Our Very First Blog

Well, here we are with our very first blog and so far, the hardest part has been deciding what topic to start with. I can think of tons of topics for later blogs, but what should I write about first? Idea #1 was to write about some of the big questions asked in fundraising – but that seemed too stuffy (and I’ll admit it, that one was my idea). Then it was going to be about the history of the company – but there’s already a section on here for that. Next, I gave up for a week and worked on some other projects instead. Then, my dad, President of Tom Evans Fundraising, came up with a genius idea (I say genius because he’s my boss and determines my paycheck – but it really was a good idea). Write the first blog about why we are writing a blog. So here we go:

 

Before I start confusing you with names, I guess I should explain who we are as a company and who everyone is individually. It will make much more sense that way. (Actually, it might not because three people have the same name.) We are Tom Evans Fundraising; we help local schools, groups, and organizations raise money. Tom Sr. started the company in 1969 and brought on his son, Tom Jr, in 1980. In 1998, Tom III joined and made it a truly “family owned company”. Now you see what I mean about too many people with the same name. In 2009, I came on full-time. I’m Jenna Evans-Hollrah, granddaughter, daughter, and sister of the above mentioned Toms. (At least when people call and ask for Jenna we don’t have to say “which one?”) So there is your background on who’s who in Tom Evans Fundraising. It’s Tom, Tom, Tom, and Jenna. Got it? Ok let’s move on.

 

Tom Sr. has always been VERY up on technology. I mean, so up on technology that he has a cell phone, his own Facebook page, and a blue ray player. I don’t even have a blue ray player yet! Anyway, Tom Sr. is always reading anything he can get his hands on about new ways to get our name out there, new marketing strategies, etc. So one day he tells me he wants me to start a Facebook page for the company. Awesome! I love Facebook! Easy, no problem, done! So we are on Facebook. Then he mentions starting a Twitter page. Not so awesome. I know nothing about Twitter. But he explains how there is no way that it can be a bad thing. The worst that could happen is… it doesn’t work. Ok, so I did some research, learned how to set up a Twitter page and as of yesterday we are on Twitter too (with an awesome background that I customized myself).

 

The next step was this blog. The blog idea actually came about before the Twitter one but the blog seemed a lot harder so I set up Twitter while I was procrastinating writing this. Grandpa (that’s Tom Sr. to you) came up with lots of cool things that we could use a blog for, giveaways, coupons, sales, etc. And we all like being able to say “hey, check out our blog.” That just sounds really cool. So we were all in agreement that a blog must be started. No, correction, they were all in agreement that Jenna needed to start a company blog. It’s ok, I’m good with that.

 

So here is our very first blog. I hope you enjoyed it. The basic concept that I want you to take from this is that the idea for the company Facebook, Twitter, and blog pages were not the ideas of the 24-year-old, the 29-year-old, or even the 49-year-old. They were all the ideas of a 76-year-old marketing guru I like to call Grandpa (but you can still call him Tom Sr.).

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