10/25/10: Marketects Announces Contest for Creative Uses of Social Media by Industrial Companies

Marketects is giving away a $250 gift card for Amazon.com to the chosen winner along with featuring their case history in a variety of Marketects, Inc. communications

Marketects is looking for a social media marketing evangelist with a twist- an evangelist from an industrial company.  Industrial businesses are new to the social media frontier, and Marketects Inc. is looking for a company that has dodged the obstacles, overcome objections and skepticism, and seen REAL success.

Social media is about building community engagement, offering a new outlet to showcase products, and becoming a resource for news.  Industrial companies have a lot to gain from these efforts, and Marketects is looking for feedback in the form of a case history to demonstrate how successful social media marketing can be specifically applied in the industrial arena.  Marketects will showcase worthy entries on their blog, "Industrial Marketing Muse," as well as in articles tailored for other publications.

Marketects is accepting social media case histories from industrial companies across the United States and Canada.  Submissions will be accepted for three weeks beginning 10/27 through 11/17.  Finalists will be selected by Marketects Facebook fans and @KerrySOMalley Twitter followers.  Kerry O'Malley, President of Marketects, Inc. will review all finalists and select the winner by December 1st, 2010 based on: most outstanding results, most creative use of social media marketing (SMM) and thoroughness of the written case history.

Submit a written case history that includes the following: 1) Overview of the company and when the company began SMM 2) Any internal obstacles and perceptions that had to be overcome 3) What the company has done in the area of SMM, particularly strategy 4) Milestones since beginning SMM and 5) Explanation of specific benefits achieved.

The winner will be contacted personally and the winning entry announced on the Marketects Facebook page, as well as on Twitter.  The author of the winning entry will receive a $300 gift card to Amazon.com via email within 48 hours after the winner is announced.  The winning company will also receive a great deal of additional exposure via Marketects' own social media networks and trade publication associations.

Marketects offers bright ideas for industrial marketing communications, no matter what your budget. Smart strategies for promoting your products and services to the marketplace increase your brand recognition and help to build new business.