Thursday, August 16, 2007

The Tiki Bar is Now an Amazon Affiliate

The Tiki Bar Is Open is now an Amazon Affiliate. This means it will be time to start advertising soon to draw more traffic. To this point it has been word of mouth and bloggers checking us out. Were working on the direct marketing scheme now. Yahoo and Google have some good things. We'll be doing some local exposure stuff like windows decals on our vehicles. Having the cool logo on there with be worth the purchase on its own. The other venue we are looking at is Tiki Magazine. They have a great site and there product looks good. We subscribed yesterday and will evaluate what kind of ad space in the mag and on the site to buy. We'll be looking at some other sites and media out there too, but more than likely we'll get into some community events like Taste of the Beaches. More targeted, more fun and more meaningful to do things with and for the community as opposed to just spamming a bunch of people. Islanders don't like spam.

For now, the Amazon stuff is on our music page and is our phase 1 online marketplace. We'll move the Amazon content to a Shop link soon and start filling the music page with or usual stories of history behind different island style music and recording artists. We'll always keep the Amazon stuff because it is great, but we'll be securing a fulfillment house in the next 3-4 months so we can offer specific things to Tiki Nation that will fit the tiki lifestyle. Finer items that one can use and appreciate.

We'll have a MySpace by the weekend as well. A few more iMixes on iTunes, and most importantly... it's time to start recording our tiki podcasts! Let the fun begin!

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