Apr 2, 2013

Cash Mob Scheduled For Lucky Stewartville BusinessBy Gretta BecayPostBulletin.com

Stewartville, MN – From Elkhorn, Neb., to Atlanta, and from DeSoto, Texas, to Stewartville, cash mobs are a new tool to help local community-minded businesses get a quick cash infusion.

The mobs are patterned after flash mobs, those groups of people that gather in malls, train stations, or other large venues and perform unusual and sometimes pointless acts or, a musical number or a dance.

The events appear to be spontaneous, like a commercial when someone mentions the magic word, but they are organized and preplanned meticulously, often via social media like Twitter and Facebook.

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