Meet Me At Panera On Friday

Hi, everybody!

I'm in town all the time, but I'm here and there, and sometimes it's tough to find me. So I'll be scheduling office hours weekly, in a place where you can easily find me.

Office Hours

This week, I'll be at the Groton Panera Bread on Route 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday.  Stop by and say hello! Bring your story ideas, bring your complaints, bring your thoughts on change, and Groton and anything else you'd like to talk about - or just stop by and have a cup of coffee with me.

How Do I Do This?

There's lots that you, your business and your organization can do on the Groton Patch. You can list events and make announcements - for free. You can write a blog. You can claim your listing and get access to your customer base and to excellent and cheap advertising opportunities.

Want me to give you some basic training? I'm happy to do a Patch Bootcamp session anywhere, at any time. Call me at (860) 884-0920, drop me an e-mail at deborah.straszheim@patch.com, or stop by my office hours.

If you'd like me to hold office hours at your place, that's great, too. Say the word and I will be there!

Claim Your Listing

Businesses, you should claim your listings! It is easy to do - and free. Just find your listing in the "Places" area, look under the photo box, and click on "Do you own or manage this location? Claim it!"

A form will open up, you fill it out, and Bob's your uncle. A Patch person will call to verify, and you'll then be in a universe you can't otherwise reach. You can find your customers, e-mail them, add new stuff, specials, photos, and more, all for free - and have access to excellent, inexpensive advertising.

Editorial Board

Finally - Are you interested in helping us make Groton Patch better? We want this site to be your platform, not ours. To this end, we're forming an editorial board that will meet for one hour monthly, where we can get feedback from local businesses and other movers and shakers in the community. 

Tell us what you like, tell us what you don't like, tell us what we could do better. This would be a small time committment of one hour a month, but a huge help to us.

If you're interested, let us know! Just drop me a note by e-mail at deborah.straszheim@patch.com or call me at (860) 884-0920.