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Silicon Valley American Marketing Association Presents Opportunity to Be Published for Breakthrough Marketing Ideas
   May 18 Deadline is Approaching for Submissions to 'Marketing Thought'
  Conference with Guy Kawasaki; Winners will be Featured in Follow-on Book

    SAN JOSE, Calif., May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Silicon Valley American
Marketing Association (SVAMA), the premier chapter of the American
Marketing Association helping Silicon Valley marketers stay connected and
informed, today announced an open call for submissions for the first
"Marketing Thought" national publishing contest. Designed to discover fresh
new marketing ideas that are creative in experimentation and ahead of the
curve in concept, the SVAMA invites industry professionals to submit an
entry by visiting http://www.svama.org/mt/contest.html. Submissions are
free and the entry deadline is May 18, 2007. Winners will be revealed at
the SVAMA "Marketing Thought - Ideas That Drive Results" conference, a
unique one-day event that brings together the best minds, brands and
agencies in marketing, on Thursday, May 31, 2007, at the Santa Clara
Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif.
    "We're surrounded by creativity and innovation, but until now, there
hasn't been a venue in Northern California that focuses specifically on
identifying and discussing the next best marketing ideas," said Gene Hall,
president of SVAMA. "The publishing contest provides all marketers with the
opportunity to be heard and allows us to showcase the top minds and
innovators in the industry."
    Entries will be evaluated by a panel of prestigious industry judges
including:
     --   Lisa Keefe, Editor, Marketing News, Chicago (Moderator)
     --   Andy Getsey, Co-Founder and CEO, Atomic Public Relations
     --   Garrett Laurence, Managing Director, Doremus San Francisco
     --   Cynthia Holladay, Former President, SVAMA, and Sole Recipient of
          Chapter of the Year Award (2002)
     --   Mitchell Levy, CEO, Quick2Publish
     --   Tony Seba, Educator, Author and Mentor Capitalist, Stanford
          University
     --   Andy Sernovitz, Author of Word of Mouth Marketing and Founder of
          Word of Mouth Marketing Association
    Judging will be based on originality, professionalism, customer focus,
demonstration of marketing best practices, potential impact on the
marketing profession, precision of description and ease of understanding.
    Finalists will receive free admission to the conference, as well as an
opportunity to present their concepts alongside marketing visionaries and
this year's keynote speakers, Guy Kawasaki and Andy Sernovitz. Winners will
receive industry recognition and the "Thought Leader of the Year" award,
and winning concepts will be published in SVAMA's newest book, Marketing
Thought, sponsored by SVAMA and Quick2Publish.
    For more information or to submit ideas for the Marketing Thought
Publishing Contest go to http://www.svama.org/mt/contest.html .
    The conference will take place on Thursday, May 31st from
10:00am-4:00pm at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara. For
more information on registering or exhibiting for the Marketing Thought
conference visit http://www.svama.org/mt/mtreg.html or contact Robert
Jacobs at RobertJacobsAMA@yahoo.com or (925) 895-8501. Each registered
attendee will receive a copy of Andy Semovitz's new book, "Word of Mouth
Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking," which has been recently
featured in Inc. and Fast Company magazines.
    About Silicon Valley American Marketing Association (SVAMA)
    The Silicon Valley American Marketing Association is the premier
chapter of the American Marketing Association and the American Marketing
Association is the premier marketing organization of its type in the world.
SVAMA's mission is to help Silicon Valley Marketers Stay Connected! And
Stay Informed! - connected to marketing thought leaders in Silicon Valley
or wherever they might be and informed about the latest marketing
techniques, issues and technologies. For more information, please visit
SVAMA on the web at http://www.svama.org/.
SOURCE Silicon Valley American Marketing Association
http://www.svama.org/
CONTACT:
Michelle Sabolich of Atomic Public Relations,
+1-415-402-0230, or michelle.sabolich@atomicpr.com, for SVAMA