Thursday, December 22, 2011

Two neat RelyLocal commercials from other owners in Columbia, SC and Collierville, TN.

I thought these were a couple of pretty neat RelyLocal commercials made from other Relylocal owners in Columbia, SC. and Collierville, TN.  It's very exciting to be a part of something that is truly making a local difference in communities around the country.



Wednesday, December 21, 2011

An inside look at how RelyLocal.com helps our local businesses...

For those Facebook fans that may own a local business or know someone in town who is a local business owner I thought that I would share some insight on just how RelyLocal.com Prattville, Millbrook and Wetumpka genuinely helps our local businesses.

Today's market is really a "Global" market due to the internet.  Not only are people able to shop online and purchase online but on the flip side they are also able to scope out local businesses in another city or state that may provide a product or service that they need.

For Example, Let's say that you live in Illinois and your wife is taking a beach trip with her lady friends and find themselves in the Prattville area without AC for their car in the dead of summer.  Maybe the ladies don't own a smart phone that is internet ready (which would be rare these days) and call one of their husbands back in Illinois and ask what they should do.  The husband goes to Google and types in "automotive a/c repair prattville alabama".  The result would be...


Maybe he didn't type in "Automotive A/C repair Prattville Alabama" and he just simply Google searched "Mechanic Prattville Alabama".  The result would be...


The red arrows point to RelyLocal.com businesses.  These keywords and several thousand a month bring visitors from all around the globe to RelyLocal.com Prattville, Millbrook and Wetumpka.  The two pictures below show you how many different countries, states and cities have hit on our RelyLocal just through keyword hits over the past 21 days.

35 different countries have viewed our RelyLocal.com over the past 21 days


44 different states in the U.S.




And 58 different cities in Alabama



Overall over the past 21 days we have had 2,160 visits to our RelyLocal.com via Keyword searches on Google, Yahoo, Bing...

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Still Shopping for Christmas? Here are just a few of RelyLocal.com gift shops!

Just a few of the great local gift shops on RelyLocal.com.  Click on any picture to be take to their website.
A Touch of New York in Downtown Prattville


Victorias Boutique in Downtown Prattville


Fanci Free Boutique & Garden Cafe in Downtown Prattville



 
The Studio and The Vogue Gift Shops and Fashion Apparel in Millbrook

 


Re-Threads Preloved Clothing Store in Pratts Mill Shopping Center Prattville


Friday, December 16, 2011

Cliche's for the day...

Your worst humiliation is only someone else's momentary entertainment.
Karen Crockett
You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing.
Michael Pritchard
Men will spend their health getting wealth. Then, gladly pay all they have earned to get health back.
Mike Murdock


Thursday, December 15, 2011

The 3/50 Project


How did The 3/50 Project begin?
As many great things do...by accident.

The first week in March 2009 sowed the seeds for what would later become a firestorm—
Monday: Oprah does a show instructing consumers to stop spending money on anything that was non-necessity

Tuesday: CBS News reports that “Consumer spending drives 70% of the economy. When consumers put their wallets away, the economy has trouble making a U-turn.”

Friday: In a guest spot on the Today Show, Erin Burnett from CNBC talks about how psychology plays into the economy and the importance of innovation in times of difficulty

Sunday: Erin’s back, this time on Meet the Press, chiding the national media for taking negative hyperbole into the stratosphere

Mix those together with a deep seated desire to create a message that’s positive and achievable, and, well...you get a blog post written on March 11, 2009, giving birth to The 3/50 Project.

The next week, I threw together a free flyer businesses could crank out of their desktop printers to hand customers. Within 48 hours, I received more than 350 emails asking “What else have you got?”

So I built the website you see today, launching it mid-afternoon on Monday, March 30th.

In the first seven days, more than 7,600 people found it (8,600+ if you count repeat visits).

Be careful what you blog about. It just might change the world. Or at least someone’s world.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The Weight of Walmart

Here’s a great graphic from Frugal Dad that gives some great visual representations of just how HUGE WalMart really is… Rather than spoil the creativity with a summary of the data, check it out for yourself:
Walmart Infographic