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Dear SimpliFliers,
On December 7, 20009, SimpliFlying will turn ONE! And what a rocking year it has been. You are part of a community of206,000 airline and branding enthusiasts, who have spent over 4,700 hours reading almost 250 articles here on airline brands from around the world. You’ve given us over 1,500 suggestions through comments and thousands of you are LinkedIn group members and Twitter followers. Again you have my sincerest thanks, and my assurance that SimpliFlying will remain the leading knowledge source on airline branding you have trusted for a year: FREE, cutting-edge, and thought provoking.
Join us in Athens, Greece: Free social media branding workshop
Moreover, with Thanksgiving just around the corner, I want to thank you for making SimpliFlying what it is today. I’ve received multiple requests from airline executives (and other readers) to keep them updated on where I’m speaking and and if there are opportunities to attend. The time has come.
I’d like you to invite you to join us in Athens, Greece, to the IATA Commercial Strategy Symposium (CSS) being held from Dec 8-10. We’ve partnered with IATA to extend a special offer to SimpliFlying readers – you will get free access to the social media branding workshop for airlines and airports, when you sign up for the conference itself. How do you do this? Just follow these instructions:
- IATA Commercial Strategy Symposium <<Click here
- Click on “Register Now”
- Select your delegate type (airline, travel agent etc)
- Insert discount code “SIMPLIFLYING”
- Select the package you’d like to sign up for and complete the registration. The half-day workshop will be included at no extra charge to you (savings of US$500)
This special offer is valid for only 20 registrants, on a first-come-first-served basis. So you gotta act quickly!
Five free full-conference tickets up for grabs as well
To sweeten the deal further, in addition to the above discount, I’m giving away five complimentary passes, with full access to the conference as well as the workshop. This will be exclusively for SimpliFlying’s Twitter followers and blog subscribers. The passes will be given away Monday to Friday next week, one per day, in a lucky draw held each day at 10pm Pacific Time.
So now that you’re all excited about the prizes, let me get down to business and explain how you can win!
Winning on Twitter
- Follow me (@simpliflying) on Twitter [Current and new followers both qualify]
- For the next 7 days, pick a quote from any of the articles published on SimpliFlying, or from an interview and tweet it with a link to the article (see example below)
- Each tweet gives you one chance to win! (so, the more the merrier!)
- Make sure the tweets contain “@simpliflying” somewhere, so that I can count you in the draw
Example: “True brand loyalists should ideally fly due to a deep emotional connection, not just miles.” – @simpliflying http://bit.ly/3ch2jt
Winning on SimpliFlying, the blog
- Subscribe to SimpliFlying updates either by email or RSS
- Leave a comment on this article answering this question “How do you think your favorite airline can do a better job of connecting with you via social media”
That’s it! You have to do one of the two tasks above to qualify. It’s that simple.
But here’s the easiest way to participate…
Simply click the birdie in the box below and follow me on Twitter:
You’ll have to take care of your travel and accommodation. But with flights running empty these days, I’m sure you’ll be able to find a good fare. I look forward to meeting 25 of you in Athens in 2 weeks!
Keep Flying, SimpliFlying,
Shashank