FIX: Posting to your Facebook Page

We’ve noticed some issues with our TAC sites communicating with Facebook when posting articles from our site to our TAC pages there.

There’s problems with the summary and a clickable url that isn’t working right.

See this instructional video on what the issue is and how to work around it

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TIPS: Media Coverage!

Media outreach is one of the most important elements of expanding the presence of our local Tenth Amendment Center chapter.  As the state legislative sessions are getting in full swing arond the country, reporters are once-again hungry for information on the 10th Amendment Movement.
Here at National TAC this week, we’ve had some coverage by the [...]

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Instructions: Sending Email Updates to your Group

One of the most important tools available to each of you is a direct-mail communication to people who have subscribed to it.
On each chapter website, there are are number of places for people to subscribe – I recommend that each of you do it for our own chapter.

On the top navigation bar, the link “Newsletter”
On [...]

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Talking Points: Firearms Freedom Act

Here’s the first in what we expect to be a slew of printable “talking points” flyers. It’s a full-sized sheet of some of the basics surrounding the Firearms Freedom Act and the Commerce Clause.
Click the link below to view it:
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/documents/talkingpoints/TAC-Talking-Points-Firearms-Freedom-Act.pdf
It’s in Adobe .pdf format, and you can easily print it out to take to [...]

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State Legislation and Action Items

In a recent email, I mentioned that we’d like to include a new page on each state’s websites that includes current legislation or lobbying efforts for the Tenth Amendment Center in that state.
See an example of what we (quickly) put up for Texas this week here:
http://texas.tenthamendmentcenter.com/texas-action-items/
Each state doesn’t need to have the exact same format.  [...]

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Volunteer emails, receiving and responding

Many of you today received emails today where you were copied on a reply I sent to people looking for volunteer opportunities with the Tenth Amendment Center.   The short of the emails was – thanks for contacting us, I’ve copied our state coordinator who will be happy to work with you in support of the [...]

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How to add articles from outside contributors

Adding a contributing author to your chapter TAC website is a great way to get local people more involved in your efforts.  And, it’s pretty easy to do!  Here’s the steps:
1.  Let me know you have a new contributor – give me their name, email address and bio, if available.  Email to info@tenthamendmentcenter.com
2.  I’ll email [...]

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Growing Your Facebook Fan Page

As mentioned in our last update, Facebook is consistently one of the biggest sources of website traffic across all TenthAmendmentCenter.com properties – it’s an essential tool for you to use in building awareness and members for your local or state chapter TAC website. We hope to present you with some good ideas on how to [...]

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The What, When, and How of your Facebook Fan Page

Facebook is the world’s largest social network – and it’s a powerful tool for your State or Local Tenth Amendment Center chapter website.  Here at TenthAmendmentCenter.com, Facebook was the #3 referrer of traffic to our website over the last 30 days – behind only Google and StumbleUpon.com.  It is consistently in the top 5 of [...]

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Posting Video to your TAC Local Chapter Website

Video is a powerful medium on the web – and some people won’t respond to anything but video! No matter how great the content on your TAC state chapter website, you’ll always be missing out on a significant segment of people if you don’t occassionaly post videos. This quick update will explain how.
When?
We recommend [...]

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