LGB Marketing Tips

I had the rare chance to go out and “cold call” today in Waimea, Hawaii. It’s only the second day I’ve been able to cold call in the past 2 months. (We relaunched www.Letsgobanners.com and I’ve spent the last two months glued to my computer screen!) But, it was a good investment of time, as our bounce rate dropped by 10% already in the first week and our traffic has gone up. I am looking forward to start split testing our pages with Google Analytics

Waimea is an amazing place- truly beautiful. It reminds me of “Who-ville” (not sure how you spell Who-ville, I’ll Google it later!)
Rolling hills, beautiful floating white clouds, and an occasional sprinkle every now and then. The people are awesome, and we are lucky to work with some of the local businesses providing their vinyl banner and sign products.

I ran into a really great real estate agent in Waimea, Kelly Ann Wakayama. She runs Summit To Sea Realty and provides her services on the Big Island as well as in other cities state wide. I’m really looking forward to working with her. We had a great talk about video content and utilizing www.Youtube.com for posting videos.

Another really nice encounter was meeting with Monica Burgin, who is the office manager for Dr. Randall Cislo, D.M.D.- a dentist in Waimea. We’re going to try to help make an awning sign for their office.

We attended the Waimea Christmas Parade last year, and I keep thinking about how much fun it was. It makes me feel like I’m back in the mid west when the cool breeze floats in!

Until next time,
Take Care,
Chris Anderson

I recently (finally) got “suckered” into buying a phone book ad (yes, it’s a bright color, not white, black, red, green, blue, brown, or:_______) I can’t say the color here, probably would get a cease and desist order. But you know what I’m talking about.

The first 18 months we did business, we didn’t have ANY phone book listings. We focused our efforts in getting ranked in Google, MSN (now “Bing”) and Yahoo. Then, after about THREE customers complaining they “couldn’t find me in information (411) I decided to bite the bullet and buy a pretty nice ________(brite color) Page Ad. Well, we got a call pretty quickly from the ________ Page Ad. A call that I had to refer to someone else, because the lead didn’t even match up with what we sell.

So One More Month Later. NO CALLS AT ALL from the __________ AD. But we DID get a $200 order on line from Google today, and several leads from people finding us through the search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing.) So I’m now starting to curse myself for committing to that nice _________ phone book ad. That they will bill me for for the next 11 months. (HOW COULD I BE SO DUMB? I PREACH THE BEST WAY EVERYDAY AND GOT SUCKERED INTO A 12 MONTH COMMITMENT.) OK. I REALLY KNOW BETTER NOW. DUH.

And I’ve been preaching SEO (Google, Yahoo, MSN “Bling”) for years. You would not believe the number of people who ask me everyday how we get sites like www.LetsGoBanners.com ranked in Google etc.

To the point, that David Tatera (our ops Adviser and Senior Consultant) finally talked me into putting together a “Biting Your Teeth On SEO” course, and a more advanced “OK Now What” course. These courses will be available in the next two weeks. So send me an email cs@letsgobanners.com if you want to be notified how I’ve ranked my sites for years.

Chris,
Lets Go Banners Dot Com
808-430-6567

We’ve been really busy with our spirit flags (athletic flags for mainly football right now.) We’ve been shipping them as well a providing them locally.
The neat thing about these custom flags is that they fit inside an envelope and can be mailed anywhere with minimal shipping costs.

Since they’re made of a polyester material, I think they’re going to be extremely durable. They’re translucent, so the full color picture of the athlete can be seen by both sides.

Here’s a link to our spirit and custom flags on our web site: Custom Flags and Fundraising Flags

We’re so excited to offer car mag’s, car wraps, and contour cut product and packaging labels!
We’ve been keeping busy with these products for the last several months. We’re proud to announce that we’re opening
a show room in Kona, (trying to get the lease worked out,) but once it’s announced, we’re ready to go to get you what
you want!
Aloha,
Chris Anderson
808-430-6567

So you asked!
I wondered the same thing last night as I tried to write a paper. Sitting there, with my writer’s block, I looked at my paper size and asked the question, why? WHY 8.5 x 11 inches?
So I googled it. And found the answer here: http://www.afandpa.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Pulp_and_Paper/Fun_Facts/The_U_S__Standard_Paper_Size.htm

Apparently, (forgive me if I mispell, but wordpress doesn’t have a spell checker that I know how to use!) the Dutch invented a two-sheet mold, and because most of the measurements were based on thumbs, fingers, arms, and heads, the 44 inch length came from the average Dutch vatman’s arm length. I haven’t tried this to verify, but I’m taking it from the above article. Very cool. So 44″ equals 4 11″ length sheets. I’m not clear on the 8.5″ part, but read the article in the above link and maybe you can help me. And WHAT is a Vatman? Is it the pre-cursor to Batman? Vatman! Vatman! and Vrobin.

What is REALLY interesting is that not until THE Ronald Reagan, in the 80’s, finally decided to proclaim 8.5″ x 11″ as the “official” size, we were all still in the blank. haha!
So “I brought down the wall, and made a statement on 8.5″ x 11″ paper. Thank you.”

Till next time,
Chris

I KNOW there are a thousand places you can order signs and banners.

In fact, there are several franchises that do a great job getting you a sign or banner for a fair price in a quick turnaround.

BUT…

Did you know that you may be wasting money? Let me explain….

The message you portray on your sign or banner is THE MOST important part of the deal. So if you’re investing in a sign or banner, you may be interested in knowing that the wrong message may turn your investment into dust.

The wrong message on your sign or banner will not get you results. In fact, the right message can produce a return far exceeding your expectations.

Just something to think about, but if you’d like some help, give us a call today at: toll free: 866-267-5814 , or go to www.letsgobanners.com

Chris

HDU and Cedar Sandblasted Signs

Hi this is Chris Anderson, and welcome to Lets Go Banners. This is our HDU and Cedar Sandblasted webpage. Maybe you’re looking for a really nice elegant sign to make your business stand out. And maybe you’re tired of some of the vendors that give you the run around and take forever to deliver on their promises. Or maybe their prices are just really high.

Well, we’re excited to offer you tons of different choices of cedar and sand blasted signs.

Right behind me is an actual cedar sandblasted signs of one of our customers. This sign has been displayed for years and is still in incredible shape.

We’re also happy to offer HDU (High density urethane) signs which are sometimes less expensive and still are incredibly nice signs.

So anyway, if you’ll look down on the page further, there’s a place for you to get a FREE quote. Fill it out now, and submit, there’s now obligation, we’ll get you back a quote. If you’re looking or HDU or Cedar and don’t forget we offer all types of banners and pretty much anything with your logo on it.

Thank you very much, have a sign day!

Chris

Hi, we had a blast Monday filming this video about our 3 point system for getting rid of cold calling forever. I mean, who likes to cold call?
Anyway, we did the video in part for a contest, and I’m hoping (besides giving some info to our clients,) we have a shot at winning.
Enjoy!
Chris