As you know, the Kos Katalogue Blogathon is underway. Markos wrote this in the last blogathon we had a few months ago
The Kos Katalogue blogathon will showcase many of these talents, with diaries over the next two days by these entrepreneurs showcasing their wares. This will be as much a celebration of our community's creativity as an opportunity for the rest of us to avail ourselves of those goods.
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Below the Daily Kos squiggly, you will find a
very simple suggestion - something all of you can easily implement.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: See this thread in response to the diary comment by Kitsap River.
It is in response to KR's comment as to why I didn't give another option in the diary poll: 'I Have Already Changed My Sig.'
So, if anyone already has the Kos Katalogue included in their Daily Kos sig, please change the diary link to this October 27, 2013 diary by Sara R - Kos Katalogue Holiday Mothership Diary - HOTLIST THIS!
The October 27th diary has many more Kos Katalogue stores listed in it.
A simple way to promoting the Kos Katalogue (Hotlist this complete list) is by changing or adding to your Daily Kos signature. Every time you make a comment on this blog, you will remind others about the numerous goods and services provided by our community members.
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How You Can Help to Publicize Kos Katalogue
Step-by-Step Process on How to Add/Change Your Daily Kos Signature
If you have never done so before, here is a step-by-step process through which you can easily change or add to your Daily Kos sig:
1. When you log on to Daily Kos, click 'My Page.'
2. Next, click 'Profile.'
3. Then, click 'Edit Profile.'
4. Scroll down a bit to the section titled 'Comment Preferences' - Signature (this will be attached to your comments). Copy and paste the below HTML code (in blockquote in this comment by belinda ridgewood) into the box below 'Signature.'
<a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/10/27/1248900/-Kos-Katalogue-Holiday-Mothership-Diary-HOTLIST-THIS?showAll=yes" target="_blank">Support Small Business: Shop Kos Katalogue</a> |
5. Click 'Save' at the bottom of your Daily Kos Profile page.
6. Your Daily Kos signature should now look like this, just as it does in this diary comment below by JekyllnHyde.
Read this thread to modify the text of your signature.
7. To ensure you did it correctly, type a sample comment in this diary and preview it, but do not post the comment. Right click your signature, click 'Open Link in New Tab' and it will take you to this Mothership diary by Sara R.
Note: sometimes, it can take a couple of minutes for the new sig to take effect. If your old sig keeps re-appearing, close your browser, log out, and log on again to Daily Kos. Try again, your new sig should appear.
7. Congratulations, you are done!
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You can also follow all Kos Katalogue diaries by clicking this link for the Kos Katalogue Group. Then, click 'Follow' and that will make all diary postings show up in 'My Stream' of your Daily Kos page.
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There are character
limitations for the Daily Kos sig. If you are wedded to a fairly short sig, you can
still add a second one (see the two sigs in
this comment by
JekyllnHyde). If you have any problems, also read these two helpful comment threads
here and
here.
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Kos Katalogue Blogathon: November 12-November 14, 2013
Happy Holidays! Please consider buying your holiday or celebration gifts for friends and family from the Kos Katalogue.
Kos Katalogue is an online catalog of businesses owned by people who cherish and promote liberal values. Handmade or original gifts include pet supplies; fine art; quilts; jewelry; children's department; arts and crafts; stationery; books; clothing; craft supplies; electronics; food and drink; household sundries; yarn, knitting, crochet, and weaving; freelance services; software and webdesign; sporting goods; and music.
Our Daily Kos community organizers are Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse, Sara R, and JekyllnHyde. Below are four examples of these handmade or original gifts. Thanks for your support.
Community Quilt Project David M Bowman Studio
Wings: Hands on Silver Laughing Coyote Woodworks
Please remember to republish these diaries to your Daily Kos Groups. You can also follow all postings by clicking this link for the Kos Katalogue Group. Then, click 'Follow' and that will make all postings show up in 'My Stream' of your Daily Kos page.
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As was mentioned by the two earlier diarists, this blogathon is an attempt to tap into the latent economic potential of the Daily Kos Community. We are not a giant multinational corporation with one and only one objective: to pad our bottom line, regardless of the unethical or immoral means employed in doing so. If long-due economic policy initiatives are lacking by both our elected officials and the so-called "job creators" in recent years - who have done virtually nothing to reduce persistent, long-term unemployment and underemployment - we can certainly do our part in addressing this lingering problem. We won't resolve all economic problems, but we can certainly make a good start in stimulating the "Daily Kos Economy." The multiplier economic effect is still valid, even when employed on a relatively small scale.
Please help as much as you can.