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Crystal Graham: Inside Business Blogging 101

When done correctly, a blog on your business website can draw positive attention to your business, attract new customers and turn your customers into raving fans. The basics: share thoughts on your industry, pay attention to what’s in the news and localize, and provide tips and tricks …   Blogging 101 Blog on a regular basis. Stick to a schedule. Try to post 1-2 items per...

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AFP, WVPT to partner on broadcast of 2011 Chamber of Commerce awards

Augusta Free Press will produce a 30-minute TV special for WVPT-Virginia’s Public Television highlighting the winners of the 2011 Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards. AFP produced videos honoring the winners for the March 20 Chamber Annual Dinner. Awards were given to Chamber membersn for Industry of the Year, Small Business of the Year, Entrepreneur Spirit and Citizen of the...

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AFP taking part in Taste of the Town

Augusta Free Press vice president Crystal Graham will square off with News Virginian editor/general manager Jonathan Hunley in a cook-off in the 13th annual Taste of the Town event on Tuesday, March 27. The event is sponsored by Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. Graham will pit her Moroccan White Bean Turkey Chili against Hunley’s Butternut Squash Soup in the Best Culinary Newshound...

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Newspaper profile details author’s work with AFP

Williamsport, Md.,-based author Austin Gisriel, whose 2010 book, Safe At Home: A Season in the Valley, was published by Augusta Free Press, was profiled in March 24 feature article in the Northern Virginia Daily. In the article, Gisriel said working with Chris and Crystal Graham, owners of Augusta Free Press, was a great experience. “They were able to read with an informed eye,”...

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AFP publishes first ebook

Augusta Free Press editor Chris Graham’s fourth book, Ridin’ the Pine, a collection of literary short stories, is also the first ebook from Augusta Free Press LLC. Ridin’ the Pine features three short stories from Graham, the author of Judge Not, a political thriller, and Stop the Presses, a collection of humor columns, and the co-author of Mad About U: Four Decades of...

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Learn how to build an effective marketing machine

Marketing is different today than it was 20 years ago or 10 years ago or even a year ago. You can’t just pour gobs of money into print, radio and TV and hope for the best – and that’s a good thing. Augusta Free Press will help you sort your way through the new media marketplace with its Building the Machine 101 series – which this week will offer two classes aimed at...

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AFP offers Advertising 101 class

Every single sales person trying to get you to buy an ad will tell you what a great deal you’re getting. You probably know intuitively that you’re getting sold something, but … they know what they’re selling, and you don’t know what you’re being sold. Augusta Free Press is offering a class to arm you with what you need to know to break through the secret world...

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News website covering Luray, Page debuts

LurayPageFreePress.com, a service of Augusta Free Press LLC, debuted with its first news posted to the website on Saturday, March 3. The website provides news on local government, schools, business and events in and around Luray and Page County. In addition to providing local news, LurayPageFreePress.com provides marketing, public-relations, web- and graphic-design and video-production services...

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Let AFP Build Your Facebook Timeline – For Only $99!

Facebook has opened the power of Timeline to business, industry and nonprofits. Act now – Only $99! You may have noticed something new with your Business Facebook Page. Facebook is now allowing businesses to change to its Timeline design – similar to what it already rolled out for personal Facebook pages. Whether you’re ready or not, the changes will automatically go into effect...

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Go Mobile – for $99!! – with AFP

- One in two mobile phones in use today are smartphones – iPhones, Droids, Blackberries. - Two in three mobile users in the 25-34 age demographic use smartphones. - Nearly 7 percent of all web traffic comes from smartphones.   Question: Is your website mobile-friendly?   Let Augusta Free Press bring your WordPress website into the mobile world – for just $99! Check out these...

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