June 2, 2008

The family of my friend’s husband owns a chain of Pan-Asian fastfood outlets.  They have two branches here in Texas and several others in Boston and Indiana.  There are a few more outlets scheduled to open in the coming months. I could just imagine how much they spend on advertising.  These days, it is just not enough to rely on “word-of-mouth” advertising.  While it is a very good thing and does a lot of good to a business, it is still best to be a little on the agressive side.  Every chance to be seen is a major plus.

In my daughter’s school alone, I can’t help but notice a good number of cars with ads on the door of the driver and front passenger.  I’m assuming it’s the car owner’s business.  I remember seeing an ad for gardening, plumbing, dance, pizza, etc.!  If I had a business, specially one that is involved in direct sales, I’d probably use my car door to advertise as well.  Why not, right?   But I don’t want the ad painted on the car.  I prefer the car door magnets type.  So that for any reason at all, it can be taken off the car and returned whenever.

A company that does these very innovative type of advertisement that I have in mind is VistaPrint.  But their products aren’t limited to car door magnets alone.  They offer a host of printing services that include business cards, rubber stamps, stationers, promotional giveaways and a whole lot more.  Their products are priced competitively, too!  So if you have a business and you can’t a prime ad spot in the malls or other busy areas, why not consider using your car door?  That’s free ad space for you!

We did nothing extraordinary this weekend.  We just stayed home on Saturday and we just did our usual activities on Sunday.  We went to church, had lunch, did a little grocery shopping and dropped by the mall.  At the mall, we let Abby pick a treat at the Dollar Tree.  She chose a toy which is used to make bubbles.  She immediately played with it when we got home… 

It’s amazing how such a cheap toy can make Abby so happy…and us, too!  Hee hee!

Hubby made these bubbles…

…and these, too!

After a while, I left hubby and Abby to play with bubbles so I can start dinner.  When the two finished playing, Abby brought me the most beautiful blooms…

They’re beautiful because they’re from Abby.   I hope she didn’t get these from the neighbor’s front lawn!  Hee hee.

That’s about it for our weekend.  I hope you had a nice one, too.

Our dinner is my other Weekend Snapshot entry.

Have a great week!