Klout Subway Tuna Fish Sandwich Perk Ten Dollars

Posted on August 24, 2011 by eileen

Subway Tuna Fish Sandwich with Klout Perks Photo by Eileen LudwigSubway Tuna Fish Sandwich with Klout Perks Photo by Eileen Ludwig

A perk from Klout was a $10 gift card for Subway. They sent me a email where I accepted and gave my address. The gift card was mailed and I went to Subway and had a Breakfast sandwhich one day and a Tuna Subway another. Since then I have been back several times to have Tuna Subs. The Tuna Sandwich with all the extras is delicious. It is cost effective as a $5 sandwich that is filling, tasty, and great for your health to add fish to your diet.

This was a nice perk.

I missed out on the Flip Camera. Those are the only real perks I have been offered at this time. I started with about 53 and have gone as low as 41 and currently am rising in Klout.

Klout is tool for some Social Media Mixing by giving people Klout in topic areas. Not sure how that differentiates their klout but I found when I give Klout my score seems to go down. It seems the more you tweet, the higher the score. I don’t tweet a lot and then I will have a rush of tweets. I have tied in my Facebook and LinkedIn for now but may take them out since I don’t have as large a following on either one.

I heard recently about someone getting a hotel card for $200. I am hoping for more perks that are useful for me. There are some that give you partial credit toward buying something else but it hasn’t been anything I wanted.

The $10 Subway gift card was much appreciated. I could use it for free breakfast and lunch. I have started to use Klout again so I will see if I get anymore perks I want to get and use.

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Eileen Lud­wig of Social Media School brings to the world decades of com­puter expe­ri­ence with a desire to learn and share cur­rent tech­nol­ogy mul­ti­me­dia tools for com­mu­ni­ca­tion. She is owner of four sites: Free­lance­Tourist , Dig­i­tal Pho­tog­ra­phy, Web Design School, and Social Media School Each are in dif­fer­ent stages of devel­op­ment and evolution.

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Carnival of Cities created by Sheila Scarborough Social Media Award Winner

Posted on August 20, 2011 by eileen

Social Media Tips: Blog Carnivals

Finding innovative means of building your blog presence and reaching out to larger audiences can be accomplished with savvy Social Media Skills. Be attentive to what others are creating. Use many of those avenues to gain the skill and confidence to create your own pathways. Guest posting and commenting help add connections while Blog Carnivals can reach a larger audience. Blog Carnivals just like Fair Carnivals bring people or information together in one place. This view of the Vermont State Fair is an example of fun at Fairs. Digitially we connect people by links to other stories and post from other bloggers or writers.

View of the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC) from Delano JackFlickr

One way to build connection and use Social Media is Blog Carnivals. Twitter chats done on Thursday under the hashtag #tourismchat is another Excellent form of using Social Media to connect and share ideas. The Tourism Chat brings together people in the industry, travel boards, and convention Bureau people to discuss a specific topic.

Sheila Scarborough ingenious idea of a blog carnival resulted in the Carnival of Cities. Published every two weeks with Sheila Organizing the efforts. Sheila has been running Carnival of Cities on both her Sheila’s Guide to Good Stuff and BootsnAll Family Travel Guide since 2007

Sheila won an award for Social Media at South by Southwest conference

Statesman Texas Social Media Award winner Sheila Scarborough

With the Carnival of Cities blog carnival – Each of the hosting sites start with the same message and instructions

Welcome to the Carnival of Cities blog carnival, where we tour the world in a single post, via submissions from a variety of different blogs, all about any aspect of one, single city (or fair-sized town).

Previous week host link and the future host link

Please submit your (ONE, non-spammy) blog post to the next edition of the Carnival of Cities using the carnival submission form

If you would like to host a future Carnival edition on your blog please contact me at Sheila “at” sheilascarborough “dot” com. Thanks!

Within the instructions is little information about the blog

Following are some of the hosts, their introduction and links to the Carnival for many months going backwards. Remember this Carnival of Cities is published every two weeks.

On the ferris wheel at the Vermont state fair, Rutland (LOC)

2011 August 10 Edutech Musings Carnival of Cities

Thank you for letting Chris Fancher an educator host this great carnival for the first time. I welcome all of you to Edutech Musings, where I blog about education related matters and my family. Glad you stopped by!

This is the August 10 edition. The previous edition was hosted on July 27 by Arrows Sent Forth and the August 24 edition will be on Sheila’s Guide

Freelance Tourist Featured post

Eileen Ludwig presents Delighted I was one of the lucky 50 For Final Shuttle Landing Atlantis #NASATweetup #STS135 Landing attendees posted at Freelance Tourist: Travel Tips

2011 July 27 Arrows Sent Forth Carnival of Cities

Nicole Wiltrout honored to host this great carnival for the first time. I welcome all of you to Arrows Sent Forth, where I blog about adventures my family takes around home and around the country. I’m glad you’re here! This is the July 27 edition. The previous edition was hosted on July 13 by the Perceptive Travel Blog and the August 10 edition will be at Edutech Musings

Freelance Tourist Featured Post

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA Eileen Ludwig presents Water Taxi Fort Lauderdale Venice of America Pirate Republic Stop12 at Freelance Tourist:  Travel Tips, saying that the “best way to see and tour Fort Lauderdale is on the Water Taxi. Get on and off at different stops. Shop, eat, go to Hollywood, and during the winter go to South Beach without having to worry about parking fees everywhere. Show your water taxi ticket and get discounts at several restaurants listed in their brochure or on their website

2011 July 14 Perceptive Travel Carnival of Cities

Tim Leffel – This is the July 13 edition but published a day late, because the ol’ vacation beach condo did not quite have the web access I expected.  Oh, well, it was vacation!  The previous edition was hosted on June 29 by Sheila’s Guide and the July 27 edition will be over at Arrows Sent Forth.

2011 June 29 Sheila’s Guide to Good Stuff Carnival of Cities

Sheila Scarborough hosted this weeks Blog Carnival of Cities. The previous edition was hosted on June 15 by Stark County, Ohio News and Views and the July 13 edition will be over at the Perceptive Travel Blog

2011 June 15 Stark County Ohio Carnival of Cities

Stark County, Ohio News and Views… is proud to host one of the blogosphere’s longest running, best known blog carnivals and happy to be able to share with you an excellent collection of articles focusing on a particular city.

Previous edition  2011 June 29 Sheila’s Guide to Good Stuff with the Next Edition hosted at 2011 June 01 Sophie’s World

2011 June 01 Sophie’s World Carnival of Cities

Welcome! I’m happy to host this edition of the Carnival of Cities! Without further ado, here’s a virtual tour of some of the world’s wonderful cities. Travel bloggers from around the globe. Previous edition  2011 May 18 Perceptive Travel Blog with the Next Edition hosted at 2011 June 15 Stark County Ohio

2011 May 18 Perceptive Travel Blog Carnival of Cities

Travel stories from Wandering Book authors. Previous edition 2011 May 04   Nerd’s Eye View with the Next Edition hosted at 2011 June 01 Sophie’s World

2011 May 04 Nerd’s Eye View Carnival of Cities

Previous edition 2011 April 20  Byteful Travel with the Next Edition hosted at 2011 May 18 Perceptive Travel Blog

2011 April 20 Bytefull Travel Carnival of Cities

Well, today marks the third time I have the privilege of hosting one of my very favorite blog carnivals: The Carnival of Cities. If you’re not familiar with this great blog carnival, Carnival of Cities (CoC) is one of the quintessential blog carnivals focusing on travel. Iff you’ve been reading Byteful Travel for a while, you probably already know what a blog carnival is; but in the chance that you don’t, all you need to know is that you’re about to be exposed to some great travel writing from all around the globe. Previous edition 2011 April 6 Travel with Teens and Tweens next edition May 04, 2011 Nerd’s Eye View

2011 April 6 Travel with Teens and Tweens

Second time Travel with teens and tweens has hosted the Carnival of Cities. Previous editions 2011 March 23 Sheila’s Guide to the Good Stuff with the next one Byteful Travel 2011 April 20 Bytefull Travel

2011 March 23 Sheila’s Guide to the Good Stuff

Sheila Scarborough hosted this weeks Blog Carnival of Cities. The previous edition was hosted on  Best Family Travel Advice for hosting the previous edition, and we look forward to the next one on April 6, hosted by Travel with Teens and Tweens

2011 March 9 Best Family Travel Advice

Amy Whitley – Welcome to the March 9, 2011 edition of Carnival of Cities! Best Family Travel Advice is honored to play host to this varied and far-reaching compilation of travel destinations and tips. If you’re looking for a family travel destination, the answer may lie in one (or more!) of the following cities:

Past and future post of Carnival of Cities can be found at the Blog Carnival main site

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Eileen Lud­wig of Social Media School brings to the world decades of com­puter expe­ri­ence with a desire to learn and share cur­rent tech­nol­ogy mul­ti­me­dia tools for com­mu­ni­ca­tion. She is owner of four sites: Free­lance­Tourist , Dig­i­tal Pho­tog­ra­phy, Web Design School, and Social Media School Each are in dif­fer­ent stages of devel­op­ment and evolution.

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SheCon FREE New Media Expo Miami

Posted on June 21, 2011 by eileen

Social Media Tips: Attend Low Cost Conferences

Social Media is about Socializing online and IRL (in real life) to network with people for a multitude of reason. It is the human thing to do. Find people in your business AND find your passion niche. Find your tribe. Where do you belong? Conferences and Expo’s are a terrific way to find out what others are doing and learn new skills or resources. SheCon 2011 was completely FREE to attend. Originally located at Bonaventure near Weston, it moved to Miami because of some unforeseen circumstances. This was a great conference.

SheCon 2012 has been announced for Orlando at Disney

Hope to see you there.

Take advantage of the Early Bird Special for Registration before March 15, 2012. VIP Founders make sure to get your VIP pass code.

Everyone check out the Registration Page

We were given a nice carrying bag (used it for Art Supplies because it is a nice size). The bag had lots of goodies but my favorite was the MetroMint mintwater. Very special taste!

Metro Mint Water Photo courtesy of MetroMint

Enchantment author Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki of Alltop.com was the Keynote Speaker on Enchantment. He is a writer. His website is one of those you can register your website and once approved be listed. All four of mine are listed and I do get traffic from his site. Former Apple employee. Evangelist for Apple. Be trustworthy by trusting others. Make life easier for others will enchant them. Remove obstacles. How can I help others? Smile! Make sure to register your Website at   Alltop.com

CarrieWithChildren.com hosted a nice dinner party Friday night with Subs from Firehouse Sub with Chocolate Chip cookies. Fantastic networking event with good food and drinks. After a six hour drive this was a welcome event. I like Firehouse Subs

Carrie was a very lucky woman. Driving down with a Buick Enclave courtesy of General Motors Southeast as a ambassador for Firehouse Subs sponsoring her attending the conference and Winning a wonderful mattress from Sleep Innovators. Now that is the way to do a conference. My luck was going home with one of the pillows courtesy of another blogger who had gotten two. Use it every night to curl around. Love it!

Maria de Los Angelos @vicequeenmaria talked about Travel Writing as a travel editor at miamibeach411.com Recommends  tripatini.com and travel writers.com Write about where you live or take short trips off season. Find a niche in adventure, budget or single travel.

Write Comedy hosted by Oren Katzoff and Jack O’Brien of Cracked.com suggest writing for them if you have ideas and want to start somewhere. Writing includes editing and sometimes publishing. Make a schedule for writing and for marketing on Facebook and twitter.

FireTruck Tub overlay for infants Photographer Eileen Ludwig

FireTruck Tub overlay for infants Photographer Eileen Ludwig

American Standard Brands – Thank you for the new shower head

Walking around the Show Room floor was enlightening and fun with a variety of vendors with lots of products of interest. Pillows, shower heads, pancakes, coffee, cars, tennis, wine sisterhood, CraveLocal, Baileys Coffee Creamers, iStockphoto, MetroMint, and Coworking.

de wafelbakkers pancakes Photographer Eileen Ludwig

De Wafelbakkers was fun with pancake saucer to throw and get in the mouth of a cardboard cutout child Of course, I had to try throwing pancakes and miss several times but still won a prize of a great Cooler bag for bringing home your refrigerator or frozen foods from the supermarket. Have used cooler bag many times.

Terry Wheatley, the founder of Wine Sisterhood, hosted The Sassy Suite each evening where we enjoyed wine, cheese, and hand massages. Registered with our Business Cards for an IPAD2 give away WON by my fellow Travel Writer Jennifer Huber of SoloTravelGirl.com The Hand Massages were fantastic. We met many other Social Media people for a great Networking event.

Crowdsourcing by Aliza Sherman

At the Sassy Suite, meeting Aliza Sherman in person was terrific. She was helping the host with a Pink Feather Boa and princess crown. Aliza was one of the very early bloggers long before most who now present at many of the conferences. She paved the way for those bloggers coming after her. Very personable! Nice too. Aliza author of Everything Blogger Book with a new book on Crowdsourcing

Future trends in Social Media and Web apps presented by Aliza Sherman Her presentation is posted to slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/alizasherman/smart-ways-to-use-future-tech-social-media

 

The 2011 SheCon Expo had a lot of challenges with the move and FREE passes being booked and not used. The gathering was smaller than expected but great as an attendee to have so many to meet who did make the effort and came. I like it!

Lots of knowledge to learn from those who were creating groups for meeting or coworking together for sharing office space and knowledge.

2011 Attendees who registered and went are considered Founders entitled to a special Pass Promo Code for VIP privileges posted to the SheBlogsConference.com Blog June 6, 2011 New location for VIP posting at sheconexpo.com When you register for 2012 make sure to have the VIP code, follow the directions on the Registration page.

Update

SheCon 2012 has been announced for Orlando at Disney Hope to see you there. Take advantage of the Early Bird Special for Registration before March 15,2012. VIP Founders make sure to get your VIP pass code. Everyone check out the Registration Page

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Eileen Lud­wig of Social Media School brings to the world decades of com­puter expe­ri­ence with a desire to learn and share cur­rent tech­nol­ogy mul­ti­me­dia tools for com­mu­ni­ca­tion. She is owner of four sites: Free­lance­Tourist , Dig­i­tal Pho­tog­ra­phy, Web Design School, and Social Media School Each are in dif­fer­ent stages of devel­op­ment and evolution.

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