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On Saturday, June 15, volunteers for the Virginia Consortium of Quilters will hold a Documentation and Discovery Day at the Augusta County Historical Society, located in the R.R. Smith Center for History and Art at 20 S. New Street in Downtown Staunton.
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The popular Building the Machine web and marketing business series from Augusta Free Press is being offered in Downtown Waynesboro in June. The Building the Machine curriculum is aimed at small business and nonprofits looking to build a marketing, social media and public relations strategy.
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks.
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It’s not Facebook. It’s not even the front page of your website. The most important page on the Internet for small-business owners is what we call The Money Page.
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Greenville author Nick Auclair will be signing his action-adventure novel, Steel’s Treasure, at an author’s reception Saturday May 25, 5 to 7 PM at Staunton’s Black SwanBooks and Music. The event is free and open to the public.
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The following is a list of highway work that might affect traffic in the Staunton VDOT transportation district during the coming weeks. The Staunton district is comprised of 11 counties, Alleghany, Bath, Rockbridge, Augusta, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Frederick, Page, Warren and Clarke.
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In the name of protecting us from hackers, computer viruses and cyber-terrorists, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make it easier for sites like Facebook and Twitter and Internet service providers like Comcast and Time-Warner to share users’ private messages and files with government agencies.
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A fundraiser will be held at The Meating Place in Staunton on May 17 and May 18 from 8am to 4pm. Funds will go towards Ride With Pride, a non-profit organization that offers a therapeutic horseback riding program for children and adults with special needs. There will be hamburgers, hotdogs, breakfast food, homemade goods, and more.
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Kevin Chisnell closes out his popular monthly show, Mojo Saturday Night, with Erin Lundsford and The Smokey Bandits. He discovered the group at the last Waynesboro Chili, Blues and Brews Festival and was impressed by the response of the audience that did not want them to leave the stage. The May performance of Mojo Saturday nights is at 8 pm on May 18. Doors opening at 7:30pm.
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If you build it, it being a website, using the “Field of Dreams” mantra, then they will come. Alas, if only it were that easy. The national brands have unlimited budgets for seemingly endless stream of Google and Facebook and Twitter ads. Chances are if you’ve clicked my article for advice, you’re not among that subset of the business marketing population.
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