Hello BlogLand!
While out shovelling snow on this cold but sunny day I found myself humming Let The Sunshine In from the Flintstones. This gave me the title of my own personal blog. When I started this blog my descriptios was "Want to see how this Mom with a full-time job, a part-time job, a tween-aged son & self proclaimed event organizer keeps it all check? Stay tuned for all the fun right here!" I keep it like that to see how quickly my life changes
I want to thank everyone that took the time to send their thoughts and wishes to Lydia. Those 5 mins you spent signing it mean so much. There are over 40 pages of signatures. It was passed on by Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest. By clicking on the card below you can look at all the wonderful messages for Lydia Herrle and her family. Although I know many of the people who signed, there are many who I have yet to meet. I never discount the kindness of strangers and am grateful that there are so many thoughtful people in the world.
There is a new way to attract people to your facebook fan page and your business/blog/website etc.
Facebook offers have launched and it is a FREE and simple way to let your fans know what is new and exciting on your page. The steps are quite easy to follow.
Creating a Facebook Offer
You must be an admin on the fan page you wish to create an offer
On the status bar it should list Status/ Photos and now a new menu of Offers/Events/Questions
After I clicked Offers, I uploaded a photo. Remember it must look eye-catching while fitting within 90x90 pixels
Next list what your offer is. Be clear. Remember your goal is to attract people, not make them guess what it's about. Also make sure you can describe your offer in 90 characters.
Then under your offer picture click where it says Unlimited. Pick how many people may claim your offer. Since mine does not cost anything other than my time, I choose Unlimited
Beside the limit click on the date listing and choose an expiry date
Click the Terms and Conditions line to put your specifics. Then hit Enter
A blue Preview button will appear and it will show you what your offer will look like
Either pick Edit to go back to the earlier steps, or pick Post to set your Offer live
The one I did looked like this
Once it was live I clicked on where it says Get Offer. A Pop-Up window came up displaying the offer with a Get Offer button. After I clicked Get Offer an new Pop-Up listed that the offer was sent to my email and an Okay button. It then showed in my activity that I had claimed an offer from the Those2Girls -Six Degrees of Us! Fan Page.
I immediately received the offer in my email. It listed the offer as well as the terms and conditions. There was also a Share Offer button. When I clicked it a Pop-Up Window came up with the offer as well as a spot to add a comment on it and then you can post it to Facebook.
If you follow any of my posts/tweets/status updates you know I am Tweetstock's biggest fan.
I dare anyone to dispute that fact. You can see a glimpse by searching this blog and seeing how many times I mention Tweetstock in my posts.
I think of myself as a Tweetstock early adopter. I met Trevor, Tweetstock's founder through Lindsay Jacobs at the Unmarketing book launch. Soon after I was asked to speak at Tweetstock 3 and was hooked! Everyone I met so wonderful. Since then I've attended Tweetstock 4, where I first met Kevin who then was kind enough to put me in his book that launched at Tweetstock 5. By Tweetstock 6 Diane & I were coined as the VolunTIARAS and we truly feel part of the Brantford family!
#Tweetstock007
The buzz about this event was hard to ignore, especially with an Atomic Spark promo like this
The day started off with a BANG! or should I say DAGONE! Marcus wondered why no one was filling up the front seats. I always wonder that as well
If you were going to a CONCERT you pay excessive amounts of money to be in the front row, but when it comes to speaking engagements everyone does whatever they can not to be in the front row. Am I right?
So after Marcus loosened everyone up it was a great day! Lots of great moments from the speakers, panels and so many connections were made. I could give you a run down about all the speakers, but I'll let you get some thoughts from others. I think I've already posted about it all over twitter & facebook anyways.
There was one thing very unique about this event. A sixteen minute Webisode was created and screened at the event. Now that is smart thinking. If your event takes place in a movie theatre, create a movie for it!
They brought together the top names in Social Media (& then let us be part of it). The day of filming was so exciting and I wish that I could spend every Saturday having that fun!
Tweetstock007 - The Movie
Now that you've expirenced the Director's Cut Version, tell me what you thought (pick all that apply)
The next Tweetstock will be happening this November, and all the details will be posted on the Facebook page as they are released. You can also following along on twitter and tweet to @TweetstockCA
So many others do too! Before I write my #Tweetstock007 takeaways, I'd love to hear yours!
What will you be doing differently online? What did you learn about that you will implement? What do you want to learn more about?
Leave it in the comments, or if you have already wrote about it, make sure to LINK YOUR POST
As many of you may know by now when you click on your Pinterest page for your boards, each one now has a "timeline-like" pic of you most recent pin. This is known on Pinterest as a Cover Photo.
(not sure what I mean? Just login to Pinterest then in the top right corner where it shows your avatar, click the drop down menu arrow and the 3rd item will say Boards, click that and all of your boards will show up).
Now that you are looking at all your boards does the latest pin on each one really represent what the board is about? If so great, if not follow these easy steps
Hover over the title of the board so that an underline show up
Click the name of that board
Hover over the photo you want as the Cover pic
At the bottom of the pic "Set Board Cover", click that button
A window will pop up that will let you arrange how the photo will look, you can move it around with the aid of your mouse
Once your Cover Photo position is set, click Set Cover
Now if you click your name at the top of the page you will go back to all your boards.
To rearrange the order that your Pinterest boards are displayed
It's very easy to order your Pinterest boards, simply...
go to your menu under your profile pic and beside the Edit profile button hover over the little box with the two directional arrows on it. It will become a rearrange boards button and you can simply drag and drop the boards to their new spots.
It may take a few attempts to move the boards to a new spot (if the board won't move to the spot, move it to the spot beside where you want it to be, then after switch it one more time).
After every Pinterest board is in its proper place, click the red checkmark at the top (beside the edit profile menu option) and your new Pinterest board display is complete.
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