SubscribeBe a True Winner at Twestival San Diego @TwestivalSD
Twestival is tonight! There are events taking place globally, but here at San Diego Twestival the event will be from 7-10pm at Sway Night club. It’s been a true honor to help plan and organize an event that promotes using Twitter and Social Media for the greater good benefiting a great cause, San Diego After-School All-Stars. I’m grateful for everyone who’s been involved through sharing and tweeting about the event, pre-registering with a $10 donation and contributing to our raffle. You can still pre-register here with a $10 donation and receive a free drink! Twestival supporters are all winners!
However, if you want to be a true winner, you’ll get that opportunity at the event tonight! We have amazing raffle prizes with all ticket sale proceeds going to the San Diego After-School All-Stars. Tickets are $1 each or $5 for 8 and will be sold at the event, so bring cash!
Thanks to our generous prize donors: Dining Out San Diego, The Gaslamp Quarter Association, PopChips, Monster Energy Drink, Bloomingdale’s, Elle Communications and Scatena Daniels Communications , here’s what you can win:
Restaurant Gift Certificates
La Strada
Rock Bottom
Quality Social
Studio Diner
Bully’s East Restaurant
Landini’s Pizzeria
Ono’s Café
Entertainment
Tickets to Head to Toe Women’s Expo
Tickets to San Diego Repertory Theater’s In The Next Room or the vibrator play
Tickets To Thread Show San Diego
More Fun!
Popchips Prize Pack + 1 month supply of Popchips
Monster Energy Drinks + Prize Pack
Bloomingdale’s Prize Pack
See you tonight at Twestival San Diego!
Why should I follow you on #FollowFriday?
Follow Friday, more commonly seen as #FollowFriday on Twitter began with one simple tweet in January 2009.
Over 2 years later, Twitter users are still carrying on the tradition of giving kudos to their Twitter network by recommending people on Friday. Due to the over saturation of #FollowFriday tweets, these recommendations have become useless and often times even viewed as spam. The intention of #FollowFriday has been lost. While I’m grateful for everyone who lists me in their Follow Friday tweets they typically look something like this:
A Follow Friday tweet that just lists a bunch of names won’t help your friends generate more followers. If you really want to help someone gain more followers, list 1 or 2 people with a reason for WHY someone should follow them. Be insightful by letting people know what benefits someone will gain by following someone new. A tweet recommending 1 person with a valid reason is significantly more valuable than a list of 10 names with no reason.
To celebrate today’s #FollowFriday, I’m listing 5 #FollowFriday’s I personally recommend with a reason on WHY you should follow them. This is also how I recommend you post a Follow Friday tweet if you were to recommend someone.
- @RealAge- Great example of someone in the medical field using twitter to provide health tips, recipes and promote being active.
- @ChuaoChocoholic- Sweet tweets that personalize one of the most delicious chocolate brands! I want chocolate every time I see a tweet!
- @Katfulton- Most musical Tweep I know. Inspirational tweet on music therapy and fun music tips general!
- @sweatandthecity- Motivational tweets and resources to get you in shape! Yoga, Zumba, healthy eats, she’s got you covered!
- @TwestivalSD- Tweetup Charity event on March 24th! Proceeds benefiting @SDALLSTARS would love to see you there!
[EVENT] Tweet for After-School-All Stars at Twestival San Diego
I’m proud to host Twestival San Diego this year along with Downtown Rob and other Social Media friends in San Diego!
The idea of Twestival (Twitter Festival) is to use social media for social good by connecting communities both online and offline on a single day to highlight a great cause and have a fun event. Twestival is the largest global grassroots social media fundraising initiative to date. Since 2009, volunteers have raised close to $1.2 million for 137 nonprofits. All local events are organized 100% by volunteers and 100% of all ticket sales and donations go direct to projects.
San Diego Twestival proceeds will benefit San Diego After-School All-Stars. The mission of San Diego After-School All-Stars is to provide comprehensive out-of-school programs that keep kids safe and help them achieve in school and life. This charity was selected for their positive impact and our San Diego youth, enthusiasm in the Social Media space and their overall passion for ensuring their kids are provided with the best after school programs and resources.
How do you get involved in Twestival? Simple!
1. Come to the event on Thursday March 24th at Sway nightclub in downtown San Diego from 7-10pm.
2. Pre-Register for the event with a small $10 donation. Your donation gets you your 1st drink FREE! Donations are suggested at the door but you won’t receive a FREE drink unless you register online. Pre-register on Meetup HERE then follow the easy instructions to make a donation.
3. Can’t make the event? You can still DONATE. There are 2 simple ways:
- Make a donation via Twitter using @RainMakerApp, link your PayPal via http://RainMakeApp.com/ and then just send a tweet: include #SDAllStars, a $ amount to donate, and @RainMakerApp
- Make a donation online using: http://www.firstgiving.com/twestivalsd
4. Donate a prize to our raffle! To raise additional funds for San Diego After-School All-Stars we’re also selling raffle tickets and raffling off some great prizes! Please email me: melodie at marketingmelodie dot com if you’d like to contribute to the raffle. So far I’d like to thank Dining Out San Diego for donating $250 in San Diego restaurant gift certificates and PopChips for donating a month’s supply of PopChips!
See you on Twitter! and then at Twestival!
Marketing Melodie Presents Foursquare Day San Diego
In March of 2009 Foursquare entered the Social Media space and was seen as a tool that even Social Media Pioneers and Early Adopters were wary of but nevertheless began using while the rest of the population wondered what they heck we were doing by “Checking In” somewhere?! The Foursquare phenomena didn’t take long to sweep Social Media Enthusiasts by storm and has now transformed the way business owners create promotions and customer loyalty rewards programs. In 2010, Foursquare experienced an astounding 3400% growth and the numbers continue to soar. A little over 1 year after Foursquare’s launch, 4/16/2010 (4th month; 4 squared=16) was declared the first ever Foursquare Day. An addition to geek holiday calendar, it’s time to Move over PI Day (3/14) and Star Wars Day (5/4 May the Fourth be with you!), Social Media savvy geeks now have 4/16!
On Foursquare Day, cities across the globe organize their own celebration including a list of various Foursquare specials offered by local restaurants and stores, Foursquare day parties and last year Foursquare users had the privileged of unlocking the Foursqaure Day Badge!
During Foursquare Day 2010, I was invited to speak at a conference in Hong Kong. While I was sad to miss Foursquare Day in my own city, it was no excuse to miss the celebration so I partnered with Hong Kong’s Social Media Enthusiasts and hosted Foursquare Day in Hong Kong. This year I’m thrilled to be in my hometown, San Diego and am hosting Foursquare Day San Diego. I have the honor of presenting the event with two of San Diego’s most well known Social Media Socialites, Downtown Rob and Sugar Jones!
The Foursquare Day San Diego event will take place at R Gang Eatery, a place for Food and Fun! Their menu is filled with a plethora of comfort style food prepared in an eclectic and upscale (but not pretentious!) way. Additional details for Foursquare Day San Diego are still in the works, but attendees can RSVP on Foursquare Day San Diego on Facebook. Please stay tuned for exciting updates on Foursquare Day San Diego! I look forward to “checking in” with you all very soon!
