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| Keeping the Mother Road alive |
Although I do not live any place close to Route 66, not even to the United States and I have limited time to travel, I love the Mother Road ever since my first contact.
What I probably like most is to meet people that share the same passion as I do. I love to talk with them and see how they are doing on Route 66 with the efforts they put into their passion for a Road that was decommissioned back in 1985, that was completely removed from all maps, but has come back, thanks to people from along America's Longest Small Town (quote by Jim Hinckley) ... and not to forget all the worldwide associations and organizations.
I am one of those enthusiasts that try to help revive and preserve this American Icon. My financial resources are limited, but there’s something else I can do that might help Route 66 Businesses and People and eventually Route 66 itself.
On the one hand, 25% of the profit from the ArtWork I created on and about Route 66 is going back to Route 66 via Route 66 Germany, ...the only officially acknowledged German association in the US to support Route 66.
So I came up with another project, promoting people and businesses along the Mother Road to the best of my possibilities, using my social media contacts.
If interested, please answer the below questions and send them together with some photos (as mentioned below) to rte66travelers @ gmail . com (please remove spaces)
Interview Questions
- * Name: either your real name or the name people know you on Route 66.
- * Where do you live? Name of the city or location. (additional information would be great, but not a must)
- Where are you from?
- * What do you do? Are you an author, blogger, business owner, musician, an enthusiast (you can add as many information as you would like to be published about what you are doing, more information might qualify you for more than one category)
- * Tell me a little about your first contact with Route 66 - where, when, what was your first impression?
- * What's your reason to stick with the Mother Road to date?
- What fascinates you, what do you like most about Route 66: a location, a person, a book, a place, a landmark?
- Do you have any inspirational quote or slogan that describes either you or what you do best?
- Anything else that comes to your mind, that you would like to share with other Route 66 Travelers from around the world. Anything special for the German audience?
- List all your websites and social media channels that you would like me to show on your profile page. If you want me to promote your website, books, artwork, music, business, blogs … please add the respective link with a short description. Please add at least one link to be able to GUIDE my followers to your website.
- * For the featured photo on the profile page I would like you to send me a good photograph showing your face. It would also be great to have another or several pictures showing your activities on Route 66, maybe a short video max. 1 minute in length, showing your business, artwork, music, photographs, books or whatever you have created that has to deal with Route 66.
As soon as I receive your mail and photos, I will start creating the English version of your profile page. Once Before I publish it, you will receive a copy to check for any errors or maybe additional changes from your side. As soon as I have your consent, the profile page will be published and shared as of the below list of Profile Promotion Channels.
Once the English version is published and shared throughout the channels, the German version will be created and published in the German blog and shared as shown below.
Profile Promotion Channels
Based on your answers, a profile page is created featuring your name in the title is going to be created and also translated into German.
Route 66 Travelers (english) - English BLOG - with an English profile page
Route 66 Travelers (deutsch) - German BLOG - with a German profile page
Once a profile is published it will be shared as shown below.
Sharing the profile pages
on Google+:
Profile Pages
Route 66 Travelersusa Southwest Travelers
Geri Linda Metterle
Communities
Route Travelers (E)Collections
with a short entry and link to the English + German Profile page on the respective blogRoute 66 Authors
Route 66 Artists
Route 66 Motels
Route 66 Diners
Route 66 Businesses (other than motels and diners)
Route 66 Enthusiasts
Route 66 Associations (Organizations)
Route 66 Interviews (all profiles are going to be included in this collection)
on Twitter - with the Hashtag #Route66Travelers & #Route66Promoted
on Pinterest - with a special board Interviews with Route 66 People
with a German and an English section for
- Interviews deutsch (G)
- Interwiews english (E)
on Facebook
- Route 66 Travelers Page
- Route 66 Travelers Group (E)
Every profile page will get a Route 66 Travelers icon on the map below with links to both, the English and the page.
map icons explained
Links are always to the German and the English information sites
- links to information of the respective US State
- links to further information on the respective State Capital
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| Interviews |
Route 66 Sign - they all link to both profile pages from the interviews
Sometimes links with personal information on a larger city that has direct connection to Route 66 or the Route 66 goes through and I have one or more blog entries about that city there's going to be a black icon with some stylized skyscrapers and links to the respective article(s). These information, however, will be probably in German language only. These links get you to our private blog Zwei Waldkraiburger on Tour.
... not sure there's going to be an English version as well, but most probably not.
TWO MAPs - Historic Locations and Attractions
A listing of all locations along the Mother Road was split into two different maps.
Both maps will include the names of the locations along the Road, but the rest should be split up as shown below.
Without your help, however, these maps will never be completed.
Please have a closer look at both maps and use the comment line to
Promoting Photographic Work from the Mother Road
Show us your best photos from Route 66 on Google+
To be eligible for one of our Best of ... Collections, please follow a few simple rules, to signalize your willingness to participate and for us to make it easier to find your photographs:
To make your sharing easier you may want to copy and paste the codes and hashtags from the CopyCodes doc (please click the link)- post your photos publicly
- add the US State and location with a short description
- add the hashtag #Route66Travelers
- share it with:
- Geri Linda Metterle - https://plus.google.com/+GeriLindaMetterle
- Route 66 Travelers - https://plus.google.com/+Route66Travelers
Following a listing of the Best of ... Collections created
Best of Illinois Route 66 #IllinoisRoute66
Best of Missouri Route 66 #MissouriRoute66
Best of Kansas Route 66 #KansasRoute66
Best of Oklahoma Route 66 #OklahomaRoute66
Best of Texas Route 66 #TexasRoute66
Best of New Mexico Route 66 #NewMexicoRoute66
Best of Arizona Route 66 #ArizonaRoute66
Best of California Route 66 #CaliforniaRoute66
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