Give Away Experiences, Not Stuff

If you're doing a contest or giveaway, think about providing an adventure or memorable experience, not just a free trial or product from your business. Let me know what you think about my giveaway idea for our next Convince & Convert contest! Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/jaybaer00 Subscribe to my Definitive newsletter: http://www.convinceandconvert.com/newsletter/ Today's Sprout Social shout out goes to Ian Cleary, a fantastic social media consultant and agency owner who specializes on marketing and social media tools. He and I are collaborating on a brand new show all about software and tools for business, coming soon! Follow Ian on Twitter: http://twitter.com/iancleary SHOW SPONSORS Candidio (http://candidio.com), a simple and affordable video production company. Sprout Social (http://sproutsocial.com), a social media management and analytics company that Jay uses for much of his social media every day. ABOUT JAY TODAY Jay Today is a video podcast with 3-minute lessons and commentary on business, social media and digital marketing from New York Times best-selling author and venture capitalist Jay Baer. *** FOLLOW JAY BAER: http://jaybaer.com/ https://twitter.com/jaybaer https://www.facebook.com/jaybaer https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbaer https://plus.google.com/u/1/+JayBaer http://instagram.com/jaybaer http://www.slideshare.net/jaybaer *** FOLLOW CONVINCE & CONVERT http://www.convinceandconvert.com https://twitter.com/convince https://www.facebook.com/ConvinceConvert https://www.linkedin.com/company/convince-&-convert http://www.slideshare.net/convinceandconvert *** OUR PODCASTS Social Pros: http://www.convinceandconvert.com/category/podcasts/social-pros-podcast/ Content Pros: http://www.convinceandconvert.com/category/podcasts/content-pros-podcast/ Jay Today: http://www.convinceandconvert.com/category/podcasts/jay-today-tv/ Convince & Convert: http://www.convinceandconvert.com/category/podcasts/content-pros-podcast/ MarketingPodcasts.com: http://marektingpodcasts.com/