Social media giving life to ‘Beautiful Bones’ Day of the Dead art project

Posted by on Nov 30, 2012 in Blog, Border Culture | 0 comments

The artist’s studio is in Las Cruces, his home is in El Paso, but thousands of dollars to support his dream of bringing elegant skeletons to life are coming in from near and far thanks to digital networking and the social fundraising site Kickstarter.com For eighteen months artist Wayne Hilton has sewn, beaded, glued and shaped the 15 exquisitely elaborate figurines at the heart of the Hermosos Huesos (Beautiful Bones) Project.  Made of...

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Borderland Bloggers Nov. 14: Digital Distribution Tips to Grow Your Blog Audience

Posted by on Nov 12, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

Learn how to use Social Media and other digital networking techniques to get your blog posts in front of more readers and increase interaction to grow your blog’s following at the Borderland Bloggers Meetup Wednesday, Nov. 14 in El Paso. The Meetup is a casual no-host get-together for all levels of bloggers – including those who are interested in starting a blog. RSVP at the Borderland Bloggers Meetup site here. There is no charge...

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Hundreds of tourism experts promote El Paso experience tweet by tweet at SoMeT

Posted by on Nov 12, 2012 in Blog, Border Culture | 0 comments

It was the ultimate social media scavenger hunt as tourism industry workers from around the world zeroed in on El Paso, Texas, last week in search of fresh ideas and West Texas flair. More than 230 attendees for the Social Media Tourism Symposium packed conference rooms at the Judson F. Williams Convention Centre in El Paso to learn new ways to use social media to attract visitors to their cities and get them to stick around longer once...

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El Paso says #howdy to Social Media Tourism Symposium visitors

Posted by on Nov 8, 2012 in Blog, Border Culture, Community | 0 comments

If you’re feeling an increase in buzz on the Interwebs around El Paso, it is most likely thanks to Social Media Tourism Symposium going on Downtown at the convention center through tomorrow.  The #SoMeT, a conference about the use of social media in the tourism is here thanks to the thousands of El Pasoans who outvoted competing cities last April for the honor to host the gathering. This means our shops, restaurants, Twitter feeds and...

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Website makes finding the closest early voting site in El Paso easy

Posted by on Oct 21, 2012 in Blog, Community | 0 comments

Thanks to the folks over at Impulse Development, El Pasoans are just a click away from finding the nearest early voting location on their mobile device or desktop computer. Impulse has launched ElPasoEarlyVoting.com, which lists all the early voting locations in the county. Mobile device users who get a sudden urge to vote as they go about town just need to allow the site to determine their location and it will deliver the directions to the...

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Why El Paso-area non-profits need social media in their revenue plans

Posted by on Oct 4, 2012 in Blog | 2 comments

If you work for a non-profit in El Paso and Southern New Mexico and don’t think you can afford the time to use social media, you should know the truth is you can’t afford not to when it comes to getting donors to take action. A new report from charity monitor GuideStar reveals the types of information donors want from a non-profit organization including: >The financial picture, including how an organization spends its money...

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