{"id":856,"date":"2010-06-07T06:44:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-07T06:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/have-you-checked-out-open-forum-by-american-express-lately\/"},"modified":"2013-07-28T11:13:22","modified_gmt":"2013-07-28T11:13:22","slug":"have-you-checked-out-open-forum-by-american-express-lately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/have-you-checked-out-open-forum-by-american-express-lately","title":{"rendered":"Business Owners; Do You Know About OPEN Forum By American Express?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openforum.com\/idea-hub\/\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"OPEN Forum By American Express\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341ca59e53ef0133f03d0450970b \" src=\"https:\/\/thefranchiseking.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341ca59e53ef0133f03d0450970b-500wi\" title=\"OPEN Forum By American Express\" \/><\/a> <br \/> <\/span><br \/> The award-winning <strong>OPEN Forum By American Express<\/strong> site is &quot;<em>A community designed to help you grow your business<\/em>.&quot; If you&#39;re a business owner, an executive, or a middle manager, and want to <strong>network and collaborate<\/strong> with like-minded people, I encourage you to spend some time on this <strong>American Express<\/strong>-owned website&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2008<\/strong>, I was asked to contribute articles on <strong>franchising<\/strong>, and I&#39;ve been doing so ever since. Little did I know that the<strong> OPEN Forum By American Express<\/strong> website was going to win awards like;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2009 WEBAWARD For Outstanding Achievement in Web Development<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2010 North American Effie Award in the category of Financial Services \u2013 Cards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2009 Digital Publishing &amp; Advertising Conference (DPAC) Awards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> &#8211; Best Branded Social Media Community<br \/> &#8211; Best Branded Website<br \/> &#8211; Best Digital Branding Campaign<br \/> &#8211; Best in Show, 2009<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B2B Twitterer of the Year \u2013 Runner-Up, National\/International<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Promo 2010 Interactive Marketing Awards \u2013 Second Place, Internet-Based Loyalty Marketing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>BtoB 2010 Social Media Marketing Awards \u2013 First Place, Integrated Social Media Campaign (Non-Tech)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Brandweek 2010 Reggie Awards \u2013 Gold, B2B Campaign<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>minOnline Best of the Web Awards \u2013 Finalist, Custom Website (winner TBA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=234608&amp;u=187224&amp;m=27261&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CorpNet is the fastest way to incorporate your business\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/image\/27261\/336x280b_00.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;ve already told you that I contribute<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openforum.com\/search\/text\/?searchstring=libava&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">original articles<\/a><\/strong> regularly to <strong>OPEN Forum<\/strong>, on the topic of franchising. As much as I love the world of franchising, it&#39;s only one of the many business topics that are written about and discussed on<strong> OPEN Forum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Not only have I had the privilege to write some original content there, but I get to do it right next to some pretty amazing business experts, including some I&#39;ve been able to spend time with, face to face. Experts like;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guy Kawasaki<\/strong>&#8211; Guy used to work for someone besides himself. You may have heard his ex-bosses name bounced around a little, because he happens to head up a little cutting edge technology company called Apple. Guy writes a lot of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openforum.com\/search\/text\/?searchstring=guy+kawasaki&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\"> articles for OPEN Forum<\/a>. One more thing. He wants to show all of us<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.guykawasaki.com\/#axzz0q8Kj9GlI\"> How To Change The World<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anita Campbell<\/strong>&#8211; Anita is the CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smallbiztrends.com\">Small Business Trends<\/a>, a top small business site. (<em>Disclosure; I happen to be Anita&#39;s Community Promotions Director, and the &quot;Franchise Expert In Residence&quot; for Small Business Trends.<\/em>) Anita is considered to be one of the most influential small business experts in the country, and her<a href=\"https:\/\/www.openforum.com\/search\/text\/?searchstring=anita+campbell&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\"> numerous articles<\/a> are widely read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Battelle<\/strong>&#8211; John&#39;s an entrepreneur, journalist, professor, and author who has founded or co-founded scores of online, conference, magazine, and other media businesses, including <a href=\"https:\/\/federatedmedia.net\/\">Federated Media<\/a>, which has helped OPEN Forum by American Express be as successful as it is. 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He&#39;s also an author, and writes the <a href=\"https:\/\/rohitbhargava.typepad.com\/\">Influential Marketing blog<\/a>, considered to be one of thee top marketing blogs in the world. (<em>Plus, he&#39;s a nice guy<\/em>.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openforum.com\/search\/text\/?searchstring=rohit+&amp;x=19&amp;y=12\">His articles<\/a> are strong.<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Jantsch<\/strong>-John is a marketing and digital technology coach, award winning  social media publisher and author of Duct Tape Marketing. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ducttapemarketing.com\/blog\/\">Duct Tape Marketing Blog<\/a> is loaded with great content. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openforum.com\/search\/text\/?searchstring=john+jantsch&amp;x=0&amp;y=0\">John&#39;s original articles<\/a> on OPEN Forum are worth bookmarking.<\/p>\n<p>***************************************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you going to stop by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openforum.com\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"open forum by americn express\">OPEN Forum<\/a>? <\/strong>We hope so. 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