Sandra Fernandez
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Best Latina Mommy bloggers
#RedesHouston: Congratulations to blogger Ruby Wright for being chosen for Latina’s list of “The 10 Best Latina Mommy Bloggers.” I met Ruby at last year’s LATISM conference, but I was already familiar with her blog and her writing. Ruby Wright is the founder of Growing up Blackxican, which chronicles Wright’s motherhood adventures. Wright focuses on raising […] http://bit.ly/19EDn6i
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Tips on how to present a webinar
#GoingSocialHouston: Looking to host a webinar? Here’s a great article from ClickZ with “10 Secrets to the Perfect Webinar.” The tips include: Don’t use a speakerphone. Have multiple presenters. Start five minutes after the hour. Make sure there’s someone on the call or in the audience to ask questions. Follow up with the attendees. Read the […] http://bit.ly/19DnBIR
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Google Reader shuts down July 1
#GoingSocialHouston: Are you ready? More info at the Google blog. Learn how to back up your Google data. http://bit.ly/19AqNEY
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Latina Magazine’s “Influential Latinas” list
#RedesHouston: Latina Magazine has compiled a list of “25 Influential Latinos You’ve Probably Never Heard Of,” spotlighting some great people. The list includes Maricel Presilla, a James Beard Award-winning chef, Ana Roca Castro, the founder and chair of LATISM, Ana Flores, founder of Latina Bloggers Connect and Spanglish Baby, Marisol Valles Garcia, who is in exile […] http://bit.ly/19xn6A6
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Blogs are still best choice to reach consumers
#GoingSocialHouston: With all the options out there, are you wondering if blogging has lost its lustre? According to this article from ClickZ, the answer is no. Technorati’s 2013 Digital Influence Report found that blogs are more likely to influence consumer purchase decisions than any major social network, online magazine, or forum. You can access the Technorati Media’s […] http://bit.ly/19s96rb
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There’s still time to claim Dreamhost promo: web hosting for one year, only $20
#GoingSocialHouston: I’ve been using Dreamhost as my web host for myself for more than a decade. I recommend it to friends, and occasionally to clients. I’ve had nothing but good experiences with them and their services. Today I saw that Lifehacker arranged a great deal with them: just $20 for a full year of web hosting. The deal […] http://bit.ly/YSOMQt
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My Takeaways From Hispanicize 2013 (#hispz13)
About the conference It’s been one month since the Hispanicize conference, “the iconic annual event for Latino trendsetters and newsmakers in social media, journalism, marketing, film, music and innovation.” If you had the misfortune of following my Twitter feed for the five days of the conference, let me apologize to you now (a little bit […] http://bit.ly/19lZQVv
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Houston’s Historic Preservation Fair
#RedesHouston: Saturday, May 18, 2013 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Houston Permitting Center 1002 Washington Avenue Houston 77002Registration deadline: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 From the city of Houston: The City of Houston Planning and Development Department (P&D) is sponsoring a Historic Preservation Fair. This free, half day event is designed to bring historic neighborhoods together to allow […] http://bit.ly/10x5bW1
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Create your own ebooks!
#GoingSocialHouston: In case you’ve missed the entire trend, if you write or do content marketing, you need to start paying attention to ebooks. Specifically, you need to start thinking about creating your own. Here are some recommendations on reading and resources to help you along the way. CNET has an article to get you started on […] http://bit.ly/10wutU5
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Tagged! on Instagram
#GoingSocialHouston: If you’re an Instagram user, then you may already know that you can reply to or mention someone by Instagram ID by using the @ symbole. To reply to me, or to make my “name” into a link within Instagram, you would type “@sandrasays.” Typically, these @ messages show up when I go to my […] http://bit.ly/YIJtmq
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Even if we’re not having an in-person #taqueriathursdays event, we invite you to share your taqueria experiences. (#txsocial #hispanichou) Pictured here: Tacos de Lengua from Taquería Arandas. Sabroso! DON’T FORGET, the next offline Taquería Thursday event in Houston is next week, on May 16, 2013.
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Links, posts and stories you may have missed: May 9
Children’s Ebooks Looking for a source of children’s ebooks… for free? One of the American Library Association blogs has a great post with resources to get your started. “Where to Download Classic Children’s Books for Free.” Resources include: Google Play Project Gutenberg International Children’s Digital Library ManyBooks.net eBooks@Adelaide Digital Public Library In case you missed […] http://bit.ly/10sSlYI #librarypr
