Qittle SMS Message Solutions

We really appreciate the press coverage over the weekend on “Win a Year Aspen/Snowmass” and we wanted to share a few of the details of this campaign that launches the 1st of Jan 2010.

We are modeling our contest after the Queensland Australia contest “The Best Job in The World”.  You can click here to read and learn more about this amazing campaign that ran in 2009 and finished up in July of this past summer.

Aspen Colorado is one of the strongest destination resorts in the USA and since Qittle is based here it made a lot of sense to move forward with a campaign very similar to the “Best Job”.

We are very fortunate to have strong clients locally as well who we have been talking too about “Win a Year in Aspen/Snowmass” and we are working on their level of participation at this time.

It is our hope that working together we can create a win – win scenario for all parties involved and provides one lucky individual an amazing experience here in Aspen/Snowmass Colorado.

We understand the economic climate and are trying to create a very viral campaign that leverages the strengths of our Stakeholders, Partners and Word of mouth marketing.  There is a lot to do in the next 90 days to pull this all together and it is our hope that with the support of the Aspen/Snowmass community we can create an awesome marketing campaign.

Thanks

Casey McConnell

http://qittle.com/

Win a Year in Aspen Snowmass

One lucky winner would spend an all-expenses-paid year living the dream in Aspen… Click here to read the full article at the Aspen Daily News

Good Morning. 

We entered a contest for Elance.com and produced a video to tell our Qittle
story. Could you take a few minutes this morning, go over to Facebook,
become a fan of Qittle, watch our video and repost it on your Facebook
profile, email it, tweet it for us. Please share this with anyone you would
like, thanks!!!

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Qittle/104965188259?ref=ts

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Casey McConnell
CEO Qittle
1.866.606.7151

Do You Qittle?
http://qittle.com/

Real estate agents, brokers and property managers have the opportunity to reach a larger audience, create a customer and prospect database and track all those marketing efforts by utilizing the latest in SMS technology.  Qittle^TM provides this technology as well as innovative mobile marketing solutions.

Realtors eliminate brochures Forever

T.G.I. Launched a new Facebook campaign, which drives people to a fan page featuring “Woody” (short for Woodward), a 30-something slacker who still lives with his parents. Woody claims to have made a bet with Friday’s: If he can accrue 500,000 fans to his Facebook page by Sept. 30, Friday’s will give away a free burger to all who fanned him.

Friday’s is supporting its Facebook campaign by running ads on TV using a single call to action — Woody’s Facebook page. The rationale is simple: Why build a microsite when you can target your audience directly on the channel they have the highest propensity of using?

Additionally, it’s made the video ad content distributable via the page as well as setting up real world Woody meet-and-greets coordinated through Facebook’s events calendar.

Baseball great Ted Williams once commented about those that fail ‘only’ seven times out of ten attempts will be the greatest in the game. This is true both in sports, business and in life.  Ty Cobb is Baseball’s All Time Batting Leader with a .366 batting average.

Did you know that John Elway one of the best Quarterbacks of all time, threw 226 interceptions in his career and completed less than 60% of his passes. He is considered one of the best NFL Quarterbacks of all time.

The Beatles had 27 songs that went to number one in the United Kingdom on the Record Retailer magazine charts and/or the United States on the Billboard magazine charts. Yet they wrote and recorded 213 songs.

I challenge you to keep taking risks, learning from those experiences and repeat over and over again. No one ever hits 100% but you will fail 100% of the times that you don’t try. So keep swinging for the fences.

Aspen Skiing Co. launched a “text-to-win” season pass contest Wednesday.

To enter, text “aspensnowmass” to 32075 and be entered to win a Premier season pass, worth between $1,099 and $1,799.

The contest ends at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, the day before the “Super Early” discount period ends and season pass prices increase. The winner will be announced the morning of Sept. 17.

SkiCo asks that people only text in once, as each phone number will only be counted once. Standard message and data charges apply.

Once SkiCo receives a text, it quickly sends out a quick “Thanks!” message.

Other messages will then follow from SkiCo, as part of the purpose of the contest is to gather phone numbers that the company can send text messages to in the future.

The company only keeps the phone number the text is sent from and not other information, according to SkiCo public relations coordinator Meredith McKee.

The messages from SkiCo also include a “Text STOP to be removed” instruction as well, so people can opt off the contact list if they choose.

Click here to read the full article on the Aspen Daily News site

Aspen/Snowmass, Colo., September 9, 2009 – Text the word aspensnowmass to 32075 for a chance to win a free 09-10 Season Pass to Aspen/Snowmass.

Please text in only once, as each phone number will only be counted once.  Standard message and data charges apply.

The contest began on September 9, 2009 and ends at 9 a.m. on September 17, 2009.

Passholders who have already purchased an Aspen/Snowmass Season Pass for 09-10 are still eligible to enter.

The Super-Early deadline for the best deal on a Season Pass is September 18, 2009.

For more information about Aspen/Snowmass Season Passes or this specific contest, please visit www.aspensnowmass.com or call 970/925-1220.

Mobile Marketing provided by Qittle http://qittle.com/.

Aspen Skiing Company operates the four mountains in the Aspen/Snowmass area – Snowmass, Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands and Buttermilk – as well as the award-winning Ski & Snowboard Schools of Aspen/Snowmass. The area offers unparalleled nightlife and off-slope activities as well. Aspen/Snowmass is accessible by two of the most convenient airports in the mountains – Aspen/Pitkin County Airport (ASE) (3 miles from Aspen) and Eagle County Airport (EGE) (70 miles from Aspen). For more information on Aspen Skiing Company, please call 800-525-6200 or 970-925-1220, or visit the company’s website at www.aspensnowmass.com.

Fat Brothers just went mobile for all of you Front Range Colorado fans. Check out their Facebook Fan Page as well

That’s according to Mitch Joel, president of Twist Image, speaking at Marketing’s Mobile Marketing 2.0 conference yesterday in Toronto.

“Mobile is going to change business. It’s going to change marketing. And it’s going to fundamentally change who consumers are and how they buy products,” said Joel in his closing keynote.

But, he added, mobile is not about the phone or a text message offering a free Coke with a Big Mac.

“This is not true mobile marketing at all. This is not true mobility at all. We’re just getting started.

“We have to understand that the fundamental shift is happening right in your pocket. This isn’t a phone, this isn’t a mobile device, this is your remote control for your life.”

New mobile devices such as smart phones “enable you to do things you could never do before,” he said, citing the Stanley level iPhone app, a digital level dubbed as “possibly the world’s first virtual construction tool.” Another example is an iPhone app that Sears developed, which uses GPS technology to pinpoint the shopper and showcase geographically relevant products as well as closest stores. Customers can buy products through the app.

“If you think [mobile] is about text codes, I’ve got news for you,” said Joel. “That’s not the win here.”

He noted that marketers’ “biggest mistake is also our biggest opportunity. Our biggest mistake is that we’re doing mobile advertising and we have to get away from that. We need to start mobile marketing.”

Joel referenced Andy Nulman, president and CMO of Airborne Media, who has talked about his “N.O.W.” approach to mobile marketing. That is, “nearby:” customers need to be in your radius; “only:” there has to be a limit to the offer (for example, “come to this bookstore now and receive 40% for the next two hours”); and “wow:” there has to be a compelling offer.

“If you follow those three simple rules, you will have success every time,” said Joel.

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