TAG! You’re It! Microsoft’s cool new tool…
December 28, 2010 by Loma Gregg
Filed under Advertising
Microsoft Tag is a super cool, super unique type of bar coding that uses a phone app to scan the coding that looks like a square with shapes and colors, bringing the user – and your potential customers – to anything from a web link, video, map, online coupon or even dial your phone [...]
Just Say “No”
November 22, 2010 by Mary White-Cornell
Filed under Advertising, Blog, Local Store Marketing
Ok, quick – close your eyes and tell me what businesses are on the shirt you just looked at.
How many did you get right?
Did you recall the phone number for the heating and cooling business whose name we can’t see?
How about the Grill Shop, does seeing their logo make you want to shop there?
If someone [...]
Let The World Know About Your Event
September 16, 2010 by Mary White-Cornell
Filed under Advertising, Building Sales, Social Media
Having an event at your restaurant or participating in one in the community? Upcoming is a great site for creating on-line buzz and letting your guests and neighbors know.
“Upcoming is a community for discovering and sharing events. It can help you find stuff to do, discover what your friends are doing, or let you keep [...]
Denny’s Gets It.
February 22, 2010 by Loma Gregg
Filed under Advertising, Blog, Building Sales, Word of Mouth
Its our opinion that the best way to ‘hook’ customers is to get them to taste your food. If you’re going to spend $1 to try to get them to taste it – why not GIVE them the taste? Here’s a recent article to support our give away principles. Get the food in their mouths, [...]
How To Build Excitement For Slow Days
August 21, 2009 by Loma Gregg
Filed under Advertising, Building Sales, Local Store Marketing
When you’re going to do a promotion for a slow day, the first thing you may think to do is to let everyone know exactly what’s going on. But if you want to peak the promotion, just give a little at a time. A teaser.
This works well with all types of venues. The more upscale [...]
Local Marketing – Google Style
August 17, 2009 by Loma Gregg
Filed under Advertising, Building Sales, Local Store Marketing, Quick & Easy Ideas, Social Media
The Google Local Business Center is a must visit for business in general, but certainly for businesses attempting to attract customers in their local community. As you may know, Google allows you to add your business to a directory and then enhance your profile with all kinds of information about your business, products, and services. [...]
Buzz Bacon says: Fry, fry and fry again. Persistence and sizzle pay off!
April 20, 2009 by Loma Gregg
Filed under Advertising, Blog, Building Sales
Marketing results do not happen over night. You might get a blitz of people from an advertising campaign, but it may turn into a one time shot… Not being consistent is a recipe for disaster!
How consistently do you market your services? Do you even have a marketing plan? Or are you like most businesses who [...]
