FREE Marketing Plan Give-a-way Contest for Small Businesses

PR Log (Press Release) – Apr 06, 2009 – DETROIT – Small business owners across the U.S. have the opportunity to win a comprehensive Strategic Marketing Plan for their business prepared by consulting firm, Strategic Growth Concepts of Southfield, MI.  Strategic is sponsoring this national contest, being promoted primarily via Web 2.0 technology and social media, as part of their efforts in support of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s upcoming National Small Business Week celebration.

Contestants can enter the contest via Strategic’s website at www.StrategicGrowthConcepts.com where they complete an online entry form, including essays about their business and why a Marketing Plan will benefit their company.  Contest entrants have the opportunity to win the grand prize, a Strategic Marketing Plan designed to help the firm effectively market themselves to prospective customers and achieve increased sales (approximate value $8,500), or one of five secondary prizes, 2 hours of small business consulting per winner (approximate value $470 per winner). Entries can be submitted thru April 30, 2009, with winners being announced during National Small Business Week, May 17 – 19, 2009.

Strategic Growth Concepts has established this contest as part of its corporate mission “to encourage the development of small business firms as a means of economic re-development in our communities, and as a method of gaining individual financial security for potential and existing small business owners” according to the firm’s CEO/Managing Consultant, Linda Daichendt.  Daichendt further adds, “We felt that National Small Business Week was the perfect opportunity for us to develop a program to aid a number of small businesses while bringing attention to the importance of small businesses in today’s economy”.