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Wpromote Participates in Olive Crest Holiday Toy Drive
John Vantine | December 22nd, 2011
Wprovide (Wpromote’s philanthropic division) decided to celebrate the holidays by organizing a children’s toy drive. After doing some research, we decided to work with Olive Crest. What makes Olive Crest unique is that they match each participant with an abused child or teen, and participants receive wish slips with the name, age and gender of the child that they’ll be shopping for. The wish slip describes what the child wants – this makes the effort feel a bit more personal, because you’re not just blindly purchasing a toy and assuming it’ll be paired up with someone who will enjoy it. Our efforts were not in vain. Wpromoters were able to make Christmas a little brighter for 30 children this year! Aside from the Olive Crest toy drive, I was involved in a Toys 4 Tots toy drive, and I purchased a Transformers toy (Optimus Prime) that I know I would have loved when I was younger. Did you participate in a holiday toy drive this year? If so, what did you buy? If you’re considering organizing a toy drive next year, be sure to keep Olive Crest in mind. Happy holidays! Save this Post!
Wpromote.com Through The Years
Mike Mothner | December 15th, 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, we thought it would be fun to take a little trip down memory lane. In this case, we are going to have a little fun looking at the evolution of Wpromote as seen through our Wpromote website over (believe it or not) the past decade, using an addicting (and mind boggling) tool called the Wayback Machine. The site literally takes snapshots of websites and stores them indefinitely. If you are looking to waste a little time checking out how your favorite websites looked way back when, look no further. Our fun begins a decade ago in 2001, when I built the very first Wpromote website, which was born as a service that automated submitting websites to the morphing list of search engines (189 of them in the very beginning, as you can see). Of note, the original Wpromote logo which I created myself (and was admittedly a blatant rip-off of the W Hotels logo) with the “bold” marketing text (“relentless” might be a stretch for a search engine submission service) was pretty corporate sounding to hide the truth that it was all a 20 year old in a dorm room. Just in case you were curious, yes, Wpromote was a subsidiary company of Webbingedge, which did web design for local realtors. In 2002, I dropped the aggressive but vague “tour” entrance and just dropped users directly onto our “Customer Guarantee”. Pretty simple and effective, and check out those archaic lists of websites you get Continue reading…
Movember Is Upon Us!
Jeff Collins | November 10th, 2011
The month of Movember is upon us and we at Wpromote couldn’t be happier. Some background: Movember was originally devised in 1999 by a group of 80 Aussies with the idea that they would grow out their mustaches for 30 days in the name of charity. At that time they were fundraising for the RSPCA*. As the years went on, the movement adjusted its aim to tackling men’s health issues, in particular, prostate cancer. From there it snowballed into something much bigger and in 2010 Movember raised over $80 million from 447,808 global participants, almost doubling its fundraising efforts from the year prior. Two years ago, when I came on to work with Wpromote, I had a pre-existing affinity for growing facial hair and, as such, was very happy to hear that we were active participants in this time-honored tradition. In 2010, our team of twenty five raised over $2,300 and although our numbers have dwindled to twenty this year, we are looking to smash that record. With that being said, please donate what you can to our team here: Wprofontaine or–better yet–directly to me here: MoBro:Jeff Collins. A Plea From The Cheater From the picture above, you can see that my mustache has had some time to flourish and grow prior to Movember. And if you know about Movember’s rules, you know that I am officially a cheater. Movember Rules; Art. 1 Sec. 6: DO I HAVE TO START CLEAN-SHAVEN? Yes, Movember is for one month only! Head starts are not allowed and go Continue reading…
Fantasies Not Involving Women
Dom | September 20th, 2011
This isn’t about my desires to eat my way out of a Twinkie the size of a motor home, or my hope that I one day gain super powers, and conquer Earth in the name of Cleveland. This is something else entirely. In the work place, women have been subject to abuse for many years. From the harsh realities of having to sleep with the boss, to use the kitchen microwave, to cook the boss’s meal, all the way to the more subtle forms of sexual harassment such as inappropriate work place conversations about weekend exploits and computer monitor imagery that borders between awesome and vulgar, women have dealt with much discrimination and harassment. Fortunately, work places have adjusted (for the most part) and corrected wrongs to make their environments safe and comfortable for everyone; however, a new threat has reared its sexist helmeted-head. Fantasy Football has unintentionally given an unfair excuse for men to bench their work, while women must continue to play their work and hope it scores them enough points with the boss to give them a career win. “Work all day” isn’t a realistic phrase to live by in the world of multi-monitored work stations we live in today. People need time to click away from their tedious work load and relax their mind with an article from a blog they love to follow regarding their comic book hobby (365DaysofComics.com), with a quick browse through online deals (slickdeals.net) or watching a viral video on Facebook while Continue reading…
Tags: Dom Gazzuolo, fantasy football, free browsing time, free time browsing, internet browsing, work environment
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Social Good: Taking Social Media to Social Action [INFOGRAPHIC]
Maria Sass | September 16th, 2011
We came up with the concept of “Social Good: Taking Social Media to Social Action” because the fusion of entrepreneurship and social good is such an amazingly exciting trend. To have whip-sharp business minds apply themselves to bettering the world is a topic that deserves attention. The companies and organizations we chose to shine the spotlight on are TOMS, ONEHOPE Wine, Pepsi Refresh Project, VeeV Acai Spirit, and Google.org. We have had the pleasure to work with the first four brands mentioned, and wanted to include Google.org since search is at the core of our services, as well as the fact that many individuals might not know about the amazing work that Google.org does. These brands incorporate social media deeply into their business models. Social media is right at the center of the topic of social entrepreneurship; it is at the heart of how the companies featured grow their following, engage with their customers, and even contributes to how they effect positive change on the world. Last week was the book release of “Start Something That Matters” by Blake Mycoskie, TOMS Founder & Chief Shoe Giver. In his book, Mycoskie profiles other social entrepreneurs who have turned their passions into meaningful and sustainable businesses and organizations, one being VeeV. “My goal is to inspire others to go out and make a positive impact, to start something that matters to them,” Mycoskie said. These five brands highlighted in this infographic perfectly exemplify that mantra. View in a larger browser Click To Continue reading…
Tags: Maria Sass, one hope wine, pepsi refresh project, social good, socila good infographic, veev, vevv acai spirit, Wpromote
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Wpromote PR Girl’s Guide To Surviving Social Media Week LA
Maria Sass | September 14th, 2011
With nearly 600 events worldwide, this year Social Media Week is bigger than ever. Here is my quick and dirty guide to surviving #SMWLA 1. Bring business cards. Lots of them. In fact, during SMW you can never have too many on you. Sure, there will be plenty of drinking, socializing, tweeting and picture-snapping at these events, but above all, there will be networking. Tip: After a card is exchanged, I like to write a note on the back of the card, to serve as a reminder for the person with whom I just had the pleasure of meeting. You might think you will remember them, but once home with a purse (or pocket) filled with cards, you will be glad you jotted down a note. It also serves as a nice, personalized touch mentioning a specific conversation topic or connection when reaching out to them. The person on the receiving end will be impressed, if not flattered. 2. Also, bring a snack. You know that scene in Mean Girls when Lindsay Lohan lunges at “The Plastics” in the cafeteria? That is how I get when I don’t eat. It’s not pretty. For me, I like a good White Chocolate Think Thin bar. Peanut Butter M&M’s also do the trick. 3. Traffic happens. We live in LA; If that statement means one thing and one thing only to you, it should be that traffic is beyond unpredictable. Leave earlier than you think you should for any post-work event. Most events Continue reading…
Tags: Carter Reum, social media week, social media week la, Wpromote, wpromote pr girl
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