Re: Measureable results from Twitter: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 83, Issue 3

**"* m* p* <m*@dargan.com>**

Great information, BIlly, Congratulations. Could others of our GWAA share
their twitter addresses or handles? Cheers, Mary Palmer

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Billy Goodnick <billygoodnick@yahoo.com>wrote:

> I'm new to the listserve but have a success story based on Twitter. In
> spring of this year I was contacted by the web editor for Fine Gardening's
> blog. She had followed a few links from my personal blog and a local website
> I write for. I always post links to my on-line work at Twitter.
>
> Long story short: She wanted to add a west coast, sustainable, humorous
> voice to their blog. That's me. I was soon offered a paid job posting a
> minimum of two blogs per month (though I generally exceed that), they've
> "branded" my blog with a catchy title (Cool Green Gardens - with my own
> logo) and I've now been asked to submit story ideas for the print magazine.
> I'm a hard-core believer in social networking for self-promotion. Yesterday
> I received a message from another national magazine who I've connected with
> via LinkedIn. They want a few queries for articles for next year. [link:
> http://www.finegardening.com/blog/sustainable-landscaping]
>
> Hope this helps.
>
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> Landscape Coaching and Design: billygoodnick.com
> Contributing content at Fine Gardening Magazine
> Entertaining at my blog
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> Popping eyeballs at Flickr
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> --- On Thu, 12/3/09, gardenwriters-request@lists.ibiblio.org <
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> Subject: gardenwriters Digest, Vol 83, Issue 3
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> Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 10:20 AM
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>    1. Re: Garden Thugs (Catriona Tudor Erler)
>    2. Publishing for Amazon's Kindle (Betty Mackey)
>    3. Re: GWL - Marty Figley (Judy Lowe)
>    4. Twitter and Facebook (loisdan@juno.com)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:21:50 -0500
> From: Catriona Tudor Erler <catriona@catrionatudorerler.com>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Garden Thugs
> To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
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> One point that has been alluded to, but not specifically spelled out is
> that one region's thug is another's regions treasure.  I saw mondarda in
> a northwestern Massachusetts garden, and commented what a thug it was
> for me in Virginia.  For them it's a bit tricky to grow, certainly not
> invasive.  I kept thinking about that conversation the day I spent 8
> hours pulling out the mondada, sifting the soil to try to get all the
> roots, only to have it return next spring.
>     Catriona
>
> WGardenermag@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Am working away on our Winter issue. The cover story is Garden  Thugs.
> I'd
> > like to do a Top 10 (at least as  that number may  expand as I keep
> > researching), so I put it to you all --
> >
> > ASIDE from Ivy, bamboo, and vinca, WHAT PLANT  IS IN YOUR GARDEN (or a
> > client's garden) that you wish you had NEVER  planted there due to its
> > aggressive, spreading , thuggish nature?
> >
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Kathy Jentz
> > Editor/Publisher
> > Washington  Gardener Magazine
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:22:12 -0500
> From: "Betty Mackey" <BettyMackey@verizon.net>
> Subject: [GWL] Publishing for Amazon's Kindle
> To: "Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum"
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> Cc: Rex Murfitt <enzian@shaw.ca>, Bobby Ward <biblio@nc.rr.com>
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> Announcement!
>
> After some tech stress I got my files straight and published one of my
> garden titles on Amazon's Kindle. It is "Creating and Planting Alpine
> Gardens" by Rex Murfitt (he won a GWA writing award for it in 2006) and for
> now it seems to be the only rock gardening book available in the Kindle
> format. I'm  planning to put other books into Kindle mode too, if this goes
> well.
>
> It is being sold at Amazon for $8.99 at the following address:
> http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ZCYAVG
>
> You have probably heard that there is a free software version of Kindle
> that
> runs on a PC or iPhone and certain iPods instead of as a dedicated device.
> If you want to try it, go to
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_pc_mkt_lnd?docId=1000426311.
>
> I'm happy that at last I got this Kindle version of the alpine book up and
> running, but I couldn't figure out how to include its illustrations so I am
> putting many of them up on my website.
>
> -Betty Mackey
>
> Publisher
> www.mackeybooks.com
>
> Emerging Technology Committee, GWA
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:57:15 -0800 (PST)
> From: Judy Lowe <hardbackwryter@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] GWL - Marty Figley
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> Thanks, Nancy, for the news about Marty Figley. Not only was she a longtime
> GWA member, but she?attended the annual symposiums regularly for many years,
> too. A delightful person. I missed her in Raleigh.
> ?
> Judy Lowe
> ?
> http://features.csmonitor.com/gardening
> ?
> http://twitter.com/JudyDigginit.
>
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:49:17 -0500
> From: Nancy Szerlag <szerlag@earthlink.net>
>
> I am sorry to announce long time GWA member and garden writer Marty?
> Figley passed away the day before Thanksgiving.
> Marty was a garden writer and weekly columnist for the Observer and?
> Eccentric Newspapers in southeast Michigan for many years.
>
> Nancy Szerlag
> Columnist for Detroit News
> szerlag@earthlink.net
> Check blog at www.gardeneryardener.blogspot.com
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:30:42 -0500
> From: loisdan@juno.com
> Subject: [GWL] Twitter and Facebook
> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
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> Hi All,
>
> A while back, quite a few members of this listserv opened Twitter
> accounts. Can anyone comment on measureable results (sales, assignments,
> etc.) attributable to either your Facebook or Twitter presence?
>
> Regards,
> Lois
> Visit: http://cultivatingtheinnergardener.blogspot.com
> Visit: http://loisdevries.blogspot.com
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