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Day 6 at Mecosta County!

Today, the Social Networking Tour (day 6) took us to the Mecosta County Chamber of Commerce in Big Rapids, Michigan. What a fabulous turn-out!  We had a room full of attendees with lots of questions (of course!) and lots of great information sharing. Many people in the group already have Facebook pages set up for

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Day 4: Two Chambers on Tuesday!

Tuesday, Day 4 of the Social Networking Tour, took us to two separate Chambers – the Greenville Chamber AND Lowell Chamber of Commerce! GREENVILLE: First stop: Greenville Chamber of Commerce.  What an awesome group!  Chamber Director Candy Kerschen managed to comfortably fit 22 people into the back area of the Chamber office, which typically seats

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There’s More to “Like” on Facebook

Let’s face it: Facebook is huge and it’s here to stay. More than 400 million people are Facebook users, which represents a big opportunity for businesses. But now that Facebook has changed its familiar “Fan” option to a “Like” option as part of something it calls the “Open Graph”, it looks like there are even

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Day 3: Monday afternoon staff meeting “on the road”

Each Monday afternoon at 3 p.m., Five Sparrows has a weekly staff meeting where we review current projects, go over our weekly (and ongoing) goals, and basically discuss the tasks and issues pertinent to the upcoming week. This particular Monday, Don and Lauren were somewhere near Ionia, Michigan, at 3 p.m. on Monday. So, we

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Day 3: Howell Chamber of Commerce

Day 3 of the Social Networking Tour brought us close to home, to the Howell Chamber of Commerce. Five Sparrows is an active member of the Howell Chamber, and we were delighted to be able to stop by to do the “Social Networking for Business” seminar for our friends at the Howell Chamber. For this

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