Promotion Commotion New York - Modern Marketing, Promotion and PR for Private Companies

What: Manifest Press-tiny—The New Frontier in PR

So you’re a private company…and it’s your time to shine…but are you ready for the spotlight?

The world of marketing, PR and promotion has changed with the continued rise of the Big Bad Web... So how does the evolving world of Web 2.0 affect the way private businesses and entrepreneurs promote, market, brand, and present themselves, both online and offline?

 Who: Peer to Peer PR: Build your Rolodex, your Strategy and your Page Views

IncBizNet and our 5000 community leader, Dan Hoffman, are hosting a get together of New York's entrepreneurial community to network, discover and discuss how the web has changed things and what private companies need to promote themselves today …on small budgets and in real time. Whether you are getting ready for the 2008 Inc. 5,000 list to hit, a key product release, a major company announcement or just a big marketing year, this peer-to-peer get together is designed to better help you navigate the changing waters of modern PR, both online and off.

They Heart New York:

Expert speakers joining us will include:

• John Sung Kim, LeadMarket, search engine optimization expert
• William Wagner, Vocus, leader in online PR and distribution
• Chris Rosica, Rosica Strategic Public Relations, PR firm owner and specialist
• Spike Jones, Brains on Fire, leading branding agency strategist, online and word of mouth marketing expert

 Where: Mansueto Ventures (home of IncBizNet, Inc and Fast Company Magazines, and the Inc. 5000), 7 World Trade Center, 29th Floor, New York, NY 10007When: July 16th, 6-8pmWhy? Hot Topics:

• PR and Marketing today- the new frontier
• How to prepare, online and off, for a big promotional push
• What’s up with the world of press release wires?
• Making nice with search engines—how do you change your free-verse media message into a Google haiku?
• Say what about key words and metatitles?
• How can small companies drive word of mouth promotion?
• Where do online communities come into play with modern PR?

Join other local private company executives, along with Inc. 5,000 honorees and alumni to network and learn about promotion, PR and marketing specific to private companies on the new online frontier.

The gathering is open to all local private enterprise CEO's in the New York area, along with their PR or marketing managers (optional). To sign up, please send an email to kharris@inc.com or call 212-389-5520 with your company name and names of attendees (maximum 2 please). Space is limited and the event will be a first come first serve basis so please RSVP.

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