TownConnect

Managing Sports Teams Online

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

I've been a big fan of TeamSnap since they launched their service around the time we launched TownConnect.  If you are a coach, league director, or active parent on a sports team, school group, girl scout troop you should definitely check them out to organize and run your group online. Tell ...

Posted in Family & Parents, News & Updates, Sports: Coaching & Teams | No Comments »

How to get your story in the newspaper

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Have important news you would like published in your local newspaper?   Check out the "Send To Newspaper" feature on your town blog. [caption id="attachment_117" align="aligncenter" width="571" caption="Post to your town news page and in the paper!"][/caption] Now available in select communities in MA and NJ.   Ask your newspaper publisher about adding TownConnect ...

Posted in News & Updates, Newspaper & TV | 4 Comments »

Facebook should buy Idearc

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Dear Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter would have been nice but not at that price.  The overlap in Twitter to Facebook users is probably 90% anyway. Long term, local advertising will be Facebook's bread and butter:  higher CPMs, more relevance, better performance.   Local is harder to sell, you need feet on the street in ...

Posted in News & Updates, Social | 2 Comments »