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Tans for Teddy Bears Pictures

Tans for Teddy Bears

One of my favorite things about being a small business owner is having the ability to impact others lives together with my customers. Since opening the first extreme tan and smoothies location in Largo, Florida in 2004 I’ve had the chance to be part of so many amazing events that have helped so many others. [Continue Reading]

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Proof Review: “How to Exfoliate” Rack Card

How to Exfoliate

Good morning maniacs! I’m hot off a monstrous day of productivity yesterday and even brought a little proof with me for today’s lunch consumption. I finally broke out of my holiday chains yesterday morning with my, “Monday Morning Stretch” article. In that article I listed a few of my goals for the coming week, one of which [Continue Reading]

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Crazy Landlord

Crazy Landlord

I’ve had some excellent conversations on my LinkedIn profile with a few of my connections in regards to my rants about my crazy landlord out in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida. For those of you that recently started reading my blog or those of you that haven’t had a chance to check out my about me [Continue Reading]

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Marketing Example: Red Light Therapy Poster

Red Light Skin Rejuvenation

I recently had a Red Light Therapy skin rejuvenation and massage unit added to the available services available at my Clearwater, Florida Extreme Tan and Smoothies location. In order to get the word out and create additional awareness amongst my customers I had the following design done for posters that will go in each of [Continue Reading]

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105 Small Business Blog Post Ideas I Got from This One Incredible Article

Blog Post Ideas for Small Business Blogs

It isn’t everyday that a blogger comes across an article that can help him/her come up with over 100 new topics to write about on their blog. It’s even more difficult for small business bloggers to come up with that many topics to write about on a consistent basis, never mind 100+ in one sitting. [Continue Reading]

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8 Things To Do When Creating Your Small Business Google+ Page

Google+ Tips for Small Business

A few days ago I shared a list of the Google+ brand pages that I created for my brands and small business the day that Google released brand pages to the public. In that post I showed how easy it is to create a Google+ brand page for your business or brand with a quick [Continue Reading]

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How to Create a Google+ Brand Page

Verify Google+ Account

A few days ago Google+ released Brand Pages to the masses. If you’ve been reading my blog or follow me through my Google+, Twitter or Facebook profiles it’s safe to say that you already know I jumped all over setting up brand pages as soon as they came out. After getting most of the basics [Continue Reading]

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How to Switch Between Google+ Pages and Personal Profiles

Navigate Between Google+ profile and brand page

I’ve posted about how to create a new Google+ brand page for your small business or product and some of you may have noticed that upon completing your new Google+ page, you will notice a pop-up message stating that you are now logged in using your new page. If you log out, then back in, [Continue Reading]

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Share the Tanning Luv Facebook App Coming Soon

Facebook Free Tanning

I honestly don’t even know if we will be going with the actual, “Share the Tanning Luv” name for the latest custom Facebook app that I’m having designed for my small business. I own a chain of indoor tanning salons in the Tampa Bay area that have served up somewhere in the area of 1 [Continue Reading]

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Third Time is a Charm – Van vs Colt Pictures

Van Accident Pictures

On Friday around 4:30pm I received a phone call from Mike my VPO for Extreme Tan and Smoothies. Mike was calling to inform me that one of our company vehicles had been involved in an accident and he was on his way to the scene in order to get a closer look at the situation. [Continue Reading]

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9 BTS Pictures from the Extreme Tan and Smoothies TV Commercial Shoot

I Tan Naked TV Commercial Picture

On Wednesday I posted the video for the Extreme Tan and Smoothies Free Tanning til Labor Day TV commercial. The commercials are scheduled to air during this season of The Jersey Shore and Keeping up with the Kardashians in order to cap off the social media marketing campaign that went viral back in June. In [Continue Reading]

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Adding TV Commercial Advertising to My Social Media Marketing Campaign [video]

Tanning Commercial Pictures

It’s been a little over two months since I launched a social media campaign on Facebook that went viral. All though a viral social media success for me and my small business, the numbers generated from this marketing campaign would easily be trumped by bigger brands with more locations and resources. I understand that indoor [Continue Reading]

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Pop for Points Gets Added to Facebook Game TanMeToday

TanMeToday Pop for Points

Many of you that read my blog daily or subscribe to my newsletter know that I’ve been working on a custom Facebook Game for fans of indoor tanning. Being the owner of a chain of tanning salons in Florida this fits one of my business niches very well. Developing a custom Facebook game takes a [Continue Reading]

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Extreme Tan and Smoothies Facebook Game TanMeToday Reaches 400 Users

TanMeToday Facebook Game

It was only about a week ago that we posted that TanMeToday, the indoor tanning salon industry’s first official Facebook game for indoor tanners reached 250 players on my business blog. The article was titled, “TanMeToday Facebook Game for Tanners Hits 250 Users”, you can check it out if you feel like seeing something similar [Continue Reading]

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