Gardners Looking for Plastic Drums? Check in the print Yellow pages

Source for 55 gallon plastic drum ? – Home Gardening Forum
By Ed Pawlowski
Look in the Yellow Pages under “Barrels or Drums” One of the big suppliers is US Plastic. They are based in Ohio but have distribution. I’d look for a used one if possible. [Only registered and activated users can see links. …

Print Still Generates Leads

Telmetrics released call tracking data showing that print Yellow Pages generates online leads.  How can that be?  I thought people only used print or online.

The company looked at leads driven by Yellow Page print ads. 44% of the leads were URL visits while 56% were calls – so half of the people that used the print Yellow Pages to find a source then went online. In other words, they started their search with print, not with the supposed solution to all mankind’s troubles — the Internet.

You can read the full release here.

Net net: Print isn’t dead yet. Not even close.  That’s why SMB advertisers continue to spend their dollars in the media.

Knife sharpeners? Check the print Yellow Pages

TanpaBay.com offered a great suggestion for a unique Mothers Day gift — get her knives sharpened….   And where would you find help with this –

Look in the phone book or on the Internet for places that sharpen scissors; they usually do knives. Craft and fabrics stores, such as Jo-Ann, often sharpen scissors, too.

Smart suggestion….

Kudos to Local Insight Yellow Pages

Local Insight Yellow Pages which publishes the Windstream Yellow Pages directories, has kicked off a new initiative within the Lexington. KY community to encourage residents to recycle their outdated and extra phone directories (source).

Labeled as the first annual “Lexington Recycles – Think Yellow Go Green” campaign, the initiative is expected to run for a month.

The Windstream Yellow Pages team has partnered with local specialty recycler, Montgomery Recycling, in an effort to keep the recyclable books out of the landfills. The effort is timed with the delivery of the 2009 edition of the Greater Lexington Windstream Yellow Pages

Thinking about buying or selling your CMR agency?

We’ve been informed that Hawthorne Executive Search has added a new service — connecting buyers and sellers of Yellow Pages agencies.

The industry is already very aware of their recruiting efforts. As an organization that has work extensively with the CMR community over the past 10 years to help them with their recruitment needs, they truly understand the Directory Advertising business. As the saying goes, “they get it”.

Most recently, Hawthorne has successfully completed several transactions between buyers and sellers and in record time. Since there is no formal market place for these transactions, this is a significant new business forum.

Here’s what they offer for these sensitive transactions:

• Confidentiality
• Professionalism
• Fast turn-around

So, whether you are interested in selling or acquiring business, so you should talk with them.

Jenny Ciappa is the leader for this effort.  She can be reached at 973-220-7272, or via email at Jenny@HawthorneSearch.com.

Wedding planning?? Check the Yellow Pages

Perhaps nothing is more stressful or requires working with such a wide range of companies and service providers than a wedding.  So where do you turn to find all the information you need in one place?   See this comment on a blog.

Where do you go to look for…? | Wedding Planning Information
First, I looked in the yellow pages. You can also use a website called TheKnot. There are specific message boards and sections of the website for different regions of your state. Another helpful thing that most people don’t think of- ask your friends and family if they know people. You would be surprised how many people are knowledgeable about these kinds of things.…

All the information you need in one handy place — the print Yellow Pages

Recycling Information in Truckee Meadows? In the Print Yellow Pages

In the Reno, NV area, Truckee Meadows to be exact, recycling is of high interest in the community.  And when you need information on recycling, where should you turn?   As this site suggests, try the print Yellow Pages:

“…if you have questions about recycling in the Truckee Meadows, be sure to check out the Recycling Guide in the new AT&T phone book, located in the yellow pages under “R”! If you still have old phone books, they can be recycled year round by placing them on top of your curbside recycling or by taking them to the Recycle America recycling center at 1100 E. Commercial Row in Reno…”

Kudo’s to Windstream Yellow Pages

Congrats to Windstream Yellow Pages for working with the Lincoln Nebraska Parks and Recreation Department, the local Boy Scouts of America and specialty recycler, Recycling Enterprises of Nebraska, Inc. have lead the community’s “Think Yellow, Go Green” effort by recycling 1,200 outdated directories, the equivalent of 6,000 pounds — three tons of outdated directories (link).

Yellow Pages publishers are part of the communities they live and work in also. These efforts are just one example of their environment concerns and efforts to be just as green as other businesses.

Need to Rent Handicap Equipment? Look in the Print Yellow Pages

How about this person with a very valid question — family coming to visit, needs to rent equipment for a handicap person. Where do you find that? In the print Yellow Pages of course…

Renting handicap equipment? | Electric Wheel Chair
Look in your yellow pages under Medical Equipment and Supplies. Many stores rent this equipment. A wheel chair can be backed up to the steps and pulled up a step at a time. A ramp needs to be one foot long, for each inch from the ground …

Where to advertise your cleaning business? In the print Yellow Pages of course

In his website article about “How To Fight Competition Through Your Competing Office Cleaning Rates“, what was one of Jason Barrett’s strongest suggestions??

“…Place ads of your office cleaning service in phone book yellow pages and at your local newspaper. They are a quicker way to get more customers…”

The print Yellow Pages. It works.