StormDawg Small Business Stimulus Contest – October
Hey all,
October’s Small Business Stimulus Contest begins RIGHT NOW!
If you haven’t heard about the details of my contest, read all about how it started in August’s post.
Here’s this month’s NEW RULES for entering:
You must submit your entry via a comment on this blog post, using the form below.
Your entry / comment must include your name, company name, phone number and a valid email address.
In your comment below, tell us about your business, what you currently do for marketing, your struggles, and why you need the FREE marketing from infoGROUP. (More rules are on last month’s contest post.)
Are you nominating a business that isn’t your own? Just provide the business’s contact information, and be sure to mention your own name in the comment, so we have the best chance of reaching you.
CLICK HERE TO ENTER YOUR COMMENT / STORY NOW!
Deadline for this month’s entries is October 26th, 2009 at midnight!
Winners will be selected, contacted and announced by the end of October.
… DON’T FORGET… increase your chance of winning when your friends vote for your story!
Tell all your friends to vote for your entry! Take a look at the comments and submissions below. Notice the new voting icon at the bottom. Use it to have your friends and fans vote for your entry. The more votes you have, the more we’ll notice your story, and the greater your chances of being selected as this month’s winner!
Don’t work too hard!
StormDawg







Best Thai food I’ve found.
I am writing this on behalf of my mother and her new company. Less than a year ago, my mom decided to make a HUGE career decision. On her own, but with over 10 years of previous experience working for another company, she decided to open her own group travel company. Recently she was able to move her office out of her home to a “real” physical office building. She tries very hard to get her name out there, but she is in need for some help in that area. My mom works alone; doing tedious office tasks from dusk until dawn, and then has to travel with her groups often. Her office is located in West Virginia, which makes it even harder to advertise, then to say New York or Miami where there are a lot more people. Currently for marketing, my mom has reached out to previous clients that she has worked with. She uses the good ole “word of mouth” technique, which kind of pays off because she is so good at what she does. Other than that, she has made some phone calls and trips looking for new clients. She has also paid someone to make her a website. I feel that this company has everything it needs to be very successful except for help in marketing.
The company’s info is below:
American Adven-Tours, Inc.
304-931-4739
Owner: Marilyn “M.J.” Starkey
Checks and Balances is 25 year old established small business accounting firm that has survived solely on my pockets. I have trained dozens of people who had various disabilities from addiction problems to physical to loss of employment from being brushed aside. I give my last pennies to people who cry to me for help leaving me to sacrifice myself to keeping my doors open and service to many people and businessess who just need that helping hand. I believe in making Checks and Balances a household name to many small entrepreuners yet working 24 hours 7 days limits my ability to branch out. I always wonder if I am an Accountant or Shrink.
I have dealt with this Chevy dealership in the past and have been satisfied Now as is the case with many businesses times are tough, but Danny Meyer has come through and taken the extra step in trying to help me sell an antique estate car. I think this is above and beyond just trying to get me a new vehicle that I want.
Need a vehicle see Danny Meyer at:
Meyer Chevrolet
61-15 Metropolitan Avenue
Middle Village, NY 11379
(718) 821-7650
I have hired this cleaning company to clean my parents and my in-laws homes because they are elderly now and so it’s just easier to have a cleaning service come in. They use all biodegradable and non-toxic cleaning supplies. They are extremely pleasant, cheerful, and just kind to my parents. The cleaning jobs they do for the elderly are very thoughtful and charitable in that the company works with them to be able to afford the service on their fixed incomes. Most elderly people are forced to live on a budget because of a fixed income and The Greener Cleaner always makes their service affordable for their elderly customers no matter what the circumstances. I recommend this company to all of my friends and I’m also trying to assist them in getting contracts with some of the Retirement Communities that are popping up. I mean its the least I could do for how helpful and accomodating they have been to me and all of my parents.
Safest and most effective weight loss method on the market. You lose weight, your body reshapes NATURALLY and you learn to NEVER regain the weight if you eat properly. Overweight and obese patients have lost weight and stopped using their DIABETIC AND HYPERTENSIVE medications WITHOUT relapse of their previous hypertensive and diabetic conditions. The CAUSE of the medical problems was the EXTRA WEIGHT! By dropping the extra weight, the medical problems were DROPPED ALSO!!!
With the help of the Almighty God, I have created a magazine called Mi-Generation. We are currently in the process of completing our 6th issue. This magazine is intended for people of all ages, gender, backgrounds, and all walks of life. It is a magazine about real people, with real stories, real thoughts and real ideas; this magazine is about real life. Every month we go out in search of stories from teens, parents, adults, young children ect. We incorporate these stories on monthly topics and currently distribute online. We believe this magazine to be a communication tool for parents and their children, single parent to single teen to teen. There is a little for everyone. Mi-Generation touches on spiritual aspects of life as well. This magazine is an inspirational guide to life. We function completely of personal income and everything we offer is free, from articles to Ad’s. We have faith that this magazine is the missing link for a more positive, motivated generation. With your help we can make sure to spread the message to the public in a more effective manor.
Hey all,
I must confess I have been using some of my personal stories as the backdrop for some of my posts latley.
In a recent post, I talked about a guy that was running a group home and died. It put the house in real dissary and in pretty short order the house is falling apart. My brother-in-law lives in that house.
As things started to unravel, the family decided to do soemthing pretty radical and open up our own group home. This sounds like quite an undertaking but we do have some of the required skill sets, one of Kim’s sisters, Kris has a license to run an assited living facility, Karen was formerly in real estate, Kris’s husband Scott, Kim and I are generalists. Once you get through the family BS, we were able to move pretty fast. Karen found a house and we put a bid in on it. I set up a corporation and got the loan paperwork going. Scott is working on the business model and trying to find a few small investors and Kim and Kris are trying to figure out which of residents of the current facility will move into our new facility.
This is a labor of love because everyone involved has the interests of the residents in mind. They have lived together for over 15 years and are family. They thrive on a daily routine and we are trying to hold it together for them. I will be letting know how all this works out in the next few weeks. Our immediate goal is to keep these people safe and happy but who knows, it may turn into the next big small business adventure and I will need marketing help to get more residents.
Ludlow Fitness is a gym on NYC’c lower east side. The management, staff, instructors and trainers are amazing and make you feel at home. They offer free apples and a clean facility for a great price. This business really cares about its customers!
I joined Heart to Heart Introductions to find a special person. It took 11 months, but they found me a special person, that I would never find on my own. A great company, that will work to get the job done.