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Expand the Shelf Life of Free

by · October 22, 2010

What Does Your Business Give Away

Giving stuff away is nothing new to business owners. Remember S and H Green Stamps, where you collected stamps given away at gas stations with the hope of amassing enough stamps in your booklet for something from their gift catalog?  Fast food restaurants have toys for the kids meals, retailers have sales all the time, with some having way too many. Not to mention cereal companies have had free gifts inside since the beginning of time. And, for those of us old enough to remember, there was the famed Cracker Jack “Toy Surprise” inside. That was a pretty big hit for me as a kid, although I didn’t really care for the Cracker Jacks all that much.

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The Investment Of Giving

by · March 19, 2008

There’s a little diner on the block down from my office called Boomers. It’s a quaint little place run by a couple older than me (as opposed to older couple), John and Carole Taylor. The restaurant has decent food, decent prices and a good location but so do a dozen or so places within walking distance. Yet Boomers is distinctive for two primary reasons, both of which have everything to do with social media despite the fact the only time the word Internet has been used there is probably to describe the place where the cook’s hair is.

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