Chris Graham: The bottom line to marketing … show me the money!
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It’s all about money, in the end. Keep that in mind when you’re thinking through your marketing.
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Dancing Star Farm announces its Community Supported Agriculture program for 2013
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Today, Dancing Star Farm, a permaculture farm in Augusta County, announced that it will be accepting CSA membership to participate in their third annual Community Supported Agriculture Program.
Brett Fisher: Inside PlayStation 4
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On Wednesday, Sony held a conference call to talk up its new, eighth-generation gaming console, the PlayStation 4. I had written a column on the eighth generation one day prior to the conference. Now, I will be following up with some criticisms I have about the newest piece of hardware from Sony.
AFP announces 2013 Winter/Spring Class Schedule
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Augusta Free Press LLC has announced upcoming Building the Machine workshops for February, March and April.
Matt Lohr: Technology on the farm now fits in the palm of your hand
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In January 2011, I featured Social Media in this column. I reread it the other day and thought, “Wow, how things have changed in two years.” At that point in time I mentioned cell phones and laptops, and used the word “perhaps” in conjunction with smart phone and tablet use on the farm. For Social Media, I limited the discussion to Facebook, Twitter and blogs and only referred to “applications” once. I noticed that I wrote applications, not apps.
Fields of Gold receives Building Collaborative Communities Grant
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Agritourism in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia will be able to roll out a whole new range of activities in the coming years thanks to a recent $60,000 grant from the Building Collaborative Communities program. The Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission will administer the grant on behalf of the Fields of Gold region. Funds will be allocated to develop partnerships, create business support services for farmers and agritourism operators, market the Valley’s rich agricultural offerings and build a sustainable organizational structure for long-term viability.
New Staunton business offers entrepreneurs unique collaborative hub
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The storefront at 16 West Beverley Street in Staunton has seen many retail incarnations over the last few decades, but its newest tenants are a contingent of entrepreneurs set on redefining what business and community development in small main streets looks like.
Frontier Airlines to suspend SHD service after April 7
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Frontier Airlines is suspending its service from Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport to Orlando, Fla., beginning April 7.
Andy Schmookler: Swinging for the fences
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For the past eight years – first as a blogger (at www.NoneSoBlind.org), and then as a candidate for Congress here in Virginia’s 6th District – I have fought to help my country confront the pathology that has arisen in our times in the American political system.
Chris Graham: The Lessons of Super Bowl Messaging
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As much attention with the Super Bowl is put on what goes on the TV screen during breaks in the action as what we see when the game is going on, and for good reason. The Super Bowl is by far the most-watched television show of the year, and advertisers go all out to get their messages out in front of the one audience a year that encompasses virtually every social and demographic subgroup.
