Category Archives: Events

600 choo-choo their way to store event with Facebook publicity

Some six hundred kids and adults showed up for a Chicago-area’s toy shop’s special event last month. The store even ran out of balloons to give away. The Berwyn, IL specialty toy and hobby shop, Berwyn’s Toys and Trains, got it all without spending a dime of advertising. They used the Facebook Event feature. Store owners watched in…

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Six takeaway points from Chicago’s Facebook conference

What’s more cool than getting a free sharp-looking duffle bag and a tasty sandwich? I’ll tell you: learning in-depth techniques of Facebook from successful business people. More than 600 persons were wowed by real people with small business success stories and a surprise visit by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel July 10 at a Facebook social media…

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Stop shaking like a hamster and break out of your cage

Anyone who has children knows that his house eventually gets turned into a scaled-down zoo. Dogs, cats, rabbits, fish, and even snakes turn your rooms into their smelly habitat, and sometimes you get treated like a zoo animal. You might even feel like a hamster, fearful and awkward before the world. Is this how you feel about public speaking?…

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