Ring Their Bell, After Christmas Day Sale, Day After Christmas Sale. Complete your Holiday Season With Day After Holiday Promotions. Promote your business keep customer returns and your profits inside your business. Professional Email Marketing - Use your Professional Email offer  your customer fantastic deals. Create Personal and Professional emails Offer Gift Cards. Extra Incentives - Reward with % off coupons. Promote After Season Specials. Add Value to keep customers returning for more. Social Media Marketing - Be Where your Customers are. Be Available for reviews and feedback from customers. Act on Complaints before they become a bigger problem. Be Interactive Respond quickly to all customer compliments and complaints. Offer Rewards and Exclusives for being a valued customer. Professional Email and Social Media two ways to keep customers happy and complete your Holiday Season.

Boone & Scenic Valley RailRoad  Opened in November 1983 a division of the Iowa Railroad Historical Society. Passengers travel by rail from Boone Iowa crossing the 156-foot high Bass Point Creek and Des Moines River bridge reaching deep into Des Moines River Valley. Boone & Scenic Valley RailRoad Tower Train Ride Model Train I took a ride on the Santa Express  in search of Christmas Spirit. Arriving at the station early, I found that tickets needed to be purchased as much as 4 months before along with several other explorers arriving after me the conductor made room for everyone wanting to take the Santa Express in search of the jolly man dressed in red. Train Conductor Boone & Scenic Valley RailRoad   All Aboard! The all-electric Santa Express slowly chug, chug, clank out of the station rumbling, inching its way down the tracks into the woods as excited children cheered in anticipation we were headed to the Nor...

'Tis The Season to be Inspired a Holiday Inspired Business Did you miss Black Friday and Cyber Monday this Year... Not too late to Create your Online Presence for the Holidays & Beyond.  Be Productive Today, See a Bright, Shiny New & Improved January 1, 2016.  Business Online Put your Business Online with your  Website   ( is a set of related  web pages )  Give your Business, Products and Services a Home, be seen in one specific Web Location. Customers will be able to shop or Place an order directly from your website. Polish your Communications with your Professional Email. Send and Receive  Messages that belong to just your Business. Why include Social Channels:   Gives a  Voice to your Brand. Create Trust and Loyalty  between your Business, Product, Service  and your C ustomers. Offer Exclusives, Coupons or Incentives. Begin a Blog - write about company News,...

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at Deal's Orchard Fall Festival Hand Crafted Pumpkins A family run business since 1917 started as a part-time hobby by James Deal. Growing from 17 acres to over (approx) 45 acres today. Scare Crow Apple Varieties Deal's Orchard  includes 25+ different selections of apples. Apple Varieties Deal's Orchard Christmas Tree Farm Select and cut your own Tree.  Apple Acres, Wiggle Cars, Hamster Roll or getting lost in a Maze are some of the activities offered at Deal's Orchard. Nothing better than a  fresh from the oven apple or pumpkin pie, with a scoop of homemade ice cream,  on a crisp Fall Day.

Schleswig, Iowa Coordinates:  42°9′49″N   95°26′6″W Schleswig sits along highway 59,  in Crawford County Iowa.  A German Village/town where the residents  and towns people still honor tradition of their ancestors, with the Annual Calf Show Days. Annual Calf Show Days, first started in 1948 by J.A. Rohwer . Starting the 2nd  Day of festivities with a parade through town at about 10:30 AM Saturday morning. Denison - Schleswig High School Band.   Vintage Cars Schleswig German Band Continuing of course with the Carnival held up town in front of the German Village Shops. Ride a Magical Snake. Choose your pony. Food lots of Food! Enjoying a couple of days  A huge selection of rides and Entertainment. with family, friends and  great food is one the ways this small community relaxes for a weekend.

The U.S. Small  Business Administration   (A great way to start and build your own business) Provides assistance to small businesses, women & Veterans. Includes Local Assistance : SCORE - Volunteer business assistance within your area.  Mentors that will help to answer your business questions throug email and online workshops. Small Business Development Centers ( SBDC ) (Realize your Dream) Economic development programs such as  Main Street Iowa , to help improve a towns  main street area. Winners this year,  Deb's Corner Cafe and  Cliffs Place,  Manning Iowa. “Manning, Iowa…It’s Refreshing.” Manning Iowa , located in Southwest Iowa along Highway 141. Set in its rich German history, with village shops and  cobble  streets. 1st Small Business Community of the Year 2015. The first for this year in the state of Iowa. It is presen...

Why you need a Social Plan... Be where your customers are. Offers your business a voice. You want to engage with your customers: creating trust and loyalty between your product, service and your  customers. Stop small problems from becoming a crisis by responding to customer reviews and feedback. Be interactive. Offer exclusives. Add Credibility = Success.