Placemats, Internet, or both… local and effective, getting the word out for less

As I sit perusing what others have done with their blogs compared to my own efforts, I am appalled I didn’t think of this earlier. 

Clicking on the icon above will play Habitat for Humanity’s 60-second commercial from their website, but the link is a customized redirect… my pointer URL is “myfavoritevideo.local4all.com” instead of about 60 characters which I can’t even find now in their video gallery.

First time seeing this video? Let me know what you think. If the link ever stops working, please tell me.

If you have a business or favorite organization to promote, do it! Good community content is hard to find, “good” meaning ALL the questions are answered – who, what, where, when, and why. If you take the time to share information with others with win-win in mind, there’s no objection from us against you promoting yourself just a little or maybe a lot.

Our #1 mandate, keep everything family-friendly and child-safe. Happy posting!

Posted by Carl Bromley, community volunteer

Did you post something on Local4All and then want to add new information or make changes?  If you were logged in, you’re in luck… you can go to the Toolbox page and click for a list of your events, etc.   From the list, you can add, edit, copy, or delete.

It’s easy!

1. Go to http://login.local4all.com and, if you want, create a bookmark to the page if you really want to make it easy for future posts.
2. Click on “Create an account” or log in, whichever applies.
3. After creating your account, log in each time you post so our system can track your work and give you easy access – from any Internet connection, anywhere.
4. Online brochures and similar content will be listed on the left side of the Toolbox page.  On the right, you can click on links to create lists of your events, classified postings, etc.
5. Happy posting!

If you don’t log in, figure we’re going to be playing phone tag because there are only a few of us that can edit other people’s content.  We will, but it’s obviously way easier to empower YOU!

Local4All forms are VERY easy to use, just follow the directions for each step and use either the preview button or SUBMIT button when you’re done. Use email to promote the unique URL of the page you created, or you can use Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn,  ? ? ? ? ?, or all of them.

For business owners, don’t be shy. Even if what you post is for your church or community, you can take credit. Example below:

Posted by

Carl Bromley, Local4All Advertising
Local4All Forms
Search Local4All

Note: both links are clickable and will open in a new window!

While cruising the Internet, I found a heart-warming story in Carol Deckerts’ blog: Paying It Forward

Hello, all, and welcome to the month of March 2010. It seems like just yesterday I was putting new calendars on the wall for Jan 1st, has it been two months already?

Re Olympics, I want to congratulate all the Olympic athletes and their coaches for all the hard work getting ready for what might be the ultimate moment in a person’s lifetime. Not winning a gold, silver, or bronze… COMPETING on a world-wide stage!

Beyond the athletes and coaches, congratulations to all the Moms and Dads who put up with crazy schedules, scraped up knees, and broken bones to get their kids ready for a momentous time – representing their country.

And one more mention…. kudos to Procter and Gamble for their advertisements focused on Moms. Simply a great choice of theme.

I just had a chance to install FireFox for Linda of Lingrow Farm. First we had to capture some photos from a persnickety CD and copy them to her hard drive. Then it’s off to wherever we want, but we bring up her slide show whenever folks drop by.

The Beatty’s were just here and said hello – been married for 54 years and I suggested a party for all happily married folks in the area… at Lingrow Farm, of course.

Location map: m301.local4all.com
Quality: Excellent!

Only one question mark?

Hey, Carl here and I need your eyes, mouse clicks and feedback on anything that doesn’t work right on this blog.  Here are some things that I know need to happen.

1. Create community-based header images
2. Get Neill to post his Grand Opening information on Local4All so I can repost it on my blog.
3. Make sure I get to the HomEXPO on time (might tweet about some of my StrongLand Chamber friends using my Blackberry (battery charge is at 3 bars, cool!)
4. Review the tags on my blog – do I need all of them?  Is there a Wordpress (“WP”) plugin that would make them look nicer?
5. Continue this list another time, maybe even from HomEXPO itself (Thank you, Panera Bread and Borders Books for having free WIFI at Pgh Mills!)

Hello all.  We are experiencing growing pains as we reformat the website’s central page as a blog… your patience is VERY MUCH appreciated, also any feedback if you don’t see something fixed in a reasonable amount of time.

Thanks much and God Bless!  Carl

According to Allan Walzak’s count, nearly 40  StrongLand members and one guest attended the StrongNet meeting… interesting, some of the services being offered and products on the market.

Tony Colecchi of Minuteman Press is talking about how the business printing industry has evolved to short runs, typically less than 5000 sheets compared to 100,000 or more in years past.  The technology that makes short runs possible is a plate-maker that takes a digital file and creates a plate for the printer in fifteen minutes, mostly automated.  It’s amazing when you consider how far we’ve evolved since the Gutenberg Press was invented in 1436 (Thank you, Wikipedia).

Check out Minuteman Press in Lower Burrell.  Out of 780 sister companies in the Minuteman, only 18 awards were given in 2009 for outstanding quality… Tony’s company received one of them here in the Kiski region.

Location:  m425.local4all.com