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The Hungry GeekHow I combined my passions for technology and food to promote a community farmers' market using social networking
Sandy Kemsley@skemsley
Photo: Richard Thomas (flickrich on Flickr)
Tech + food + social media
A new old farmers’ market
The local volunteer committee as marketing team
The usual one-way broadcasts
From broadcast to conversation
A bit of Python
Finding the right content
Early followers & conversations
@amandalaird’s potato salad
Photo pool
Participating in other conversations
The cooking began…
…and blogging followed
Numbers: adding it up
250 Market email list
200 Market Facebook group
300 My Facebook friends
100 Market Twitter
900 My Twitter
250 Blog RSS feed
?? Retweets
> 2,000 Total
The story of the zucchini flowers
Geekery makes it easy
Get your community together…
…then turn it into a conversation
Make social media an integral part of the campaign