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March 1, 2010

Should Municipalities use Social Media – Chapter 2

Chapter 2
Back in July of last year (Should Municipalities use Social Media) I wrote about how city government could use social media to communicate with their residents. Since then, my little experiment with the City of Tipp City has been going full steam. The City launched their facebook fan page back in October, 2009 and [...]

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October 17, 2009

Search Optimization

Search is a bit of a confusing business for many marketing professionals. Site rankings are based on both analytic and arbitrary site information. Much of what search engines look at today is the value of the content you put on your site in comparison to what others are offering up.
Site navigation, key words, key phrases, [...]

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October 17, 2009

TippNews DAILY

Ever wonder where people will get their news in 20 years?
Well of course the Internet is a good idea, but how will content be sourced? Will we still have reporters getting paid to report? Will there still be any consideration for “independent and bias-free” news reporting? In an effort to grow a community of active [...]

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August 19, 2009

Added Poll for Tipp City Tax Measure

I dropped a poll on my sidebar today to assess our community feelings about the proposed 0.5% tax credit reduction for people that work outside of Tipp City (but live here).
Basically since the tax increase failed on the ballot in November Council is now bringing this tax increase as a legislative action. Residents will not get to vote on this tax increase that applies to 60% of Tipp City residents and goes into effect immediately. I intend to be at the Council meeting on Monday to express the results of this poll to Council.

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