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Hello Alaska,
Did you hear that Shaquille O'Neal retired from professional basketball this week? It wasn't ESPN, another TV station, or a sports reporter that broke the news. The first to know, were his 4 million+ followers (the most of any athlete) on Twitter. Twitter can be a very useful medium and there are tools to help you maximize its effectiveness. There are hundreds that have been developed in the last two years and almost equally as many that are now no longer in business. Here are a few that stuck around - 1) TweetDeck Now owned by Twitter, this all in one tool allows the management of multiple accounts It has downloads and applications for computers, phones and pads. 2) WeFollow Find new followers based on a keyword search 3) Timely Schedule tweets to be posted at pre-determined times 4) Nearby Tweets A geography-centric social tool for networking and a business tool for building customer relationships and monitoring real-time buzz. 5) Twitaholic More Twitter statistics than you ever needed When you finally take the plunge and decide to begin using this tool to distribute your business message to the masses, please remember that content is paramount. How you say something is equally as important as what you say. This short video illustrates that point very well.
Does this look familiar? Facebook now has a dislike button! Click 'Enable Dislike Button' to turn on the new feature! Like the "Preventing Spam / Verify my account" scam which went before it, the scammers have managed to waltz past Facebook's security to replace the standard "Share" option with a link labeled "Enable Dislike Button". The fact that the "Enable Dislike Button" link does not appear in the main part of the message, but lower down alongside "Link" and "Comment", is likely to fool some users into believing that it is genuine. Clicking on the link, however, will not only forward the fake message about the so-called "Fakebook Dislike button" to all of your online friends by posting it to your profile, but also run obfuscated Javascript (which, after looking it up, I now know means "a source, or machine code that has been made difficult to understand for humans") on your computer. The potential for malice should be obvious. Although many of us would find it useful, there is no official dislike button provided by Facebook and there isn't ever likely to be one. See you next week!
What's cooking at the Anchorage SBDC?
Check out the current workshop schedule on the SBDC Facebook page
If you have a hankering to not just Buy Alaska, but buy a piece of Alaska then please follow the link posted on our Facebook page by Alaska Land.http://dnr.alaska.gov/ Unlike the sealed-bid auction, applicants need not be Alaska residents and winners are not restricted to purchasing only one parcel. ------------------------------------------------------- The Alaska Chapter of the American Planning Association is pleased to announce the 1st Annual Alaska State Planning Conference! You are welcome to join the APA at the Westmark in Fairbanks, November 7-8 for this historic event! The conference planning committee is currently seeking session proposals. Additional information about the conference will be posted on the Chapter website and Facebook page. ------------------------------------------------------- Registration is open for the 10th annual Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference, June 10-14 at Land's End in Homer. Features workshops, readings and craft talks in creative fiction, nonfiction, poetry and children's literature. For more information visit writersconference.homer.alaska or call 907-235-7743. ------------------------------------------------------- Juneau's weekly Farmers and Artists Markets are returning this weekend on a new day; Sundays from 1-5 PM at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center. This year's markets will feature many of your favorites from last year as well as new vendors, so be sure to visit the markets this coming Sunday! Wanted: - Community members to sell local produce, fruit or herbs, eggs, cut flowers, jams and jellies, or shelf-stable baked goods with locally grown ingredients.
- Commercial vendors to sell locally produced artisan and specialty foods.
- Vendors to sell fresh, locally caught seafood.
- Alaska artists offering original art.
Register at www.JAHC.org Questions? Contact the Juneau Arts and Humanities Council at info@jahc.org or 586-2787. ------------------------------------------------------- The annual Seward Halibut Tournament kicked off on June 1! Daily tickets are $10, with a 3-day "weekender" ticket for $25. Cash prizes awarded at the end of the tournament for the heaviest fish and the second and third place entries. Daily prizes increase your odds of winning! The tournament runs until the end of June. For More Information Visit: www.seward.com ------------------------------------------------------- Get ready for the - 21st Annual Kenai River Festival June 10th, 11th & 12th at the Soldotna Creek Park. Spend a weekend in Soldotna and celebrate the most famous river in Alaska at the 21st Annual Kenai River Festival. More than 10,000 people attended last year's event, and this year should be even bigger! The Kenai River Festival is a FREE event, and has teamed up with KDLL Radio to deliver live music and evening concerts! For More Information Visit: http://www.kenaiwatershed.org -------------------------------------------------------
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