Friday, July 13, 2012
Did we mention it's free?
Are you looking to get the word out about a community event or an accomplishment? Or maybe you’ve just got something on your mind. Smyrna-Vinings Patch can help. Tired of making signs for your yard sale or bake sale by hand? Enter Patch Events. You can post events to the site for free. Navigate to the Events page and click “Add an Event” on the right side of the page. Tell us all the details about your upcoming event, then click “post my event” at the bottom of the page. Patch pulls events from the calendar for postings like The Weekender and The Week Ahead in Smyrna-Vinings. It’s a great way to let the community know what’s going on at your church, business or school. Did you know you can post an announcement on Patch for free? The old …
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Bloggers old and new met for food and fun at Patch's Blogger Mix and Mingle.
Good food and great conversation abounded at Patch’s Blogger Mix and Mingle at Social Vinings Tuesday. Patch staffers met up with some of our Local Voices Bloggers and made some new friends too. Patch’s Local Voices page came to life with guests including Larry King, blogger behind posts like Differences Among Charter School Petitions and More About Smyrna Academy of Excellence; South Cobb Patch real estate blogger Jackye Mumphrey; and Leo Smith, a Patch education blogger known for his posts An Agrument for Vocational Education and HR 1162 Opens the Door for More School Choice. Sarah Douglas, whose post Choosing a School: How Do You Decide? started a great conversation on Smyrna-Vinings Patch, and Ivory Dorsey, blogger behind Suspended in …
Monday, June 18, 2012
Here’s a look at what’s on the week’s agenda for Smyrna-Vinings.
Smyrna City Council meets Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Smyrna City Hall. A look at the agenda shows that Council will vote whether to adopt the FY 2013 budget, an issue that was tabled from the June 4 meeting. Meetings are televised live on Charter Channel 19. Replays of Council meetings air the second and fourth Thursday of the month on Channel 23 at 7 p.m. See the TV23 section at www.cobbcounty.org for a complete rebroadcast schedule. The final Cobb County Republican Women’s Club Forum is Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Cobb County Government’s offices at 100 Cherokee Street in Marietta. The forum features three panels, one for District Attorney candidates, one for Superior Court Judge candidates and one for Cobb County Chairman candidates. Last week…
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Join us June 19 to meet with other Patch bloggers and Local Editors from your community.
Join us June 19 to meet with other Patch bloggers and Local Editors from your community.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Join us June 19 to meet with other Patch bloggers and Local Editors from your community.
Patch is looking for bloggers and we want you to join us. We know that some of you have been on the fence about blogging because you think it's a big time commitment. Or you worry about being a good enough writer. So we've decided to gather current and would-be bloggers for an informal meet and greet. This is a chance to get together with other interesting people who are blogging on Patch and to find out how easy it is to get involved. And you can also get to know your Patch Local Editor. Mark your calendar and join us from 6-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, June 19 at Social Vinings. We'll provide the appetizers, and we hope you'll join us to learn about how you can be part of the community conversation!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Got something to say? Patch.com is looking for prolific bloggers.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
We're looking for bloggers who can riff on various topics, share their personality and engage our readers in discussions. Patch is more than a news site, it's an online conversation about your community. Then, we want to hear from you. This isn't a reporting job. It's blogging. You write what you want to say when you want to say it. Do it on your schedule, whether that's posting multiple entries per day or a couple times a month. Patch won't own what you post, so you can repost your entries to your other blogs. Much like The Huffington Post has done, Patch is providing local bloggers an online platform to have their words seen by a larger audience. Check out this recent post from Smyrna-Vinings Patch blogger Sarah Douglas. Her list of what…
