Just a quick update … I will be traveling to New Zealand for a five week hyperlocal tour / holiday this December -January. In this tour I will plan to meet up with Shane Redlick and his team with Locally Informed in Naipier NZ.

Shane is the co-founder and director for Locally Informed a hosted software platform, specifically built for journalists to report on local news & information. Locally Informed empowers journalists to build their own local news business and make money while doing it!

http://locallyinformed.com
This should be a great opportunity to discuss some hyperlocal strategy as well as make some new friends. During the five weeks I will be traveling around New Zealand I would love to meet with any journalists or hyperlocal bloggers who might want to connect. If your a journalist or hyperlocal blogger living down under drop me a line at: ShieldsBialasik@Gmail.com

I’ll be talking with Shane next week at which I’ll post more updates around the upcoming tour. Also more information about Locally Informed. I am excited to support great work! In the mean time take a look at the Locally Informed hyperlocal platform and check out the hyper local activity happening!

Best Regards,
Shields Bialasik

PS: Also check out this site which just came in from Trevor Sumnor with NearSay in New York City!! http://newyork.nearsay.com/ Look for a little story coming about them in the Wall Street Journal. I will also be doing an interview with Trevor and his team hopefully in the next few days.

pps: Oh.. and I forgot… I just finished the New LocalsGuide Upgrade and the Hyperlocal Training Center will be opening shortly. If you want to get on the early notification list I will send you an email as soon as it comes out.

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