My inspiration arrived yesterday, via FedEx.  Coming home to a small note on my door saying the package I’ve been waiting for had arrived – early nonetheless.  I immediately dropped all plans for the evening and turned my attention to the small box that I held in my hands.  Glidden Paint… I love you.

Grabbing my masking tape, a piece of newspaper and my faithful brush I quickly sectioned off our new accent wall.  Oh, the thrill of a new color to spruce up life.  My dogs were not nearly as thrilled as I was and quickly felt second best.  (Of course our littleBostondecided she wanted a “Ground Nutmeg” stripe and rubbed up against the drying wall, but that is another story for another time.)

You see, my inspiration for the week came early (my favorite)!  A few weeks back, Glidden ran a promotion where you could register for a free quart of paint via their website.  Wanting to have an accent wall I leapt to my computer to enter my selection.  After playing with colors upon colors, I settled for the “Ground Nutmeg”, clicked ship and began the waiting game – eight to ten weeks would kill me, I just knew it.  To my wonderful surprise, my package arrived early, perfectly mixed and ready for action.  It was too good to be true and too convenient not to get to work.

My question to you is this:  how do you think the Glidden Paint giveaway helped their marketing efforts?  Do you think you have to giveaway samples of your product in order to draw in new customers?  In my case, the quart was more than enough to paint my accent wall, meaning Glidden didn’t necessarily make a sale with me at this time.  However, being featured on a marketing blog can only help their word of mouth advertising, right?

Once again, thank you Glidden for my weekly dose of inspiration and a slamming new accent wall.

**Update: I took some shots of the new wall.  Thoughts?**

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