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| May 2006 |
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| Hello and welcome to the first
issue of the MAD RAG. |
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| We have devoted this little corner of the
website to keeping you and all interested parties abreast of what is
happening with the Michigan Antiques Directory. We hope you have taken
a moment to read our "About Us"
page so you know how we got here. |
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| Rack Card
Program |
| In 2005, we designed and printed a rack
card for our own advertising purposes. Our first printing was a
quantity of 3,000 and we distributed them in malls in Ottawa, Muskegon
and Allegan counties. We completed our second printing of 10,000 rack
cards in April of this year and sent 6,200 of them to the Michigan Economic
Development Corporation for distribution in all 13 Welcome Centers in
the state. We would like to expand our rack card distribution program
and will happily ship a quantity to anyone who would be willing to display
them in their store. Please email us
with your business name and address and the quantity that you would
like to have. |
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| Our thanks to Cole's
Antique Villa in Ludington for their participation in our Rack Card
Program. |
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| Search
Engine Ranking |
| MAD has been established since 2003. Our
length of time on the Internet and the effort we have put into search
engine placement allows us to boast high rankings on all major search
engines. Below are keyword phrases and to the right of them are four of
the top search engines. Click on any "X" to see where
that keyword search places MAD in that particular search engine. |
| Please look for the following
title within the page that is displayed: "Michigan Antiques
Directory - Michigan's Premier Antiques and Collectibles Business
Portal" |
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| The Booth
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| We created The Booth as a display
for "this and that." We welcome your experiences and news. Maybe
you have an idea that you would like to share. Tell us how people have
used MAD to find your store. We'll start off our first issue with a little
tootin' of our own horn, but please feel free to jump into future issues
of the MAD RAG. |
- MAD traded links with the Matawan Community Guide. Their site
stats show MAD to be number one in their Top Ten Links section.
- A full feature business listing in MAD costs $6.59 per month. That's
24/7, global exposure for the cost of one fancy frappuccino plus tip!
Compare that to a local yellow pages listing.
- Our home page is new and improved. It is easier to locate particular
cities within county groups and, most importantly, has a smaller bandwidth
for faster loading of the pages for our dial-up users.
- A Google search using "michigan antiques directory" key
words has indicated that we are now being linked to other sites without
anyone even asking. This is great!!
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| Thank you for reading this issue of the MAD
RAG — John and Leslie Victor |
