Social Media

Social media was the buzzword of the day for local business owners receiving marketing consulting advice from teen members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada on Wednesday.

The Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition has launched a multimedia education campaign to promote safe bicycling for Tahoe visitors and residents.

“We hope these safety tips help ensure people enjoy riding their bicycles at Lake Tahoe,” said Curtis Fong, vice president of the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition. “This is the greatest and most beautiful place in the world to ride a bike, and we want to help make sure that bicyclists are aware of safe riding practices when bicycling on roadways or bike paths around Lake Tahoe.”

Carson City’s one and only travel baseball program continues to expand and the 2017 season is fast approaching.The Carson City Capitals Baseball Program is a 501(c) 3 non-profit program run by volunteers for youth interested in playing in the travel ball circuit.

... promoting tribal tourism throughout Nevada, to refresh the website and related social media accounts for the Stewart Indian School in Carson City.

A viral video circulating since Tuesday that purports to be illegal chemical waste dumping is being investigated by Nevada environmental health officials. A Mound House company acknowledge to the Reno Gazette-Journal that it is the company depicted in the video.

The 1 minute, 51 second video has appeared on Reddit and other social media channels. it was posted by a person with the name of Luke Murray and has generated nearly 500,000 views.

The general counsel to the Nevada Public Utilities Commission is no longer employed by the agency after it was pointed out at a meeting last week that she commented on the net metering policy under review by the panel using a pseudonym on social media.

YouTube is one of the most powerful media tools on the planet today. Yet, many businesses do not use social media of any kind to their marketing advantage.

The Nevada Division of Tourism’s annual “Discover Your Nevada” program has officially kicked off with a new incentive for Nevadans to explore their state, Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison announced earlier this month. That incentive is a Field Trip Fund benefitting Silver State students.

A new campaign is encouraging residents to see Carson City in a new way — then share it with the rest of the community.

“Ride Carson City is more than just a campaign,” said Kyle Horvath, social media manager for the Carson City Visitors Bureau. “It embodies the Carson City lifestyle. It celebrates a community that is active at all ages.”

Several Nevada museums are offering free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel including National Guard and Reserve and up to five members of their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2016.

Save Mart stores in Carson City have partnered with the Ron Wood Family Resource Center for the annual "Peanut Butter Roundup" to provide local children access to food through the summer months.

Putting Carson City on the map in more ways than one is the goal of Dr. Lindsay Chichester, UNR Extension Educator, who has partnered with the Carson City Chamber to make marketing business on the web less intimidating.

Lyon County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal crash involving a single vehicle on a dirt road near Mound House just north of Carson City that was discovered Thursday morning.

A witness who reported a burglary in progress at a Pheasant Drive home Monday resulted in the arrest of a woman who was inside the residence drinking beer and filling a suitcase with items she intended to steal, a Carson City sheriff’s deputy said.

Lyon County Public Works crews were busy Thursday afternoon with snow plows to remove several inches of hail that accumulated on the roads. These pictures were taken by a plow crew off of Linehan Road in Mound House. Hail accumulation was also reported at Dayton Valley Ranches east of Dayton.

Some people have reported via social media, minor damage. One resident, Laura Tennant said the hail "tore thousands of leaves off the trees."

Lyon County Manager Jeff Page noted that he's not seen anything like this kind of hail accumulation in his 30 years in the county.

Helping businesses and other organizations make the best use of social media will be the focus of the Carson City Visitors Bureau’s third annual Social Media in Tourism Symposium on Friday and Saturday at the Brewery Arts Center.

Almost 84 million Millennials are now at the age where their spending can make a huge difference to the economy. Those born between 1980 and 2000 outnumber the big-spending Baby Boomers by over 9 million.

The older Millennials are now purchasing homes, furniture, cars and more tangible goods that will keep cash registers and online services tingling.

Join Sutton Hague Law Corporation for a discussion regarding social media and how it impacts the workplace, including off-duty use of social media. This informative webinar for Human Resource and Business Professionals will be presented by attorneys Jared Hague and Charity Felts of Sutton Hague Law Corporation.
Date: May 4th, 2016
Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
Cost: $45 per line
Register Online: http://suttonhague.com/events
Call: (775)284-2770

Trash Mobs are a grass-roots community effort to keep the walkways and bike paths around Carson City free of littler. For just one hour on the third Saturday of each month, Muscle Powered holds the events at various locations around town. Volunteers, who are supplied with work gloves and trash bags by Muscle Powered staff, remove litter from areas often used by citizens of Carson City for recreational purposes such as walking, jogging, or cycling.

The 3rd Annual Nevada Rural Communities Social Media In Tourism Symposium will be on Friday, April 22, and Saturday, April 23, 2016.

The Symposium is a series of educational talks that dive in deeper than any introductory classes. Speakers will get specific with their topic so you get the answers you are looking for.

Visitors and residents alike can now virtually hike the trails in and around Carson City without ever going outside.
In a partnership the Google Trekker, the Carson City Visitors Bureau mapped 10 area trails using high-definition technology.

Carson City residents and visitors will be able to access daily and live updates on the downtown corridor project through the city’s website, social media and other resources.The plan also includes a ...

Participants in this week’s Business Alliance Network presentation will learn the basics of effective storytelling, the elements of a good website and how the Carson City Library can help put those principles into action.

As the city prepares to raise the bar by creating a new, improved, walkable and bicycle friendly downtown, it will not be business as usual for the businesses now located in the downtown core or anywhere in Carson City.

Nor will the current mindset be suitable for the vibrant new community now in the planning stages. Raising the bar on anything and everything in Carson City will be the topic of the Chamber’s February Soup’s On luncheon open to the public.

Responding to years of complaints about certain Carson City area motels that attract crime, have poor exterior, maintenance and provide unsafe living conditions for its occupants, the city’s redevelopment arm is proposing a motel safety program to address building code compliance issues.

Carolyn Wright, a nationally recognized copyright attorney, will speak at the Carson City Library 6 p.m. Feb. 17.
“Everybody has a camera in their hand everywhere they go,” she explained. “I will let people know where you can take a picture and what you can do with it and when you need to permission.”

James Salanoa, with the Carson City Visitors Bureau, talks about the Visit Carson City mobile app during the Business Alliance Network meeting at the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City, Nev., on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. The alliance supports local business organizations with community event awareness, website and social media training, networking and other strategies.

Constance Aguilar, digital director of the Abbi Agency in Reno, will be the featured speaker at the first meeting of the Business Alliance Network at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Brewery Arts Center, 449 W. King St. in Carson City.
She will give tips and guidance on effective uses of social media.

A ski trip to South Lake Tahoe by a group of friends from the San Francisco Bay Area turned into a trip to the hospital after one of them fell while skiing on Tuesday. It also turned into an international social media whopper of a story about a bear attack that was later deemed a hoax.

You would be surprised at the number of people that don’t know who we are or what we do. Yes, people use our name and adopt from us and talk about us, but many people confuse us with other non-profit groups. It’s a common challenge faced by all animal welfare agencies.