The Mac-O-Rama t-shirt contest is in full swing. Get over to FaceBook and submit your design or vote for your favorites! http://www.facebook.com/macorama.reno?sk=app_256057174420281
The Reno Tahoe American Marketing Association has a great small business focused marketing luncheon next week…. PLEASE JOIN US! http://www.renotahoeama.com/2011/09/13/small-businesses-and-the-success-of-marketing/
Join these innovative small business owners, as they discuss the effective marketing strategies they’ve used to survive the economy, and thrive in our area. What works? What hasn’t? Find out at this month’s luncheon and seep in the experiences shared by these successful small business owners.
New Mac-O-Rama hours started this week: 9am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. We’ll be posting an announcement shortly about our upcoming Saturday hours, so stay tuned!
Mac-O-Rama will be closed Monday, May 30 in observance of Memorial Day. We’d like to thank everyone who has served our country in the armed forces, and pay our respects to those who have made great sacrifice for America.
We hope that everyone has the opportunity to relax a bit and enjoy friends and family. Have a nice weekend!
We are seeking an outgoing, energetic, honest, and intelligent individual that enjoys working with all kinds of people for a flex position in our company. To do well in this position, you must to be able to absorb and relay large amounts of semi-technical information. The ideal candidate will be a Mac fan that is highly motivated to participate in a team environment to help grow the company and to develop her or his potential. We offer competitive wages and benefits. Please note that Apple product knowledge and basic technical skills training will be provided for the right candidate!
Click here for a detailed job description. Interested? Send your resumé to Alicia at macorama.com today!
If you are a Mac fan and love to share your knowledge with others, we’re looking for instructors (contract basis) for our upcoming classes. Subjects will range from basic Mac classes to advanced software such as Photoshop and Final Cut. Interested? Send your resumé or a list of your skills to Alicia at macorama.com today!
We’re preparing to get a bigger location in January 2012. Can you take a few moments to take a brief survey about potential locations? It’s greatly appreciated!
Jason, Alicia and Juliann from Mac-O-Rama presented a $2500 donation to the Northern Nevada SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) during their annual telethon! The donation will sponsor the development of a really neat iPhone/iPad app that will help more pets get adopted!Today on NPR, Terry Gross was talking to Jim Puckett, the executive director of the Basal Action Network, which monitors electronic waste around the world. By the end of the car ride to the store, I was practically in tears. Puckett described horrible working conditions in recycling slums for women and children (mainly orphans) in third world countries. As consumers, we all have a hand in the mess!
Please read (or listen to) the article to learn more about the industrialized world’s bad habit of shipping e-waste to third world countries. Obviously, this isn’t new information, but Puckett pointed out that many recyclers that claim to be “green” are helping to destroy whole regions of China, India and Africa. So, even when we think we’re doing the right thing, we actually may be devastating other people and places.
So for our New Year’s resolution, we’re renewing and stepping up our efforts to make sure that all of the materials that we recycle go to recyclers that actually handle these hazardous materials in the United States in a responsible manner. Basal Action Network makes following the recycling trail a little easier. They watchdog the industry and certify recyclers that are doing this right, so we’re going to us them as a guide to ensuring that our company sends hazardous materials to the most responsible recycling companies.
We’ve always recycled, but now we’re going to aggressively pursue a complete understanding of where our hazardous materials are going. Will you pledge to do the same? If you need help, please call us and we’ll provide any resources that we can.
One piece of good news: All current Apple products receive a Gold rating from EPEAT which means they satisfy a bunch of criteria and they’re basically cleaner to begin with, making them less hazardous at the end of the device’s life cycle.
Just one more advantage of being a Mac user!
We’ve been getting a lot of requests for classes, so we’re getting ready to launch some new courses in 2011! We’ll be posting more information shortly.
To thank our newsletter subscribers, we’re offering some great training videos FREE on our website. If you love these, we have more subjects available for sale on DVD at the shop!
Click here to get your free training videos: http://macorama.com/training_videos.php
Enjoy!
Mac-O-Rama is collecting and resetting iPhones, iPads, iPods for Different Iz Good. The organization provides a device and special apps that allow communication disabled children to regain their voices: http://differentizgood.org/gift-a-voice/ Check it out, and if you have a device you want to donate, please drop it by the store!