I Worked Downtown Day
Posted on June 3, 2010 - Filed Under Amused, Marketing, Ranting, This Town | Leave a Comment
So we’ve been told or encouraged to buy a t-shirt for $10 or $15 to show that we worked downtown – it’s at Pier 1 – right behind us and not on Main Street – weird place to have an event if you asked me. And then the Business and Employment Center is hosting a [...]
Read More..>>Summer Hours
Posted on May 7, 2010 - Filed Under Business, Marketing, This Town, management | 1 Comment
Yes ! we are seriously contemplating about our summer hours – and we are not even into summer yet – but with the weather getting warmer and the last few nites seeing more customers walking in after 8pm – makes us want to change our hours and open longer at night. So here I am [...]
Read More..>>Snap Dollars Actually Pays!
Posted on October 25, 2008 - Filed Under Finances, Internet, Marketing | Leave a Comment
Another check that’s been a long time coming, Snap Dollars advertises that you can get paid to read emails. It’s true, but at 3 to 5 cents per email it can take a very long time to save up the $40 minimum payout amount. You get a $5 bonus just for signing up [...]
Read More..>>Signs Everywhere
Posted on October 20, 2008 - Filed Under Amused, Marketing | Leave a Comment
Between a lot of houses in town being for sale and a whole bunch more proclaiming their support for this councilor or that mayoral candidate, there’s barely an empty lawn to be seen. Not forgetting those people who are lucky enough to run a home based business, which of course needs signage as well.
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Email Marketing
Posted on July 24, 2008 - Filed Under Internet, Marketing | Leave a Comment
I hate spam email as much as the next guy, but there are a lot of good uses for Email marketing software such as sending out newsletters or specials to those customers who have signed up for such things. Using something like Outlook Express can work for small lists, but if you’re sending out [...]
Read More..>>Marketing on Facebook
Posted on July 15, 2008 - Filed Under Business, Marketing | Leave a Comment
Over the last month or so I’ve been trying to use Facebook to do a little marketing. It’s not too bad, and during the month I only spent a little over $5. Overall I’m not sure how much extra business it’s brought me, but I can credit it with the sale of 10 [...]
Read More..>>Web Directory Listing Benefits
Posted on April 12, 2008 - Filed Under Business, Internet, Marketing | Leave a Comment
I’ve been wondering a bit lately if it’s worth the effort to get listed in web directories. After all, everywhere you look a new one is springing up, and a web directory could be as simple as one person publishing his list of bookmarks or as elaborate as a database of thousands of links [...]
Read More..>>Another Business Directory
Posted on April 9, 2008 - Filed Under Business, Internet, Marketing | Leave a Comment
So you’ve got yourself a shiny new website and can’t figure out the best way to start promoting it? One of the best ways to get off to a cheap start is to get listed in free business directories such as DirMania. A business directory is a great way to get your name [...]
Read More..>>Regular Jobs, MLM, Pyramids, Reverse Funnels Etc.
Posted on March 30, 2008 - Filed Under Business, Marketing | 1 Comment
I had someone leave a comment on my Reverse Funnel System post saying that even a regular job is just a pyramid scheme because the people on bottom make less money. Sure, I can see his point in a very vague way. There’s the owner on top who generally makes the most money, [...]
Read More..>>Keyword Research
Posted on January 18, 2008 - Filed Under Business, Internet, Marketing | Leave a Comment
When working online, search engine traffic can make or break you, depending on the service or products you are offering and what your target audience is. If you’re trying to reach a wide market, whether it’s continental or even global, using and promoting the right keywords is very important. When a potential customer [...]
Read More..>>Xmas Giveaway at Overstock
Posted on December 3, 2007 - Filed Under Contests, Internet, Marketing, gadgets, shopping | Leave a Comment
Overstock.com, a large internet based retailer of nearly any item you can think of, is having an All I want for Christmas Giveaway. You can win any item they sell that’s worth $1000 or less and also win something for 5 of your friends in the process. That would be a good way [...]
Read More..>>TV Commercial Production
Posted on November 12, 2007 - Filed Under Business, Marketing | Leave a Comment
Back when we first opened we used to run some commercials on TV. Granted it was just the local TV guide type channel, but this was before digital cable was available around here with those fancy built in guides, so a lot of people who go to this channel regularly just to see what [...]
Read More..>>Internet Marketing
Posted on July 18, 2007 - Filed Under Internet, Marketing | Leave a Comment
I was just introduced to an interesting new blog that discusses internet marketing strategies such as optimizing your landing page, multivariate testing and some ideas on how to make your blog attract and keep more readers. I also found some nice articles regarding Microsoft’s partnering with Ask.com (Ask.com is also promoted heavily by Ask [...]
Read More..>>Pens
Posted on June 30, 2007 - Filed Under Marketing | Leave a Comment
Seems like I’m always running out of pens. I haven’t quite figured out why. I buy a box of 12 every couple months. I can’t possibly be using that many. They must be growing legs and walking away when my back is turned. It’s the only explanation I can [...]
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