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Welcome to Sweeney Mae’s Blog Center. I have always been an entrepreneur in spirit and it brings me so much joy to be able to create brand experiences for myself and for others who need guidance and assistance.

Established in 2018, MAE DAY MARKETING was developed to focus on the Marketing challenges of businesses who need branding makeovers, social media content reboot, and overall marketing strategy. 

MAE DAY PERKS

If you haven’t figured it out yet, MAE DAY is a play on words with my name: Sweeney Mae and the term “May Day” used by aircraft pilots when they are in distress!

I see myself as that help needed when brands, entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and organizations are in need of a creative strategy to achieve their goals.

Need marketing help? Call Mae Day!

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About Me

Sweeney Mae is a multi-award-winning Marketing Director, with a broad range of experience in event and marketing management. Her expertise includes creative marketing solutions, community relations and social media marketing.

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Most Recent Blogs:

• 12 PRODUCTIVE IDEAS FOR YOUR BUSINESS DURING COVID-19 QUARANTINEMarch 31, 2020
  12 PRODUCTIVE IDEAS FOR YOUR BUSINESS DURING COVID-19 QUARANTINE
• 31 Social Media Content Ideas You Need to Include in Rotation!February 17, 2020
  Here are 31 social media content ideas to include in your rotation.
• 15 Unusual Ideas To Improve Customer ExperienceDecember 4, 2019
  When talking about customer experience, most would assume it is about a face-to-face interaction with your customers. Contrary to popular beliefs, there are many ways that customer experience can be improved beyond personal interaction. This is why these ideas are unusual. They focus on customer service features that doesn’t involved personal interaction. Traditionally, customer serviceContinue reading “15 Unusual Ideas To Improve Customer Experience”
• 4 Reasons Why We Trust Better GraphicsNovember 17, 2019
  Have you ever come across a flyer and thought “my first grade nephew could have created that on a word document”? Then, all of a sudden, you don’t even want to go to that event anymore because you feel like it’s not going to be the type of event in your caliber. You suddenly thinkContinue reading “4 Reasons Why We Trust Better Graphics”
• 5 Secrets to Content CreationNovember 7, 2019
  Creating content on social media can be a daunting task to some people but with consistent practice and attention to details, anyone can create whatever content they desire. You just need that “I can make lemonades with lemons thrown at me” attitude to be able to create content out of the simplest ideas. Creating contentContinue reading “5 Secrets to Content Creation”
• 11 Surefire Ways to Excel at Your New JobJanuary 17, 2018
  Starting a new job can be daunting. You’re conscious about everything because you don’t know anyone and most of all, you don’t really know the company or the office culture.  Take it from someone like me who has worked in three different corporate setting in the last 15 years. I’ve worked at Macy’s, Expedia, andContinue reading “11 Surefire Ways to Excel at Your New Job”
• #Twitterdoubled it’s Character Limit and Here’s How Tweeters Reacted:December 9, 2017
   ​Hello, 280. Twitter is expanding tweets to 280 characters for nearly all users (the change won’t apply to Chinese, Japanese, or Korean languages) after rolling it out to some accounts in September. The company said people tweeted “more easily and more often” with the extended count, but that it didn’t substantially change Twitter’s brief-and-breezy character: Only 1% of usersContinue reading “#Twitterdoubled it’s Character Limit and Here’s How Tweeters Reacted:”
• 5 Ways Business Owners Benefit from TravelingOctober 17, 2017
  It inspires resilience, creativity, and relaxes your mind.
• 5 Social Media Myths that Cripple Business Owners and EntrepreneursSeptember 16, 2017
  What the what????!!!! So many entrepreneurs, especially the Baby Boomers and the mature Gen X, have been misinformed or started to believe their excuses. The one true fact about social media is it costs less than print, tv, or radio advertising. Another fact is that it doesn’t cost to open an account. So if youContinue reading “5 Social Media Myths that Cripple Business Owners and Entrepreneurs”
• 5 Secrets to Maximizing ROI When Attending Business ConferencesJune 16, 2017
  Make the most of your time when attending business workshops or conferences.
• 21 Killer Tips for Social Media ContentFebruary 24, 2017
  Social Media is one very intimidating aspect of marketing that technologically challenged entrepreneurs continue to find overwhelming. The truth is, Social Media does not need to be so technical to begin with. It should be more social as the name suggests. Think of Social Media as a way to let your customers “in” on howContinue reading “21 Killer Tips for Social Media Content”
• JCPenney versus Beyonce haters… who won?February 4, 2017
  After BEYONCE posted her pregnancy photo, JCPenney caught a lot of “shade” from people saying that it looked like an awkward JCPenney photo or how she has millions but got her photo taken at JCPenney. Guess what JCPenney did? They used Beyonce’s lyrics to “clap back”! They quoted some of the tweets adding “Twirl on my Haters”Continue reading “JCPenney versus Beyonce haters… who won?”
• 7 Deadly Sins in MarketingJanuary 19, 2017
  Marketing is a very well established principle and one that has been practiced before it was even called that. If you think about it, the ancient world has definitely used advertising tactics when promoting a gladiator fight, a chariot race, or some royalty celebration. The similarities of entrepreneurs’ problems to another used to surprise me.Continue reading “7 Deadly Sins in Marketing”
• Top 3 Things Business Owners Must ImproveAugust 14, 2016
  Most business owners are challenged with the basic principles of marketing. Too many skip the process of building a business and marketing plan. Most fail to realize that without a plan, profitable opportunities may be missed due to lack of goal planning. Without quantifiable goals businesses find it hard to stay focus. Beyond profit goalsContinue reading “Top 3 Things Business Owners Must Improve”
• AWARD-WINNING… what it means to me.December 23, 2015
  Receiving recognition and winning awards mean that I have an obligation to continue mentoring the younger generation through my career and showing them the essence of tenacity, determination, and work ethic.
• 10 BEST APPS THAT MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT FUN & EASY!September 21, 2015
  Social Media Marketer, Sweeney Mae, shares her top 10 Best Apps that makes Social Media Management Easy!
• THE DETAILS OF EVENT PRODUCTIONSeptember 2, 2015
  Planning events require high level creativity not only with coordination but as well as with collaboration. A skilled event producer is also a skilled networker. Someone who knows how to utilize their “rolodex” when needed. Another important aspect of event production is marketing. Marketing includes a plethora of practices and principles that can help achieveContinue reading “THE DETAILS OF EVENT PRODUCTION”
• HERCULES AND HIS MARKETING STRATEGYAugust 17, 2015
  After watching the latest movie about Hercules, I can’t help but notice (right away) the importance of marketing that this movie focused on. The movie begins with his nephew telling what sounded like tall tales about Hercules and his victory against impossible opponents. Hercules’ nephew, Lolaus, was definitely the PR person of their group. Lolaus wasContinue reading “HERCULES AND HIS MARKETING STRATEGY”
• A NEVER ENDING DOZE OF CREATIVITYAugust 7, 2015
  I love helping others. I love giving people ideas on how to be creative with their branding message or their business until one day, a person very dear to my heart told me to stop giving away ideas for free. That people need to pay me for everything I come up with. That I’m short-changingContinue reading “A NEVER ENDING DOZE OF CREATIVITY”
• 14 Day Tips Challenge to Boost your Social Media EngagementJuly 15, 2015
  I’d like to invite you to join our 14 Day Tips Challenge to help boost your social media engagement. It’s so easy to join! Simply create graphics for your tips by choosing an existing photo and using a mobile app to add text on your photo. Brand it with your logo, website, name or socialContinue reading “14 Day Tips Challenge to Boost your Social Media Engagement”
• WHAT IS OMNI-CHANNEL MARKETING?July 9, 2015
  This is why I fell in love with Marketing. Marketing is never boring! It is the epitome of the cliche: “The only thing that’s constant is change”.  It seemed like it was just yesterday when the internet changed the way we communicated. Now, it has totally changed the way we transact. Then, social media emergedContinue reading “WHAT IS OMNI-CHANNEL MARKETING?”
• 5 IDEAS TO CREATE CONTENT FOR YOUR SOCIAL MEDIAJuly 3, 2015
  If you are like most newbies on social media, you probably feel lost and need direction on what kinds of topics to post on your page to engage your followers or friends. The trick is to share genuine thoughts…. thought provoking, if possible. Here are 5 ideas to get you started: 1. Pay attention toContinue reading “5 IDEAS TO CREATE CONTENT FOR YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA”
• Social Media Statistics and The Top 5 Musts in Managing it!June 16, 2015
  I found this website/image as I was searching for the most current statistics for various social media channels. As a Marketing Professional and social media marketing coach, this image is a powerful tool to explain to my entrepreneur friends and network the power of social media. Another powerful statistics would also be the amount of timeContinue reading “Social Media Statistics and The Top 5 Musts in Managing it!”
• Why Some Businesses Fail In MarketingMay 5, 2015
  From my personal years of experience, I have noticed two types of business owners. One who gives up after the first try or one who doesn’t. The tricky thing about marketing (advertising, promotions, social media) is that there isn’t one general way to do it right. Everything is dependent on something different. Just because aContinue reading “Why Some Businesses Fail In Marketing”
• Sweeney Mae Industry Interview by Designer PrintingApril 27, 2015
  Thank you for posting my interview printing Korea (http://sparkah.com/printing/quote.html)
• BEYONCE’S new thing on InstagramApril 21, 2015
  Everyone is crazy about Beyonce’s new “thing” on Instagram called moving photos. It’s not enough that we take videos, now we take burst photos and use an app to make them look like a video. BUT it is an upcoming trend and soon you’ll see more celebrities indulging. I must admit it’s fun and eyeContinue reading “BEYONCE’S new thing on Instagram”
• 10 Mistakes Vendors MakeApril 21, 2015
  When producing and organizing an event with vendors, I often see the same mistakes vendors make that prevents them from making the most of any event they participate in. The vendors that are happy with their results are the ones who have managed to avoid most, if not all of the listed mistakes below. TheContinue reading “10 Mistakes Vendors Make”
• Is technology going too far?April 20, 2015
  So you’ve got a smart phone, a tablet/iPad, a Laptop, smart TV, and a smart Watch? It’s fun and convenient to have all of these technology as tools to communicate. Lucky for Marketing Professionals, it has now become easier than ever to quantify everything. If you have a facebook page you can advertise to yourContinue reading “Is technology going too far?”
• How to make buyers THINK that they’re destined to buy your productFebruary 14, 2015
  Advertising is getting more and more convenient for Marketers! The smart technology is making it very easy for companies to invest marketing dollars more wisely than before. Small to medium business often times shy away from advertising and marketing plans but I assure you that it is so easy to get exactly what you wantContinue reading “How to make buyers THINK that they’re destined to buy your product”
• CREATIVE MINDS BELIEVE IN GREY AREASDecember 23, 2014
  I usually blog about business, marketing, and events. Seldom will I share sentimental thoughts but I think this one can also be relative to all walks of life, not just in love. My comment was derived from the post realization that this video is a perfect example of believing in “grey areas.” You shouldn’t giveContinue reading “CREATIVE MINDS BELIEVE IN GREY AREAS”