The Quirky Marketing Greeting Card Contest is officially over!

The “rules” were to “Create a fun, quirky, unusual card message as a promotion for your company, product or service and tell me what you did.   The message should be creative and promote something you want to spread the word about. It can be a product, a new product launch, an event, a celebration, a strategic alliance, does not matter. As long as the message can be expressed on a greeting card or postcard.”

What surprised me is that some people did just that and others sent in cute cards with no purpose in mind. They did not have a clear message nor did they promote their company in any way, shape or form.  Having said that, we did have a few people who followed the directions and sent us some cute and/or quirky cards.  It was a tough decision, in fact so much so,  it took the judges an extra week to decide who to bestow the honors to.

Honorable Mention goes to the following:

Honorable Mention winners receive a half page ad in WE Magazine for women.

Kristine Sheehan of The MerryBird.com for her Valentine Postcard announcing her pen and Ink portraits for your Valentine.

Lisa Moren Bromma of Wise WomenInvestor.com for her postcards announcing her services and invitation to visit her website.

3rd Place winner in the Quirky Marketing Greeting Card Challlenge is Jessica Sellers of Chrysalis Logos.com – her card focused on “Make up Your Own Holiday Day” and offered an economic stimulus incentive (discount on services) to anyone who placed an order on that day. Way to Go, Jessica! Jessica won a One-year Charter Membership in the Women’s eCommerce Association.

2nd Place winner in the Quirky Marketing Greeting Card Challenge is Mr. Jim Barber. Jim promoted his company Tooter Talk (www.TooterTalk.com) with a picture of him on the cover standing in on stage at the IMPROV with the headline “Do You Know What Today is?”  The inside said simply… “Today is the first day of the rest of your new career!” Talk about perfect timing in this economy! Jim won a full page ad in WE Magazine for Women!

1st Place winner in the Quirky Marketing Greeting Card Challlenge is …..drum roll please………………

Racheli Smilovits of WCS Lending!  Racheli didn’t send in the required one entry – she sent in SIX! And each one was clever and unique. The one that cinched the winning was the postcard attached to a bag of peanuts that said “It will be NUTS to Navigate throught the Real Estate Waters without a Professional  Lender.” And her contact info, etc.  The graphic she used was a walnut shell and her beautiful face peeping out of it.  Racheli won a two page article interview in the Spring Issue of WE Magazine, a copy of her choice of one of the fabulous books in our library AND a $25 gift certificate from SendOutCards (choice of Visa Gift Card, Candy, Brownies and more).

Each of the above entrants will also receive a frameable Certificate customized with their names and date of the Quirky Marketing Contest as well as a mention in the accompanying media release announcing the Winners!

Several of the contestants grabbed their free account at SendOutCards.com/Heidi. THANKS!

Look for our next contest in the summer!

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