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Do you wish your rural community, enterprise, or nonprofit were more visible?

Are you eager to connect with new potential visitors—but struggling to find the time and resources for marketing or outreach?

Would you like to build stronger relationships with your existing visitors or supporters—but there aren’t enough hours in the day for you to create content for newsletters or social media?

At Directory 506, we believe that more people would support small, rural businesses and tourism-dependent nonprofits if their offerings were easier to search and read about. We also believe that the potential for outstanding storytelling and communications by rural communities is limitless, if affordable ways can be found to generate and share that content.

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  • Communications assessment by our editorial team to determine high-potential areas for storytelling and marketing
  • Access to monthly communications coaching through an exclusive WhatsApp group
  • Bilingual publication of stories about your business/organization in the Travel & Living section of El Colectivo 506
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I’m not sure what level is best for me. Can I move between levels?

Yes! All Directory 506 members can start with a free profile and then upgrade to Basic or Premium at any time.

How does El Colectivo 506’s Event Calendar work (Basic and Premium Level)?

Directory members at the Basic and Premium level unlock direct access so that they can upload events to our national calendar—concerts, festivals, fairs, and more. After editorial approval, the events will be displayed on an Events section that is available to visitors to Directory 506 (directorio506.com) as well as our linked digital magazine, El Colectivo 506 (elcolectivo506.com). In addition, the editorial team of El Colectivo 506 will rely on the Calendar to help us identify event and cultural information that we can add to our articles and social media posts.

How will I be published in El Colectivo 506 (Premium Level)?

The editorial team at El Colectivo 506 will identify opportunities where the stories you have to tell about your business or organization fit well into our publication formats, and will create a personalized questionnaire that will help us complete the information we need to create a fully published piece with you. We provide our Premium Members with conceptual editing, copy editing, graphic editing/photo selection, and translation to create a full published piece that is shared in English and Spanish on elcolectivo506.com and all our social media. Members are encouraged to share the content on their own social media, blogs, newsletters and other materials.

Why can’t I subscribe to the Premium level on a monthly basis?

At the Premium level, our editorial team invests significant time in each member working with you to develop stories for our digital magazine, and more. This process requires significant dedication from our team and works best when we can get to know your business or organization over time so that we can identify the best ways to co-create content and position you within our digital magazine and outreach. That’s why we require a yearly commitment.

What if I just want to hire El Colectivo 506’s editorial team for a single featured story?

Our team of in-house and freelance content creators can be hired for specific stories and have created written features, photographic projects, and videos for clients. Learn more on our Portfolio Page and contact us for a quote.

What services does Directory 506 offer its members?

Directory 506 offers services on three levels (Free, Basic, and Premium), including:

  • Listings that are searchable by location, keyword and category
  • Profile pages that are customizable depending on the level selected, features including text, links, photos, videos, reviews, and social media feeds
  • A nationwide Calendar to which Basic and Premium members can upload events
  • A monthly gathering for a very specific communications training from the editorial team of El Colectivo 506, our bilingual, digital news magazine. 
  • Access to a growing community of Directory 506 members sharing ideas, resources and tools.
  • A Customer Content service, which provides monthly content modules to support Directory members’ social media posts, newsletters, blogs and more.
What are the communications products we offer?

The editorial team at El Colectivo 506 can work with your business or organization to review communications assets (capacity within your team and community for content generation and outreach) and storytelling potential (opportunities to put a human face to your work and to the experiences people have when visiting you). The results of the assessment will not only guide us in working with you to create a communications plan by also identifying action areas for your outreach on your own social media. We also have a group of professionals (photographers, videographers, writers, social media experts, grant writers, and more) ready to offer specific services to your business at a competitive price range created specially for MiPYMES. 

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¡Episodio nuevo! Hoy, Mónica les lee su crónica ¡Episodio nuevo! Hoy, Mónica les lee su crónica, "Si los libros hablan de Costa Rica, ¿la niñez leerá más?" hecho posible por el patrocinio de la @editorialjirafayyo. Estamos tan agradecidas por su apoyo, que nos permitió profundizar aún más en este mundo de los libros y la lectura.⁠
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Busque "El Colectivo 506" en la plataforma de su preferencia, o encuentre el capítulo en Apple Podcasts - link en bio.⁠
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#aleer #lectura #letsread #costarica
Según la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (la Según la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (la Caja), un accionista, representante legal o socio no puede ser empleado de su propia figura jurídica, como una Sociedad Anónima (S.A.). Sin embargo, hay una zona gris que dice que sí. ⁠
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Lea más sobre este tema en El Colectivo 506 - LINK IN BIO ⁠
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#emprender #emprendedores ⁠
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Este contenido fue desarrollado con el apoyo del Banco Popular y de Desarrollo Comunal: ​En Banco Popular nos preocupamos por su bienestar. ​Solicite hoy mismo su crédito personal de forma fácil y rápida. Llame al teléfono 2202-20-20 o escríbanos al WhatsApp 8502-2020.​ Consulte las condiciones especiales de nuestros créditos en https://www.bancopopular.fi.cr/credito/.
Este jueves 25 de mayo, 6pm, saque una hora de su Este jueves 25 de mayo, 6pm, saque una hora de su tiempo para aprender qué es #periodismodesoluciones (#solutionsjournalism) y porqué mas medio en Costa Rica y la región deberían seguir este enfoque mas a menudo en sus coberturas.

Nuestra co-fundadora, Mónica Quesada Cordero MQC photo compartirá lo que hemos aprendido en nuestro medio sobre ir ese paso extra en nuestros reportajes.

La actividad es virtual y pueden ingresar con
Meeting ID: 859 6037 9859
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O seguir el vínculo:
https://sala506.com/SoJo-UCR 

Gracias a Horas Conferencia ECCC por el espacio. 

¡Nos vemos!
(ESP ⬇️) "After I tried dance classes, art cla (ESP ⬇️) "After I tried dance classes, art classes, and more, Mom and Dad encouraged me to start reading. It started off with what I thought were simple chapter books; I later came to realize that those books were actually very advanced for a first grader. Soon enough, the aroma of books became a staple in my backpack."⁠
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This is Jimena' story, a book lover at age 16. ⁠
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“Después de probar clases de baile, clases de arte y más, mamá y papá me alentaron a comenzar a leer. Comenzó con lo que pensé que eran simples libros de capítulos. Más tarde me di cuenta de que esos libros en realidad eran muy avanzados para una niña de primer grado. Muy pronto, el aroma de los libros se convirtió en un elemento básico en mi bulto”.⁠
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Esta es la historia de Jimena, una amante de la lectura a sus 16 años.⁠
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📷️ Gloria Calderón Fotografía⁠
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#aleer #lectoescritura #aprenderaleer #let'sread #readingskills #learntoread
Según la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (la Según la Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (la Caja), un accionista, representante legal o socio no puede ser empleado de su propia figura jurídica, como una Sociedad Anónima (S.A.), porque esta persona no puede estar subordinada a sí misma. ⁠
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Pero según la abogada laboral Viviana Sánchez Lanzony, la S.A. y la persona accionista están separadas.⁠
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¿Usted qué opina?⁠
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Lea más sobre este tema en El Colectivo 506 en el LINK IN BIO⁠
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Este contenido fue desarrollado con el apoyo del Banco Popular: ​En Banco Popular nos preocupamos por su bienestar. ​Solicite hoy mismo su crédito personal de forma fácil y rápida. Llame al teléfono 2202-20-20 o escríbanos al WhatsApp 8502-2020.​ Consulte las condiciones especiales de nuestros créditos en https://www.bancopopular.fi.cr/credito/.⁠
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La informalidad en los micro emprendimientos costa La informalidad en los micro emprendimientos costarricenses es una realidad que afecta principalmente a los dueños, fundadores, socios de estos proyectos... ⁠
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¿Cuál es su realidad?⁠
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Este mes en nuestra ruta Emprendedores 506, estamos explorando cómo se relacionan los fundadores, socios y socios trabajadores de los MiPyMES costarricenses con la institucionalidad. ⁠
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Lea más en el LINK IN BIO ⁠
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Este contenido fue desarrollado con el apoyo del Banco Popular: ​En Banco Popular nos preocupamos por su bienestar. ​Solicite hoy mismo su crédito personal de forma fácil y rápida. Llame al teléfono 2202-20-20 o escríbanos al WhatsApp 8502-2020.​ Consulte las condiciones especiales de nuestros créditos en https://www.bancopopular.fi.cr/credito/.⁠
(ENG ⬇️) ¿Se ha preguntado por qué un libro (ENG ⬇️) ¿Se ha preguntado por qué un libro le marco más que otros? Las razones pueden ser muchas, pero los estudios y las experiencias concuerdan que cuando la niñez y la adolescencia se encuentras frente a un libro en el que se pueden ver reflejados, aumenta el interés, y esto puede favorecer el avance en el desarrollo de las capacidades lectoras, y mejor aún, puede ayudarles a encontrar el placer de leer. ⁠
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En nuestro último reportaje a profundidad de ¡A Leer! les explicamos más. Encuéntrelo en el LINK IN BIO⁠
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Gracias a la Editorial La Jirafa y Yo por su apoyo para realizar esta edición. La Jirafa y Yo es una editorial especializada en literatura para la niñez y la adolescencia.⁠
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Have you ever wondered why one book marked you more than others? The reasons may be many, but studies and experiences agree that when children and adolescents find themselves in front of a book in which they can see themselves reflected, interest increases, and this can favor progress in the development of reading skills, and better yet, it can help them find the joy of reading. ⁠
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In our latest in-depth report on Let’s Read! we explain more. Find it at LINK IN BIO⁠
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Thanks to La Jirafa y Yo Publisher for their support in making this edition. La Jirafa y Yo is a publishing house specializing in literature for children and adolescents.⁠
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📷️ Mónica Quesada Cordero⁠
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#aleer #lectoescritura #aprenderaleer #let'sread #readingskills #learntoread
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