September 8, 2010

Harness the power of group buying to excite consumers in Dayton

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I have prepared a pdf that explains The Big Deal clearly. If you don’t understand Facebook and Twitter, this document can help you understand how the Big Deal in the Dayton area can generate buzz for your business for days and weeks. It also explains how The Big Deal is guaranteed advertising.

You can read it online or download the pdf and print it out to share with others in your retail, service, or restaurant business.

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On a personal note: My wife Patty and I have already visited two restaurants and purchased additional services after using a The Big Deal certificate. She is excited to receive her Big Deal each morning and has found it a fun and exciting way to try out new venues and services and restaurants. In all cases to date, we have purchased more than the face value of the certificate and have discussed our experience with many friends related to those businesses.

So far each business which I have signed up for The Big DEAL has informed me that on the day that their Big Deal ran, they saw a spike in activities on their web site and fielded many phone calls from eager consumers wanting to know more about their business.

After your Big DEAL runs, we provide you with a print out of all the certificates that have been purchased. In addition we give YOU a check for your portion of the proceeds from the event. How cool is that?

You can call me at 937-478-6222 to learn more about the program or to have me come by to sign you up. There is NO cost to sign up and run the program so long as we feel that your business and DEAL are appropriate for our audience of thousands of opt-in email subscribers and Facebook fans. Of course we get paid, but it is in the form of a portion of the actual sales so your success is as important to us as it is to you.

Beavercreek PRE for Lunch on Thursdays

I visited a PRE (Professional Referral Exchange) networking meeting at lunch time at the Beavercreek Country Club on New Germany Treibine Rd.

What a great group of business people. Right now the group is small, but each member is clearly committed to sending people to the other members of the group on a regular basis. PRE limits each category of business to one. Based on the quality of the individuals in this core group I can see that this would be a great group for the right business categories.

Here are the folks that I met:

Brian Roberts (attorney at law) chaired the meeting

Mick Lundy (State Farm Insurance) certainly made me feel comfortable and welcome. After I shared that I would love to meet a driveway paver company because I have an ad in this category of business that is doing very well in some zones in Cincinnati, Mike mentioned that he would be golfing with a fellow that owns a paving company and he would definitely discuss my program with him at that time.

Brad Cleeton (Financial Advisor – First Command) gave a presentation about his business and mentioned various referrals which had been given to him by other group members and many that he had given to other group members.

George Humerick Jr. (Parther,Igel Tax Services, LLC) shared about a referral from Brad of someone who had a tax issue where the IRS said they owed $17,000. After the meeting and working out everything the final tax bill came down to about $500. That was one VERY happy client who will never do his own taxes again.

These guys are all top professionals in what they do and I would have no problem recommending them. I will be keeping their card for reference.

The area director for PRE was there and another visitor and I were there as well. Lunch was graciously provided to the visitors and it was a great lunch. I had a grilled chicken sandwich with fruit as the side.

Russ Bailey (Send out Cards) was the other guest and was also clearly impressed with the professional and welcoming attitude of the members. Just got off the phone with Russ. I’ll be meeting with him some time soon.

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