Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Dec 7, 2009, 2:09 pm
PMA held their 2nd Annual Digital Marketing Summit called Fast Forward 2011 which was held last Thursday, Dec. 3rd, at Google's NYC headquarters. It was a day of full of great content from speaker...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Dec 2, 2009, 9:05 am
Yvonne Divita wrote a blog post yesterday over on the Lip-sticking Blog titled Ready...Set...Go! While she was referring to 2010 being that the calendar now saying December, I'm just starting to ...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Nov 30, 2009, 2:47 pm
I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving Holiday. Thanksgiving was late this year, being the 26th of November, which means we are now fully into the 2009 Holiday shopping season. According to co...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Nov 25, 2009, 4:02 pm
Well on this Thanksgiving Day Eve I am thankful for many, many things this year. But have to admit that at the moment I am really thankful for my husband who got me a new computer monitor today. Eve...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Nov 23, 2009, 10:23 am
This is the beginning of a short work week for all us here in the states who will be celebrating the Thanksgiving Holiday this Thursday. But before I start being thankful and blogging about many of th...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Nov 18, 2009, 3:56 pm
Earlier today I fulfilled my guest-blogging role over at the Lip-sticking Blog and wrote a post about the great presentation that we had from David Berkowitz yesterday who visited us in Rochester, NY,...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Nov 14, 2009, 8:19 am
On Wednesday of this week I was honored to be a speaker as well as a guest at Rochester's first annual SM2Day, Social Media Today and Harvest Tomorrow conference. This was an event  hosted by...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Nov 10, 2009, 11:26 pm
I'm continuing my coverage of PMA's Annual Promotional Marketing Law Conference, one of the most highly anticipated events in the industry. Last week while in Chicago at the event I wrote this...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Nov 5, 2009, 10:58 pm
All 510 of us registered attendees of PMA's 2009 Promotion Marketing Law Conference experienced a very, very full day today at the Fairmont Hotel which is host to this year's event. This year&...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Nov 4, 2009, 9:37 pm
Well I arrived in Chicago earlier tonight and am currently writing this post from the Fairmont Hotel where I'll be attending PMA's Annual Marketing Law Conference for the next two days. I was ...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Oct 31, 2009, 12:09 am
I first used the term Social Sweeps in early 2008 when I wrote a post on this blog which was about interactive promotions combined with social media. Today I define Social Sweeps as any interactive ...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Oct 28, 2009, 3:25 pm
... Popular 2009 Adult Halloween Costumes Vampire Sexy Nurse Michael Jackson Star Wars Sexy ... top spots again as usual. For adults I guess there's not much of a surprise there either w...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Oct 24, 2009, 9:00 am
Here in Rochester we're getting ready for our first LinkedIn LIVE Event that’s part of a new ROC LinkedAlot group that's been developed on the social networking site LinkedIn. It's takin...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Oct 21, 2009, 10:57 pm
It's been a long day and I almost forgot to add my Lip-sticking blog post that I wrote earlier today here as well. It's not a post about any cutting-edge interactive promotion or example of a ...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Oct 16, 2009, 3:18 pm
Yesterday, October 15, I attended the Women's TIES Retreat held at the Welch Allyn Lodge in Skaneateles Fall, NY. Women TIES stands for Together Inspiring Entrepreneurial Success and this was the...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Oct 14, 2009, 8:33 pm
Today I wrote a post about another really great B2B user-generated content promotional marketing contest over at the Lip-sticking blog. Yvonne DiVita, the Lip-sticking blog founder and fearless leader...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Oct 13, 2009, 5:26 pm
The PMA's annual Promotion Marketing Law Conference is now almost three weeks and is filling up fast! "Staying Connected @ The Speed of Change is taking place November 5-6 at the Fairmont Hotel ba...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Oct 9, 2009, 5:52 pm
Yesterday I attended a sold-out luncheon hosted by our local chapter of the PRSA here in Rochester that was held at the RIT Inn and Conference Center. We all had the privilege to hear social media eva...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Oct 7, 2009, 3:56 pm
I wanted to write this post about Lane Bryant's new social networking site, Inside Curve, since my colleague over at the American Sweepstakes & Promotion Company brought it to my attention. He'...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Oct 2, 2009, 5:49 pm
Goggle began sending out invites this week to people to become the first users of their latest internet tool  Google Wave, which aims to rival Twitter, Facebook and even conventional e-mail. Goo...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 30, 2009, 8:14 pm
Again it's Wednesday and my day to be a guest blogger on the Lip-sticking blog. Since Yvonne DiVita, the founder and leader of the Lip-sticking blog, also writes a pet blog called Scratchings & Sn...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 27, 2009, 12:55 pm
The health care reform conversation is everywhere these days. No matter what side of the fence you sit, it's hard not to get in the discussion. I sat down and read the Sunday paper this morning, w...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 23, 2009, 4:41 pm
More and more promotional contests are being targeted to the small businesses these days, not just to consumers. Since many readers of the Lip-sticking blog consists of small businesses, especially th...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 21, 2009, 5:33 pm
Well the OMMA Global conference started today in New York City and I'm not there. I did finally get invited with a press pass, but unfortunately the notice came so late that I wasn't able to m...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 18, 2009, 4:04 pm
Social media usage continues to grow this year. Facebook just released new numbers this week that states that they now have 300 million worldwide members. Earlier in the week I read this article...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 16, 2009, 4:43 pm
I haven't written here since the weekend, but it doesn't mean that I haven't been blogging. Here are two recent posts I wrote. The first one is my Wednesday guest blogging gig over at...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 12, 2009, 1:14 pm
Well it's my favorite time of year. The 2009 NFL Football Season is just getting underway, the MLB season is now really competitive with playoffs around the corner and the NHL is starting it's...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 9, 2009, 3:28 pm
Yes, we all keep thinking today's Tuesday, but it's really Wednesday already this week...great thing about long holiday weekends. So I just finished up my Wednesday guest post on Lip-sticking ...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 7, 2009, 11:03 am
Happy Labor Day. I hope everyone is enjoying (or enjoyed) the long weekend. We have had a beautiful spell of warm, sunny weather here in New York which was really needed since we’ve had a prett...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 7, 2009, 10:58 am
Happy Labor Day. I hope everyone is enjoying (or enjoyed) the long weekend. We have had a beautiful spell of warm, sunny weather here in New York which was really needed since we’ve had a prett...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 4, 2009, 12:03 pm
MediaPost’s OMMA Global New York is coming up this month on Sept. 21 -22 which takes all of their separate  one-day OMMA conferences and rolls them into one big, two-day super-conference. It covers...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 4, 2009, 12:00 pm
MediaPost’s OMMA Global New York is coming up this month on Sept. 21 -22 which takes all of their separate  one-day OMMA conferences and rolls them into one big, two-day super-conference. It covers...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 3, 2009, 4:52 pm

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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 3, 2009, 4:52 pm

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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 2, 2009, 4:34 pm
Well I'm sorry to have to admit that I haven't written here in a week. It's been a busy last couple of weeks getting my two daughters off to college. We just took our older daughter, Kelse...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Sep 2, 2009, 4:34 pm
Well I'm sorry to have to admit that I haven't written here in a week. It's been a busy last couple of weeks getting my two daughters off to college. We just took our older daughter, Kelse...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Aug 26, 2009, 2:39 pm
My good friend, blog mentor and founder of the Lip-sticking blog, Yvonne DiVita, is also a huge pet lover. One of the many reasons why we have become close friends, besides our common interests in soc...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Aug 26, 2009, 2:39 pm
My good friend, blog mentor and founder of the Lip-sticking blog, Yvonne DiVita, is also a huge pet lover. One of the many reasons why we have become close friends, besides our common interests in soc...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Aug 24, 2009, 10:04 am
Here's a new a user-generated contest that all of us small businesses wish that we could win. American Express has teamed with NBC Universal to launch this integrated campaign called Shine a light...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Aug 19, 2009, 10:46 pm
Today I posted two different articles that I'd like to reference here and link to. First is my usual Wednesday guest blogger appearance over at the Lipsicking Blog. Today I wrote about an intere...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Aug 17, 2009, 5:43 pm
So, did you watch the premiere of the third season of Mad Men last night? I did and I enjoyed it. I don't watch much TV during the summer, but this show is definitely worth making the time to. I w...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Aug 14, 2009, 11:56 am
Facebook has been in the news quite a bit this week. They started off the week with the announcement that they have acquired the social-identity aggregator, FriendFeed. I just wrote an article about t...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Aug 12, 2009, 3:52 pm

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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Aug 9, 2009, 1:47 pm
Well I've neglected my blog all week because I've been on vacation with my family. We've been down in Myrtle Beach staying with my parents and also visiting with my sisters and their famil...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Aug 1, 2009, 10:22 am
I thought I'd get back on track here today and continue my usual reporting on entertainment marketing promotions. While the summer does have it's share of big theatrical movie releases, by the...
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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Jul 29, 2009, 9:14 pm

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Donna D. posted an article on Donna Promo Talk Promotion Marketing - Jul 27, 2009, 3:42 pm

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