Community Corner

The Best-Kept Secret of Ballwin-Ellisville Patch

A quick note from the editor of Ballwin-Ellisville Patch about the most effective ways to send messages to your community.

Having a network that connects you to your local community is invaluable.

It's easy to overlook when online "social networks" keep us abreast of the daily minutiae of old friends, acquaintances and family members. And while Twitter, Facebook, Craigslist and others are fantastic for reaching friends and their associates, it's rare that they help develop a particular city or area.

At Ballwin-Ellisville Patch, our Events Calendar and Announcements page both provide users with the chance to announce things not just to their friends, but to the people who live in the very community that matters most to them.

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Guest speakers at the St. Louis County Library in Ellisville, special programs offered by the Ballwin Police Department and more already have found their way into our calendar or announcements.

What many readers don't yet know, however, is that you can post these events or announcements yourself. Looking for new members to join your book club, or hoping to drive-up attendance at your choir's next concert? Perhaps you want to share news about a family-member getting engaged, or voice some well-deserved bragging on behalf of a newly-appointed honor roller? Then post the event or announcement directly to our site yourself for instant gratification. Find out how below:

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To create an Event:

• At the top of the Ballwin-Ellisville Patch main page, click the "Events" link within the horizontal title bar.

• Scroll to the bottom of the Events page, and click the green "Add an Event" button.

• On the event-creation page, fill in as much information as possible, including all required fields such as an event title and the date of the event.

• Click the green "Post My Event" button.

 

To create an Announcement:

• From the top of the Ballwin-Ellisville Patch main page, hover the mouse over the "News" link within the horizontal title bar and then click "Announcements."

• Near the top-right part of the Announcements page, click the "Announce it to everyone!" button.

•  Fill in all the required information on the Announcement-creation page,  including a title, announcement category and description.

• At the bottom of the page, click the green "Post My Announcement" button.

 

That's it! Questions, comments or requests? Feel free to email me at chase.castle@patch.com or post below in the comments section.


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