
AFP Fall Marketing Class Schedule
Augusta Free Press LLC is now offering a curriculum aimed at small business and nonprofits looking to build a marketing, social media and public relations strategy.

Augusta Free Press LLC is now offering a curriculum aimed at small business and nonprofits looking to build a marketing, social media and public relations strategy.

Gov. Bob McDonnell announced this week the schedule of kickoff events across the Commonwealth for the “Virginia Adopts: Campaign for 1,000.” The campaign is an initiative to match 1,000 children currently in foster care with adoptive families. The governor launched the statewide campaign on May 17 from the steps of the Governor’s Mansion during Virginia’s Foster Care Month. The governor also announced today a social media campaign, “100 days, 100 kids,” which will feature the story of a Virginian foster child awaiting adoption each day for 100 days.

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.

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.

I was having a conversation with a local businessman this week who said to me that he is “just not into that social media stuff.” Which is fine if he chooses not to use Facebook on an individual basis
When I entered the Waynesboro Democratic Party headquarters in July, I was surprised by the size of the gathering: a meet and greet with Sixth District Democratic congressional candidate Beth Macy.
A 19-year-old shot his way into Westwood Hills Elementary School on Sept. 2, and we still don’t much about what happened.
I had one of those moments a few weeks ago after reading the apology issued by Augusta County Sheriff Donald Smith in response to complaints about one of his deputies.
Manassas Police have confirmed the deaths of two people who were shot early Wednesday by a Charlotte man who later died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Augusta County.
A website may seem to begin with colors, layouts, and a polished homepage, but some of the most important decisions happen long before the design takes shape.
We don’t take press releases or official statements as the final word. Digging in to get the whole story takes time and resources.