At long last I have begun the process of creating my "personal brand" as the Crescent City Gal. It's been a LONG time in the making, but today marks the day I've finally started getting my stuff together with a clear vision of what I want to achieve.
I have a facebook profile just for Squidoo and IM: CCGAL on Squidoo
I have my Twitter account with the same e-mail now: CCGAL on Twitter
My Squidoo profile, which I pruned down is here: CCGAL on Squidoo
And, of course, I've included Posterous in this mix: CCGAL on Posterous
Best of all ... they all have the same email address AND the same avatar, for brand recognition, which I have been sorely lacking.
My objective as the Crescent City Gal is to highlight people, places, and a few special things I find along the way.
Crescent City is a small town on the Pacific northwestern coast of California. I have several Squidoo lenses about my hometown and things around it, and they have done rather well on Squidoo. In fact, my top lens is about the drive through trees of northern California. Recently, my home town was hit for the 3rd time with a tidal wave, or tsunami, which totally wiped out the harbor.
I've also got quite a few lenses about people who live and work "behind the redwood curtain" as I like to call it.
For example, Richard Martin from Brookings, Oregon (just a few miles north of Crescent City) makes some of the most beautiful pottery I've ever seen. So I have two lenses about his art: Horse Hair Pottery and Agateware.
Crescent City's economy is sluggish at best, so this little town can use all the publicity it can get. I'd like to think that in some small way I can help my hometown a bit. Perhaps I'll eventually be able to teach people "behind the redwood curtain" how to promote their arts and businesses online. Until then, I'll just continue to build lenses and write blog posts and keep learning what works and what doesn't.
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