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Hi all,

Happy mid-week!

The Big News: Arabic Facebook hitting 200K, Vine hitting 50K, and a Buzzfeed listicle featuring 2 wikiHow articles.

Press/Blogs/Media:

✯ Buzzfeed features 2 articles (Disguise Beer with a Soda Can and Make Vodka Gummy Bears) in 26 Genius Ways to Sneak in Alcohol http://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicaprobus/boob-leggers-anonymous#.dkrm8X3kl

✯ The Daily Meal shares wikiHow’s article on How to Make Cotton Candy http://www.thedailymeal.com/best-recipes/how-make-cotton-candy-6-easy-steps

✯ The Observer suggests wikiHow to figure out how to do things on your own (instead of your landlord) http://cwuobserver.com/5980/opinion/opinion-your-landlord-is-not-your-babysitter/

✯ St George News offers some of wikiHow’s tips for surviving a shark attack https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2015/07/24/jek-shark-attacks-how-to-avoid-them-how-to-survive-them/#.VbfOHhNVikq

✯ Sauk Valley provides two of wikiHow’s solutions for locking yourself out of your car! http://www.saukvalley.com/2015/07/23/good-better-lock-out-solutions/arw4fs2/

✯ Rand Daily Mail quotes wikiHow for getting over your first love http://www.rdm.co.za/lifestyle/2015/07/22/love-the-first-cut-is-the-deepest

✯ Comedy Central pulls quotes for “Advice from wikiHow’s 15 Saddest Entries” http://www.comedycentral.co.uk/internet/articles/advice-from-15-of-wikihows-saddest-entries

✯ Medium references How to Make Paper twice while discussing Wikipedia and Paper in a stream of consciousness https://medium.com/matter/table-of-contents-5b3519e1ffb3

✯ Oregon Live refers to How to Be a Popular School Girl while talking about David Sedaris http://www.oregonlive.com/books/index.ssf/2015/07/how_powerful_is_the_most_popul.html

Notable Tweets:

✯ ArmyMedicine (Official account, 8.5K) tweets “Running increases stamina. Learn how to do it safely” with a link to How to Increase Your Running Stamina https://twitter.com/ArmyMedicine/status/621294461209968640

✯ LucyHorobin (Radio/TV Presenter, 8.7K) tweets “Just doing a bit of sprint research!” with a link to How to Spring 100 Meters https://twitter.com/LucyHorobin/status/624284469307023364

✯ CynthiaSmoot (FOX 13 News Anchor, 5.3K) tweets “Learning doggy CPR can save a life!” with a link to How to Perform CPR on a Dog https://twitter.com/CynthiaSmoot/status/621362402047737856

✯ jeremiahlee Fitbit API maker wonders “I guess this means that the Fitbit API has finally made it?” and links to How to Get a Fitbit API Key. Interesting to think of wikiHow as a benchmark in tech! https://twitter.com/JeremiahLee/status/623620404381249536

Everyday conversations:

✯ mariaCBS5 “I’m learning not to underestimate #WikiHow . #LearningStuff ” https://twitter.com/mariaCBS5/status/623307466789384192

✯ Shams2619 “Thanks wikiHow for coming to my rescue today. Who knew that a hair dryer works just as well as an iron to unwrinkle clothes? #lifehack ” https://twitter.com/Shams2619/status/624910596585205760

✯ uglyducklingDIY “Tested this out tonight… it WORKS! Stop mosquito bites from itching with deodorant. #diytip ” https://twitter.com/uglyducklingDIY/status/623338352314482689

✯ anggrichardson “Wikihow is my lifeline” https://twitter.com/anggrichardson/status/625285143230414848

✯ happystewardess “Am I the last person super excited to discover wikiHow?!” https://twitter.com/happystewardess/status/625420231133937664

Thanks for tuning in!:slight_smile:

Maria

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Wow this is great, thanks as always!:wink:

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Wow, the list of wH articles the above links took me to were quite fun, bold and mostly related to disaster management.

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Awesome we get these mentions:slight_smile:Thanks @Mariachiang for the media mentions every week. I wonder when they’re going to put the Community Achievements? I guess they’re super busy, so I’ll leave that alone…

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We are gaining popularity everyday! Muawhahahahahah!!!