FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 13 June 2014
Contact: Kevin Godbey, Brickyard Ventures
SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATED IN POWERFUL RE-DESIGN
Kingston,
NY -- In today's fractured digital
and print media world, a 'hyper-local' focus is needed more than ever to keep a
community informed and connected. For example:
·
How many times
have Kingston residents learned about great events, only too late to
participate? invest here.
·
How does one
keep up with all of the unique and interesting stores, restaurants, services,
and other businesses that have recently opened in the city?
·
Wouldn't it be
enlightening to know more about active local neighbors, and why they find
Kingston to be such a great place to live and do business?
The highly-popular Kingston
Happenings media model has been
re-designed, re-launched and re-energized thanks to the involvement of many
people in the local community, and for thousands of readers every week is rapidly
becoming the 'go to' source for information about local events and businesses.
Not only does Kingston Happenings connect our own community, but serves as a vital reference for
tourists, weekenders and people looking to invest here.
Kingston
Happenings is promoted by the City
of Kingston as a comprehensive online source for local event and business
information. Kingston Happenings is advertised in various online and traditional media formats including
the City of Kingston 2014 Visitors Guide, city tourist maps, official city
website, e-newsletter and more.
Kingston
Happenings delivers information in
the most effective way possible as a digital-first media channel comprising a
website, newsletter, and social media strategy. It is also designed so that
businesses can market to the local community and tourists at the fraction of
the cost of other media outlets. By keeping the content 'fresh'
with events in the Kingston area, users check out the
site frequently to see what to do locally. The weekly newsletter-blast
and daily social media postings are frequent reminders that drives traffic back
to the website.
KingstonHappenings.org is the backbone of this media system as it
integrates the following functions:
·
A comprehensive events calendar that allows any
business, school, not-for-profit or religious organization to list events from
bake sales to happy hours for at no charge
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A business directory designed for growth to include
shopping guides, dining guides, professional services, and more
·
Weekly feature
articles about businesses, involved neighbors and community events
Kingston
Happenings will reach peak
effectiveness with the support of our community. Here are some things
that you can do to make sure Kingston Happenings remains a viable community asset and continues to improve.
Also: businesses can show their support by
becoming a sponsor and receiving the benefits of marketing to people who are
already interested in shopping, dining, sightseeing and more in the Kingston
area whether they are local residents, day trippers, weekenders and tourists.
Sponsorship packages, tailored to any business or organization's budget
are link-able here (http://www.kingstonhappenings.org/sponsor/).
Kingston
Happenings is a project of Brickyard
Ventures whose mission is to fund and develop business and community
development projects in the Kingston, NY area. Brickyard Ventures' principal,
Kevin Godbey, is a retired senior business analyst for IBM and has extensive
experience in the field of Information Technology development in various roles.
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