EVERY DAY IS CYBER MONDAY ON ONLINEGOODWILL.COM

by Anne Marie Sisk

Shop Till You Drop Without Ever Leaving Home!

Gift giving can lead to the thrill of victory or the agony of defeat depending when you do your shopping.  Finding a parking space at the mall may be the biggest victory, but not finding the right color, size or style of an item for someone you’re shopping for might feel defeating.  So why not stay home?  Forget the fight for a parking space.  Don’t worry about the jostling.  Instead, log on to onlinegoodwill.com where you can bid, browse and buy and check off every name on your list.

Onlinegoodwill.com has more than 1000 items from the most sought-after brands to the rare collectible.  Not only that, but we list as many as 300 new items daily.  Talk about shopping!

So, find those special gifts for the ones you love, while helping change lives by shopping on onlinegoodwill.com.  The proceeds from the sale of every item on the site go towards our Career Solutions programs.  By the time 2011 ends, our Goodwill will have provided free training and job services to more than 11,500 Tennesseans.  Thank you to our onlinegoodwill.com shoppers, our donors and those who support Goodwill’s brick and mortar stores.

Find great gifts for incredible prices:

Nikon D3000 18-55VR Camera Kit NIB item 9005179 ends 12/5.

Wilson Leather #8 Dale Jr. Jacket size M item ends 12/6.

Happy shopping!

GW Boutique: Goodwill Goes Mobile

By Elizabeth Lee, Account Executive at DVL

We live in a world that is constantly on the go and we are always connected. Our mobile phones can do more than I believe the creators of mobile phones ever expected them to. Technology has evolved from a bag phone, to a phone the size of a brick (I remember Zack Morris using this phone in Saved by the Bell), to flip phones and now we have smart phones. In our culture a phone can define who you are – are you a Droid, a BlackBerry, an iPhone or just a regular cell phone. I use my phone for text, e-mail, photos, games, news updates, banking, movie tickets, Internet surfing, my calendar and, believe it or not, as a phone! By the way, I am a droid user.

According to CTIS, the International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications Industry, as of December 2010 there were more than 302 million wireless phone subscribers in the United States. On average those subscribers sent 187 billion text messages each month. With cell phone users attached to their phones, it is not surprising that marketers have started to use cell phones to send advertisements directly to consumers.

The latest way that marketers have been reaching consumers on their cell phones is through the QR Code (Quick Response Code). I am sure you have seen these codes in your local grocer, in your favorite magazine or on the computer. The way a QR Code works is the user scans the code with their phone using a program like Scan Life or an iPhone scanning program. Once the user scans the QR Code a number of things may occur. The QR Code could be linked to a Web site featuring a video of the product you just scanned, the code might contain someone’s contact information, for instance a copy of a business card, or the code might take you to a Web site to sign up for a special deal or offer.

Goodwill has launched a mobile marketing campaign of its own, called Mobile Mondays. If you sign up, Goodwill will send you an e-mail or text notifying you of the hottest deals for at least one Monday a month. The deals are good, too! For instance, $5 off a purchase of $25 or more, 20 percent off regularly price merchandise and, maybe even 50% off some items.

The only way that you can score these deals is to become a member of the Mobile Monday program. There are three ways to signup. Text GOODWILL to 96362, visit www.goodwill2go.com or scan the QR code included in this post. When the deal is sent out, all you have to do is show the text you receive to the cashier to receive your discount at checkout.

With phones becoming such a large part of our culture I think it Mobile Mondays is a wonderful way for Goodwill to reach its customers and promote its mission.

GW Boutique: 12 Days of Online Goodwill Holiday Shopping!

By Gail Champion, OnlineGoodwill.com Manager

Item of the Day - 32' LED HDTV!

The countdown is on. You officially have just a wee bit more than two weeks to buy online and have the perfect gift ready to go under the tree!

How to find that fab gift is as easy at onlinegoodwill.com. We have over 1000 items listed, ranging from jewelry, art, tools, antiques, books, collectibles, electronics and more!

Throughout the next 12 days we will feature a daily gift item for those special people on your holiday list.

Onlinegoodwill.com works much like ebay, with most auctions beginning at the low price of $5.

Best of all, just like our stores, the money generated goes to help fund our mission of providing employment and training opportunities for people who have disabilities and others who have trouble finding and keeping jobs. So far this year we have assisted almost 10,000 Tennesseans at our 16 Career Solutions centers.

So what could be better than finding fab deals with ease, convenience and 24/7 access, AND making a positive impact on your community?

Sounds like the perfect present to me.

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to see the 12 days of onlinegoodwill.com! It all begins Monday, December 6! Happy Holidays!