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To: RosieCotton
Ask them whether they've considered having a web presence. Perhaps you could offer your help in that area if it's something they're looking to get into...

Networking and collecting contacts is the best way to find a job.

3,299 posted on 09/12/2005 12:13:19 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("Usually we try to go break things. Here we're trying to fix things." --Gen. Honore 09/07 press conf)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

spam before bear?


3,300 posted on 09/12/2005 12:14:55 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear
snaig?
3,301 posted on 09/12/2005 12:15:06 PM PDT by Bear_in_RoseBear ("Usually we try to go break things. Here we're trying to fix things." --Gen. Honore 09/07 press conf)
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To: Bear_in_RoseBear

From what I can tell, they used to have a very basic web page with just their name and address and a list of what they carried - I remember seeing it and being frustrated by it years ago, as they're one of just a handful of shops that carry certain high end brands. Other places have inventory and photos on-line, which is a much, much better way of doing business. It means people are more likely to stop in, as they know more or less what you have in stock, *plus* people will actually order hard-to-get instruments no matter how far away they are. My guitar came from a smallish shop in Tennessee - I knew more or less what model I wanted, the shop had a good reputation, I was able to talk to them about it over the phone and even hear it that way (some can even do MP3s), which isn't as good as hands-on...but for rural folks, it may be the best they can do.

Now...some places don't want to deal outside the local area, and I can understand that. But you also increase just local traffic if people know what you've got. And we've got a HUGH rural state above us, plus a lot of land around us. People come from a long way away to shop in Fort Collins. A website could well be a draw for many. Ya never know.

They don't even have the basic website anymore. Dunno what happened. There are references to it in some places on-line, so I know I'm not imagining things!


3,306 posted on 09/12/2005 12:23:39 PM PDT by RosieCotton (Pray, hope, and don't worry. - St. Pio)
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