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Going Viral with MilitaryAvenue and CNN – “Tell Your Story”
Do you see the byline in this image taken from a CNN live broadcast? MilitaryAvenue.com was featured in a midday story on Military Spouse Appreciation Day last month! May was Military Appreciation Month and many businesses responded with some great support to the military community! Did you know about Military Spouse Appreciation Day? Armed Services Day? Memorial Day? We received some great coverage from CNN on Military Spouse Appreciation Day with our blog on 101 Ways to Thank a Military Spouse! When they made contact about our blog and talked about it live on CNN, we jumped a bit with excitement! CNN recognized that we were supporting this great group…
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Great Examples of How to Reach Out to the Military Community
Why are some businesses successful at reaching out to the military community? Fantastic Sams shows their colors!We just attended a special event for military spouses at Ft Knox, called a Field Exercise that was a wonderful time! It brought together 300 Army spouses (most had seen their soldier deploy multiple times – some up to six times) and provided them an opportunity to learn coping skills and laugh together about military life and its challenges! AWNHosted by Tara Crooks and Star Henderson of Army Wife Network, the Field Exercise also gave away some wonderful gifts! Super Military SupportersMilitaryAvenue.com was there as a sponsor and coordinated with three local businesses to…
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How to Get Involved in Your Military Community and Increase Sales
Businesses need to market their product and/or services to increase sales and develop customer loyalty. Do you have a large military customer population nearby? How far away is the nearest post, base, camp, station, etc. Do you know the demographics? How can you reach them? One great idea is to participate in special events at the installations when an opportunity is there. We recently participated in a special “Field Exercise Priceless Packages” at Ft Sill, OK where we saw a large turnout of businesses targeting military spouses of deployed or soon to be deployed soldiers. The businesses that attended the event recognized the audience and were prepared to tell their…
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Ft Sill, Altus AFB & Sheppard AFB Partners: Spouse Field Exercise coming your way!
Crooks & Henderson are coming to Fort Sill, Oklahoma! A wonderful evening of spouse pampering, tips for deployment, and a night out for well-deserved spouses of deployed-military members.April 23 or April 24, 2009A Seminar For Military Spouses· Themed Care Package Ideas· Deployment Survival Tips & Resources· Networking· Giveaways· Fabulous Gift Bags· Complimentary Meal, Dessert, & MoreAs a MilitaryAvenue Partner how does this affect you? MilitaryAvenue is a proud sponsor of this event and we will be in attendance! If you are a partner at Fort Sill, Sheppard AFB or Altus AFB we are going to *print* your reward and hand it to the spouses at the event. UPDATE YOUR REWARDS…
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Col K’s Corner–2009 A New Year We Are Ready to See
It is the beginning of 2009 and many Americans are saying goodbye to 2008 with a very definite lack of nostalgia. We won’t miss the high gas prices, the Wall Street failures, the housing crisis, the political hype or watching some of the arrogant Corporate CEOs/Executives walk off with millions while their businesses fail. In the meantime, small businesses, homeowners and average Americans see economic crisis and a serious impact to their standard of living. What should a small business do when faced with customers who are not spending as much due to factors such as reduced income, credit limits, etc? Many must reduce budgets to stay open and not…
