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Friday, April 12, 2013

Having a Yard Sale? Promote on Patch!

Use our Smyrna-Vinings events calendar to drive traffic to your driveway for your garage sales.

So you've cleaned out your garage, your attic, the back of your closet...but where do you put it all? Your driveway, of course. You dig out the price stickers and folding tables, and you wait for the weekend treasure hunters to flock. But, your neon poster on Atlanta Road didn't exactly do the trick. Looking for some free publicity to promote your yard sale so you can fill your pockets instead of your closets? Use Patch! Click here to post your garage sale in our Community Calendar. Let others know what you're selling, where you're selling it and when. You can even post pictures of your items with prices. Do as much or as little as you'd like, it's just that easy, and free!

Saturday, December 29, 2012

How Can Nonprofits Use Patch?

Find out how nonprofit officials and volunteers can post events, photos and calls for action to be seen by Smyrna-Vinings Patch readers.

Many nonprofits are in the midst of community projects such as toy drives or feed the hungry events, while others are soliciting donations before the end of the 2012 tax year. If you represent or volunteer with a Marietta-based nonprofit or one that serves the Cobb area, you have many ways with which you can utilize Marietta Patch to get the word out: 1. Start a blog about your nonprofit or its campaign(s). Maybe you’re with a lesser-known nonprofit in the area, or perhaps you perform a service or hold an event that few people are aware of. Or maybe you want the public to know why they should donate to your cause before the end of the year. One way to educate the public is by posting a blog. Clicking this link will navigate you to the new …

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Patch 101: Posting Calendar Events

Do you have a community event coming up? Post it to Smyrna-Vinings Patch in seconds.

Welcome to Patch 101, our primer to help users learn how to get the most out of Patch. Unlike many news websites, Patch invites its readers to contribute in more ways than just commenting. Were you at the scene of one of our reports? Add some pictures to our story. Want to talk about something that's not in the news? Start a blog. One of the questions we hear most is a request to add an event to our calendar. But you don’t need to wait for us—you can do it yourself in seconds. Here’s how: 1. Make sure you’re signed in under your Patch account. 2. Click on the Smyrna-Vinings Patch Event Calendar and click on “add an event” 3. Fill out the fields, including the title, date, times, description and address. (Patch tip: Fill in the address form…

Monday, November 12, 2012

Patch 101: Upload Photos and Videos to Patch

Uploading and sharing on Patch is quick and easy! We would love to see your photos!

Here at Patch we want to be a part of the community, but we can't be everywhere at once. That's where you come in. We need your help. Share your photos and videos from around town right here on Patch. Whether it's a fall photo of your own backyard or a trip to the mountains, a video clip from a school play, or something more newsworthy like a photo of a car accident or a video clip from a school board meeting, we would love for you to share it with the Patch community. Directions: To share, select "Pics & Clips" from the main navigation bar. Once on the new page, there is a button to "Upload Photos and Videos." (Make sure you are already logged in to the site.) A window will open for you to browse your computer for photos and videos. Once …

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