Reflecting on 2018

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photo by @bendmattox

Happy New Year, Columbia. We’ve come a long way together since April 3, 2017, when our first official newsletter was sent. Oh, ye olden times.

Thank you to all of you who have subscribed + followed us in 2018. Y’all have made this past year so special– and it’s our resolution to make being part of the COLAtoday fam even better.

To celebrate the start of 2019 + to reflect on the past year, we put together the top 2018 COLAtoday momentsdecided by you, the readers.

COLAtoday 2018 by the numbers:

37,000+ email subscribers | Tell your friends

19.2K+ Instagram followers | @colatoday

10,000+ Facebook followers | @colatoday

3,900+ Twitter followers | @colatoday

#CrewGoals:

Our overall audience for 6AM City | 593,445

And here are top 3 performing social posts of 2018:

#Breaking: Halls Chophouse is coming to Columbia | 49,000+ people reached

Zaxby’s has pulled out of the old Harper’s building | 1,531 likes

Jay-Z and Beyonce’s OTR tour at Willy-B | 1,476 likes

And finally– a huge shout out to our partners, who make it all possible. Click on the links below to learn more about each brand.

South State Bank

Lowes Foods

CAE Airport

Columbia Fireflies

Nephron Pharmaceuticals

Five Points Association

Lexington Medical Center

Art of Real Estate

Know someone who needs us in their daily lives? Use the buttons below to pass us along. (Thanks in advance for making our community even more connected in 2019).

Looking ahead, what would you like to see from COLAtoday in the upcoming year? We’ve got so much in the works, but we’d love it if you’d reply to this email with your feedback + ideas. Or – as always – drop us a note on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Wishing you the best in 2019,

The COLAtoday team

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