Custom Coupons!

Okay Folks!

Someone has gotten it RIGHT!  And that business is.....drum roll....KROGER!

I went to the mail yesterday and pulled out an envelope...very uninspired I must say...

I opened it to find a letter (and 20 coupons for EXACTLY the products I use) from the President of Kroger Mid-Atlantic, thanking me, Chris Brown, for shopping at Kroger.

Evidently they HAVE been watching what I (and my wife) shop for, keeping tabs, measuring, and pegging certain foods and products as THE ones I love...

And guess what?....they got it right!

From my Organic peeled carrots, to the Deer Park water, to the Fresh Express Pre-Washed Salads...they GOT it!

And as far as a customer goes.....They got ME too!

Way to go Kroger...I hope your competitors are (or are not) listening!...

Google Business Directory...Get on it!

If you haven't already listed your business on Google's free business directory, which utilizes Google Maps to pinpoint and identify your business location,...you are missing an effective (AND FREE!) way to promote your business.

It's very simple and easy to do. Just gather some information about your business, the words/phrases that your customers use to search for your business through the Google Search Engine, and get started by going to this link:

http://www.google.com/local/add/businessCenter

The site will prompt you to set up an account, and/or add a listing to your existing one.

The ranking will show up on a search results page adjacent to the "Google Map" located at the top of the organic search engine results, just beneath the Paid search results.

And yet another way to promote your business....