Arts & Entertainment
In the age where companies are vying to have their blog/social networking voices heard, a new trend is emerging for those with obvious markets ... turning the voices of your customers into attention and sales. To do that, many organizations are developing their own social networking platforms. From freeware Ning social networks to WordPress MU blogspheres, these companies are providing a place for their markets to converse... they're hosting a community! In doing this, the benefits are obvious; Primarily that you have the FULL attention of your audience by gathering them in one spot on the web around a subject they all have in common and that you are providing a service... typically a free service!
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This Friday we'll be wearing our Sunday best and presenting Low-budget, High Profile web site options for festival and event organizers across Ontario. Their show motif is : "Revitalize, rejuvenate and
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Tell Mama has some gigs coming up in April that we're really excited about and I finally took the time on the weekend to create a facebook event to promote the first one on April 7th at The Supermarket in Toronto. I wasn't looking forward to doing it because, at this point, it seemed that I have to create a new event for my group page and another for my band page just to get the word out to everybody. I created the group event as per usual (sure would be nice to be able to "select all" for invitations or filter the names somehow by region) and then I got quite frustrated when I tried to create a new event to post to my band page - the event function was nowhere to be found. Of course, the moment I complained on a facebook forum I immediately found the feature as an addition to the tabs at the top of the page - how embarrassing is that?
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Eastern Ontario band Tell Mama ~ Kick Ass Jass used the OnCouRSS resources to create an HTML /WordPress combination site to promote their original music and performance schedule.
With a custom design,
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