Released on: July 1, 2008, 5:50 pm

Press Release Author: Shannon Cherry

Industry: Small Business

Press Release Summary: Virtual camp teaches valuable skills and sparks creativity
for small businesses and entrepreneurs.


Press Release Body: MAlbany, NY - June 23, 2008 - Shannon Cherry, the power
publicist, and Rebecca Murtagh, the Internet marketing success master, become
virtual marketing summer camp "counselors" at MarketingSummerCamp.com designed to
show "campers" who include small business owners, entrepreneurs and other solo
professionals, how to grow their businesses by targeting customers through publicity
and internet marketing. (www.MarketingSummerCamp.com).

"We created Marketing Summer Camp based on a needs survey that demonstrated that
most people are looking to sharpen their skills in three main areas: SEO & Internet
marketing, niche marketing, and media relations & promotions," says Shannon Cherry,
APR, MA. Public relations and marketing are essential to increase a business's
revenue or to improve its professional image, but relying on a public relations
expert can be costly. We also recognize the need to help businesses leverage the
internet to achieve the best results, but successful marketing goes far beyond
tactics. "Marketing Summer Camp is a powerful, fun and highly informative program
full of ideas to spark creative thought and immediate action toward promoting and
building new business", says Shannon Cherry, APR, president of Be Heard Solutions.
."

Search and internet marketing have become vital to the success of every business
serious about winning new customers. "When it comes to leveraging SEO and internet
marketing to grow a small business, the more defined and accurate your focus is, the
more successful your efforts will be. Search engine marketing and pay per click
programs can work effectively for even the smallest of businesses, if you know what
you are doing", explains Murtagh, "We want marketers of all levels to walk away with
timely actionable information and that creative spark to help generate powerful
marketing campaigns that will generate results, now matter how big, or small, their
company or budget is".

Murtagh and Cherry offer 50 years combined expertise in marketing and public
relations with a mutual passion for helping small business owners achieve their
goals. Murtagh owns KarnerBlueMarketing.com, an SEO an award-winning Internet
Marketing firm, and Cherry is a former media insider and president of
CherryCommunications.com, a virtual publicity firm. Both companies are located in
Albany, New York, USA.

MarketingSummerCamp.com offers a virtual campground where you can rest easy and away
from the cares of the day to take another look at how you go about marketing your
business" through four different seminars via internet and telephone.

Marketing Summer Camp activities include:
. Target Practice, where campers learn how to narrow their focus to expand their
opportunities.
. Trail Blazing on the Internet Super Highway with practical and proven ways to
leverage the Internet to grow your business.
. Stories around the Campfire, showing campers how to turn news-worthy stories into
publicity media and customers notice.
. Free Swim: where campers get to ask Summer Camp Counselors questions about all
things marketing.
MarketingSummerCamp.com offers vacation-minded marketers an uplifting, challenging
and fun approach to sharpen their marketing skills and gain new perspective on
methods to attract and win new clients and customers.

The price of the camp is $257 and includes bonuses. Campers that register by July 2
receive a $60 discount, making the course affordable to anyone seeking expert advise
at bargain prices.

Shannon Cherry, the "Power Publicist" owns Be Heard Solutions, a subsidiary of
Cherry Communications, is a strategic communications firm that works with
entrepreneurs, businesses and not-for-profits across the United States to develop
results-oriented marketing and public relations and publicity programs.
BeHeardSolutions.com

Rebecca Murtagh is Founder and Chief Strategist of Internet Marketing Success
Masters, a division of Karner Blue Marketing LLC, an award-winning internet
marketing firm specializing in SEO, PPC, Usability and Conversion consulting and
training services. KarnerBlueMarketing.com



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Web Site: http://www.MarketingSummerCamp.com

Contact Details: For more information, contact Shannon Cherry at 518-248-6592 or
email: info@beheardsolutions.com.
For more information or to register, go to www.MarketingSummerCamp.com.