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A Military Discount Helps Your Sales
Do you have a plan to reach your military community? Will a Military Discount help? Does your business Strategy include a military discount? What is strategy? To better help me explain why a business should offer a military discount as part of their marketing plan I did some research. Strategy is from a Greek word and basically outlines the policies of the organization to meet goals! Goals like: how much in sales, revenue and profit do we need to keep our doors open? That is what I am talking about! So after establishing some policies, we then need to plan to fulfill our strategy and meet our goals!Why should I…
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Grab the Eye of the Military Community with a Banner Ad!
Military Avenue is offering a 50% Discount for Featured Partner Banner ads for 10 days! Reach out with the Featured Partner Banner as seen below and take advantage of this offer before the end of February. Grab the eye of the eye of the military community that is just beginning the PCS season and relocating to your area. Featured Partner Banner ExampleA Featured Partner Banner (and General’s Package) means you are seen on every page at your installation(s) with a rotating banner that links to your ad. The Generals Package includes your logo and five other images! Perfect for realtors, auto sales, product images, area tourism and much more. With…
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Child Care and the Military Family
Did you know there are approximately 1.9 million military children, ranging in ages from newborn to 18 years old? and More than 700,000 children have experienced the deployment of one or more parents since 2001.* As a child care provider you are at the forefront of supporting these military children and their families. You can be the stability these children need. There is help available for you! Penn State Extension, Childcare and Youth Training and Technical Assistance Program, has a list of resources featuring research-based information, resources, and professional development for childcare professionals serving military connected families. Military Families Learning Network concentrates on the interests and needs of child care providers who serve military families.…
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Is Your Military Discount up to date?
Attention Attention AttentionAttention to the Details … Every day we share the best of your military-discounts on Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter. On the first of every month MilitaryAvenue Alerts is published to thousands of members of the military community around the country with your ad shared with your community.Your ad is visible to the Military Community on MilitaryAvenue.com at your base or post 24/7.These are service-members and spouses, the decision makers, that are interested in the latest & most up to date military-discount and -incentive in their area, your area! Do you keep your MilitaryAvenue ad up to date? Your ad should not be stagnant, just like a business-marketing plan isn’t stagnant; otherwise it will not…
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Military Spouse Appreciation: Leah Abbey, The 10th Month
As military families we know the need to be economical! Not only is money an issue many times but keeping things, just to keep them is rarley an option with a family PCS occuring every two to five years. Consignment shops are a great option for both of these areas! I’m pleased to introduce Leah Abbey, an Army Spouse who owns a maternity consignment shop near Fort Lee, Virginia: Your Name: Leah AbbeyYour Company Name: The 10th Month Quick description of your business: Sell, buy and take consignments on Maternity Clothing What is the best way to reach you?: Email, the10thmonth@yahoo.com What Branch of Service did your spouse serve in:…
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Newsletters, Content and Much More
Do you like to keep in regular contact with your customers? Regular contact is a simple way to remind your customers, “Hey, I’m out here!” Quality contact is an easy way to bring a customer back. One easy way to keep the communication lines open is a newsletter. Monthly, Quarterly, Weekly. Your choice! (Although, don’t overwhelm your customers with too much information in too short a time period.) Another way to open up dialogue is through Social Media like Facebook where you can point your fans to articles they would be interested in that are relevant to your business. How to start your list If you decide to reach out…
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Lions and Tigers and … Military Discounts at the zoo!
Part of a military family’s struggle to get acclimated to a new community is to know where to go to get off base or post. Any PCS (move), reintegration (the time home right after a deployment) or even a trip back to the old stomping-grounds to visit grandparents, aunts, uncles… requires family-time. What better way to spend time together then visiting a local reputable attraction. My own family is spread out and we took the time this weekend to meet in a central spot – Toledo, Ohio. Friday night the cousins (from 2 months old to 8 years old) had a great time together (there were a few pillow fights and some wonderful times in an indoor pool…
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July Featured Military Reward – Heaven’s Best
We are about to celebrate the 4th of July and that means the heat of summer is here! We have selected a patriotic company that recognizes the sacrifices our service families make as our Featured Military Reward for July! Heaven’s Best Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning has an exceptional Military Reward for military families in the middle of a PCS move in or move out at Beaufort MCAS! Or maybe you just need to freshen your house after a busy year? Their Military Reward says: 25% Military Discount Heaven’s Best Carpet Cleaning cares and understands the sacrifices that the military community has made in safe guarding our country. Thank You! Their…
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What does PCS mean to our MilitaryAvenue Partners?
Military acronyms are frequently a source of curiosity by our civilian family and friends and a source of much humor in the military community! Recently, my father, a WW2 veteran, told me of an acronym used by his pastor in a sermon that had its origin in WW2 GI slang and had become part of American culture and language. When the minister was informed of what he had just said if the acronym had been spelt out in its entirety, he was pretty surprised. We don’t want our MilitaryAvenue Partners surprised by the term PCS! While it does not contain any bad language itself, it might be considered to be…
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August Featured Military Reward
August brings summer to a close for many military families who have relocated (PCS’d) and the routine of school and fall events rapidly approaches! This Reward is for all the military personnel at Ft Leavenworth, KS and Whiteman AFB, MO! In particular, those new to both installations including personnel attending school at the Army Command and Staff College. Many military personnel are unfamiliar with their area and looking for entertainment and local highlights to visit and this looks like a great one with a big thank you to our men and women in the armed services and their families. This Month’s Featured Military Reward is given to: AMERICAN HEARTLAND THEATRE…
