Spotlight on Local Goodness: Introducing the 321 Coffee Cart ☕️
With the introduction of the 321 Coffee Cart, you can now find their delicious brew just about everywhere!
With the introduction of the 321 Coffee Cart, you can now find their delicious brew just about everywhere!
Fast forward three months, and I received a ticket (thank you, Raleighwood) to Midtown Raleigh’s biggest bash of the year, the State of Midtown. It was hard to contain my excitement at the sheer fancy-pants vibe of the whole thing, and now I can’t wait to spill the beans about my awesome experience with you all!
Raleighwood founder Lisa Jeffries Nobling was recently interviewed by Raleigh Magazine regarding the ‘dying’ art of the RSVP. Has the RSVP become obsolete? The article delves into the question of whether the RSVP, a long-standing tradition in event planning, has become obsolete in today’s fast-paced digital age.
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I’m excited to be speaking at the Raleigh Digital Marketing for Business conference coming up in May. This two day event has dozens, possibly hundreds, of presentations on all sorts of topics that will help local business owners get a better handle on, and understanding of, digital marketing.
Co-founder Lawrence Harte has offered me the opportunity to share with y’all a stunning 50% discount on registration when you use my speaker discount code, LisaJeffries, at http://DMFB.net/register.
Digital marketing training at just $50 a day? That’s a steal, folks! Don’t miss out.
Event details:
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 – Thursday, May 14, 2015
Raleigh Convention Center
500 S Salisbury St.
Raleigh, North Carolina 27601
To see session and speaker list, visit the event website: http://digitalmarketingforbusiness.com/
PS: My session, 10 Things to Know About Email Marketing Now, will be taking place on Thursday, May 14, at 2:00 p.m. Hope to see you there!
It’s the 5th Annual Merry Mingle, proudly (and jointly) hosted by AAF-RDU, AIGA Raleigh, Triangle AMA, TIMA, and Triangle UXPA and it’s your chance to network with members of the Triangle’s top advertising, marketing and communications organizations all at one time – while also contributing to a very worthy cause!
What? Festive hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, and a chance to mingle with your favorite industry professionals – plus some you’ve never met but will be glad you did! All held in Downtown Raleigh at The Stockroom.
Who benefits? The Merry Mingle 2014 benefits the Triangle Spokes Group, which has been pedaling joy to the Triangle since 2006 by giving away bikes to kids in need. We’re doing our best to help them reach this year’s goal of 500 bicycles—all brand new, and all guaranteed to bring ear-to-ear grins to faces throughout the area. To find out more about this fantastic non-profit, go to www.trianglespokesgroup.org.
Cost? RSVP early online at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-5th-annual-merry-mingle-tickets-13536585291 and it’s just $20 for members of hosting organizations and $25 for non-members. At the door, it’s $35 for everyone.
I’m excited to have been invited to lead one of the four need-to-know Show Day Social Media Seminars planned for the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce 2014 Business Expo coming up on Thursday, May 1, 2014 on behalf of my WRAL.com team!
The Expo itself takes place at the NC State Fairgrounds in the Jim Graham Building (free, ample parking!) from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. The event is free for all to attend (but you can pre-register here), as well as the social media seminar sessions. Social media seminar sessions include: Where do I start?, ROI and Conversion, Engagement Strategy, and a panel on Success Stories. I’ll be leading the Engagement Strategy session that will cover topics such as:
Relearning how to talk with people (and not at them)
How conversation changes across platforms
How conversation is broadly evolving
Why people follow certain pages
What your audience expects
In addition to attending, I’m seeking your participation in one additional way – I’d love to know what questions you have that you’d like to have answered! Leave a comment here, email me, send me a tweet, or ask away on Facebook.
See you at #BizExpo14!
Cheers,
Lisa
The Greater Raleigh Merchants Association (GRMA) and Shop Local Raleigh (SLR) are looking for local artists to submit design ideas for the 67th Annual WRAL Raleigh Christmas parade. The WRAL Raleigh Christmas Parade Contest, sponsored by GRMA/SLR, will be accepting submissions from area artists from August 29, 2011 – September 26, 2011.
The winning design will receive $300 in cash, sponsored by Frameworks Gallery & Frame Design, Inc., member of SLR. The winning design will be used on the organization’s first official parade t-shirt, poster, and promotional items. The t-shirts will be worn by volunteers and sold to the public on the day of the parade held on Nov. 19 in downtown Raleigh.
“The Go Local message is a great unifying message for the Raleigh community and the new t-shirt will be a fun way to show your support,” says Emily Younger Wells, Board Member of GRMA/SLR.
Artists are asked to visit https://www.facebook.com/RaleighChristmasParade for rules and for submissions. The winning design will be selected by the GRMA parade committee.
For more information on the contest or to become a member of GRMA, log on to www.grma.org or contact Jennifer Bradshaw, GRMA Director at 919-755-9235 or info@grma.org.
About the Raleigh Christmas Parade
The Raleigh Christmas Parade will feature three giant helium balloons, approximately 35 floats, 20 marching bands and a number of other entertaining acts.
Drawing an estimated 60,000 spectators from across the state to downtown Raleigh and reaching more than 250,000 through television and live video streaming on WRAL.com, the parade is the largest single-day event in Raleigh each year. It is the largest parade between Atlanta and Washington, D.C.
About GRMA
The Greater Raleigh Merchants Association promotes the growth and sustainability of local businesses. For more information, visit www.grma.org.
Thank you to Tina for sending this information to my attention!
Greater Raleigh Chamber Announces Friends of First Responders Program
Local Businesses Asked to Participate on Sept. 16RALEIGH—On Sept. 16, the Greater Raleigh Chamber will honor first responders throughout Wake County by hosting the fourth annual First Responders Appreciation Breakfast.
With more than 2,000 first responders serving our community, it is impossible to recognize them all, so the Chamber is reaching out to you. We are asking local businesses to join us in thanking these men and women for the dedication, bravery, and commitment to our community that they show every day by participating as one of our “Friends of First Responders.”
Participation is easy—simply offer a discount or free item to any first responder in uniform or with identification on Sept. 16. For example: $1 off a meal, free sandwich, free soda, etc.—the discount is completely up to you. In return, we’ll recognize your business on the Chamber website—www.raleighchamber.org/firstresponders—and in radio and TV ads (pending).
Please join us in recognizing Wake County Emergency Medical Services, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, the Raleigh-Wake County Emergency Communications Center, the City of Raleigh Fire Department, the City of Raleigh Police Department, the North Carolina Highway Patrol – Troop C, District III, and all first responders on Sept. 16. To sign up or find out more, call 919.664.7090 or email mkernan@raleighchamber.org.
About the Greater Raleigh Chamber
The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is the Triangle’s largest nonprofit business membership organization made up of more than 2,400 member firms representing two-thirds of the private sector employment in Wake County. The Chamber has represented the interests of the local business community since 1888.
For more information about this special event, contact Mary Kernan at the Raleigh Chamber (phone: 919.664.7090, email: mkernan@raleighchamber.org).
I’ve had the pleasure of working with many businesses who regularly provide discounts to identified or in-uniform service members and first responders. My advice to them when I received this information was to contact Mary and make sure that they provide her with the details of those existing offers so that they can be included in the information that the Chamber is going to publish online.
Cheers!
-Lisa