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Macaroni Kid 101

How can I make Macaroni Kid work best for my family?

By Gladys Dunbar November 9, 2016
Warm WELCOME to our new subscribers who found Macaroni Kid Schenectady through the Favorite Halloween Photo contest I am happy you can join us here. Get ready to enjoy more family events, and be better connected with our community. 

Here are some tips to help you get the most out of our e-newsletter:

1. Take a minute or two to Like and Follow us on FACEBOOK or TWITTER for the in-between e-newsletter news. We often post spur of the announcements, tips, reminders, social media only Giveaways, community news and more! 


2. The EVENT CALENDAR on the top will allow you to see the whole month at a glance and useful for planning in advance. Note that we add events on a daily basis, so check often for updates. 


3. Each event on the Calendar can be added directly to your GoogleCalendar. If you have your smartphone calendar connected it will automatically show up. 


4.  The pink "MY MACARONI" button that appears on the contents list is my favorite feature!  You can click the plus sign (Add to My Macaroni) under any event listing and after you've selected all of the events that you are interested in, you can click the "My Macaroni" button and it will show your list, then you can download everything to a pdf that you can save and/or print to take with you! Then you'll have all the details right at hand when you're on the road.


5.  EMAIL SECURITY & SPAM. Macaroni Kid Schenectady NY will NEVER EVER share your email with ANYONE.  When it comes to a number of emails you receive, this is a once-weekly publication.  After browsing through this week's e-newsletter, and selecting the ones that you best fits your family you may delete it from your inbox. All the information can be viewed on our website, so it will be easy to refer back to it. 

If you signed-up for the other National newsletters, they publish once a month, so you could get two (or more) Macaroni Kid emails in a week, but not from this specific site.  If at any time you feel you are getting too many newsletters, contact me and I will be happy to change your settings. Also, be sure to add gladysd@macaronikid.com to your contacts list so your newsletter does not get sent to your spam folder!


7. BOOKMARK OUR WEBSITE on your browser, so you could easily refer to it when looking for something fun to do with your family locally.


8.  Use the SUBMIT AN EVENT button to send us details on an event in the area that is open to the public. This is a FREE listing service for everyone in the community. We will include all free/ low cost (up to $10) local events that you submit. 


9.  SHARE MACARONI KID WITH YOUR FRIENDS.  What parent isn't looking for ideas to keep the kids busy?  The bigger we get, the more features we can add. In your weekly email at the bottom of the page is an easy way to sent to a friend!  


10.  ADVERTISE with us and share all that your family-friendly business does in our community. If families are your target market, there is no better place to advertise than Macaroni Kid!  We have many options, ALL are affordable and we can help create your perfect package.


11. If you ever need to CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, you can hit reply on any newsletter and send me your new email address and I can change it for you. 


12.  SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS. Every Thursday, we send our email subscribers a FREE newsletter jam-packed with activities, local happenings, articles, recipes, crafts, and great giveaways. Macaroni Kid is funded solely by sponsorship and advertising, so please support the businesses you see featured in sidebar and banner ads, through sponsored articles, and in our Business Directory. Be sure to tell them Macaroni Kid sent you! 


13. Traveling? If you are away on business, vacation or visiting friends in another city, make use of our Macaroni Kid sites throughout the country to see what is there is to do! We have over 500 , including Canada and even the North Pole! Simply go to www.macaronikid.com and choose the state you will be in and the drop down will show all the choices you have


14. Another perk about being a subscriber to Macaroni Kid Schenectady is being able to join and win in our GIVEAWAYS! Haven't won yet? Don't worry! There have more Giveaways lined-up for the Holidays, so stay with us and keep on joining! 



Questions, comments, just want to say hello or have a fun idea you would like to share?  Contact me anytime at gladysd@macaronikid.com.  I really hope you enjoy Macaroni Kid and that it becomes your go-to resource for family fun in our community.  As a mother, I hate it when I see things in the paper the next day, after the event.  I always say "I wish I had known about that".  So don't read about an event in the paper tomorrow...be there!