Evoca and the Power of Sound featured at Ad Fed

December 16 – Murem Sharpe, president of Evoca, made a presentation to the Savannah Advertising Federation about the power of customer testimonies and the power of voice when marketing your business.  You will find Evoca powering up the shout-outs for  Discovery Channel’s The Deadliest Catch: here

Evoca can be found working for newspapers, radio, TV, and Fan Sites:  Link

Seeking Peace? Try The Cradle of Prayer

Are you seeking Peace? Looking for hope in a hopeless world?  Pray with your Priest and Pastor at the Cradle of Prayer.

So what is it?  The Cradle of Prayer is a special place for you to connect with the ancient rule of life in prayer.  Each day, prayers and song are recorded for you to download and enjoy in the privacy of your home, in your car, or on your iPod.  Listen and participate in the reading of The Lord’s Prayer and the Psalms.  The Cradle of Prayer offers morning and evening prayer to you 365 days a year from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer, BCP.

Johnny Mercer Statue Debuts in Savannah

The Johnny Mercer bronze statue made it’s debut in Savannah in Ellis Square this week.  Sculptor Susie Chisholm did a beautiful job!  Ellis Square is still under a bit of construction – located next to City Market and next to the new Avia Hotel.

 

 

Social Media Guru Chris Cree Animates Ad Club

Chris Cree of Success CREEations came to the Savannah Ad Club to talk about Social Media on Wednesday, November 17th.  Chris suggested to have a strong home base, known as your website with several outposts where the traffic is such as blogs and Twitter and Facebook.  Online participation he considers as “social currency” like a bank account.  You need to participate, have conversations, be helpful and then your dividends or interest pay off.

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