AFP Business offers marketing classes

Chris Graham

Augusta Free Press LLC will begin a series of classes on web, social media, marketing and public relations beginning this week with the debut of Building the Machine 101. Taught by AFP editor Chris Graham, the classes will provide you with the building blocks for an effective approach to reaching out to consumers, business-to-business clients,…

RMH joins as online partner of AugustaFreePress.com

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Rockingham Memorial Hospital has joined on as an online partner of AugustaFreePress.com, agreeing to a one-year contract for an ad on the news website promoting the Harrisonburg-based medical-services organization. Rockingham Memorial Hospital is a 238-bed community hospital providing the best in healthcare services since 1912. RMH serves a seven-county area with a population of close…

Hartman looking to build ‘EMU brand’

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At the end of his first semester as a vice president of enrollment at Eastern Mennonite University, Luke Hartman answered questions on why he feels passionately about his enrollment portfolio, a new position in the university’s leadership cabinet. How has the enrollment process changed for students entering college since your undergraduate days in late 1980s…

Young farmers want partnerships, not handouts

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Virginia’s Farm Link program is a decade old, and Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Young Farmers are working to reboot the program and encourage more farmers and would-be farmers to get connected. “Young farmers are looking for partnerships, not handouts. We want to help preserve farmland by working it,” said Bob Harris, VFBF Young Farmers Committee…

Augusta Health places online ad with AugustaFreePress.com

Chris Graham

Augusta Health has become an online partner of AugustaFreePress.com, agreeing to a one-year contract for an ad on the news website promoting the Fishersville-based medical-services organization.   Augusta Health is an independent, nonprofit community hospital with a mission to promote the health and well-being of our community through access to excellent care. In 2011, Augusta…

RMH-Rockingham methane project featured by Chevrolet

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The RMH-Rockingham County methane gas partnership is one of six environmental sustainability projects around the nation currently being featured by Chevrolet on its website and in its social media. RMH partnered with Rockingham County to channel methane gas produced by landfill waste to the new hospital to use as energy. RMH is one of the…

Competition heating up in WVPT contest

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WVPT has entered its last month of fundraising through TALENT WAR$ with more than $1,800 donated through more than 40 competing talent videos. The station’s first ever interactive, online, video talent contest and fundraiser, TALENT WAR$ is offering $6,000 in cash prizes. Viewers can vote for their favorite video by donating to WVPT until Jan….