worth up to $365, a Coffee Package from Caribou Coffee, a Luxury Bath Set from Ace in the Hole Marketing, and a great gift box from America's Insurance Agency.  Congratulations to our winners and thank you to all of our friends who donated.

     We welcome aboard Steel Valley Computers and the Youngstown Ski Club as two of our newest Biz Blast Day purchases.  There are still many good affordable days available, starting at $2, and we are looking forward to filling up those calendar months.  It is really easy to pick a day that is either affordable or has some kind of meaning to your business, organization, cause, or event.  You can choose anniversaries, upcoming fun runs or charity races, special sales, etc.  Once you decide on a day, you have the option of going online and paying for that day via PayPal, or you can call us and our Sales Manager Jerrid, will come to you and explain the program fully and you can pay cash, check or charge.  After you have paid for your day, the next step is to get a digital logo to us and we will place it on the calendar on the day of your choice, and link that logo to your website or web presence.  Don't have a web presence yet?  We can help you with that as well.  It really is that easy.

     We can't wait to start these promotions on January 1st, and then keep going on for a long, long time.  If you have any questions, you can check out our website, email us, or give us a call.  We look forward to hearing from you.

Launch Party Tonight, 2nd Day Sold!!

Hey Friends,

     Tonight is the big night, our launch of the Mahoning Valley Business Blast!!  I hope to see lot's of people at O'Donold's Irish Pub in Austintown tonight from 5-7pm for Free Food, Door Prizes, $1 off Drink Tickets, and networking.  We plan on having these networking meetings once a month all over town, and I appreciate Christian and O'Donold's for sponsoring the first couple.  The website has been up since October 1st, and we have gotten some great response on our concept and our look.  If you havent checked it out yet, you can go to the MV Biz Blast website now.

     I am also happy to say that we have made our first Internet sale for the Blast, which is exciting since we don't officially launch until tonight.  We welcome R. Floyd Wright, Residential Renovations and Restorations, to the Biz Blast Family.  You will see their logo and link to their website on our website.  They purchased January 1st, for only $1 and we are looking foward to Blasting their company all over the place on New Years Day!!  Happy New Years!  You can purchase your day online at the website, or call us at the home office at 330-406-0989 and make an appointment to have our Sales Manager Jerrid come out and explain the program to you.  4...3...2...1....   Mahoning Valley Business Blast is blasting-off!

Mahoning Valley Business Blast Take's Off

     4...3...2...1... Blast Off!!  Mahoning Valley Business Blast has successfully launched our website today, and are ready to change the way the Mahoning Valley advertises through the social media networks.  After a last minute glitch with the name, MV Business Blast has been transformed from the old Business Buzz and is ready to bring this unique program and unbelievable pricing to Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull counties.  For as little as $1, businesses, organizations, causes and events will have an entire day dedicated to them, where we will blast them over multiple social media platforms, create a fun and interesting video about their operation, create a comprehensive blog about them, offer interaction with their clients, customers, or participants by offering sales discounts or gift cards, and blast all of that out to our over 1,200 email addresses of local Valley residents.  

     You can now purchase Blast Days on the website.  Our first day was purchased as soon as the site launched today by friend and business owner Ron Nanosky, for his America's Insurance Agency.  He chose February 1st for just $32, to celebrate the 12th anniversary of his Agency.  His logo is up on the Calendar, and we look forward to Biz Blasting his special day.  You can purchase Biz Blast Days on the website everyday, once a day has been purchased it will not allow anyone else to purchase that day, so act fast.  As of now we still have the $1 day available.  Starting on Wednesday, October 6th, the day after the Official Launch Party, we will also be taking orders over the phone at the office, and our Sales Director Jerrid, will be out and about.  The Launch Party at O'Donold's Irish Pub in Austintown, on Tuesday, October 5th from 5-7pm will have Free Food, Door Prizes, $1 dollar drink coupons, and we will be giving away a free Biz Blast Day with a value up to $365.  Go to the website, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Ustream, Flickr, here and more, and find out how social media will be transforming the Valley in 2011.

Press Release Sent Out

 Mahoning Valley Business Buzz is a new advertising concept launching this October to promote local businesses, organizations, causes, and events in the Mahoning Valley Region.  By using social media networking and utilizing a high-concept pricing plan, advertising starts as low as $1 and is never higher than $365 for an individual package.  Payments have also gone high tech, and can be paid online, or in person with a Biz Buzz professional.  Each advertising package consists of content being broadcast over a minimum of four social media platforms including: Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, and YouTube, and the promotions being sent daily via email to over 1,200 recipients. 

                The Official Launch Party of Mahoning Valley Business Buzz will be on Tuesday, October 5, from 5:00 – 7:00pm at O’Donold’s Irish Pub, 6000 Mahoning Avenue in Austintown.  Along with a short program explaining how the concept works and showing some demonstrations, there will be Free Food from the O’Donold’s kitchen, $1 off Drink Coupons for Happy Hour, Door Prizes including a free Biz Buzz Day give-away valued at up to $365 dollars, and more.  

                The concept was derived from two hugely popular national social media companies and adapting the best elements of both to promote fun and advertising on a more local level. Social media thrives on the 5 E’s of marketing theory:  Expose your brand or event;  Educate your customers and clients about what you do and why they should care;  Entertain in some way by finding a little bit of fun everyday and sharing that with others;  Engage your customers by giving them a way to interact with you through comments, suggestions, or finding a way for your clients to participate with you; and finally, Evaluate any program you put out there for effectiveness.   Through social media we can create timed, targeted messages for the consumers and do it in a fun and unique way.  We create daily videos or live streaming videos promoting our Biz Buzz of the day; we create a blog entry promoting each day’s advertiser giving full information and facts; and  over 1200 emails will be sent out daily promoting our advertiser.  Facebook updates and Tweets will be sent  throughout the day with some fun and interactive messages for the thriving social media followers in the Valley. 

                The team behind Mahoning Valley Business Buzz is the owner of Ace in the Hole Marketing, Scott Fullerton, and entrepreneur Jerrid Francis of Conneaut, Ohio. “I have used social media as a component in most of the marketing plans I have created for my clients, and have seen the effectiveness it presents in targeted, interactive communication with your customers,” says Fullerton.  As Sales Director, Jerrid Francis feels the concept’s pricing plan that is based upon the Biz Buzz Day you choose to have your promotion on, is an easy sale.  “Cost of advertising is usually what prohibits most small businesses from getting their name out in the community and causes so many to fail within the first 3 years.  With the ability to buy a day of advertising dedicated to your company or event for as low as $1 in January, and no more than $365 in December, MV Biz Buzz advertisers can afford this fun and unique way of getting the word out in the Valley,” says Francis.  Both believe they will sell out the entire of year of 2011 quickly.  The option of offering a discounted coupon or gift card, adds an additional twist that will draw customers and create another avenue of tracking how successful the promotion went.  You can find out more about Mahoning Valley Business Buzz by visiting their website, www.mvbizbuzz.com. (website available on October 1st)

Official Launch Party Set For October 5th At O'Donold's

     Mahoning Valley Business Buzz announces it's official Launch Party on Tuesday, October 5th, from 5-7pm at O'Donold's Irish Pub in Austintown.  Come find out what all the Buzz has been about, as we showcase our new advertising/marketing concept for Columbiana, Mahoning, and Trumbull counties.  There will be Free Food,    $1 off drink coupons, Door Prizes, and lots of fun.

     MV Biz Buzz showcases a different Valley business, organization, cause, or event each day, starting on January 1st, 2011.  For one low price, starting from $1 to no more than $365, you will be blasted to major social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blogger, and more, with a custom viral video created especially for you, pictures, and sometimes even live streaming video.  Not only do you get a full day dedicated just for you, but once you purchase your Biz Buzz Day, your logo will be posted on our website with a link to your website or web presence, and once your Day has come and gone, all of your pictures and video will be archived for years to come.

     Stop by O'Donold's, 6000 Mahoning Avenue in Austintown, on October 5th to find out how you can sign-up for this low-cost advertising opportunity that will enhance your social media presence whether you currently have one or not.  You will have the chance to win a free Biz Buzz Day, and other great door prizes.  We hope to see you there.



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Introducting Mahoning Valley Business Buzz

     Welcome to the new blog of Mahoning Valley Business Buzz, or MV Biz Buzz for short!  The Business Buzz is a brand new way to advertise in the Mahoning Valley, utilizing the power of social media, and designed at an affordable price for everyone.  MV Biz Buzz was modeled after 2 wildly successful, national social media companies on the Internet, and we have combined the best of both concepts, and brought them down to the local level.  We take your business, organization, cause, or event, and promote it in a fun and unique way over a minimum of 4 social networking platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Blogger and YouTube, add a direct email component, and then combine it with an Internet sales opportunity or special offer that will provide ways of tracking your promotion and adding interaction and value between you and those that see your promotion on the web.

     The company will launch October 1st with a publicity and sales blitz, and all promotions begin January 1st and continue through to December 31st, 2011.  Each day of the year we will be promoting a different entity, and there will be sponsorships available for entire month blocks for a low, low price that will be tagged on every promotion throughout the month.  Although each individual promotion is for one day only, once you have purchased the day of your promotion, we will add your logo to our calendar and a link to your Internet presence, so visitors to the site will be able to find you throughout the entire year.  Once we have promoted your day, your photos and videos will be archived to be seen anytime forward.  Just the links alone will usually cause your search rankings to rise in search engines, and increase your web visibility.  

     You are probably wondering what all of this is going to cost you, right?  Can you believe that promotions start at $1 and the maximum cost to buy a day's promotion is $365?  Your read that right, promotions start at only $1!!!  Let me explain, our unique pricing plan is simple and inexpensive, so almost anyone can purchase a day full of promotion, along with your presence being linked for years to come, for less than the price of going out for a large cup of coffee every day you drive to work in a year.  Here is how it works:  You pick the day you want your promotion to be on and it simply costs you $1 times the day of the year it falls on.  If you pick January 1st your promotion is $1.  January 2nd is $2, January 3rd is $3 and on it goes until December 31st where you will pay $365.  If you want to be a monthly sponsor and be tagged every day of that month, it is simply $500 for January thru June, and $1,000 for July thru December.  That's it, there are no other hidden costs.  Of course we recommend that you add some type of a coupon or give-away to your day of promotion to add to the interaction of the network, and that may have some small cost to you, but that is ultimately up to you.  It really is just that simple.  Biz Buzz Days will be available for purchase starting October 1st online, and a representative will be available to speak to starting September 27th.  

     Keep watching for the launch of the website that will be up on October 1st, and start signing up now for our Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Email alerts so you will be able to see what awesome businesses, organizations, causes, and events will be featured.  You may find someone or someplace you have never heard of before.  You may find a deal that is just too good to pass up, you just never know.  Welcome to Mahoning Valley Business Buzz, we look forward to hearing from you soon.