Thank you for choosing to support our newly created IV Buy Local campaign launched on June 13, 2011. Myself and others have had a busy couple of weeks recruiting other businesses to join our effort. I'm pleased to report that we now have 66 local, independent, businesses that support us. Thank you everybody for your work so far in making this happen.
I plan to send out one e-mail every Friday to update you on our ongoing success. Currently our goal is to recruit over 500 businesses to support us within three months time and we are well on our way to achieving that goal. As we develop this campaign we will be providing everybody with more tools and ideas on how to have your business achieve maximum value from it. After all, that is our #1 objective for all members - revenue enhancement for your local, independent, business.
In order to support the quick growth of our membership I would ask you to take the following steps:
1) Refer other local, independent businesses to join us. The more members we have, the more influential our campaign will be. Please see attached flyer for membership information. I'd be glad to print these out for you in color at no charge at Office Supply Co. In order for a business to qualify as member (remember membership is currently free), please just send me paul@oscofficesolutions.com the name of the business, the contact person, and their e-mail address so we can add them to our list of members. That's all I need!
2) We purchased a domain name at www.buylocalimperialvalley. org The site should be up within the next week and will list all of our members.
3) If you are a Facebook user, "like" our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ imperialvalley We have well over 5,000 local Imperial Valley residents on this page and we would like to grow this number within the next 12 months to over 10,000. Almost every day I will be highlighting a member business to our Facebook community. Each post currently renders approximately 5,000 impressions. If you consider that a typical ad online costs about a penny per impression, this amounts to an approximately a $50 value per post being supplied at no charge to our members.
If you have any ideas or feedback that you would like to share please feel free to contact me at paul@oscofficesolutions.com Until next Friday, be sure to think local, and buy local, especially from our other member businesses listed below.
Paul McManus
CEO of Office Supply Co.
Founder of the Imperial Valley Independent Business Alliance (IVIBA)
Adademi Awards & Trophies |
AM Copiers |
Baja Towing |
Barcelo General Services |
Beckish Lock & Key |
Bella Musica |
Boatwright's Bakery and Catering |
Brooks Jewelry |
Burger's & Beer |
Caliber Screen Printing |
Catsoozie Creations |
Chairez Advertising |
Charter Construction |
Cicinelli's Pizza & Pasta |
Computer Doctor |
Curtis Roadrunner Lock & Safe |
Dave West Insurance |
Del Rio Country Club |
Desert Paws |
Desert Security |
Discount Insurance & Income Tax Services |
Dish Network |
Dobson's Antiques & Collectibles |
Dr. Drains |
Fifth Ave. Book Center |
First Imperial Credit Union |
Fun Fit Boot Camps |
Gold & Diamond Exchange |
Graphix |
Green's Jewelry |
Green's Jewelry |
Hair Inn |
Hart Insurance Center |
House of Steaks and Antipasto |
Hutchinson & Bloodgood |
ICU Optical |
Imperial Business Systems |
Imperial Valley Press |
Imperial Valley School of Dance |
KXO Radio |
La Bella Pizzeria |
Las Dos Cazuelas Restaurant |
Linda Real Estate |
Little Hands Learning Center |
Office Supply Company |
Old Time 60's Deli |
On Broadway Guest Center |
PhotoJennix |
Pioneer Van & Storage |
Puerto Nuevo Bar & Grill |
Reliance Public Relations |
Richard Pata Engineering |
Romero Carpet Care |
San Sebastian Rustic |
Sanders Inc. Architecture & Engineering |
Smile Paradise Orthodontics |
Technology Depot |
The Cinderella Effect |
The Dahm Team |
The Finish Line Pro Bike Shop |
The Owl Club & Bar |
Twilight |
Unlimited 4x4 |
Vintage Collectibles |
Wintergarden Toastmasters |
Xxpress Lube |
Yady's Jewelry |