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Use Social Media to Sell Boy Scout Popcorn

Published in August 27th, 2010

Posted by Marty in PayPal, facebook, twitter

Scouts and Scouters now is the time to ramp up your online sales planning for the 2010 popcorn sales campaign. This is the third year that the Boy Scouts of America has allowed the use of e-mail to increase sales. The BSA created unique sales ID codes for each scout to e-mail to their relatives […]

Connect, Engage, Thrive

Published in March 10th, 2010

Posted by Marty in Blogging, Business, facebook, twitter

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Do you know this lady? If not, you probably should. I’ll tell you why in a post or two coming soon.

Nan Ross, Owner of Corporate Cosmo

Tweets and Greets on Hootsuite

Published in March 6th, 2010

Posted by Marty in Blogging, General Interest, LinkedIn, facebook, twitter

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Thanks to Terry Crosby I figured out how to engage particular groups that I want to follow in list fashion on HootSuite. I can create a list - or a column as it is known on HoostSuite - using keyword phrases under the Keyword Tracking option. Then I can pick a person within the column […]

Blogging While Brown Review - Cheryl Contee and Naoko McCracken

Published in July 3rd, 2009

Posted by Marty in Blogging, Politics, WordPress Tips, twitter

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Cheryl Contee a.k.a. Jill Tubman of Jack & Jill Politics and Naoko McCracken a WordPress rep gave a joint panel on “Using the Latest Tech Tools To Grow Your Blog”. I’ll start with Cheryl’s piece first.
Cheryl emphasized the point that when you have made the decision to convert from one blog platform to another (ex: […]

Blogging While Brown Conference Review - Milt Haynes

Published in June 24th, 2009

Posted by Marty in Blogging, YouTube, twitter

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Blogging While Brown was a true blast. I got to meet a bunch of people face to face for the first time. Some were facebook friends. Others I had touched base with on the phone before and finally put voice to face. It was also a pleasure to make lots of new friends including many […]

Blogging While Brown 2009 Reception

Published in June 19th, 2009

Posted by Marty in Blogging, facebook, twitter

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Tonight we had an outstanding reception for Blogging While Brown and many of my favorite actionists were on the scene for the second annual conference for bloggers of color. Man I love the energy and enthusiasm of this group! We had an awesome kickoff and I met lots of bloggers and facebook friends who blog […]

More About Those Online and Offline Laid Off Camps

Published in May 30th, 2009

Posted by Marty in Blogging, Business, Faith, LinkedIn, NING, Society, XING, facebook, twitter

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Have you been following the news about various groups around the country hosting laid off or out of work camps? These are get togethers for people who have lost their jobs and are trying to get back into the job market. One of my LinkedIn groups, Out of Work Chicago, is mentioned in this Wall […]