Main and me is looking for shoppers and merchants who would love to make a difference for their town or neighborhood shopping district by sharing photos of their favorite “offline” products and stores with the world of online shoppers. These early adopters will use the Main and Me iPhone app (or their own digital cameras) … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2012
If You Love Pinterest And Shopping Locally You’re Going To Love Main and Me
Pinterest is the unbelievably cool new web service that allows people to “pin” and share the beautiful, inspiring, practical and just plain unbelievable images they find on the web. Now imagine the same concept unleashed on the world of local shopping. Your wedding registry, your baby shower wishlist or your kids’ Santa Lists could be … Continue reading
Just Snap, Caption and Check In Photos to Find New Customers
Right now, if you’re an offline specialty shop owner, you just want to use the internet to find new customers, but that means you spend a lot of time managing a website, a blog, a Facebook page, maybe a Yelp and Foursquare page, a Twitter account and an email newsletter, all with different passwords and … Continue reading
Use Your Smartphone To Help, Not Hurt, Local Independent Business
We use the phrase “local, independent business” a lot on these pages. We could just as easily use “mom-and-pop,” “specialty shop,” “bricks-and-mortar,” and “Main Street” business. In our minds, all refer to this country’s 10 million-plus small to medium sized retailers that sell to their customers in person–in their stores–and not online. When you talk … Continue reading
Post Photos So Online Shoppers Can Discover What You Sell
We are a nation of visual shoppers. That’s a problem for offline local retailers. Information-only websites, Google place pages and online directories help visual shoppers get basic info about local shops, but without photos of what’s new, what’s hot and what’s on sale they don’t act as very enticing gateways to offline Main Street stores. … Continue reading
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