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LinkedIn, Facebook and Constant Contact

albertkaufman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:13:44 +0000

Happy GroundHog Day!

My friend Betsy asked me how I find LinkedIn useful, and one of my answers to her has to do with any social network. When someone asks me to connect on LinkedIn or Facebook, I usually accept and then have a customized message (if I don’t know the person) which says hello and asks them if they’d like to receive my newsletter. Most accept the invitation and then possibly become future clients, friends, referrals, who knows? It’s a time-consuming process, but has led to positive results.

Here are the examples that I’ve worked up for Facebook and LinkedIn. Yours could be personalized for the work you’re doing

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Hello Darlene,

We’ve just become friends on Facebook, yeah! It’s always interesting to me as to why someone would like to be my friend. If you care to share, please write back. Also, I put out a monthly e-mail newsletter called The Eleven. If you’d like to receive it, please send me your email address or sign up here, http://tinyurl.com/TheEleven-signup. Lastly, I have a fan page here called Albertideation @ http://facebook.com/albertideation . It’s where on FB, I tend to share social networking tips and tricks.

Hope your new year is ringing in well,

Adios, Albert

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Hi Bhagvant,

We’ve just become connected on LinkedIn, yeah! It’s always interesting to me as to why someone would like to connect. If you care to share, please write back. Also, I put out a monthly e-mail newsletter called The Eleven. If you’d like to receive it, please let me know or sign up here,

http://tinyurl.com/TheEleven-signup.

Here’s the most recent issue: http://pdx.be/oneeleventwelve

Hope your new year is ringing in well,

Adios,

Albert Kaufman
Albertideation
http://albertideation.com

Filed under: albertideation, Constant Contact, email marketing, Facebook, Google+, ideation, LinkedIn, marketing, social networking

100 Year Weather Event, or the future of life in the Pacific Northwest?

albertkaufman — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:37:18 +0000

My heart goes out to everyone in the Pacific Northwest who is being adversely affected by the current rains.

In the Pacific Northwest we’re used to heavy rain and all that it entails. But the recent rains have led to a level of flooding and hardship that people are calling a “100 Year Event”. I most recently heard people talking about this at Breitenbush where I spent new years and learned that two of the newly built bridges that span trails there had been washed out. Next up have been the January rains which have led to roads washing out, peoples’ houses being flooded and lots of landslides. Some towns like Vernonia, Oregon, seem to be having repeat flood events and the recent news is of thousands having to leave homes around the state, car accidents and lots of property damage.

My main question is “is this global climate change and its effects?” If so, are those who are calling this a “100 year event” actually missing the possibility that this may be how life here will continue to be from now on – rainy, with more and more rain and displacement.

I’ve long been following demographic trends around population growth and have been making the connection between our increased numbers and our effect on the environment. More pollution, species loss, rapid glacier melt, and running out of resources like oil have all been shown to be happening on an upward trend for years. What is less obvious is how all of this effects our world in places like Oregon, where we’re in a situation like the frog in the slowly heating water – we probably won’t change what we’re doing until the heat is turned way up, otherwise, the frog, in this scenario slowly boils and dies. Now, with the current rain, we have a warning sign that can’t be ignored.

Will we be smart and move towards actions that will slow global climate change or will we continue to adjust to its adverse effects and grin and bear it? Some smart moves that I think Oregonians could take that might increase our chances of experiencing a better future would be to plant trees and stop clear-cutting the ones we have. This would improve our (and the rest of the world’s) air quality, help control storm water and erosion problems and keep hillsides from sliding. I also think it would make sense for there to be some sort of program to move people out of floodplains and onto higher ground.

If there’s a chance that this year’s rains might repeat regularly what other moves should we as a society consider to avoid the high costs of the damage and to keep us all safe and dry? I’m sure there are hundreds. Should we be removing any extra pavement that exists as the group Depave works to do? Should we be planting millions of fruit and nut trees to make ourselves more food self-reliant and cut down on shipping costs of food? Are millions of new community and backyard gardens in our future? I’d love to see a state-wide or bioregion-wide analysis done of how we currently use our land and other resources and plug in possible weather events into the equation. I’m sure that would shed light on how prepared we will be for any future contingencies.

Will we learn from the current weather event? I suggest we treat it not like a “100 year event” but plan for the possibility that it may happen again next week, and next year. Let’s plan for the future not be run over by it.

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I posted this article on Daily Kos and there have been 100+ comments in one day. It’s a very interesting discussion of this topic. I highly recommend giving it a read – some very cool analysis, ideas, links and videos on the topic.

Filed under: BlueOregon, climate change, climate warming, dreamingoregon, Friends of Trees, Gardening, long-range planning, population growth, The Tillamook State Forest, tree planting, tree planting device

Blueoregon

albertkaufman — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:35:11 +0000

Blueoregon is a lefty blog. I write articles for it from time to time. It’s one of the best places to find out what’s going on politically in Oregon.

Blueoregon also has a presence on Facebook. Why am I writing like Ernest Hemingway? Perhaps, too much Moon Over Paris…

A great resource for media/political/social science jobs in Portland is Mac’s List

Filed under: BlueOregon, dreamingoregon, Portlandia

Sending Sunflower Seedy Goodness Out Into The Year

albertkaufman — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:12:46 +0000

for many years I’ve been sending sunflower seeds into the world. this year’s crop was beautiful. Here are some pictures of the heads – enjoy! Send me your address if you’d like some seeds!

Filed under: albertideation, Sunflowers

Vertical Response

albertkaufman — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:42:10 +0000

I recently worked with Vertical Response while doing some work for Friends of Trees. I enjoyed the program and thought I’d offer it to clients.

For a comparison between different email marketing programs, click here.

Filed under: albertideation, Constant Contact, email marketing, ideation, marketing, social networking, Vertical Response

Albert on TV – 2011

albertkaufman — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:13:08 +0000

Albert Kaufman, Jim Lockhart and Richard Carpenter on today’s issues – Portland Cable Access – Fall, 2011

I took part in a show with Jim Lockhart and Richard Carpenter recently to discuss population growth and other environmental issues. I got to be the star and so thought I’d put this out into cyberspace for my own record of my current thinking and hopefully to entertain and enlighten others. Let me know what you think.

http://youtu.be/bfA44l5R6Xw

Filed under: albertideation, climate change, ideation, Occupy Portland, Occupy Wall Street, opening our minds, Peaceful Revolution, phone book opt in system, population growth, Portlandia, Revolution, thriving in the future, transit game

You, Me and email marketing

albertkaufman — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:32:55 +0000

I want to make you an offer regarding Constant Contact which I believe will be to our mutual benefit.

I have been a Constant Contact business partner for the past 4 years. I know the product and company well. As a business partner, I hear about improvements early. I also get other perks – one of them being a small monthly percentage of the $ that people who sign up with my affiliate link pay to Constant Contact.

1. To sign up as an affiliate of mine if you’re just getting started, simply click on this link and sign up. If you’d be willing to share this link with people, I would appreciate it greatly.
http://pdx.be/cc-ak

Now, here’s my offer to you!

1. I will look over an email from you and provide feedback on things I would do to improve your email such as provide layout advice, additional social networking effective practices, and feedback on better use of graphics.
2. I will provide you with support for any problems you’re experiencing if you don’t want to go through Constant Contact’s (excellent, btw) support system
3. I will provide some consulting around increasing your reach.
4. If you like I will send you (from time to time) an email that outlines changes in Constant Contact.
5. I will share tips and tricks for integrating your e-mail newsletter into social media platforms.

If any or all of that sounds good, please either take the actions above, or contact me for further discussion via email or phone (503-358-0029)

Thanks for your good work in the world.

Albert Kaufman
Albertideation

http://albertideation.com/menu-of-services/

PS – the affiliate program with Constant Contact is rewarding. Here’s a little background if you’re interested.
http://www.seodenver.com/constant-contact-affiliate-program/

here’s how to sign up!
http://www.constantcontact.com/signup/application.jsp

Filed under: albertideation, Constant Contact, email marketing, marketing, social networking

Facebook through the fan page lens

albertkaufman — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:51:25 +0000

I wrote a long email which I sent out to my email list this week. I discussed what I think about facebook fan pages, and included a list of all of the pages that I administer. The article is here – feedback welcome.

http://tinyurl.com/albertideationonfanpages