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Do you have your own business? Wanna get found by local customers? “One of the most affordable ways to advertise your small business.” “No Big Guys Allowed = Leveling the field so you don’t have to compete with national brands .” Sign up for a free trial for a limited-time… Step 1. Fill out the [...]

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Pics from the April 27th Event

Thanks everyone for another great event! Special thanks to photographer Chris Lorenz and all of the door prize donations from our sponsors! Hyatt Regency Irvine, Wahoo’s, BoardWalk Ice Cream Co., Rock N’ Road Cyclery, LA Boxing, Gorilla Production Group, Izea Consulting, Uncle Vic, Function Drinks, Best Buy, Seed, Digg, Mahastee and Flip Video. We are [...]

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Making a Potent and Powerful Community: Don’t Add Water

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How Do You Make a Community? If your answer is, “Add 3 cups of water to your concentrate and mix thoroughly,” that will make a delicious drink but doesn’t translate to communities . In fact, watering it down is the last thing you should do. What does a community look like? If you’ve heard me [...]

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April 27th Linked OC Event

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Save the Date: When: Tues. April 27th, 7:00-9:30pm Where: Hyatt Regency Irvine 17900 Jamboree Road, Irvine CA 92614 Who: You, your friends, colleagues, or bring a date… We welcome new folks and anyone who would like to attend and check out our community. Each guest attending must register. What: Our big meet up just got [...]

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Santa Margarita Ford Let Me Drive a Escape Hybrid

Some of you may know that I’m in producing a new show called “24 in the OC” and cruising all over Orange County with a film crew and all of our gear. Since I usually drive around  a small Honda Civic, it was nice of the folks at Santa Margarita Ford to give me a [...]

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Flip Video Giveaway

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THIS OFFER IS OFFICIALLY OVER: Congratulations to Linked OC member Tyler Jorgenson who was randomly selected to get the Flip Video Mino HD Camera! ————————————- Do you like to shoot video? The folks from Flip Video were one of our sponsors at the last event with Seth Godin and I shot interviews and a bunch [...]

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Orange County: The Hub of Social Media

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This guest post is by Ron Ploof, [a member of the Linked OC community.] Ron also wrote a book on social media that you can find here. Find him on Twitter here. Did you know that the roots of social media run deep in Orange County? Orange County has been a hotbed of social media [...]

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“24 in the OC”

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“24 in the OC” with host Bryan Elliott, airs daily on Orange County’s PBS station KOCE and features what’s hot in Orange County. ——————- ———————- Get an inside look behind the scenes at some of the top companies & organizations in the OC- and the people who are doing things that matter.  Hear their unique [...]

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LinkedOC Event March 30th

Linked OC Event: A special thanks to Linked OC member and photographer Chris Lorenz When: Tues, March 30th from 7:00-9:30pm Who: You. Plus, you’re welcome to bring one or more guests… We have 100+ people registered for tonight’s meet up! Here’s a 5-minute clip of Seth’s inspiring presentation… I would like to thank everyone who [...]

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What’s in a Name?

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My theme this year is, “Oh the places you’ll go.” Being part of this community and working in the social media space has already helped me go many places-figuratively and literally. This week I took I a drive and it inspired me to think about Shakespeare and branding. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet he [...]

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