LocalPAGES proudly presents a most excellent summer extreme sports contest, featuring ZJ Boarding House, Purple Skunk Board Shop, Liberty Skate, and Xtreme SoCal! From now until August 26th, we’ll be giving away awesome weekly prizes until we cap it off with our epic grand prize drawing!

ENTER TO WIN

The Ultimate Skate Package

Plus, we’ll drop extreme sports lesson packages from Xtreme SoCal every week!

All you have to do to enter is Like LocalPAGES to become a fan on Facebook! But……if you want more chances to win there are additional submission option below for a total of 30 opportunities to win!!!
> Like ZJ Boarding House, Liberty Skate, and Purple Skunk Board Shop on Facebook for 3 more chances!
>Click on the Google +1 button at the homepage of LocalPAGES.com for 1 more entry.
>Follow the whole crew on Twitter—each follow equals another entry.
> Tweet this blog post to your followers or RT the initial Twitter post here for another entry!

Wanna go bigger?

>Review your favorite local skate shop on LocalPAGES.com. A review earns you another 4 points.
>Tweet the URL of your review for another bonus point!

Bust any of these killer combos, and you’ll be ballin’. Leave a comment on this post telling us what you did, and we’ll take care of the rest when it comes time to randomly pick the winner.

Unless you’re truly committed to gnar…

>Show your dedication by submitting an original photo or video of you shredding and we’ll throw in another 10 entries! And by original, we mean 100% legit. No recycled footage or old Flickr pics. Make sure the video or pic has LocalPAGES somewhere in the video. A piece if scratch paper with LocalPAGES scrawled on it will suffice, a Mike Tyson facial tattoo of our logo is probably going too far, but we’ll take it. Upload them to your favorite video or photo sharing site, and throw up the links in a comment on this blog post!

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We’ve praised American Express OPEN before for their groundbreaking efforts to promote small businesses. Last year, the AmEx team partnered with social networking powerhouse Facebook to create the independent version of Black Friday. The joint venture known as Small Business Saturday will likely become a yearly fixture similar to its corporate counterpart. With such a successful track record, it comes as no surprise to learn that these two teamed up again to assist non-corporate companies across the nation.

We strongly recommend that all qualified entrepreneurs enter the Facebook Big Break for Small Business Contest! This exciting enterprise kicks off on May 20th, 2011! To enter the content, visit the Small Business Saturday Facebook page and fill out the required questionnaire. Additionally, submit 3 company photos to complete the submission process. Consumers have the ability to share this information with their favorite brick and mortar businesses via Facebook as well. Two lucky grand prize winners will receive $20,000 cash to fuel their advertising budgets, plus an all expenses paid trip the Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. Another 10 runners up get $2,500 each in credits for Facebook display advertising. Once the grand prize winners arrive at their destination, they’ll go through an intense 2 day crash course in online marketing. The training sessions will focus on utilizing various social media platforms, plug-ins, consumer engagement, and website revitalization. These exclusive sit-ins will be featured on the AmEx Facebook page and microsite, so everyone wins in a way.

Social media allows business owners and their employees to connect with consumers in numerous ways. While there are no official rules to the online marketing game, many struggle with finding a way to reach out to their customers in an appropriate manner. Established brands don’t really have this problem because they don’t have to work hard in order to create awareness. Still, cultivating long standing relationships involves a lot more than mere flash in the plan “likes”. Marketing trends currently favor quantity over quality, but this strategy may prove ineffective in the long run. The key to mastering these channels is fostering repeat visits as opposed to a singular interaction. Naturally, no one earns a devoted following overnight. Slow and steady wins this race, which is why some people go to the trouble of hiring social media coordinators. For those without the financial means to hire a professional, these webinars should provide invaluable insight into this uniquely 21st century issue.

LocalPAGES is pleased to announce that some of our staff members will be attending AdTech New York on November 3rd and 4th! We’re really excited about this wonderful networking opportunity and look forward to forging new relationships. You’ll be able to find us in the exhibit hall among the other 272 companies. We’ll be waiting for you in booth # 2018. Just look from the LocalPAGES logo, which will be prominently displayed in a large banner. Several team members will be in attendance, but you’ll definitely want to meet our star Affiliate Manager Imelda Dobbin! She’s an excellent conversationalist who specializes in publisher partnerships. She’s well versed in all things marketing, so be sure to pick her brain!

Any member of the LocalPAGES team would be happy to discuss any of our wide range of products and services. We offer viable solutions for all types of advertisers, such as Local and National PPC Campaigns, Search Engine Management, Contextual Advertising, and Business Profile Directory Listings. Additionally, we provide a complete lineup of publisher solutions, including Thank You Page Offers, Interstitial Ads, Text Banners, XML Search Feeds, In-line Text Ads, and much more.
Of course, this trip isn’t going to be all business. Our representatives will be schmoozing at the delegate mixer, which takes place on Nov. 2nd from 5-6:30 pm in the conference hall. We’ll also be hanging out at the Big Networking Bash with other attendees.

AdTech New York is just two weeks away, but it’s not too late to register for a reduced rate. Procrastinators are welcome to register at the conference, although they will be subject to higher admission fees. Group rates are still available on full conferences passes; these can save you up to 50% off! For more information and registration prices, please click here.

The LocalPages Team is very to happy to announce that we will be exhibiting at Ad:Tech NY 2009. We have been
experiencing a lot of growth these past few years and realize that in all of the madness, we have yet to make our
debut as an exhibitor at an Ad:Tech conference.

We have many dear friends and partners in the industry and cannot wait for a chance to see many of the familiar
faces that we have come to know, all in one common space. In addition, we gladly anticipate getting to discover and discuss new partnerships and opportunities with others on both the publishing and advertising sides of the business.

There are lots of new, exciting things going on at LocalPages and we look forward to the chance to share them with you!

More Ad:Tech NY 2009 updates to come …