
The New Directory is Here!
'Sup? KeepItQuerque - buy local! Directory to hit 105,000 homes this weekend! The latest from our friends at the Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau ACVB offers you "Shared Advertising on United Airlines - and more! Your business matters! Collaboration is on the Rise! ShareNM.org helps everyone help everyone Localists Everywhere are Uniting! Member Events New Members in the last few weeks! KeepItQuerque - buy local! Chairman of the Board to Speak! Look for our Ad in La Montanita Coop's May Coop Connection! Things are going to start happening now! Member Events Small Business Marketing PowerCircle 05/13/2014 4TH ANNUAL LONG LEASH ON LIFE TO THE RESCUE! 05/18/2014 KeepItQuerque Board Meeting 05/20/2014 Small Business Marketing PowerCircle 06/10/2014 KeepItQuerque Board Meeting 06/17/2014 Small Business Marketing PowerCircle 07/08/2014 KeepItQuerque Board Meeting 07/15/2014 Small Business Marketing PowerCircle 08/12/2014 KeepItQuerque Board Meeting 08/19/2014 Small Business Marketing PowerCircle 09/09/2014 KeepItQuerque Board Meeting 09/16/2014 Don't see your event here? New Members in the last few weeks! Masterpiece Medical Massage Karla Linden Website manifestress@gmail.com Join Date: 04/01/2014 CG Printers, Inc. Steven Garcia print@cgprinters.com Join Date: 04/04/2014 Samon's Tiger Stores Inc Oliver Hauss oliver@samons.biz Join Date: 04/04/2014 WENDY92, LLC WENDY FORBES WENDY@WENDY92.COM Join Date: 04/04/2014 DripsToo, LLC Vera Neel Website info@dripstoo.com Join Date: 04/04/2014 AC Inks Vincent Crewe Website info@acinks.com Join Date: 04/04/2014 Pattison Pension Specialists, Inc. Ronald L. Pattison Website Ron@pattisonpension.com Join Date: 04/04/2014 Platinum Insurance Sandra Pattison Website Sandra@platinumnm.com Join Date: 04/04/2014 Enchantment Land Certified Development Company Ron Brown Website rbrown@elcdc.com Join Date: 04/04/2014 Main Bank and Ameriplex Mortgage Ron Shettlesworth Website rshettlesworth@mainbank.com Join Date: 04/04/2014 Sport Systems Duane Kinsley Website duane@nmsportsystems.com Join Date: 04/07/2014 Danlar Collision & Glass, Inc. Dan Knippel dan@danlar.com Join Date: 04/08/2014 La Montanita Coop Distribution Center Michelle Franklin Website mf@lamontanita.coop Join Date: 04/08/2014 La Montanita Coop editec@lamontanita.coop Delivered Dish Ron Patel Website ron@d-dish.com Join Date: 04/16/2014 KeepItQuerque - buy local! Chairman of the Board to Speak! Wayne Story, KeepItQuerque - buy local Chairman of the Board will be the keynote speaker TOMORROW at a wonderful event presented by ABQWomenMakeADifference.com As a business owner you will find this event beneficial. The 1/2 day event starts at 8am and ends at 1:30pm at the Holiday Inn Express Midtown. Wayne will be one of five speakers providing you, as a business owner or sales professional, content-rich information you can truly benefit and appreciate. Your investment is just $47 with breakfast and lunch (catered by Bucca di Beppo's) included. And, Mom, you can save money if you want to bring Pop! Register together and save 22%. To See the flyer cut and paste this link into your browser; http://abqwomenmakeadifference.com/Events_I_Promote.html Look for our Ad in La Montanita Coop's May Coop Connection! La Montanita coop has been "local when Local wasn't cool," to paraphrase a song. The Coop is supporting KeepItQuerque. You'll see them on the back of the new directory and you'll see KeepItQuerque in the Coop Connection for the next several months. Did you know the Coop now has four Albuquerque locations? Whether you live near Nob Hill, Rio Grande, Westside or UNM the Coop makes it easier to buy local in your part of twon, as well as in Santa Fe and Gallup! Check out the May Coop Connection online or pick one up at the store! Things are going to start happening now! The New Directory is here - We're SOMEBODY Now!	KeepItQuerque - buy local! Directory to hit 105,000 homes this weekend! This weekend the 4-page print version KeepItQuerque's directory will be delivered to approximately 105,000 upscale single family homes in the Albuquerque area. Look for the May issue of New Mexico MarketPlace Magazine in your mailbox. From Placitas to Bosque Farms your directory will be delivered to the most upscale neighborhoods, based on home values and income levels. Although we weren't able to reach every recipient of New Mexico MarketPlace (total delivery including the East Mountains, Rio Rancho, Corrales and Bernalillo is 175,000 homes) your directory make it's biggest impact in KeepItQuerque history. The principle function of the directory is to provide phone numbers and addresses to folks so they can confidently "buy local" by choosing from among our members. Of course there is information about why we should make the "10% Shift" and every page has the KeepItQuerque.org website so your online directory listings should see some new visitors! See a proof of the directory here... The latest from our friends at the Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau Are you aware of the efforts of the Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau? This "enterprise" organization is charged with bringing Business and Pleasure Travelers to Albuquerque. "So far, for fiscal year 2014, the ACVB has booked 48,000 room nights, beating its goal of 41,000, and doubling last year’s totals of 24,000." Not only does the ACVB invite people from around the world to bring their money to the Heart of the Great Southwest, they also provide information to help us "vacation at home!" "The ACVB’s immediate push, however, is to launch the new ABQ365 page, a comprehensive calendar of everything happening in the city. “ABQ365 is Albuquerque’s daily source for what to do: from a comprehensive calendar of events to an engaging blog written by Albuquerque residents,” said Tania Armenta, vice president of marketing, communications and tourism at ACVB. “With more and more people using social media and other online tools, target audiences are blending. The ACVB decided to expand its reach to target both visitors and residents.” Upcoming ABQ365 Events ACVB offers you "Shared Advertising on United Airlines - and more! One of the many benefits of collaboration is the opportunity to create a greater marketing buzz - and the Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau offers plenty of opportunities to do just that. If you like the tourists to visit your business you might consider these options; Co-op Advertising Opportunity in United Hemispheres Dossier New Mexico United Airlines presents Dossier New Mexico a 24+ page editorial section to be featured in the July 2014 issue of its in-flight magazine, Hemispheres. This unparalleled exposure is a perfect opportunity to make a lasting impression on a global audience. Dossier New Mexico will be seen by 12+ million affluent, influential business and leisure travelers who fly on United. It will present the unique attributes of the areas successful business climate. This dedicated feature will demonstrate why New Mexico is a great place to invest, relocate or travel. Hemispheres will create an all-encompassing feature focusing on New Mexico's global economic impact, business diversity and innovation. This offer is available exclusively for ACVB Partners. ACVB Email Co-op opportunities extended through December 2014 Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau is offering partners the opportunity to advertise in our consumer email that is sent monthly to over 120,000 opt-in email addresses. The monthly email will have three featured listings. Participation is limited to hotel, visitor activity and attraction, dining and event partners within a 30-mile radius of Albuquerque. Your business matters! If you are planning to BE the tourist or Business traveler and are heading out of town you might like to hear this; Amstar & Relax at 2801 Yale Blvd SE - right at the "door" of the airport - is offering KeepItQuerque - buy local members their corporate discount! FasTPark and Relax was started in Albuquerque and the family that owns it is from here so, even though they're operating from another state, they want to support KeepItQuerque. Next time you travel and need to leave a vehicle at the airport consider enrolling in the FasTPark "Relax for Rewards" airport parking plan. There is no charge to become a member and you'll get a great rate to park. If nothing else, this way less of your parking dollar leaves town! Questions? Feel free to contact John Reimann, Account Manager, FasTPark & Relax 2801 Yale Blvd S.E.. Albuquerque, Collaboration is on the Rise! ShareNM.org helps everyone help everyone Clifton Chadwick When Elisa Breitbart and several of her colleagues in retail initiated the Albuquerque Independent Business Alliance back in 2003 they were able to see over the horizon. They saw how important Local, Independent Businesses are to our economy and to our community while most folks were to busy to notice. In the wake of the financial devastation wrought, in no small measure, by those "Too Big To Fail" organizations that, simply put, failed us all, many are realizing how important our relationships with each other are. The United Way of Central New Mexico, The Albuquerque Community Foundation, the CNM Foundation, the Santa Fe Community Foundation with help from some of the big corporations and philanthropists have come together to create a single platform for collaboration. In other words, they collaborated in making collaboration more effective. Please take a look at www.sharenm.org, a community platform designed to bring together data from several sources to allow you, me and anyone to find the right services. Whether you are looking for Grant Money or a place for your underage pregnant niece to find support and information you can probably find it at ShareNM.org! Localists Everywhere are Uniting! KeepItQuerque is just one of many members of the American Independent Business Alliance. Our membership with AMIBA allows us to share best practices with other Buy Local initiatives - and to share their discoveries with you. Your KeepItQuerque will be sending representatives to AMIBA's Go Local, Grow Local coming up in May. "The AMIBA Conference is a MUST! I...[absorbed] so many great ideas to carry back to Shop Local Raleigh. We've put many of them into action here: great strategies to build our membership, engage with the public, focus our Social Media, create real value for our business members, and so much more. Plus, after meeting IBA leaders from all across the continent, we're never more than a phone call (or a tweet) away from solutions. We know there is so much to gain from so many IBAs sharing so many ideas" -- Mark Weldon, Board Member, Shop Local Raleigh If you'd like to attend on behalf of your business read more! Then let us know so we can collaborate with you.
KeepItQuerque! - The New Directory is Here!