Moxie Marketing supports The 3/50 Project and we want to help local businesses succeed. Tell us what three Austin-area businesses you or your company will support as part of The 3/50 Project and you'll be entered in a drawing for one of three FREE Marketing Plan Pro Software packages along with a FREE 30-Day Moxie Quick Start Coaching program.  We'll publish your stories on our blog, www.marketingwithmoxie.com.

The concept is quite simple. Pick three independently-owned, Austin-area businesses and spend $50 a month at them. That's it.  (Not $50 at each store.  Just $50 altogether.  You're probably already spending that somewhere.)

According to The 3/50 Project  web site, "if just half the employed U.S. population spent $50 each month in independently owned businesses, their purchases would generate $42.6 billion in revenue." 

To nudge you off of your computer and into action, the folks at Palo Alto Software, the makers of Marketing Plan Pro Software, have partnered with Moxie Marketing to create a drawing-- a B2B challenge to business owners to help other businesses here in Austin. It's as easy as 1-2-3:

1. Name three local, independent businesses in the Austin, Texas area 
         and tell me a story about why you like them, and why others should
         buy from them too. I'll post your comments on the
         marketingwithmoxie.com blog.
2. Pledge to do business with those three companies.
3. You'll be automatically entered in a drawing to win FREE
         Marketing Plan Pro software and I'll throw in a FREE 30-day

Moxie Quick Start Coaching Program to get you started.  That's a $680 value - free.  We'll be giving three packages away -- one each month from August through October, 2009.

Click here to make the pledge and enter.

Will 3/50 really make a difference? Yes. According to The 3/50 Project website, "for every $100 spent in locally owned independent stores, $68 returns to the community through taxes, payroll, and other expenditures. If you spend that in a national chain, only $43 stays here. Spend it online and nothing comes home."

Why give all this away?  I want to help small business succeed.  And right now, here in the dog days of summer, they need our support more now than ever. 

So  fill out this form and make a pledge today.  What have you got to lose?  Maybe another locally owned, independent business -- you know, businesses like yours that help "Keep Austin Weird." What have you got to win?  A great new marketing plan (you really need one ya know)!   Enter now.