Team Your Savannah Non-Profit up with Traffic Invasion

Over 50 retailers and restaurants are now participating in Savannah’s Traffic Invasion – a unique loyalty partnership where you can SHOP, SAVE, and GIVE at the same time!   This is the most unique system with rewards for all participants that I’ve ever seen and you will like it too.  Performance Initiatives – home of Coastal Empire Weightlifting  is one of the non-profits participating.  If you want to support them, then simply purchase a card from Traffic Invasion and do business as you normally would with a participating retailer or restaurant.  The business keeps you coming back and the non profit gets a percentage of your purchase.  It’s a win – win!  Check it out: http://www.traffic-invasion.com

 

Music Intelligence and uPlaya Rock Savannah Ad Fed

Keven Lawver with Music Intelligence Systems and uPlaya Music Universe educated the Savannah Advertising Federation on the changing music industry and the methodology behind what it take to make a hit song.  The meeting was held at Alligator Soul in downtown Savannah.  Kevin will also be a speaker at the upcoming Geekend 2009 to be held at the Hyatt Regency Savannah Nov. 6-9.

Peek behind the scenes of the Puppet People

A recent open house at Angela Beasley’s Puppet People was super fun!  Not only was there good food – there was cake by Mollie Stone!  The Puppet People make the average party or corporate event spectacular! They happen to be my favorite small business in town.

Puppet People Studio

Puppet People Studio

Savannah Puppet People - Willie Nelson, Johnny Mercer, Ray Charles and even a Pirate

That's my Mom with Johnny Mercer at Savannah's Picnic in the Park

Buy Local Savannah Celebrates 10 Years

Buy Local Savannah celebrated their 10th anniversary on October 1st.  Captain Vincent Russo catered the “Taste of the Low Country”  with a yummy low country boil.

Buy Local Friends with President Paula Kreissler (r)

Cathy with 7 Waves Marketing (left) and friends from WJCL media partners

Plaid Agency Leader Visits Savannah Ad Fed

Darryl Ohrt of the Plaid Agency in Connecticut – well known for the Plaid Nation tour and infamous marketer for Segway, came to Savannah to talk about the art of self promotion to agency leaders at the first Advertising Federation meeting of the year held at Alligator Soul in downtown Savannah.   September 23, 2009

(L-R) Melanie Smith, President with Savannah Technical College; Cathy Rodgers with 7 Waves Marketing, Darryl Ohrt with Plaid, and Hal Thomas with Brand Aid

Paula Deen Character Shines at Savannah Chamber Expo

The Paula Deen character was a hit at the Savannah Chamber Expo in September.  The life size puppet designed by nationally recognized Puppet People even has a “butter” necklace – topped off with stick butter earrings. Low fat?  I don’t think so.

Kim Jones with Savannah Jobs and Paula Deen the puppet

My Savannah Is … New Marketing Campaign Commercials

Downtown Savannah – It never Gets Old.  Check out my friends on a Scooter in the new My Savannah Is campaign:

We Need Incentives for Small Businesses to Thrive

Georgia State Representative Buddy Carter is a small business man who discovered our own state of Georgia is sending jobs away!

When we look around us, most of our manufacturers have gone overseas and we really need to get those back.  Are all the tax incentives offshore now?  In the meantime, why send work out of state??  Read all of Buddy’s article as a guest editorial in the Savannah Morning News on Stop sending jobs out of state here:  http://savannahnow.com/node/775667

Small Town Service still Exists – Plus Moonpies

Have you ever been to the Soda Pop Shoppe on Bull  Street in downtown Savannah?  Let me recommend the chicken salad sandwich on toasted whole wheat!  For old fashioned service with a flair, here’s what to expect.   Homemade sandwiches wrapped and placed in a small paper bag, hot dogs, hand dipped ice cream, milk shakes, chips and soda Pop.  I even get a corny joke when I walk in the door.  You won’t find a website and they don’t take debit cards (yet).  So when I didn’t have any cash the other day, the owner simply said bring it back when you can!  Now that’s service with a smile. And the power of word of mouth advertising?  It still works, because I’m telling you and I’ve told everyone I run into about this.  Did I mention the Moonpies?

I found a Dog Soap that Cleans and Deodorizes!

I’ll just say it – our Golden Lab stinks!  No matter what we used he still had an odor

– like a sweaty boy after gym class!   We  just tested a soap from Nourish Savannah on Broughton Street and it really does work!  I am so excited about it, I’m telling you about it.  It’s called Don’t Bug My Dog Soap and the natural ingredients not only clean but take away the “doggie” smell.  That’s our dog Winston drying off after a bath with the Nourish Soap.  Look for it on this page of the Nourish site: Link Oh, they are across from the Gap in downtown Savannah.