Here is a quick list of some Salem Twitter resources.  With more people joining twitter each day I’m sure this list will be missing a few Salem tweeters, if you know of anyone we should add to this list please tell us.

Salem Info

The Salem Insider @saleminsider

Destination Salem @destsalem

Haunted Happenings @hauntedhappenings

North Shore Dish @northshoredish

Salem History Society @salemhistorysoc

Salem News @salemnews

Salem Businesses

Crunchy Granola Baby @crunchygranolab

Engine House Pizza @enginehouse

Fools Mansion @foolsmansion

Gulu Gulu Cafe @gulucafe

Harbor Sweets @harborsweets

Hawthorne Hotel @hawthornehotel

Jaho Coffee @jahocoffee

Patriot Lobster @patriot_lobster

Rouge Cosmetics @rougecosmetics

Salem Harley Davidson @salemHD

Salem Theater @salemtheatre

Salem Wax Museum @salemwax

Salem YMCA @salemfamilyymca

Seed Stitch @seedstitch

Sophias of Salem @sophiasofsalem

Spirit Wellness Center @spiritwellsalem

Strega @stregasalem

Treasures Over Time @timelytreasures

Upper Crust Pizza @uppercrustpizza

Witches Cottage @witchescottage

Municipal / Education

Phoenix School @phoenixschool

Salem Public Library @salemmalibrary

Salem State Arts @salemstatearts

The Build Guild, a montly Salem meet-up for web professionals is hosting a special event tonight they will have a few special guests: Eric Meyer, Ethan Marcotte, Dan Cederholm, and perhaps Rob Weychert. If you are a web person then you know these names.

Admission tonight at Spirits (upstairs)  is limited and this will meet it’s capacity.  If you can’t make tonights 6:30pm event the Build Guild meets every month at Spirits, hit their website and sign up for notification.

This special pannel of noteable internet professionals is sponsored by.

• BuySellAds.com
• Simplebits
• Booyant
• iMarc

Be there or be ◻

As of today you will find our list of local blogs on its own around town page. This is a page of blogs written by people who live or work in the Salem area. Some people blog about their businesses others about personal life but the common theme is life in Salem Massachusetts.

If you want to see other Salem blogs added to our around town page just let us know. We have set up a few categories to help readers quickly navigate through to the blogs they might find interesting. We look forward to your input to improve this page an grow it so we can showcase more of Salem’s bloggers.

1. Get it in the Bunghole – Published almost a full year ago this post caught fire through the social networks and just took off. It’s funny how with all the great historic treasures Salem has and the publicity our city gives its events that some  people flock here just to visit Bunghole Liquors.
2. Nightlife in Salem – One of the great things about Salem is the abundance of nightlife.  This past year we have seen the good and bad side of having a thriving scene.  Hopefully 2009 sees none of the uglyness that made national headlines.
3. Secret Salem Real Estate – Bakers Island – It seems as though we hit a raw nerve with this post.  Our historical retrospective of this rock just off the coast of Salem evoked emotions from some who would have preferred we kept mum on subject.
4. Let the photo contest voting begin – In the summer of 2008 we ran a few photo contests and were treated to some fine photography from many of the people who live in town.  That reminds me, perhaps it’s time to do a winter photo contest…
5. Witch City Ink opens – We often do articles about shops in town and this one apparently was of particular interest to you.  Maybe it was due to the PEM exhibit of Maori tattoo or because everyone wondered what was being built on Essex Street but either way it was well read.
6. Octoberfest and Pub Crawling – There were some great new events this October for the height of our Halloween season.  One new event was the Oktoberfest tent and a perennial favorite was the Drunken Happenings Pub Crawl.  We attended both and spread the word.  I’m glad October only comes around once a year – but those events were a blast.
7. DARQ -  In June a friend of ours told us about an idea he had, running a Goth night in Salem.  While we all thought it was a no-brainer we also had reservations about how it would fit into the down town Salem nightlife scene and his proposed location.   I’m happy to say that eight months later DARQ is still going strong now with two nights every month.
8. Restaurant Reviews – While not really a post this page was our second most viewed page on the site.  Since posts 8-20 are littered with restaurant reviews I figured adding this page was worthwhile.  Its a one stop shop for all our reviews.  Look for some new reviews and re-reviews in the new year.  As I stated last month, we are getting a new food critic shortly and are looking forward to this feature getting back up and running.

After publishing a few articles about the importance of a businesses website we ran through a self assessment and determined it was time for some improvements.  What we came up with is a format that is easier to read, cleaner and  more contemporary.

The month of October saw a great spike in traffic for us, akin to the spike in tourism that Salem sees each Halloween season.  Our pages were served up to over a quarter of a million people and we were just too busy.  Now that things have calmed down a bit we are going to focus on some items we let slip by us.  Look for some new resource pages, and some unique advertising around town.  Also in the works a series of historically based articles, another photo contest and if things work out a new dining critic, who many of you already know and love.

With all that being said, we aren’t going to forget our roots – being the insiders guide to restaurants, bars, nightlife, shopping and living in Salem Massachusetts.

Leave a comment and we will add your blog to our list.  Who knows you might get a few more subscribers.

Oh and before you ask, a link-back is not required.  We wouldn’t mind a link, if you enjoy this site – spread the love.