TechnoGrannyShow, 7 Reasons to Use Pinterest

Seven Reasons to Use Pinterest

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RIEVA LESONSKY – BIO

Rieva Lesonsky is CEO of GrowBiz Media, a media and custom content company focusing on small business and entrepreneurship. A nationally known speaker, best-selling author, and authority on small business. Lesonsky has been covering America’s entrepreneurs for more than 30 years.

Before co-founding GrowBiz Media in 2008, Lesonsky was the long-time Editorial Director of Entrepreneur Magazine.

Lesonsky has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, The Martha Stewart show and Oprah, and can regularly be seen on MSNBC’s Your Business. 

Lesonsky is the editor of Network Solutions’ Grow Smart Business blog, and regularly writes for SCORE’s Success blog, Small Business Trends, SBA.Gov, American Express OPEN Forum, Small Biz Nation on LinkedIn, AT&T Small Business, ReadWriteWeb, and her site SmallBizDaily.com. In 2009, she was named to Folio Magazine’s “Folio 40” list, which honors publishing’s top innovators. In 2011 she was named one of the nation’s top 100 Small Business Influencers.

Pinterest Talking Points

Pinterest

• Pinterest is essentially a virtual catalog of products sold online, some call it a virtual pin (bulletin) board.
• Pinterest is a fairly new social medium, about 2 years old, but is one of the fastest growing social networks ever. It’s already the 3^rd-largest network, behind only Facebook and Twitter. They just got a $120 million round of funding, and are expanding overseas to places like France, Germany and Japan.
• Traffic is booming. According to Compete, they had OVER 23.5 million unique views in August, up 1,795 percent from Aug in 2011. Compete also said about 25 percent of consumers say they are spending less time on other social media sites in favor of Pinterest.
• Pinterest is also attracting consumers who have not previously interacted with a social media. 15% of Pinterest users reported that they do not use any other social media sites.
• Most Pinterest users in the US are women, ages 25-54 (80 percent women).
• Pinterest drives traffic—people are not just looking, they’re buying.
• Great for business owners who own retail businesses, like jewelry, clothes, accessories, furniture, etc. But I think it’s also good for service providers.
• One of most popular categories is posting Inspirational quotes
• Great way to improve brand recognition and get more customers

Contact Info

Rieva Lesonsky

GrowBiz Media/SmallBizDaily

SmallBizDaily.com

Rieva@growbizmedia.com

714-389-7411

TechnoGrannyShow, Great American Giveaway

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With regards to talking points:

Mark James Bowness

Mark James Bowness first business idea which was tribewanted.com - which was a 200 acre eco-island in Fiji, that enabled the public to become a 'tribe member' - it was featured in media around the world and became a prime time TV show.

Business failures – He has worked on a few businesses that have not gone so well so a conversation around what he learned during this process.

Giving away $1million dollars via Big American Giveaway ,. 

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Once every day is sold Big American Giveaway will make history by launching one incredible Giveaway. Members of the public will be able to upload a video stating why they want to win the $1million – whether the goal is to launch a business, to launch a charity, to build a dream house or to fund a music dream, all manners of dreams will be accepted as an entry to the competition.

For the first time in history the population of U.S.A will decide which individual walks away with the $1million. The winner will not only win the million but will also gain the backing of the Nation to see their dream come true.

Mark Bowness created the $1million competition because he is acutely aware of having a dream but not always gaining the financial or moral support to see a dream come true. Mark Bowness states;

"I want to hear from people who have a dream that they want to fulfil, but, at every angle they get people telling them to give up on their dream. It is these dreams that will achieve something awesome and together with the brands who purchase Giveaway days, we are going to make sure that one of these dreams comes true."

Read more about my passion to giveaway $1million right here.

What sort of business owners are buying days and where in the world they are buying them from.

Launching on the 1st January 2012, Big American Giveaway is a daily giveaway site which will feature one competition per day, in each state. Awesome brands will offer awesome prizes to increase their social media presence across Twitter, Facebook and Google+.

Big American Giveaway is set to be the most talked about social media marketing platform in 2012 and with limited days, make sure you purchase your giveaway day, today.

How it Works

Buying a Big American Giveaway day is simple. All 366 days in 2012 are for sale, in every single state. Each day presents an exciting way to increase your brands social media profile. In exchange for a minimum of one prize, users will have to Like your Facebook page, Follow you on Twitter, Re-Tweet you, follow your brand on Google+ and generally talk about you all over the web.

Follow these 5 easy steps to ensure your brand gains all the benefits of Big American Giveway in 2012:

Step 1: Select your State, Month, Day & click 'buy'.

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Listen to interview with Mark at:

http://www.positivelypittsburghlivemagazine.com/broadcast.php?IdChan=2&IdItem=4