Most of the advertising I do locally is radio. I choose radio because its one of the last markets that I can cover completely during certain times of the day. The only TV anyone watches live anymore is local news and sports. After that its splintered into 50 different cable stations and even then its taped. Other than XM, I found that most people listened to the local radio on the way to work. And that guys in the trades listened to the radio all day in their trucks. So I chose country radio for those guys and I advertise on pretty much every major radio station during the drive times. Its’ been amazing.
I only spend half of one percent of sales and my marketing kills. My other secret is to use my own voice and the same intros and closing every time. When people here my voice they know its my nursery. I also figure out something to push each ad that the competitors aren’t doing. For Christmas I realized that nobody ties Christmas trees on cars or even loads them. They claim liability issues. So I hammer it in the ad. I talk about how we fresh cut the tree, bag it, and load it in or on your car. You point to the tree and we do the rest. Again, its worked very well. They are coming out just because they can come in their work clothes and get a tree. It’s taken me 20 years to figure out what I’m doing but I’m getting the hand of it and almost every station and other businesses in town come to talk to me about my strategy and what I think they should do. Everyone but my competitors. Here are today’s domains. Click for current prices.
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PokerProducts.com I didn’t think that poker domains were doing very well but this one sure is doing fine
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MCLN.com A CHiP but solid letters for the Western market. Also the stock ticker for MedClean Technologies
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BackyardKitchens.com No bidders. Huge business. Outdoor kitchens are all the rage. Trust me, I put them in
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X8B.com Any three character with an 8 and no 4s, zeros, vowels, or V is killing it right now
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X8C.com Another one that is great. Or at least doing well.
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DNRJ.com DNJN sold for $3800 a few weeks ago. This one is about half of that right now
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BXSS.com The perfect Chinese combo. Double letters and an X in front. Over under $2450
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BJFK.com Most bids on the board
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QPXC.com XC for Cross Country. Funny thing is I bought a bunch of LLLL.com with XC in them earlier in the year. Some worked out very well
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LSDM.com More great Western letters that are being crushed on by our Asian friends
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FXRL.com Not getting very many bids even though its officially a CHiP
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XU.biz Xu is a Chinese name, actually I have no idea but seems very Chinese
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8296.org I don’t do number dot orgs but I recognize many people do and this is a nice number
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1231.co I also don’t do dot co but I really like the pattern here
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528968.com Add up to more than 19 which makes it more valuable………….and I made that up. The two 8s are the value
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CLRX.com At $126 at press time. Does this domain have chlamydia or something? A CHiP under $200 with less than 24 hours. Yeah, chlamydia.
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NKKHH.com I think this patter ABBCC.com will increase in value. But KK is one that I don’t buy. I don’t like it, kind of like domains with chlamydia.
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609998.com Under $40 at press time
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5811.biz Even a 4N.biz is over $100. Registered this year
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BXY.biz They like the numerics better than the LLL.biz
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QUBS.com The hipster way to spell Cubs
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CDNH.com Chinese Premium Flippa was a bit cheaper than Godaddy and Namejet but that changed this week. CHiPs there have actually been doing a little better
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SSYC.com The SS brings them in…..the C keeps them cheering
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DKKK.com Triple repeater. Even with the Ks its a great domain
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TRM.com Going to take more than $50K to take it but worth every penny IMO
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Guncraft.com With all the shootings around the world no doubt gun and gun related things are going to skyrocket. 20 years old
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BuyShares.com Been up for sale a few places I believe, time to see how it will do on Namejet. Solid stock market name
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Canan.com Nice looking 5L.com but also a popular Turkish name and a name in many other countries as well
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1495.net No bad 4N.nets
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2360.com And certainly no bad 4N.coms. I have lost track on how much these things are worth now. Only because I don’t own any and I only get mad when I see the current prices
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XZX.net Cool looking name. I used to buy these just because the way they looked . Now they’re valuable
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DFMG.com First CHiP on the board today. Not a bad western name as well
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MomentOfSilence.com Well known term. Could be used as a tribute to anything
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11Inches.com No value, just hits home
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RCCC.com Looks like this one is going to hit $15K
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OOON.com Not getting the same love but still a nice name
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SilverCoin.com Must still be money in the silver bullion market. Getting lots of bids
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Filmer.com Getting lots of bids. I used to be one but that’s why I’m not allowed in the gym any more. Geez… film one girl on the leg machine
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1373.net Another nice 4N.net . One of my favorite years, you know with the Treaty of Santarem and all
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8882119.com The triple 8s can take even a 7N.com to mid three figures
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1991.org As mentioned above, not my thing, but orgs have always lagged behind but they are starting to show some life
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InHomeBusiness.com You see them all over the net. Make money from home. Only one bidder
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eGardeners.com Ripe for a buildout and a quick flip
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TourOregon.com 87 million Google results. One of the most beautiful states in the nation. Very tourable
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Uptron.com Sounds techy. Only one bidder
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Interesting piece about the your nursery and local radio ads. There’s a nursery across the street from my office, helps paint the visual. Any liability issues from banding the trees to cars? Just curious what your liability has been. (Judging from what I see at this nursery, that business must be a huge undertaking.)
Andrew,
The way I see it, there are always liability issues. But I feel much more comfortable if I tie the tree to their car. At least then I know it won’t scratch or fall off. If they tie it up and it falls and damages something, they are still going to sue me. Pretty much any way I get sued. I might as well make sure they leave here safe.
Hello Shane,
I am back in Europe this Christmas and will be buying a real tree, I dont bother with a tree if I am in a hot country as it doesnt feel like Christmas anyway.
I am buying a real 13ft tree and having it delivered for about $300. The interesting thing, maybe from your POV, is that they come and collect the tree in January. I tend to live in and around cities and dispossing of a tree is a pain. You sound like you live in a very rural locatition, so tree disposal may be easier for your clients, but a tree collection service maybe something your clients would be interrested in too.
Warm regards,
Anthony
Anthony,
We’re essentially rural. A town of 140,000 people counting students. But our city offers free tree pickup. Hard to compete with free 🙂
Same here. I would be surprised if most cities in Europe didn’t do the same thing. Many cities pick up the trees for free, mulch them (along with all of the other tree branches and brush they pick up) and offer the mulch for free back to the residents.
Trav,
That’s what our city does
This reminds me of the Christmas tree rental company on Shark Tank:
http://sharktankblog.com/business/living-christmas-company/
Eric,
We do the same thing but they plant it because most people in our town have yards. Larger cities don’t have that ability. But we do millions of dollars a year and they buy another one next year. And I don’t have to care for them all winter.
“No value, just hits home”
Hahaha!! Made me laugh out loud today…
I,m sure your commercial policy would pay for that, but I mean what A-hole would really try and sue you. I yeah we live in the US.
The tree falling off the car could be considered a falling object and covered under comprehensive. Unless that tree trunk came right at your window it should not cause that much damage. Of course if someone had to swerve to avoid the tree and plowed into a bus well that is a different story.
But not sure how much a tree could really damage a car unless it hit it just right. Run over the thing that would fun. A 1/2 inch pebble will do much more damage. That is like a bullet hitting your car. Either way a good commercial policy will cover these type of liability issues.
Donny,
I have an extra 2 million dollar umbrella for all things crazy 🙂