Archive for September, 2009


Last Week for New Hansen’s SF Photos!

We are into our last week of the Hansen’s Loves San Francisco campaign. We have been overwhelmed (but in the good, no great way) with the visits to the site and the positive interactions that people are having with the street team. We’ve had a lot of fun working with our tweeps and street team and I think it’s safe to say we’ve made a lot of new friends.

If you haven’t yet, go take a look at the creative shots people came up with the past three weeks and vote for this week’s winner. Remember, your votes help out San Francisco school gardens because Hansen’s donates 10 cents for each click to the National Gardening Association!

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Social Media Breakfast

Wednesday morning Oscar and I ventured out in the early hours of the morning to spend some time chatting with other people around town who are passionate about social media. Once a month for the past four months we have been meeting up for the Social Media Breakfast at a place called Milano Coffee in Mission Valley.milano-coffee

Normally 7:30am is not a time of morning I like to see outside of pajamas but for Social Media Breakfast I rarely grumble as I get ready and drive down to the meeting spot. I think my enthusiasm for this meet-up comes from the company and the content we discuss on our monthly breakfast morning.
We share our beliefs and helpful tips on how to connect with our friends, fans and followers on our profiles. We discuss hurdles we have run into in our social media lives.

There are also presentations during these meet ups. Two sessions ago our very own Oscar presented about the Hansen’s Loves San Diego campaign we did. This last meeting the lovely ladies Ginger and Erika from Souplantation did a presentation about how they integrated their social media profiles into everything they did with the company. I may be biased because I love Souplantation and work with Oscar but I found both presentations to be informative and interesting. I’m looking forward to next month to see who is going to present!

If you, our dear readers, are in San Diego and are interested in social media at all you should stop by and see the magic that happens for yourself.

To get more information and updates on the next meeting take a look at @SMBSD on twitter.

Hope to see you there.

And if you have any social media meet ups that you love share them with us. We are always looking for new friends on and off of twitter.

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Hansen’s Loves SF

Today the Hansen’s team as well as our very own Keith and Cindy are taking to the streets to spread awareness for the Hansen’s Loves SF contest. They are going to be out and about almost every day from now until September 27th sharing free samples of Hansen’s and getting the information about the contest out. The street team is going to be driving around in these awesome vehicles, designed in house by Jet. You can see more pics of the street team in action on Hansen’s facebook fan page.

hansens_street_teamAll of us at the office are really excited about this contest. We are eagerly awaiting new submissions and we can’t wait to share the tweets and photos taken by the street team. They are going to be posting to @HansensNatural as they cruise the city.

While I am excited to see who wins each week as well as who wins the grand prize I am really excited about the fact that Hansen’s partnered up with The National Gardening Association and are going to donate 10 cents for every vote made on the Hansens Loves SF website. Each time you vote San Francisco School Gardens are going to reap the benefits. How awesome is that? Kids will get a change to learn how to grow gardens and they will learn the benefits of fresh, healthy foods.

Needless to say, I am going to be getting as many people as possible to vote, whether they live in San Francisco or not. Helping students learn about healthy, sustainable living in any city is a benefit to every city.

When you have some time, check out what’s going on!

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Hunger Action Month

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This September is Hunger Action Month, a nationwide movement aimed at encouraging local action to end hunger.

1 in 8.  That’s the number of Americans who struggle with hunger today. But equally striking is the number of meals YOU can provide with even a small donation: 3 for every dollar.

The San Diego Food Bank’s website is a great resource to find out how you can contribute to the fight against hunger in our community. Also, be sure to check out the Artists Against Hunger poster sale on Thumbtack press. All proceeds benefit the San Diego Food Bank.

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