Facebook And American Express Small Business Contest

Facebook And American Express Small Business Contest

Facebook, the social media giant, will be partnering with American Express to launch the “Facebook Big Break for Small Business,” the duo announced in a statement on Thursday.

Facebook and American Express Small Business Contest | What is it?

Starting today and until May 20th, 5 U.S. small business owners can win the Facebook Big Break for Small Business $20,000 cash prize, free one-on-one consulting  about their current use of Facebook, and a two-day advertising and marketing boot camp at Facebook’s headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. The training will include best practices for using Facebook, pages, ads and social plugins.  For the lucky winners, this tutorial could be particularly helpful, especially as four out of five U.S. businesses with 100 or more employees is expected to be engaged in social media by 2011, according to a report from eMarketer.

To enter the Facebook and American Express Small Business contest, small business owners need to visit Amex’s page on Facebook and provide answer  to a questionnaire about their company. Amex will pre-select ten finalists and then Facebook fans will vote for five winners.  The link to apply:  http://www.facebook.com/SmallBusinessSaturday?sk=app_171126146271518