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www.BreakingBigBearNews.com (your hyper-local community) Premieres the "4th of July" What is Breaking Big Bear News? It is a web-site designed to be used by the Big Bear community. Locals, and tourist can log on and read all about what is happening right now in Big Bear. Anyone can contribute content to the site. It has various categories, including Local News, Events, Shopping, Foodie, Sports, Jobs, Free Classifieds, Real Estate, Local tweets, Celebrity tweets, and Down the Hill news. Content for the site is sent through Twitter. You can create a twitter account in 5 minutes or less, and start contributing. You simply enter a hashtag code (a hashtag is basically the pound sign # followed by a few letters, such as #BBB) which is the hashtag code used for: www.BigBearBreakingNews.com followed by your tweet. Your content/information will post directly to the BreakingBigBearNews web-site in the category/page you select. Download the new how to: E-BOOK on the site. It's as easy and 1, 2, 3. What is hyper-local? It describes what is currently happening in your neighborhood. You send it directly to the site. If your local team just won a big game, then twitter the score and your thoughts to the sports page on www.BreakingBigBearNews.com. If it's thunder storming in Baldwin Lake, twitter it to the Local News page. If fishing is great in the North Shore area, send it to the Sports page to share the news with others. If an accident just happened and you called 911, then twitter that into the Local News page. If the ski conditions are great, or not so great, let everyone know. If you had a wonderful dining experience at a local restaurant, twitter that to the Foodie page. If you need to hire help, twitter your needs to the Jobs page. A Real Estate agent can tweet about a property they have for sale on the real estate page with a link to their web-site. If you're selling, or renting your cabin, tweet it up on the Cabin Rental, or Real Estate page. If you're having a yard sale, or want to find one, twitter it out to the Free Classifieds page. If you have a special event in town, tweet it up to the events page. These are just a few examples. I'm sure you get it by now right? It's easy, it's fun, it's now, and it's FREE!!! How much does it cost? It's Free. The web-site is hosted by Johnny and Denise Riley who own a cabin in Big Bear. They plan to retire here one day, and want to provide something of value to this great city. Anyone who owns a computer, cell phone, or a blackberry should be using www.BreakingBigBearNews.com The site will be ever growing, and changing based on the needs of the community. Please participate and get involved. You'll be glad you did. We go live on Saturday the 4th of July. Can you pay to advertise on the site? No, because the site is Free. Advertisement will not be sold. You can however promote your business on the Business Directory page. You'll can have links directly to your web-site (if you have one). Local business's can tweet about promotions, or any discounts their offering right to the Shopping page. Restaurants can tweet about their daily lunch and dinner specials. They can include their address in the tweet, or a link to their Web-site for more information. Tweets are limited to 140 characters, so a Web-site is important for you to have because you could provide alot more information about your business, including a MAP to your location. Your internet service provider(AOL/Earthlink etc.) includes a free web-site and basic templates for you, so take advantage of that! www.BreakingBigBearNews.com site will have local news feeds from the Big Bear Grizzly, and other local news sources which will take you directly to their sites for more information. This will drive more traffic to everyones web-site. BreakingBigBearNews will be receiving so much traffic because we are linked to over 150 other Breaking News sites all over the World. It's fantastic for local business. Get your site up right away, and take full advantage of your hyper-local Breaking Big Bear News community web-site. Please provide something of value in your tweets besides promoting your business, let everyone what is happing right now. Your could offer something to your NEW customer if they tell you they heard it on www.BreakingBigBearNews.com (a free cup of coffee/drink/refill, 5% off, buy one get a second one for half price, etc.) What is currently happening with the BigBearNews site? One word: PROGRAMMING. It is a complex system to program and maintain. It is currently in the beta stage. You can contribute content NOW! Get a twitter account, use the hashtags, and start tweeting. If you have any questions or need help, please write to us at BreakingBBNews@gmail.com How do I find REAL ESTATE in BIG BEAR? It's easy! Look in the www.BreakingBigBearNews.com Business Directory or you can e-mail theteamriley@gmail.com and tell us (Johnny and Denise) what your looking for. Whether it's a home on the Lake, a cozy cabin investment, commercial property, or even a piece of raw land that you want to put into your ROTH IRA for land banking. We will recommend the perfect agent for you as we are RealEstateMatchers. We do not sell real estate in Big Bear, however we know many great Real Estate Agents in the area, and we will help you find the best agent for your needs. Click SEARCH PROPERTIES on the left to search in BIG BEAR. We can also set you up on "ListingBook" a real-time in-depth PROPERTY SEARCH, that is updated every 30 minutes, so the information is "Breaking". If you're a Real Estate Agent in Big Bear, and would like to introduce yourself please do so at theteamriley@gmail.com It sounds like hard work, Tweeting, Hyper-local. Can I really be involved? Yes! Anything new is hard at first, until you learn how to do it. Then it becomes second nature. Tweeting, and hyper-local is social networking computer lingo. Tweeting is simply typing in your thoughts, just like a text message (via; your computer, cell phone, or Blackberry) and broadcasting it to BreakingBigBearNews.com using the hashtag codes. Hyper-local is about what is happening right now in your community. Go to www.twitter.com and sign up now. After your comfortable with this, you can use the following free web-sites www.twitpic.com and www.twitvid.com . These free sites will allow you to upload your local pictures, and local videos to www.BreakingBigBearNews.com You log into Twit Pic/Vid using your same twitter id and password and upload your pictures/video to their web-site. Then using the hastag system you tweet those right to the BreakingBigBearNews Web-site in the appropiate page. There is an E-BOOK on the BreakingBigBearNews Web-site explaining how to get you started. The Team Riley is truly looking forward to helping you promote your local business. Get started now and TWEET yourself to this exciting new technology. Your Hyper-Local Community! We need your involvment to make www.BreakingBigBearNews.com a true success. Start contributing TODAY!!! It is not intended to be used only by business's. This web-site is for every person in the local community to use, especially the visitors to this beautiful city. Tweet about what your doing here, and your experiences. Get started now, and have some fun. Thank you very much for your involvment. It is greatly appreciated. TWEET DREAMS :)
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