Paramount unofficially launched its social media networks in February of this year. After some great initial success and learning, we decided to officially launch in May. As a way to get people involved with our social media, we decided to use our annual incentive trip to bring people to our Facebook page and watch the video about next year’s trip.

Next year, we are letting you choose your cruise to either the Alaskan Coastline or the southern Caribbean. We created the video (watch the video by clicking here) and let anyone write on our Facebook wall where they’d choose to cruise and why. We would hold a drawing and the winner could choose one of two prizes: an Apple iPad or cabin upgrade if they were going on one of the cruises. We had some great responses to the contest including, “I would choose to cruise the Caribbean because I enjoy snorkeling and riding on catamarans in the warm sun. The rum punch is always a winner too!!!! Then we can dance to Buster Poindexter’s HOT, HOT, HOT!!! OLE! OLE!” or “I’d choose a cruise to Alaska because my wife said so and in our type of business aren’t we all trying to please women?”

After a month of great responses (visit our Facebook wall to view all the responses), we held the drawing. Kathi Jenkins from Almar Jackson Pools in Florida won (see the video of the drawing here) and was nice enough to send us a picture of her with her brand new iPad. The screen even features our website – www.1paramount.com. Thanks Kathi!