UPS and The UPS Store to Host Holiday Twitter Chats

Expert Bloggers To Lead Three One-Hour Twitter Chats To Help Consumers Prepare for a Hassle-Free Holiday, UPS My Choice Featured

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UPS (NYSE: UPS) and The UPS Store® will host three one-hour Twitter chats to help consumers prepare for a hassle-free holiday, including information about its newest product to take stress out of the holidays UPS My Choice.

Each session will feature an expert blogger and panelists (who are being compensated by UPS for their roles in these chats), and will discuss ways to create a hassle-free holiday. Chats will cover topics such as holiday packing and shipping tips, ways to make holiday travel easier, creative ideas to be “green” this holiday, and UPS My Choice as a hassle-free solution. UPS (@UPS) will introduce the discussion leaders and panel members and contribute to the conversation in each chat session, and a The UPS Store franchisee also will contribute to the conversation.

To attend, participants should follow the Twitter hashtag for that session. They also may participate by tweeting and including the session hashtag.

Three $25 The UPS Store gift cards and one grand prize gift card from a UPS business customer will be awarded during each session. To be eligible for a chance to win, attendees must actively participate by tweeting and including the session’s Twitter hashtag. Complete rules for each prize drawing are available at the UPS blog. Attendees also may RSVP for the Twitter chats by commenting on UPS’s blog at http://blog.ups.com/2011/11/10/ups-twitter-parties-help-take-the-hassle-out-of-holiday-planning/.

They will share holiday stories, shopping and shipping tips and ways in which UPS and The UPS Store are making it easier to plan and ship gifts this season, including the new UPS My Choice program. Attendees can share their own holiday stories by tweeting and including the #HassleFreeHoliday hashtag.

To participate in the party and be eligible for prize giveaways, attendees should include the party hashtag #HassleFreeHoliday in their tweets. In addition to the three $25 gift cards to The UPS Store awarded every 15 minutes, we’ll give away a $75 gift card to Soft Surroundings at the end of the party. Attendees are encouraged to review the complete rules for the prize drawings for this party.

To participate in the party and be eligible for prize giveaways, attendees should include the party hashtag #HolidayPacking in their tweets. In addition to the three $25 The UPS Store gift cards awarded every 15 minutes, we’ll give away a $75 Wayfair.com gift card at the end of the session. Attendees are encouraged to review the complete rules for the prize drawings for this party.

To participate in the party and be eligible for prize giveaways, attendees should include the party hashtag #GreenHoliday in their tweets. In addition to the three $25 The UPS Store gift cards awarded every 15 minutes, we’ll give away a $150 Anderson Seafoods gift card, awarded at the end of the session. Attendees are encouraged to review the complete rules for the prize drawings for this party.

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About The UPS Store

With more than 4,700 locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada, The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. ® network comprises the world’s largest franchise system of retail shipping, postal, document and business service centers. In the U.S., The UPS Store and Mail Boxes Etc. locations are independently owned and operated by licensed franchisees of Mail Boxes Etc., Inc., a UPS subsidiary. In Canada, locations are independently owned and operated by licensed franchisees of master licensee MBEC Communications, L.P.

About UPS

UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad range of solutions including the transportation of packages and freight; the facilitation of international trade, and the deployment of advanced technology to more efficiently manage the world of business. Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and territories worldwide.

About The UPS Store

The UPS Store® network comprised of retail shipping, postal, print and business service centers.

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