By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk Next month Instagram will be celebrating it's third birthday. It launched on October 6, 2010, and two months later it's community grew to 1 million. It was the first social network that you could only participate in through a mobile app and... Read more →

By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk I was in New York City last week to attend the ACI's 2nd Annual Summit on Digital Advertising Compliance: Social Media, Sweepstakes, and Promotions which is why I didn't post here. I attended last year's conference as well and again found myself... Read more →

By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk Last week (August 27) Facebook announced some big news by making some changes to their Promotion Guidelines. We have consistently been telling people that if they want to run a sweepstakes or contest promotion on their Facebook page that they had to... Read more →

By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk This week we launched our second promotion for Accolade Wines. This one for their Banrock Station brand, fine Australian wines that also strive to bring the message of conservation to the world. Part of the proceeds of every sale of these wines... Read more →

By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk I recently launched a couple of new sweepstakes that I'd like to share with you this week. Even though I haven't posted here in a couple of weeks, doesn't mean I haven't been busy. MSC Cruises has just launched the first in... Read more →

By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk If it sounds too good to be true, then in most cases it's not true. No, you did not win $450,000 and a new Mercedes. We get dozens of calls each week from people who have received a phone call telling them... Read more →

By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk This time of year is the second largest consumer spending event for retailers known as "Back- to-School", trailing only the Christmas holiday season. Total spending is expected to reach $30.3 billion this year from families with children in grades K-12. Then if... Read more →

By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk We're kicking of the beginning of the 2013 Henkel Helps Get Kids Fit campaign this week. Henkel is the parent company for many well-known brands such as Dial, Purex, Soft Scrub, Right Guard, Renuzit and more. Henkel has been running this campaign... Read more →

By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk I thought I'd continue writing this week about another recipe contest after last week's post that include one on wine and cheese. This contest is specifically for bartenders! The Margaritaville Cargo Master Mixologist Recipe Contest is only open to Margaritaville Restaurant Bartenders... Read more →

By Guest Blogger, Donna DeClemente, Donna's Promo Talk Recently we've had a flurry of activity launching promotions for a July 1 start. It seems that brands really want to get their name in front of potential customers this summer. Here are three that each have their own unique differences. First... Read more →