After uploading photos of local products and services to Main and Me, volunteers who wish to help attract even more shoppers to their downtown historic shopping district can log into http://www.mainandme.com and like, wish-list, comment on, and tag individual items. When two or more volunteers do this in the same room, you have a Tag … Continue reading
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A Social Network 100% Dedicated to Promoting Local Independent Business
The elves are busy. The number of communities adding photo galleries of their local businesses to Main and Me before the holiday shopping season is growing. Who knew how many cool barbershops and tattoo parlors and yoga studios and boutiques-for-everything and (dare I say it, tasteful adult toys?) there were in America?? (Check for your … Continue reading
Organize a Photo Mob To Put Your Town Online In A Day
Main and Me is the fastest, easiest and FREE-est way to put your town online in a day so online shoppers will know what’s for sale in the brick and mortar stores around them–and stop defaulting to Amazon every time they buy a pair of shoes. To that end, one of the best ways to … Continue reading
Top 9 Things You Can Do To Promote Your Main and Me Store Page or Community Page
Dear Merchants and Executive Directors: Now that you’ve created a storefront for your business, here are some things you can do to build on that momentum and take full advantage of the power of Main and Me. 1. PLAY! When you get a minute, go to your page and click on everything: images, buttons, especially … Continue reading
Top 10 Reasons Why Main and Me Supports Local Independent Business Better Than Pinterest
Many merchants and Main Street associations are adding Pinterest to their growing list of social media must-dos. We think this is right and encourage businesses to take advantage of every channel they can to find new customers, but we also want you to know that we consciously designed Main and Me to support local independent … Continue reading
Why We Love The 3/50 Project at Main and Me
Congratulations 3/50 on 90,000 likes. 90,000!!?? A testament to your vision and the authenticity of your message. We are big supporters of the The 3/50 Project here at Main and Me. Such a simple idea, and so very wise about creating an actionable concept (3…50…) which captures the imagination and changes what seems abstract and … Continue reading
How Everyday Gift Registries Can Help Local Business Disrupt Amazon!
Amazon really put the screws to local business over the holidays last year with their Price Check app. Wouldn’t it be nice to return the favor? It turns out there is a practical and fun way to do so. The seven major U.S. holidays present an opportunity to simultaneously solve a problem shared by millions … Continue reading
How the Whole Earth Catalog Predicted the Internet
As creators of an internet start up, the Main and Me founding team tends to be connected to the internet almost 24/7. To offset the health risk of over-connectedness, some of us have formed the habit of taking a one hour walk everyday with Omar, the standard poodle disguised to look like a regular dog. It was during … Continue reading
How To Create Your Store Page, Shopper Page or Community Page on Main and Me
Putting your business, town or favorite products on Main and Me is as easy as uploading photos to Facebook. IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS OWNER: To create a store page for your local business: Use your smartphone or digital camera to snap a beautiful photo of a product or service you sell Upload photo to … Continue reading
Another Reason For Local Merchants To Hate The Internet
If you are a local, independent retailer, you may be forgiven for experiencing palpitations when Amazon announced it’s Price Check app last year. To paraphrase their press release at the time: “We’ll give you $5 if you use our price-scanning app in brick-and-mortar stores this Black Friday weekend.” As described in a Dec. 7th, 2011 … Continue reading
