Assured Environments Announces Grand-Prize Winner of its Facebook Contest

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

Assured Environments is excited to announce the lucky winner of its Facebook contest: Zoe Lee of Pleasant Valley, N.Y.

Officially called ?$ 5,000 for 5,000,? the contest was created with the premise of increasing the audience for the company?s Facebook page. Aiming to reach 5,000 fans by the end date of the contest ? January 15th, 2012 - the company?s fanbase had grown from approximately 200 to 1,272 upon the expiration of the contest. The amount of the cash prize was therefore modified to match the total number of Facebook fans at the time the contest ended.

?We are pleased with the success of the event because it has enabled Assured Environments to generate a great deal of interest online,? said Director of Marketing Evan Rosenblum. ?The promotion also helps us recognize and reward one of our many valued fans.?

In addition to generating a larger audience, allowing the company to stay more connected to local customers as well as fans all around the globe, the contest has allowed the company to demonstrate its appreciation for the customers who have helped to make Assured Environments the leading pest control company in New York.

Established in 1934, Assured Environments is the largest pest control management business in New York. The company provides a wide variety of solutions to help commercial and residential customers eradicate bed bugs, cockroaches, ants, flies, spiders, rodents, birds, bats and other pests. Assured Environments is proud to offer Green Shield Certified services and maintain an environmentally-friendly integrated pest management (IPM) program that uses methods that are the least disruptive to human health and the environment. An employee-owned firm, the company is based in Manhattan and serves clients throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

To join the Assured Environments? Facebook group, go to http://www.facebook.com/assuredenv and click the ?Like? button at the top of the page. To learn more about Assured Environments, please visit http://www.AssuredEnvironments.com.

Contact:

Director of Marketing Evan Rosenblum

646-783-5138

pr(at)assuredenvironments(dot)com

http://www.AssuredEnvironments.com

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Little Gifts Makes Social Giving through Facebook Easy

Portland, OR (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

In a tough economy, many charities are looking for innovative ways to expand their reach and encourage people to give. One new trend just bubbling to the surface is social giving: combining donations-as-gifts with social networks. Little Gifts (http://www.littlegifts.org), a new startup in Portland, makes it easy by creating an integrated store right on a charity?s Facebook page, where users can select a virtual gift that represents a donation, and gift it directly to a friend?s wall on Facebook.

http://www.littlegifts.org explains a common use case:

?Just realized it?s your friends birthday today? Just visit your favorite charity?s Facebook page, pick a virtual gift (perhaps a puppy for an animal focused charity, or a flower for an environmental charity), write a short note for your friend, and immediately send it to their wall. They?ll receive a fun and thoughtful virtual gift, along with a note explaining your donation on their behalf. You?ll get a copy on your wall to help expose your favorite charity to your network.?

The benefits to charities are clear: reduced friction for users to donate money while staying in Facebook, increased incentive to donate, and increased exposure to both the giver?s and receiver?s social networks. Best of all, all donations are sent directly from the donor to the charity, using the charity's existing donation method.

As part of their launch, Little Gifts is offering lifetime free accounts and store setup to a select pilot group of charities. To apply for a free lifetime account, visit http://www.littlegifts.org/apply

How does it work?

1. Little Gifts will create an online store integrated into a charity's Facebook page. The charity can choose its favorite gifts from their gift library, and set their own prices. All donations go directly to the charity's paypal or bank account.

2. When a donor gives to the charity on behalf of someone, the recipient receives a themed ecard along with a virtual gift on the giver?s wall and the recipient?s wall representing the donation.

3. It's a meaningful gift that helps the charity twice, by making giving easier and more fun, and also by sharing the cause with both the giver's and recipient's entire social networks.

Join the free pilot program today at: http://www.littlegifts.org/apply

Little Gifts is based in Portland, Oregon, and helps charities turns donations into socially shareable virtual gifts by creating integrated Facebook stores.

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