Brooke Geery

Back At It

Things are slowing down in the world of snowboard blogging, which means I have time to waste, and what better way to waste it than saving money! I spent last weekend going through the circulars which have been, much to Jared's dismay, stacking up at the house as well as getting rid of all the coupons that expired during my two-month couponing hiatus. The result was the above pile of junk, which luckily Jared was wise enough to capture. Today though, I made a list and headed off to Fred Meyer, which happens to not only still give you plastic bags, but be extremely close to the new office. Along…
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The Skatepark Map Lives!

We're in the process of bidding farewell to the office about the Vegan bakery. I'd make some baking puns about it being bittersweet, but actually I'm not that sad. I will not miss every person who stops by saying they could never work above a bakery because they wouldn't stop eating, etc. Plus we have about three times as much space overall and I have my own office now. Real pro like. We've been moving in between traveling the past couple weeks, and my office is pretty much done. Of course I spent a solid day (and some intern hours) on the most important part: ressurecting the skatepark map. It's…
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How To Get Users Engaged on Facebook

I've really been embracing this social media business lately. I know that's my job and I've been running a website since the dawn of websites, but admittedly, I've only recently embraced the full potential of Facebook. I'm still not convinced it has any sort of staying power in the ever-changing social media landscape, but I have finally been seeing the usefulness -- Not just driving traffic, but also finding joy in posting something that gets "good engagement." So how does one get good engagement on Facebook, you may ask? Between Yobeat, and some freelance work I've been doing, I've finally got it figured out. It's not asking questions. It's not…
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Wicked Savings, Guy

  I'm back east for a week, which is exciting for the couponer in me because there are CVS's everywhere. For whatever reason, we don't have CVS in Portland, and so I am forced to miss out on the deals there week after week. But on a stop for gas somewhere in Southern New Hampshire, I found myself sitting next to a CVS that was just begging me to come in. With some quick internet research on my phone I found a couple money-making deals that seemed worth doing, but much like I haven't been blogging, I haven't really been keeping up on my clipping and organizing, so I was…
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