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Find Your Family Fun

By Courtney Lewis April 27, 2016

Thank you for subscribing to Santa Monica Macaroni Kid! I hope you find this newsletter and website to be informative and full of fun things for you to do with your family!

 

1. CALENDAR: The calendar feature will allow you to see the whole month at a glance to see how you may want to plan ahead for events. 

 

2. PAST ISSUES: If you would like to look back at previous issues, go to the search field at the top of the page or click on “Santa Monica Archives" also at the top of the page.  

 

3. MY MACARONI: The pink "My Macaroni" button that appears at the top of the site 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!! You'll have all the details right at hand when you're on the road!

 

4. The Family Guide to the Westside: This is the our newest feature and we are working on making it the  Yellow Pages for Families--all your needs are met right here and some offer specials for being a Macaroni Kid reader!  

 

5. SPONSORS: Support our sponsors. Sponsors make it possible for me to offer this free service to you. Each local ad is approved and added to the page by me, so I can assure you that they are safe to click through. Likewise, all national ads are approved by the home office. Of course any transactions between you and the advertiser are the responsibility of the two parties involved and not Macaroni Kid.

 

6. SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow us on Facebook,  Twitter for the in-between newsletter news. And don't miss our Pinterest page full of more family-fun ideas, recipes and crafts! We also love to post pixs of the fun we're having in LA on Instagram!

 

7. FEEDBACK: Comment on things you like or send me an email by replying to the newsletter, so I know what kinds of things you like to read about! If you have any suggestions for articles, let me know!

 

8. CHANGE EMAIL ADDRESS: 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. Also, if you're getting too many National emails, let me know and I can unsubscribe you from the ones you do not wish to receive.

 

9. SHARE WITH OTHERS: Share Macaroni Kid with your friends. What parent isn't looking for ideas to keep the kids busy? Don't keep this to yourself! Plus, the bigger we get, the more features we can add! In your email weekly at the bottom of the page is an easy way to send a copy to a friend! We love it when you share!

 

10. "LIKE" AND "SHARE": "Like" and "Share" articles directly to Facebook.  After hitting the "Read More" button, you'll be directed to the complete article and right under the title is the Facebook "like" symbol.  Just click on it and it's done! There's also a Pin It button so you can add all of our great recipes and crafts to your Pinterest page.

 

11. SUBMIT AN EVENT: Use the "Submit An Event" button to send us the info on an event in your area! Local, family friendly events will be included at our discretion.

 

12. READ MORE: If you click on "Read More" below any article in the email newsletter or on the website, the whole article will be visible. 

 

13. TEENS: We have a Teen Section to keep the older kids busy too, but we need more teen events. Please send me anything going on for teens.  

 

14. PLAN AHEAD: Our Plan Ahead section will keep you organized for weeks ahead!

 

15. GIVEAWAYS: We love to bring you tremendous giveaways and fun contests! The only rule we have is that you must be a subscriber of the newsletter.

 

16. BECOME A SPONSOR: Advertise with us and reach your targeted audience - local moms! We can customize any advertisement package to work with your needs and your budget. Email Sarah at SarahMcormick@Macaronikid.com  for targeted and affordable advertising options. Our sponsors are what allow us to provide this awesome free resource for parents.  

 

17. WHAT'S AT THE END?: Not all the good stuff is at the top!  Don't forget to scroll down to the bottom of the newsletter where you can often find permanent articles. Due to a large number of events in one week, the newsletter may be clipped short in your emailed newsletter. Click through to the website to see more great events and the remainder of your newsletter content!

 

18. 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 going on there! We have over 500! 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!

 

19. NATIONAL NEWSLETTER OPTIONS: There are several national newsletters available (Family Travel, National Newsletter, Macaroni Kid Eats, Military Families, Safety Announcements, Family Fitness, etc.) and you can change your subscription preferences any time by re-entering your information in the subscribe form, as long as you use the same email address as the original subscription. (If you need to change the newsletter subscriptions AND email address, you can reply to the newsletter for all.) 

 

20. AND FINALLY: Questions, comments, just want to say hello or have a fun idea you would like to share? Contact me anytime at CourtneyL@MacaroniKid.com