Yard Rents – new Farm My Yard sponsor!

October 18, 2012 by albertkaufman Leave a Comment

Click the image above: YardRents.com is offering a 10% discount to Portlanders who use their Farm My Yard package – and, they’ll also donate 10% of your purchase to Farm My Yard!

Farm my Yard

Farm My Yard has a new sponsor, YardRents.com – When Portlanders use YardRents.com for their project YardRents.com will give a 10% discount and also donate 10% of the purchase amount to Farm My Yard.

If you’re planning on any yard projects, please use the “FarmMyYard” code on their website – get a great deal – have your tools delivered and picked up? Wow! And, support a great local organization/effort – Farm My Yard!

Send them some Facebook love if you like: https://www.facebook.com/YardRents

Next, seeking a seed company 🙂

Filed Under: Farm My Yard Tagged With: farm my yard, urban farming, yardrents.com

Albertideation

September 28, 2012 by albertkaufman Leave a Comment

Late Summer in The Birthday Garden

Albertideation

Hi there,

Well, it’s been a fine summer, hasn’t it? I’ve been doing some research these past couple of months and have come up with a few things I think you may find useful.

First, friends lists on Facebook. Sounds simple enough, but the more I talk with people, the more I’m hearing a consistent frustration in FB usage. This short video describes why I think it’s useful to make lists of friends – and how to set one (or more) up.

https://screencast.com/t/H36r7Wh79

I’ve begun working closely with two clients –

Robin Denburg, Realty Robin – https://www.facebook.com/RealtyRobinPortland

And Jane’s Healthy Kitchen: https://www.facebook.com/JanesHealthyKitchen

If real estate (buying or selling a home in Portland) or eating healthier interests you, please do check out Jane and Robin’s pages, like them, and say hello. Robin’s one of the nicest people involved in real estate I’ve ever met and Jane’s cookbook (due out in November) is sure to be a winner.

Second, Jane and Robin have hired me to “do” their social networking for a month. We’re trying this out – interestingly, they both picked the same month – so, I’m learning a lot about supporting businesses closely in the social media/website/email marketing space right now.

If such an arrangement sounds interesting to you, let’s talk. I think it’s a valuable way to go – especially to jump-start your marketing efforts if you’re just getting started, but also for those who’ve been at it for a while. I have been focusing my efforts in this area closely for years now and I understand a lot about how to make the best use of these tools.

I also continue to work with some clients on a one-on-one hourly basis – and that’s proving useful, as well.

In October I’ll begin offering my group classes ($30/2-hours) and I’ll let you know when the next classes are when I schedule them.

I continue to pepper my fan page: https://facebook.com/albertideation with useful tools that I find along the way – if you haven’t visited for a while, a quick scroll down the page will give you some ideas you may not have thought of. Also, I have also been using my newsletter and website as ways to provide this information to the world.

I hope you’re having a great end of Summer and look forward to supporting you in the coming months and years.

With Gratitude,

Albert Kaufman
https://albertideation.com

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National Voter Registration Day – 9.25.12

September 25, 2012 by albertkaufman Leave a Comment

Voter Registration Day!Happy National Voter Registration Day. Time to make sure everyone is registered to vote. Here are some resources.

National Voter Registration Page: https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org/

Want to vote early? here are the details for each state: spread it! https://www.longdistancevoter.org/early_voting_rules#.UGHR044ly9d

Please post this further – ask everyone you know in person – “Are you registered to vote?” Many people move around and don’t register at their new place. This election is an important one – we need everyone to vote – to make their voice heard. Thanks!

Filed Under: Voter Registration Tagged With: elect, election, go do it, time to vote, vote, voter registration, voting

Making Lists of People on Facebook

September 18, 2012 by albertkaufman 3 Comments

Making Friends’ Lists on Facebook

To improve your experience of Facebook – I advise making lists of people – a list can be close friends, business associates, people you share a hobby with or even one person – it’s the quickest way to see exactly the feed you want to. It takes a few minutes to set up, but will make using Facebook a lot easier and more interesting – it has done so for me.

Here’s a video I made on the topic.

Also, you can add a bookmark to your browser – this will make it easier for you to reach the newsfeed of those you’ve chosen for your list. What’s really great about this – is that you’ll see every post from these people/pages!

You can also visit a person’s profile hover over the word “friends” or use the pull-down menu there and add the person to any list(s) you’ve created.

This is also useful when you’re holding an event – you can pull up everyone on a particular list at once and invite them en masse.

Here is where lists live as of 2.1.18 – I believe that FB is making it more difficult for people to use this feature – so, I recommend creating lists now before they hinder this further.