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NEWS
- July 19, 2007 - Our FREE Classified Ad section is getting busy! The word
is out that you can sell that large item that you don't want to bother
shipping, advertise your Yard Sale and local Events.....all for *FREE! Let
us know how we can serve you better with your suggestions.
- June 20, 2007, Check out our FREE Yard Sale Listing Service. As easy as
filling out the form on the initial "Yard Sales" page. Tell people about
your yard sale using our FREE service. Hey, double up and use print
publications and our web site for maximum visibility.
- June 16, 2007, The Yard Sale listings are in a new format. In an effort
to make posting yard sales easier we have folks hosting yard sales fill out
a simple online form that downloads to a spreadsheet display. Depending on
your what type of operating system you use (Microsoft 2000, XP, etc.) the
spreadsheet may show as an Excel file or in a plain numbered listing.
Just use the column headings to figure out which order the listing is in,
simple as that! Easy for printing out too!
- June 7, 2007, We are now advertising with the Graham Cinema! Check out
our pre-movie slide that is displayed prior to each show.
Register to win FREE Graham Cinema tickets in our monthly drawing!
- May 3, 2007, Check out the new banner ads listed on the "home page" of
www.TheAlamanceTrader.com.
From Dr. Lee Frueh Chiropractic Care, Stephenie Brinkley of Kneaded Touch
Therapy, La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant, to Robert's Lawn Care, we have
you covered!
- April 6, 2007, HAPPY EASTER! We look forward to serving the citizens of
Alamance County with *FREE Classifieds. The only Totally Free Classifieds in
the area.
- April 2, 2007, Thanks to www.KneadedTouchTherapy.net for having us create a web site for their
Massage Therapy business. Check out the web site and ask Stephenie (owner)
about this months specials!
- March 15, 2007, I'm a bit late on making this announcement...but we are
happy to have established a banner ad for La Fiesta Mexican Restaurant. With
three locations in Alamance County and one location in Greensboro you can't
miss a great, convenient Mexican meal with outstanding service. Don't forget
to tell them you saw their ad on www.TheAlamanceTrader.com!
- February 8, 2007, We have just finished designing a web site for
Frueh Chiropractic. Yes, we can make your business a simple web site, i.e.
www.TheAlamanceTrader.com .
Read our web design philosophy and then contact us to get your web site
started.
- December 5, 2006, Fantasy Air USA
has a FREE listing in the Biz/Restaurant Guide by participating in our
limited time offer program. Learning to fly hasn't been easier since the
development of the NEW Sport Pilots License. Email
Tom (Fantasy Air Flight Instructor) to answer your questions about
becoming a Sport Pilot.
- December 4, 2006, Thanks to Ross Kennedy (Owner, Apex Para Sports) for
taking advantage of our FREE Business listing in the "Biz/ Restaurant Guide"
of www.TheAlamanceTrader.com . Ross offer Powered Parachute Flying Lessons
throughout the Triangle and Alamance County areas. Find out what a Powered
Parachute is all about by checking out his web site
Apex Para
Sports. Don't forget to look at the videos!
- December 2, 2006, Thanks to Dr. Lee Frueh for signing up for a FREE
Business listing in the "Biz/ Restaurant Guide. We appreciate his office
placing the flyer in such a prominent location, right on the wall in the
waiting room! Additionally, his Chiropractic expertise has helped my back
problem!
- November 28, 2006, We have added the two Mebane, NC Food Lions stores to
the Business/Restaurant Guide. This is a FREE listing for allowing us to
post an advertising flyer on their bulletin board. It's nice to see large
chain store like Food Lion allow small businesses to post in their store. If
you have a business you can take advantage of the same offer, post a small
flyer in your business and we give you a FREE listing on the
Business/Restaurant Gide
- November 18, 2006, I was on another web site offering classifieds in the
area just to see what others are offering to customers. One of the biggest
surprises, and disappointments is the word FREE associated with the
"personals" section (yes, I was in the personals....I'm human too!).
Thinking it was free I filled out all the requested information with my
personal info, picture, etc., which took about 15 minutes, then clicked the
"submit" button. Then a screen comes up with "package prices" to utilize
this service. Thinking I was "totally skunked" I scrolled down and noticed
in small, tincey, wincey font button for a free "limited time" selection.
Feeling like I've been mislead on this other web site I promised myself that
we would never use "less than honest" methods for getting people to use our
service. When it says FREE Classified and Personals....we mean it! We offer
FREE services to private individuals. We make our money by selling
advertising space....plain and simple. Guess I can't blame some folks who
look at me with suspicion when I say we offer "FREE Classifieds." After I
take a moment to explain how we do business they usually understand. But
after going through what I did today with "so called FREE personals", it
doesn't surprise me that people are frustrated with some of the tactics used
by folks that are not completely upfront. We work hard to earn your time
using www.TheAlamanceTrader.com
and strive to list our services "as advertised." If you can offer
suggestions of how we can do this better
please let us
know.
- November 17, 2006, We have refined the process for business's to order
advertising. After clicking on the "Info for Advertisers" button, select the
service you want, choose the "Buy It Now" option, which take you to the
PayPal web site, then return to the "Info for Advertisers" page (or any
other page for that matter) and click on the link as instructed to email us
with your order information. You can also call us and we will walk you
through the process. Check are also accepted.
- November 7, 2006, Don't forget to VOTE! It's your right! I know it can
be a frustrating experience for some of us....me included. Seems like there
are always people on the ballot I've never heard of despite attempting to
"do my homework" and find something out about those running. Even if you
don't vote for all the open offices you can say you have done your civic
duty by giving it your best effort!
- November 6, 2006, This is the time to start thinking about Christmas. If
your like me and wait until the last minute, this is our warning! I
won't go as far as to decorate the house and listening to Christmas music.
~Officially I'm personally boycotting radio stations playing Christmas music
until after Thanksgiving!~ If you are trying to "make the buffalo scream"
budget wise, try cleaning out your home of that stuff you never use and post
it on "TheAlamanceTrader.com's *FREE Classifieds!" The FREE Classifieds are
also a great way to buy because a lot of folks also sell stuff that still
has "new tags" still on the merchandise or in great condition, which can be
a great gift for someone at a great price. Tom
- October 30, 2006, Check out the Event Calendar for Halloween and other
happenings around Alamance County. A lot of the activities are FREE too!
Don't forget you can add to the Yard Sale and Event Calendar yourself.
Simply go to the bottom of the Calendar page and click on "add/edit." A
screen will come up asking you for basic information; where, when, etc.
Since this is a volunteer calendar please add a contact number, email and/or
web site address so folks can confirm the event (or yard sale) is happening.
We always recommend confirming the events prior to attending! FYI, after
your finished with the calendar just use your back button to return to
TheAlamanceTrader.com!
- October 28, 2006, Great news for advertisers/business owners, you now can pay via
PayPal! I've used this service while using major online auctions. The
decision to use this service was easy. We wanted to use a service that many
people have grown to trust. Sure we could have used another service that
doesn't yield as high a fee, but you don't get the confidence of a widely
known brand. With all the scams on the internet it's very important to use
reputable services, and that goes for TheAlamanceTrader.com as well.
- October 22, 2006, We just added information to the E-Classifieds portion
of the site. Specifically, in the FREE STUFF category you will find,
"Barter, Swaps and Giveaways" added to this category. Bartering has always
been popular and particularly with the internet. After reading a article in
a business magazine about bartering for services and barter specific web
sites it dawned on me that this could easily be integrated into
TheAlamanceTrader.com! We are all about adding value to the services we
offer through this site. I've come to realize that it's easy overlook this
valuable option-bartering, I sure have. Sometimes you can work deals with
multiple people to make a trade work. For those of us beginners, an easy way
to barter is in the movie, cd, dvd area. Simple make a list of CD's you
would be willing to swap and check out what others have through the same
system.
- October 21, 2006, If you missed the TV show on PBS about
the Internet and specifically "Net Neutrality" it was a real eye opener. In
a nutshell the problem is that cable companies and telephone companies are
trying to have control of the internet and specifically the speed at which
various web sites would operate. Not to be confused with the various
technologies used to surf the web, such as; cable, high speed, DSL, etc.
This would be phone and cable companies deciding what business's can have
fast page uploads to the customer or slow page downloads. This would make Yahoo and
Google, as an hypothetical example, have to pay big
bucks to continue their type of service to the customer at high speed. So
what if the controlling cable company owned significant stock in Google they
could work a deal for the highest speed internet being available to their
web service. The most disturbing fact for small business is that most small
companies would be forced out of web based business's because they can't
afford the price tag for high speed page uploads. Millions of dollars are
being spent to lobby our elected officials to give control to these large
cable and telephone companies. On this TV show there where a couple of great
examples of low cost web based organizations that have achieved super
success despite not having a large cash investment to get started. The best
analogy of this point is the American Idol TV series. Basically, the
concept of the show allow plain regular people compete for mass popularity
based on fan votes. In the truly American fashion, you go out there, try to
win the hearts and minds of the customer (the fans) and become an honest
"fan driven" (or customer) driven endeavor. What we get a lot of today in
music is "corporate music." These music groups put together by big money
with their focus groups, image consultants, etc. The same can hold true of
the internet, the big money companies control the companies that are allowed
to function on the internet. The best judge of what should be on the
internet is the customer. Contact your elected officials and remind them
that they work for us and that "net neutrality" is an important and should
be preserved! Check out www.SaveTheIntenet.com
- October 19, 2006, There are many improvements to the site. The most
notably is the FREE classifieds page! Powered by E-Classifieds, this service
offers more features, ease of use and extra dependability (separate server).
We have streamlined the use and are now offering FREE listings for all
private owners in all categories. That's right! Real Estate and Auto
listings are now FREE! We figured, why have some areas free and some not
(private owners). We just keep it simple and keep it all free!
- October 15, 2006, TheAlamanceTrader.com was out at the Buckhorn Road
Flea Market (I-40 Buckhorn Rd. Exit, south one block on left) talking to the
small business owners about using our classifieds service. We are offering a
limited time FREE Classifieds to small business owners.
TheAlamanceTrader.com is all about small business and wants to promote the
use of the FREE Classifieds section. Normally there is a fee for business
owners but for a limited time you can contact us about placing your
merchandise on this web site at no charge.
- October 5, 2006, Our calendar system is up and running. We are using
Brown Bear Calendar service for our Yard Sale and Event listings. The great
thing about this system is that you as a community member can post an event
or Yard Sale yourself. This will allow immediate posting with no
registration delays etc.
- September 12, 2006, We are running a new special to companies by
offering a FREE listing in the business/services section of the classifieds
for 90 days! What's the catch? All we ask is that you place a small flyer in
your business stating "As seen on TheAlamanceTrader!" Of course Banner
Ads are always available (your logo or we can make you one) for reasonable
rates. Check the "Info for Advertisers" selection button to the left.
- August 2, 2006, Thanks for all the support for TheAlamanceTrader.com! We are working hard to get the site up and running
smoothly. It's been about a week since we went live. We're sorry for all the
construction to the site. Please don't forget to "bookmark" us for later
use, like the *FREE CLASSIFIEDS! We would have preferred to keep it under
wraps until the final site was finished. However, all of the operational
aspects to the site, or the "behind the scenes" stuff can't be check without
being "live." Look forward to added services such as; a discussion
page, a great venue for meeting your fellow Alamance County residence. This
site will be operational in just a few days! Stay tuned!
*Except for Real Estate, Service and Business Listings.
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