The Localmouth Blog » Uncategorized http://www.localmouth.com/blog Local Communities Online Thu, 03 Feb 2011 02:34:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Talk About Local Unconference http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2009/09/18/talk-about-local-unconference/ http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2009/09/18/talk-about-local-unconference/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:30:56 +0000 matt http://www.localmouth.com/blog/?p=62 RIMG0098

Talk About Local is a “project to give people in their communities a powerful online voice”. It’s an interesting project to see happening and William Perrin, who heads it up, is a smart character with a lot of good ideas (and a handy knack for communication).

Talk About Local are running an ‘unconference‘ in Stoke-on-Trent on Saturday 3rd October for people running hyperlocal sites to network with one another, so if you run a local community site and can make it to Stoke-on-Trent on the 3rd, do check it out.

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]]> http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2009/09/18/talk-about-local-unconference/feed/ 0 Localmouth Adds Local Offers and Vouchers http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2009/09/08/localmouth-adds-local-offers-and-vouchers/ http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2009/09/08/localmouth-adds-local-offers-and-vouchers/#comments Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:52:41 +0000 matt http://www.localmouth.com/blog/?p=58 Money makes the world go round

How often do you go out for a meal or buy something locally? Ever wondered if you could be saving money by taking advantage of a special offer?

I’m happy to announce that now you have a solution: check on Localmouth!

That’s right — Localmouth now lists special offers for places near you.

Before you go out, check Localmouth. You might find, for example, a 2-for-1 offer at your local pizza restaurant, or money off a nearby hairdresser. There are all sorts of offers, so check it out. Click on the ‘Offers’ tab to see local offers. For example, here are some offers for Roehampton.

I’m pretty excited about this! Let me know what you think.

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]]> http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2009/09/08/localmouth-adds-local-offers-and-vouchers/feed/ 0 Keep Up-to-date With an RSS Feed for Your Local Area http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2008/10/30/keep-up-to-date-with-an-rss-feed-for-your-local-area/ http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2008/10/30/keep-up-to-date-with-an-rss-feed-for-your-local-area/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:37:15 +0000 matt http://www.localmouth.com/blog/?p=38 Are you looking for an easy way to keep up-to-date with discussions about your area?

We’ve got just the thing for you!

Localmouth is now sporting an RSS feed for every local area. If you’re a Firefox user you can just click on the RSS button at the right of the address bar to subscribe.

For now, we’re just putting recent local discussion topics into the feed, but we hope to add more things as we go.

If you have any special requests for things you’d like to see included, do let me know.

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Localmouth has won 1st prize in a competition run by EveryCity at last week’s Future of Web Apps conference.

Our prize is free managed hosting on a dedicated server for a year. Yippee!

]]> http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2008/10/15/localmouth-wins-1st-prize-in-everycity-competition-at-fowa/feed/ 0 Localmouth Interviewed by Socialreporter http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2008/10/15/localmouth-interviewed-by-socialreporter/ http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2008/10/15/localmouth-interviewed-by-socialreporter/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:36:31 +0000 matt http://www.localmouth.com/blog/?p=29 I was interviewed last week by the charming David Wilcox for his Socialreporter blog. You can read his write-up and thoughts about changing models for local online information here: Localmouth: a new model for online neighbourliness.

David has been involved with getting local communities online since the really early days and his blog covers all sorts of good stuff about web-enabled social innovation in the UK, so do pop over and have a read.

]]> http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2008/10/15/localmouth-interviewed-by-socialreporter/feed/ 0 Some Changes to the Look of the Site http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2008/09/12/some-changes-to-the-look-of-the-site/ http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2008/09/12/some-changes-to-the-look-of-the-site/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:56:25 +0000 matt http://www.localmouth.com/blog/?p=27 I’ve updated the design of the main Localmouth site slightly and changed this blog’s theme. I hope you like the new look.

]]> http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2008/09/12/some-changes-to-the-look-of-the-site/feed/ 0 We Now Have a Map of Blogs. Placeblogs?? http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2008/06/19/we-now-have-a-map-of-blogs-placeblogs/ http://www.localmouth.com/blog/2008/06/19/we-now-have-a-map-of-blogs-placeblogs/#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:21:50 +0000 matt http://www.localmouth.com/blog/?p=14 Map of British blogs

It’s maps galore at the moment. Following hot on the heels of Saturday’s map of local limericks, I can now announce our new map of British blogs! Enjoy. And if you follow any bloggers who write about their local area, please add them to the map and let them know you’ve done it. Thanks!

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