How would you like the best of the best in social media tips, tricks, strategy suggestions AND the “latest & greatest” in social media and technology news delivered to your inbox?  To celebrate Purple Stripe Productions brand new professional education and information service we are GIVING AWAY 5 free subscriptions to Ahead of Social!  Our introductory price is $4.99 a month (it’s a steal… we know!) but you can enter for a chance to win a year subscription for FREE!

The social networking space moves fast – Ahead of Social is your ‘drip feed’ to getting ahead in the social space!  Ahead of Social is a email newsletter filled with tips and tricks for finding, using and excelling with social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and more – tips you can use right away to see results! Whether you are an individual looking to make the most of social networking or work at (or own!) a large company looking to get to the next THREE steps in social networking, Ahead of Social is for you!

To Enter

To enter the Purple Stripe Productions Ahead of Social Contest we want to know your social media story!  How did you get started using social media?  Do you use it for work or personally?  Have you always wanted to get started but think it’s too difficult?  What are you excited about trying in 2011?  Do you have a success story that sets you apart?  Come on and be social – we want to know!

To enter, you can choose one of the following methods:

• Write your story on your own blog and link back HERE
• Leave a comment HERE with your story
• Tweet it! Just be sure to use #AheadofSocial in the tweet
• LIKE us on Facebook & leave your story on our Wall!

Contest Rules

Each blog post, comment, or Facebook Like you write and link back to this post will count as a submission.  Winners must have a valid email address to receive newsletter content.  Entries will be discovered via trackbacks to this post, comments on this post, and by searching #AheadofSocial on Twitter.  Contest closes Sunday January 16, 2011 at 12pm Eastern Standard Time.  Winners chosen by Purple Stripe Productions staff based on quality of submission.  If you are an existing paid subscriber of Ahead of Social your free 12 months will start at the beginning of the next billing cycle.  Good luck!

PS…

When the contest closes, our subscription price DOUBLES (still a cool $9.99 a month) so you may want to consider taking advantage of the offer now!  If you do win the contest, we will halt your payments and subscribe you for FREE.  If you don’t win – you still get Ahead of Social for HALF PRICE for as long as you keep your subscription active!

The Purple Stripe team is actively working on a suite of professional education and informational products that you will not want to miss!  Since it is still under wraps, we’ve decided to at least kick off the new year with a bit of a ‘teaser’ product – Ahead of Social.  Enjoy!

(Comments closed – stay tuned for the winner announcement!)

Winners : AngiePedersen, FtballCoachDoug, writingtosanity, mercerchamber & cecilyk

This past weekend my daughter and I attended PodCamp Philly in Philadelphia PA. For anyone that hasn’t heard of PodCamp, the premise is of an “un-conference’ – where it’s free (or really cheap) to attend and anyone can sign up to speak on a topic they are knowledgeable in. This was my third PodCamp in Philly (sixth overall) and first for my eight year old daughter.  There is something about getting together face to face with other social media and communications people that gets me motivated and inspired to break new ground and help new people.  What I really want is to extend that to YOU.

The spirit of community carried over to me this week, so I’ve decided to offer something special here at Purple Stripe.  Fully understanding how difficult it is to get a small business off the ground, I am offering a free ticket (doesn’t include travel, etc. – just admittance & food!) to Social Media Bootcamp : Small Business Edition in Hamilton New Jersey on October 21, 2009!  If you’re not the type of person to leave things to chance, use discount code “PSPdiscount” to sign up today guarantee your spot in the class!

How do you enter?  Leave a comment below telling us:

1. What your business is
2. Why you would like the ticket
3. Want extra credit? Hit the “ReTweet” button at the bottom of this post!

The winner will be chosen at random (via random.org). Your last chance to enter is Sunday October 18th at midnight EST.  Good luck and happy socializing!

EDIT: Comments are closed! I couldn’t help myself but to give both Kelly & Erik tickets to Bootcamp!