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I subscribe to a great service (it’s free) called Google News Alerts, which sends me emails linking to stories, based on keywords that I enter into my profile. One of my keywords is “glow tape” and I got a great story today.

Sportspectrum race management and Free Range Running, a running school in Shreveport, Louisiana is sponsoring their inaugural Lght the Night Trail Run, using glow tape, glow sticks and the light of a full moon to show the way over three marked courses. Those who run all three trails will cover a distance of 3.5 miles.

Anne Reese, race director, says that they have already had 60 runners sign up for this first time winter event and she is pleased to see such strong interest. We wish them well.

If you are curious about how glow tape works and how long it will continue to glow, click here.

We love hearing about new and novel uses for our products. If you have one, share it with us.

GoodBuyGuys.com is your online source for Permacel gaffers tape, Duracell Procell batteries, MagLite flashlights, Nashua duct tape, Bay State wire ties, Electratrac and Coast Wire extension cords, OnStage Stand mic stands, and lots of other useful production supplies.

We spend a lot of time working on web marketing and there are lots of good online resources for those who sell products and services on the web. One of my favorites is Duct Tape Marketing. Its a great resource for ideas focused on small business, web centric marketing.

About once a week, Joh Jantsch, the marketing guru at Duct Tape Marketing sends out a newsletter full of tips about maketing, sales, client relations and web strategies to all his subscribers. It never continues to amaze me how many free, solid business growth ideas are available at no cost.

It appears that John supports his free web offerings through book sales and for-fee seminars but there is never any sort of hard sell for those who use his online guides. The idea that you can build a solid business on what you are willing to give away free is a model that never existed before the web, and it appears to be working.

No matter what your interest-business, hobby, career-you don’t have to look far to find someone willing to share proven and reliable advice on his or her area of expertise.

One of DuctTapeMarketing’s greatest offerings is John’s section on small business marketing. This is a terrific network building tool and John is really generous in his referrals to web sites that help you realize the concepts that the primary site promotes.

Its a great site but I still can’t figure out what it has to do with duct tape.GoodBuyGuys.com is your online source for Permacel gaffers tape, Duracell Procell batteries, MagLite flashlights, Nashua duct tape, Bay State wire ties, Electratrac and Coast Wire extension cords, OnStage Stand mic stands, and lots of other useful production supplies.

Sometimes its hard to get excited about selling the sorts of rather mundane products we offer. We got involved in expendable sales after years of being involved in a really interesting industry-concert and special event production. Tape sales certainly don’t generate the type of buzz you get from producing a Dolly Parton concert!

We got an order this morning that reminded us how interesting it can be to work with customers who occupy the national spotlight. The Chicago Bears are playing in the NFL playoffs and just ordered a several cases of assorted colors of gaffers tape for color coding displays in their stadium. We’ll get the rush order out today and you can be sure I will be watching their playoff game to see if we can spot some of the tape they’ve purchased.

In fact, we’ve been able to supply several high profile events recently. We shipped gaffers tape to video production company for the year’s Rose Bowl and supplied the same company for Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Years Eve broadcast from Times Square.

We also recently provided tape for NBC as they continue to prepare for the 2008 Bejing Olympics. Maybe I’ll have a high definition television to look for our tape by then.

GoodBuyGuys.com is your online source for Permacel gaffers tape, Duracell Procell batteries, MagLite flashlights, Nashua duct tape, Bay State wire ties, Electratrac and Coast Wire extension cords, OnStage Stand mic stands, and lots of other useful production supplies.

Well, New Year’s Day has come and gone, so its time to pack away the decorations for another year. Its always really tempting to just stuff them in plastic bags and pitch them into the garage, but I’ve come to realize that I will really regret that next December.

We’ve got some great products to help organize this stuff and it helps assure that next year won’t start out with having to unwind a tangled mess.

We’ve to Velcro One Wrap Straps on all our extension cords and by using these and taking a few extra minutes to coil them all up carefully, they are ready to use next holiday season. I use different colors for coding different lengths.

Nothing tangles worse than strings of mini lights (we use about 100 strands) so I secure these with nylon wire ties. A bag of 500 costs only $15.99 and that’s enough for several seasons.

Items like wreaths and garland are tied up with tie line and its great for bundling together items with lots of different parts. It has a soft texture, so it won’t damage or mar the surfaces of what you bundle with it.

Finally, when all the ornaments are stuffed into plastic bins, quick labeling with paper label tape and a Sharpie Marker means that I can quickly find what I need next year.

By the way, don’t forget to remove the batteries from any battery powered decorations. Duracell Procell batteries have a long shelf life and a good manufacturers warranty, but that warranty might not cover corrosion damage if there is a problem.

Time to get back to work.

GoodBuyGuys.com is your online source for Permacel gaffers tape, Duracell Procell batteries, MagLite flashlights, Nashua duct tape, Bay State wire ties, Electratrac and Coast Wire extension cords, OnStage Stand mic stands, and lots of other useful production supplies.