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SOCIAL Media Week

C'mon! Let's put the 'social' back into social media week! #SMW2017 Please note: Comments can be made directly underneath each blog post. Any Comments made previously, via Google +, will no longer show up under blog posts.

Cyber Monday

Les Go Social Super Cyber Events   Buy today and get 40% off Constant Contact for 3 months. This is your chance to get an amazing deal, plus all the tools you need to connect with customers and grow your business like never before. 4 days only. Ends at midnight, Thursday Dec 4. Don't wait! #ShopSmallSaturday #SmallBusinessSaturday #CyberMonday #WorldAIDSDay #GivingTuesday #ventureLOCAL #EOHPoetry #lesgosocial As you have probably noticed, each of these newsletters will generally start with a set of hashtags. These hashtags are trending topics and have information indexed on all platforms that support hashtags. For instance, today is Worlds AIDS Day as well as Cyber Monday.  Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, the day dedicated to our non profit sec...

Buying Local is More Than Purchasing Power

Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor, poster made for Giving Tuesday, Cafe Ollie's in Ypsilanti, Santa and 3-y-old Judah in Depot Town, Kolossos Printing  in Ann Arbor, and Bookbound of Ann Arbor. In a conversation with the founder of DishFish , Joel Vergun, he said something that really stuck out to me as a community enthusiast. He likened the support of small businesses to a cause that you you would normally associate with a nonprofit. "We see helping small businesses in the community as a worthy cause," said Vergun.   In the collage above, I captured a few locally owned and operated businesses and organizations that I patronized this year. In the top row f rom left to right:  Mashup of an evening with poet Nikki Giovanni at Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor, a poster for my first year serving in the role of a social media ambassador for Giving Tuesday, In the bottom row, from left to right:  Danielle Teachout, co-owner at Cafe Ollie's in Ypsilanti, ser...