I met Lynnette Braillard at SXSW recently. I was fascinated by her role with Visit Bend and how she promotes tourism through online marketing. If you get a chance, check out their website, it’s a great example of how tourism is changing and adapting with the new wave of media.

Amy Sandoz, Owner of Ready Set Go Kits, has been helping people all over the world prepare for natural disasters. Her website offers different emergency kits for different situations (work, school, home, car), there’s even one for pets! Amy’s learned some great strategies to spread the word on her life-changing kits. Her interview highlights why businesses [...]

Being a native Portlander, David Strom knows his way around PDX. Over the last year, he’s become an important online source for Portland events and festivals.  Starting off slowly and building an audience, Dave started a blog called “Dave Knows: Portland‘ and has developed a great formula of providing the right content and keeping people [...]

Oh, my, how the internet has changed our lives. Who would have imagined years ago that we could construct beautiful pieces of gemstone jewelry through a website? Gemkitty has tapped into this niche and has become a destination for ladies to create their own stylized jewelry.

How do they attract followers to come make a necklace? [...]

Brian C.  Johnson is the man behind the local Portland magazine: Mix. Mix is a great mixup of food and drink, interviewing restaurants aimed at foodies, sharing recipes, and covering “what’s new” to consume. How does a magazine use social media to help broadcast its news?

What’s your business?
MIX Magazine, Portland’s #1 Food + Drink magazine
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