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Getting The Most Out of Your Tampa Shopping Day

If it happens to be your time for some Tampa shopping, you need to create a sound strategy that will enable you to purchase the items you need and save money at the same time. That’s a tricky balance to achieve but because of the current economic situation, businesses must continually challenge themselves on how to offer the best products to their customers at a competitive price. Not sure yet how to manage your shopping list or how to get the best value for your money? Here are some tips that can help guide your next foray to the mall: Look at the sale items first What do you see the moment you arrive in a shop? The new arrivals, right? Shop owners want you to take a look at these new releases, fall in love with a couple of products, and immediately try it on or go to the cashier to pay. However, if you really want to be a wise shopper, you need to make a headline for the sale items. These are usually found near the entrance or at the back of the store. Th…

How Tampa Restaurants Can Appeal To Millennials On Social Media

Tampa restaurants have never been as popular or as big as they are now. Many entrepreneurs enter the food industry because it is one of the most promising and profitable industries today. It has survived the onslaught of technology and though technically, technology has nothing to do in the preparation and service of food (except for making it easier now to bake, mix, and flambe), it has made marketing restaurants the easiest it has ever been. Sure, restaurants still use traditional media to attract their market but it has also transformed their strategies to incorporate the most vital and powerful marketing tool in the world—social media. And the number one target of the social media profiles of these restaurants? The millennials! Since this generation is basically glued to their smartphones, tablets, and laptops, they are the easiest targets of social media posts. And it’s fairly easy, too. The only thing restaurants need to do is manage and maintain their soci…

When Is The Best Time For Lakeland Shopping?

Let’s get down to business: if you want to do your Lakeland shopping smartly, you need to know when the right months are to purchase what you want. Here’s a quick rundown of the months and what to buy during that period: January Buy unused gift cards, lines, wrapping papers, and computers in January. Companies offer great discounts on laptops and personal computers to give way to the new models for the year. You can also begin storing wrapping papers and Christmas decorations. February Wedding essentials, air conditioning systems, washer and dryer, and furniture are cheaper in February. New models and styles hit showroom both for washers and dryers and furniture while air conditioning systems are priced low because of the winter season. March It’s best to buy luggage and golf clubs and even boats in March. Spring and summer are heavy travel dates so consumers are looking for good discounts on luggage. March is also the tail end of the boating season so boats a…

Top Ideas To Improve Your Lakeland Restaurants Social Media Strategy

Whether you are active on social media or not, trust us that your Lakeland restaurants are being mentioned across different platforms—on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and many more. Your guests are tagging your location, taking photos of the food you serve, and writing reviews on Yelp about your food and service. For some businessmen, creating a social media presence is just another item on their long list of to-dos. For others, social media is the backbone of their whole business development plan. While we cannot force the first group to see social media as a critical and important tool in marketing their businesses, the second group that prioritizes Facebook and other forms of social media have a better chance of building their companies and engaging with their customers. Create a consistent message and voice Your brand needs to create a consistent voice across all platforms. For example, if you have a shabby chic interior, you can continue this theme o…

4 Tips For A Successful Tampa Nightlife Bar Crawl

A Tampa nightlife bar crawl is always a good time to spend a long weekend where work is at least a couple of days away. You can either get super drunk and forget all about those work and personal problems or you can hang out with new people and maybe even meet a potential love interest. Whatever you’re aiming for with your bar-hopping adventures, you’ll only be able to achieve it if you follow these five useful tips: Have a plan It’s a good idea to have a general game plan so if ever you get separated as a group, everyone will know where to go or where to meet. If there’s a list of bars you want to go to, the group can simply follow it on their own pace. You don’t need to move together as a group and have everyone in check. You’re all adults and you can move around freely, leave the bar earlier than you’re supposed to, if you want. But the general plan must have you all in the same bar by the end of the night. That way, you can be sure that everyone’s safe. Pac…

How To Be Smart With Tampa Shopping

There is a way for you to enjoy Tampa shopping and not fall under a pile of debt. If you are not smart about your shopping choices and the way you shop, you will tend to spend your savings or max out your credit cards. Both scenarios are unacceptable. You need to be smart with your money or you’ll end up paying loans and mortgages and credit card debts until your old and gray. Here are some tips on how you can become a smart shopper: Sign up for newsletters While you may be annoyed with the many newsletters you receive in your email, these are actually a treasure trove of information about the latest promotions the stores have. Create a separate email address exclusively for these newsletters so you don’t have to wade through it along with your important work emails. Check these newsletters regularly, especially if you need to buy something, because they include promo codes exclusively for those who signed up to the stores’ newsletters. Put important holid…