Association Newsletter, October 2005

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March meeting held at Florida
Utility Trailer in Apopka

Friday, March 17, 2006
Apopka, Florida

Our meeting was held on March 17, 2006 starting at 11:00 am. Our host, Florida Utility Trailers in Apopka, provided us with the space and set up for the meeting. FAMSSU Member Kelly Stevens is the owner of this business. Lunch was catered by Sonny’s Barbecue the food was plentiful and good, thank you Sonny's. There were about 22 members and guests in attendance.
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FAMSSU IS small business...

Networking Opportunities Better

President Dale Payne of AA American opened with his goals for 2006, growing the membership and networking better.  We had discussions of the state of the market by Jon Simpkins of Land & Sea and internet advertising.  Bill Martin of Handi Storage discussed the "ins and outs" of internet advertising.  The group voted to increase expenditures from dues on net advertising.  Barry Taylor of www.Yellowpages.com discussed their advertising options for members.  Dale discussed a review of "clipping services" that might be available around the state to offer FAMSSU current info on political agendas affecting our industry.  He will follow up and report back next meeting.  That meeting date will be in September and the date will be announced.
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Insurance Discussions
Patricia Schmaltz of Lord & Co, Inc in Tampa discussed insurance in general.  Basically she indicated if the group wanted to reduce our rates individually we should look at our CLASSICATION of WC and choose HIGHER DEDUCTIBLES.  When we give projections we should BE CONSERVATIVE in giving sales dollars and payroll amounts.  In our contracts we should make sure we have HOLD HARMLESS clauses passing the liability to the customer.

There was quite a bit of networking and discussions about all topics of interest to companies in our industry.  Walt from Anchor showed his "shelving" system they now sell.

The next meeting will be held in September.

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In This Issue:
Meeting Held in Apopka
Vendors Attending:
  Yellowpages.com
  Schmaltz & Co Insur 
  
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Web Advertising
UPDATES IN PROGRESS!

During the meeting we discussed the current web advertising program.  The program has created over 19,000 HITS on the search words and hundreds of site hits with over an average of 1 lead/day in 6 months.  Most members agreed they had rented or sold units DUE TO THE LEAD SERVICE DIRECTLY!  ONE LEAD PAID THE ANNUAL DUES!!

The membership agreed to increase dues spending up to $130/month on internet advertising for members!

 

 

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