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June 28, 2010 by Toni Patton

American Girl Brings Shine On Now: A Great Way To Make A Difference

I am so excited to be a part of this amazing project alongside American Girl. I am one of their parent partners (see the little badge in my sidebar) and couldn't be more excited about a project.  What is the project you ask?  Glad you asked, let me tell you all about it. Shine On Now is an initiative calling on girls from across the country to donate $1 Million dollars in clothes, books, Read More »»

Filed Under: Charities, Parenting, Press Release ·
June 19, 2010 by Toni Patton

YourSphere: Creating The Profile

As you know from my previous posts I am one of the test drive moms for Yoursphere, a kids social networking site.  My kids obviously are being brought up around social media so it's only normal they are curious.  With YourSphere they can have their own network of friends.  Before I get started into building a profile for or with your child if you want to get your child signed up head on over Read More »»

Filed Under: Reviews, Social Media ·
June 6, 2010 by Toni Patton

Nestle Boycotters Attending Event Sponsored by Nestle?? Color Me Confused

Well Well. It's a new day and a new controversy I might add. As you may or may not recall I had the amazing opportunity to go meet with a company I have used and loved all my life for the Nestle Family Gathering. When myself along with other bloggers from all over the web went to Nestle to say we got flack for it would be an understatement. We were informed of reasons we should not work in any way Read More »»

Filed Under: News & Information, Social Media, Toni's Thoughts ·
May 29, 2010 by Toni Patton

What’s On My Agenda Today?

Yes you read that right.  I am speaking at the moderated panel discussion over at Wordcamp Fayetteville today.  I was going to go to the whole day, but unfortunately due to schedule conflicts I couldn't go to the whole day.  I am honored to be a part of the panel discussion at 5:30 on The Transparent Blogger. Though seeing as I am a woman of little words sometimes, I know I know that's hard to Read More »»

Filed Under: My Family, Social Media ·
May 22, 2010 by Toni Patton

Murphy USA: A Company Who Understands Moving Forward

Currently with 1060 stores and looking to have a many more added to that next ten years, Murphy USA is a company who gets the importance of social media. Recently I had the amazing opportunity to meet with Murphy USA alongside Collective Bias.  I was absolutely amazed at this companies desire to get involved in the social media world. Today more and more companies are jumping into social media. Read More »»

Filed Under: Social Media ·
May 21, 2010 by Toni Patton

Social Media: It’s Not Just a Fad

I saw this video by SocialNomics09 on YouTube and I just had to share. So many companies still just don't get the importance of Social Media today (a much longer post on my thoughts on this will be coming). I thought this video showed some important things companies really need to understand. I really think some of them think it's just a fad. It's not just about a free trip out to your Read More »»

Filed Under: Social Media ·
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