Posts Tagged ‘Lawrenceville’

I am proud to be one of the organizers of a local networking group here in Lawrenceville, GA. We have events a couple of times each month. This past event we were lucky to have George Robbins there from Your 1 Minute. He creates videos for business owners to help promote themselves and their company. Here is one he did as a gift for our networking group. Thanks again George, it looks fantastic!

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If you are like me, you don’t exactly have ‘free time’. Twitter is a tool I use, and have a love/hate relationship with. I love it for marketing and getting the word out there, and building new relationships with people I would otherwise never meet, but I hate it because there is so much I know I miss! There are so many great links posted, good information and also retweets and mentions that I some how don’t always have time to get to.

Well, to help keep me up to date, I use a service called Social Oomph. I signed up for it almost a year ago when I first got into using Twitter but have really found it useful the past six months during which I have tweeted more and more on the social networking site. Social Oomph allows you to sign up and create an account and link it to your Twitter feeds. It will track when you are mentioned, when you get Direct Messages, or when your tweets are reposted by someone else (retweeted).

Simply sign up for a free account, then click on Social Accounts, Add New Account, then Add Twitter.

Once you do this, you will be prompted to authenticate with Twitter which allows SocialOomph to connect with your account. Once you have done this, the following screen will appear. You have options to autofollow people that follow up, and send them a message directly at the same time. Be careful how you use this. Many people using Twitter hate this, including me. It’s impersonal and even worse, if it’s someone trying to sell to you it’s really offputting. You may notice that in the screenshot below, I do have a message and I am auto following people. Well, true, and here is where I view it as the exception. This account listed is one for our local city project, New Lawrenceville. The message is to inform people about an upcoming event we are having. Hopefully it won’t appear as salesy or offensive! Make up your own mind about setting that message.

Finally, you can then see all of the times you are mentioned and who mentioned you. One of the settings for your account allows you to have an e-mail sent to you at the end of the day, listing all the times you were mentioned. I like this feature as it allows me to see who has retweeted my tweets or sent me a direct message, even if I have been busy with other things throughout the day and not noticed this.

Finally, they do have a paid version with some fantastic features that I wouldn’t mind trying, but after the free trial, at $30, not sure I would be willing to fork out that much each month.

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Usually my posts are all about computer or techie related subjects. Today I wanted to do something a little different. In a way, you could say this is still business related as this is a fantastic marketing opportunity for a small business local to the area. I live in Lawrenceville, Georgia and last year I had the honor of being a part of making a great video to promote a free, community run event. The event is detailed below. If you are local, or will visit the area any time within the next 13 weeks, starting April 4th, why not come by and ride the trolley! Also, the video my husband and I made is at the bottom of the post.

THE TROLLEY TOUR’s of the Lawrenceville Community are back.

This information is currently for local business owners, but please, if you have any suggestions as someone who rode the trolley last year, or with interest for this year, please let us know.

Come join us again this year as we ride through the streets and neighborhoods of the Lawrenceville Community.    This is a positive investment in Lawrenceville community involvement.  This will benefit Local Businesses, Residents and Real Estate within our community.  We are putting this event together to be proactive in this economy and not only SURVIVE this economic downturn but THRIVE in it.   The only way do this is to be proactive yourself.  We hope you will see the positive impact this idea will have in our community.  We are open to suggestion, comments and questions.    Here how it works, TENATIVELY (always subject to change)!

Starting April 4^th 2010 through June 27^th 2010, the Trolley will run Tours on Sunday’s through Lawrenceville and Scheduled Open Houses throughout our Community. That is a total of thirteen (13) consecutive Sundays.  We are very pleased to have life-long resident and Lawrenceville’s Local Honorary Historian (Awarded in 2009 by Mayor Millsaps) Mary Long as our Trolley Tour Guide.  Each tour we will highlight Lawrenceville Square, the parks, historic graveyards, the businesses and some of the rich community history.  We will have Realtors, Builders and Developers who will have their homes open for those Sunday’s as well.   All the homes will be within the City Limits of Lawrenceville.  We have two (2) Trolleys’ this year.  Each Trolley holds approximately 30 people at a time.  We would like to have 4 scheduled tours in that day.  The tours will start at 1pm and run every hour until 5pm, the last tour starting at 4pm. We have already had several local businesses, Realtors and Developers and of course the Trolley Guy ready to make this project a GO and a WIN for the Lawrenceville Community.   We have also had suggestions (which will develop) of creating events on the square specifically for the tour.  This is great opportunity for your involvement in our community and to promote your business.

The actual Tour will be FREE to those riding the Trolley each Sunday.  Each guest on the Trolley will get a “goody bag” with Local Business marketing materials, coupons, business cards, etc. when they get off the Trolley.   This will be approximately 120 goody bags each week for 13 weeks.  We will also have a banner on both sides of both Trolley’s with the “Qualified” Sponsors Logo’s displayed.   Local television media and print media already want to do stories on the positive approach to this idea.  So there is a possibility of your business getting additional exposure to other communities as well.  As we progress with the idea there will be other ways for us to market the idea and promote it with and without cost.  There are several free internet marketing and networking opportunities to get this event out to various communities.

Interested in being a sponsor?

So, you are excited now and want to know the most important thing, the cost!  Are you ready?  $10.00 per week!   That is it! If you pay for the whole 13 weeks ($130.00) up front, than you will have the opportunity of being included in the banner display on both sides of the Trolley.  The banner will be an additional expense but depending on how many “Qualified” (those who pay 13 weeks in advance) business it will be divided equally.  So, that is it!  We hope you are interested and would like to participate.

For more information or if you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please e-mail Rodney Camren – rodney@newlawrenceville.com or call him on 404-375-1496. We look forward to hearing from you!  

Come and see what makes Lawrenceville such a wonderful city to be a part of. Come and experience NEW Lawrenceville! See our video from last year.

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Our last post was about creating a Twitter landing page. This helps people learn more about you and make a decision on following you. How do you make your decisions on who to follow yourself? This is just as important, if not more important than who is following you. Those you follow can help you learn,  educated you or keep you informed.

How do you find these people? Some of them you will find out about by visiting a website and seeing a link for their Twitter page. Follow the link and then follow them to keep up to date with changes and advances for companies you are interested in. If you are following someone whose opinions and ideas you value, take a look at who they follow. This could give you some great ideas.

Looking for others within your own industry is a good idea. There are always others you can learn from and who might be more informed than you. Sharing knowledge and ideas is one of the best things about Twitter! If you use it to build relationships, there could be some invaluable new contacts created.You can use the search function in Twitter to find people, or use Topsy.com to see who is searching about topics you are interested in.

Finally, I am a believer in following others who are local. In Lawrenceville, Georgia, there are many other businesses online tweeting away! To get you started, here are just a few that I follow, in no particular order:

@SparkleShops -

• Bio Sparkle! and Sparkle! too are fun shops carrying unique artisan jewelry and gifts!

@MorsbergerGroup -

• The Morsberger Group specializes in the development and redevelopment of communities in the southeast.

@LvilleDining -

• Bio Lawrenceville, GA – Your Favorite Destination for Holiday Dining, Shopping & Entertainment

@AuroraTheatre -

• Bio Gwinnett’s First Choice for Theatrical Entertainment

@lizziefitness -

• Bio personal fitness trainer, mom and wife

@dsphotography -

• Dominic Stanley Photography provides complete photographic services for your wedding, family, senior portraits and events.

@ChristinePeters and @PetersPathStore-

• Bio Chic Boutique with hot brands,new designers,eco friendly items& funky accessories.Socially conscious,charity driven.Online& Lawrenceville,GA location

@studiodance -

• Bio A dance studio outside Atlanta with unique drop-in classes for adults and a full sched for kids. Come check us out!

@cindygilbert -

• Bio Owner of The Singin’ Bean in Historic Lawrneceville, Karaoke Gourmet Coffee, AVON, Joy of Connecting and Home of Women Helping Educate Women Clear Wimax

@lisamwashington -

• Bio I love life, just had kidney transplant , creator of B’Tyli Natural Skin Therapies, author,Living Within The Silver Lining, love my husband and kids, Be still.

@bestfitpetsit -

• Bio The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. -Mahatma Gandhi

@StarTeamAtlanta -

• Bio I am a hard working, professional Realtor in Atlanta Georgia. I do Relocation, Commercial, Residential, Condo and New Sub Division Development.

@GaLawrenceville -

• Bio Official Lawrenceville Visitors Center Twitter:Get connected to the latest deals, offers and info to plan your next Lawrenceville getaway.

@Ritas30045 -

• Bio Ice, Custard, Happiness

@NLawrenceville -

• New Lawrenceville Tweets!

And finally, @psconsulting -

• Bio Purple Star Consulting – small business solutions in marketing, training and web design

Know of any other local Twitterers to follow? Post them in the comments below!

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Becoming involved in your local community is something I strongly believe in. Being able to help out other businesses that are struggling in this economy is beneficial to everyone. With that said, Purple Star Consulting was proud to film, edit and produce the following video. It is currently posted on our Facebook page and YouTube and is hopefully being watched by many local residents who will be inspired and encouraged to come and visit Lawrenceville and enjoy all that we have to offer here. Please feel free to link to the video or re-post!

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