Theresa L. Goodrich

Author: Theresa

  • Cyber-Anonymity and the Importance of Kindness

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    Running a website is a public job. What I mean by that is that as the publisher of TheLocalTourist.com I may not personally have to be front and center, but my brand always does. At least it does if it’s to be successful. The upsides of that are traffic and revenue and the ability to…

  • From Party Girl To Home Body

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    “I don’t know how you do it. You’re everywhere. Do you ever sleep?” I’ve heard that often in the last couple of years. I go out. A lot. It’s part of my job. And letting everybody know I’m out is part of my job. So it’s given me a reputation, of sorts. I remember pulling…

  • Transparency

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    I actually feel a little guilty about writing this post. It’s after three in the morning and, while I’ve been working all night, I also have a busy day tomorrow. I’ve got stories from my Kansas trip that still need telling. I made it through a few items on my to-do list today but not…

  • Example of a really good PR firm footer

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    I received this at the bottom of a request for coverage and just had to share: *____ encourages full transparency; please disclose that ___ contacted you on behalf of _________.  If you are receiving free products, services, payment or other in-kind compensation in exchange for your participation, you must disclose our connection per FTC guidelines.…

  • What We Ate

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    Coming from what has become one of the epicurean centers of the world you might think I wouldn’t be too excited about the food in Kansas. Oh, but you would be wrong. I love food. When people ask me what I like to eat, I say food. My son and I have a rule that we have…

  • 1500+ Miles and a World Of Perspective

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    There’s so much more I have left to write about Hutchinson and Pretty Prairie and the Wolcott House, and I will, but as my first day home waxed and waned I kept thinking about a conversation Joanna and I had yesterday as we were driving back to Chicago. She asked me what I would take…

  • Cow say moo

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    Doug lives literally a block away from the Kansas State Fairgrounds. When you’re with a two-year old whose most frequent phrase is “See cows?” and can tell you what piggies and goats and sheep say (baa baa black sheep…wool…) , that’s an incredibly convenient location. We did see cows, and piggies, and goats, and sheep,…

  • …to the Earth Below

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    After the highs and lows of the Cosmosphere that afternoon we went even lower. Six hundred and fifty feet lower, to be exact. Hutchinson is home to the Kansas Underground Salt Museum. Located deep beneath the surface are salt deposits that cover about 920 acres. These were discovered back in 1887 when an unscrupulous businessman…

  • From the Stars Above…

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    Friday was our first full day in Hutchinson and we truly got to experience the city’s highs and lows. I also had an unexpectedly emotional experience that left me shaken for the rest of the day. We began with a visit to the Cosmosphere. This is a planetarium, an IMAX theater, a space camp, and…