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Help Kelsey Grammer Spend $50,000 for Haiti

The Internet has spawned many global phenomenons, but none so rapid as Twitter. Twitter is a microblogging service that allows users to send and read miniature, 140-character messages or “tweets”. Twitter has gained massive popularity in only a few years, and has triggered a tremendous wave of celebrity user accounts, more so than any social site before it.

On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a Haitian earthquake measured a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw. The United States Geological Survey recorded a series of at least 33 aftershocks, 14 of which were between magnitudes 5.0 and 5.9. The International Red Cross estimated that about three million people were affected by the quake; the Haitian Interior Minister, Paul Antoine Bien-Aimé, anticipated on January 15th that the disaster would claim between 100,000 and 200,000 lives.

The Twitter Nation took action. Users from all over the globe have pitched in with various ways of donating money for Haiti disaster relief.

One eye-catching motive, was that of well-known actor, Kelsey Grammer, who issued a challenge to his followers to donate $50,000 to Haiti relief efforts, and he would match it with his own $50,000.

After reading about Kelsey’s iniatives, we immediately brainstormed ways to guarantee Mr. Grammer’s challenge reaches its goal. Instead of just making a donation to his cause, we are going to use the power of the Twitter community to see how much we can really raise.

Beyond is going to donate $1 to Kelsey’s campaign for every new twitter follower we get up to $10,000. Hit up our twitter page (@beyondca) and help raise some money for a great cause. For more information on the cause or to make a donation, visit Kelsey Live or click on the promo below.


We have 206 followers right now, let’s see how much we can all raise!


Beyond Welcomes 500th Facebook Fan

Today we reached 500 fans for our facebook page! If you haven’t already become a fan, you can check out our page at www.facebook.com/beyondca. We love having more fans of our FB page so if you’re on FB (seriously now, who isn’t on facebook?) become a fan right now.

Speaking of social media, we recently passed 100 followers (110 actually) for our twitter page as well. You can reach us on twitter at www.twitter.com/beyondca. I know, just 110 followers, that is pretty bad.

Why become a fan or follower?

I know our constant begging will not get more people to join or follow us, but I do know that free stuff usually works as a bri… err, incentive. As a thank you to all of you who took a few minutes to join us on FB and Twitter we will be giving out a pair of 200 level tickets to a Calgary Flames game each month to one random twitter follower or facebook fan. For an extra chance to win, join us on facebook AND twitter.

The first draw will be for tickets to the Calgary Flames vs. Detroit Red Wings game on Saturday October 31, 2009. The lucky winner will be announced on October 30th so make sure you are entered in to win by becoming a fan or follower. Check our blog page for the announcement of the winner Friday morning, the winner must claim the prize in person by Friday at 2pm or another name will be drawn. If you don’t win, don’t worry as we will give away more tickets!

Links:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/beyondca
Twitter: www.twitter.com/beyondca


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