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And down the stretch we come … just two weeks and counting until the conclusion of the Great Social Media Race. As we complete the final stretch of the Great Social Media Race, we must continue to focus on raising money for Jennifer and Team Tom. Keep up the momentum up, the adrenaline pumping, and recruit your friends to join our networks.
Just when you think it may be surpassed, the group on LinkedIn surged ahead again, adding almost $700 between the end of Week 5 and the end of Week 6, standing currently on $3,026.70 dollars raised. We joke about the race being just that, but serious thanks are in order to those who have donated through LinkedIn! Way to go. Additionally, Team Tom’s social media network continues to expand as Twitter and Facebook add friends/followers at a consistent rate – now standing at a combined amount of 500 people.
Remember to enter our Twitter contest. Begin following our Twitter group, @teamtomlls, and ‘tweet’ (you may also send our group a direct message to ensure that we don’t miss your story) the most inspirational 140 character to lift the spirits of so many cancer patients. On June 1, we will post of all the tweets throughout Team Tom’s social media networks and have our followers vote on their favorite. The winner will be contacted to have their story featured on our blog, www.teamtom.org, and we will make a $100 donation to Team Tom’s LLS fund in their name (learn more here).
Finally, please remember there are other ways to get involved besides donations. Pass the links along to your friends and feel free to share your personal stories for posting on our blog (send information to share@teamtom.org). Also, rally the crowds by attending our upcoming events. We’ve listed a few below. Thanks everyone!
Blog: $1190
Twitter: $25 / 155 followers
LinkedIn: $3,026.70 / 50 connections
Facebook: $365 / 327 friends
MySpace: $0 / 12 friends
Total: $4,606.70
Upcoming Events:
What: Tom Bell Memorial Golf Tournament
Date: Monday, June 8th
Location: Stoneleigh Golf & Country Club
35271 Prestwick Ct, Round Hill, VA 20141
Registration Deadline: May 25th
About Me:
- Jennifer Keating and TeamTom.org
- Using several of the most populated social media sites, including Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace and Twitter, the Great Social Media Race will track the amount of money raised from visitors to each social media site. Aside from being the central point of the Great Social Media Race, this blog will also be gauged as a fundraising tool. The Great Social Media Race is an important experiment in determining the effectiveness of social media, but it also helps a wonderful cause. Tom Bell, who aside from being Jennifer’s father, served in Vietnam, served more than 20 years with the Virginia National Guard, and worked 25 years as a detective on the Arlington County Police Force. He lost his battle with leukemia on April 25, 2006. Team Tom, having been selected to participate in the LLS’ annual Man/Woman campaign against 19 other individuals in the Washington, D.C. metro area, is competing from April 1st – June 13th to raise as much money as they can for the LLS. The person who raises the most wins the title of Man & Woman of the year.
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