Happy Birthday Garnet!

14 Mar

I can’t believe Garnet turns ONE tomorrow, March 15th! What a great first year. THANK YOU to our clients & friends for your support.

To celebrate, we are giving away CAKE- a $25 gift certificate to Chandler’s Bakery, to be specific! Answer one of the following questions by commenting on this post to enter. Be sure to include your first name and an e-mail address to we can contact you if you win.

1- What is your biggest marketing challenge in 2011?

2- Do you have a marketing or social media question that we can answer for you?

We will answer the questions on our blog over the next few months so keep an eye out for yours to be featured! Questions? info@garnet-marketing.com

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Jennifer says:

Marketing challenge? Where to invest my money in marketing and what has the greatest return … hard questions to figure out.

Marketing question? I am very into facebook and twitter for my business, but I still have not figure out the value of Linked In. Can you help??

14. March - 11:19 am

hoodatbe says:

how do we positively market an event that might be almost sold-out before the invites drop?! we want to avoid negative fallout, but celebrate success! thanks!!

14. March - 1:07 pm

Kimberly says:

What is the best way to market on a tight budget, and still stand out in a saturated market?

and Jennifer’s questions too…. What marketing has the greatest return? and the value of linked in?

Happy Birthday Garnet!

14. March - 5:19 pm

Feast! says:

Marketing challenge? Entering the wedding world in Charlottesville! We have a lot to offer to brides but want to be specific and appealing not overwhelming. And how do we reach them?

15. March - 7:51 am

Claire says:

What do you know about People Jar?
http://peoplejar.com/

it keeps coming across my desk and I was wondering if you know anything… thanks, Jessica!

15. March - 11:23 am

Leslie says:

Congratulations on your first full year at Garnet! My current marketing challenge is to crystallize my varied skillset/interests into a new business. Deciding what kind of business I really want and what services, specifically, I want to offer.

16. March - 8:07 am

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16. March - 12:24 pm

Heather says:

Congratulations!!!!!!!

18. March - 7:47 am

ABOUT JESSICA:

I graduated from JMU (go dukes!) with a degree in business and a concentration in hospitality management. My dad gave me a Burger King crown for graduation suggesting that I would never get a real job in ‘hospitality’ but I proved him wrong and went on to spend almost ten years in the world of hotels, restaurants and events. I started out doing meeting planning at The Boar’s Head Inn followed by sales & marketing and wedding & event planning at The Clifton Inn and The Event Company. I love weddings & events and still help out with them whenever somebody will let me!

Garnet exists because I also love marketing & social media. It’s the perfect mix of fun, creativity and nerdiness for me. It helps other people to grow their businesses. I get a Saturday off once in awhile. What’s not to love!

Speaking of love- a few of my favorite things: my husband Chris, my family, my friends, my puppies: Ellie & Scout, our two chickens, JMU, virginia wine, craft beer (especially IPA's), fun paper products and the number 7.

I named this business after my grandfather. Garnett (with two T’s) is my grandfather on my mom’s side. When he passed away about ten years ago he had never been to a website, didn’t have a ‘status’ and thought a ‘tweet’ was something that birds did while visiting his bird feeders. How times have changed!

He was a very special person to me and when I started thinking about this adventure, I decided that naming it after him couldn’t be a bad place to start.

TEAM GARNET:

Yes, Garnet is small. But, we work with some really awesome designers, developers, printers, online resources, local media and we even do the occasional crafty project ourselves (it takes us back to our days in the wedding & event business!) to make sure you have the very best team working for you on every single project.

We are also constantly learning and keeping up with the latest trends in marketing + social media. We attend conference after conference and read blog after blog so you don't have to worry about keeping up with it all.

Think of us as a project manager for all of your marketing related needs. Hand over that marketing 'to do' list and those ideas you have been wanting to implement for years- you know it isn't going to get done otherwise!

Do what you love. We'll spread the word.

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