In my very first blog post about developing my PLN, I mentioned that I thought I would start by building off of the relationships that were being established during the community-wide fund-raiser my business partners and I spear-headed in February. That being said, I have added as many of them as possible to my Symbaloo Web-Mix. Although not all involved have web pages, I did manage to locate a good portion of them.
This will give me a good opportunity to keep up with what is going on in the neighborhood, without all of the pavement pounding, which is sometimes impractical. Considering the weather, I am glad I am not out-and-about today. Check out the view of the neighborhood from our Gateway Harbor Web Cam as of 2 minutes ago. Brrrr... No one is shopping OR collaborating today!
Checking out everybody's website is proving to be a good way to become familiar not only with what merchandise/service is being offered, but also to continuously look for more opportunities to work with, and learn from each other going forward. I've noticed that just mentioning that you saw this or that on someone's website is a pretty effective conversation starter!
Case in point... I learned via a website visit to one area merchant that she offered classes in stained glass making. When I stopped by the store to get more information, we got to talking about the possibility of running a street-wide event for Mother's Day weekend. The merchant mentioned something known as a "shop hop". Never heard of one before, but was happy to do a little research. If you happen to be in the Webster Street area that weekend, check it out because we have some fun stuff in the works!
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