Video News: An Example of E-mail and Social Media Marketing

Tim Burke, the owner of In A Pickle Restaurant, shared his experience of using e-mails and social media in marketing in this video. How do you use e-mails and social media to market your business?

Interested in reading more about e-mail marketing, you may find some tips via the following hyperlink: http://linchikwok.blogspot.com/2010/05/e-mail-marketing.html
The official website of In-A-Pickle Restaurant: http://www.in-a-pickle.com/index.html
Video was downloaded from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSBNGB-qkjU

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