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My Interview with Cart-Away

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Cart-Away

While walking around Blog World Expo I ran into a Cart-Away Supply MixKing. I thought to myself, “Why?” “Why is there a concrete mixer on the floor of Blog World Expo?” Well, I didn’t have to ponder too long because I walked over and talked to Bruce from Cart-Away Supply about what they were doing at Blog World Expo. Cart-Away has advertised with traditional media for years and wanted to experiment by coming to blog world expo and to see how far they could reach. Well, a concrete mixer on the floor of a blogging convention sure gets noticed.

I interviewed Bruce about why Cart-Away was at the show and here is that short interview.

When I got back to my hotel room to work on this post I read the literature on Cart-Away. Cart-Away Supply is The Concrete Rental and Landscape Store. They can help contractors and homeowners with many different equipment items and they also are looking to expand their reach as a franchise. There weren’t very many specifics on the franchise opportunity but if you are interested in franchising from Cart-Away you can call 1-888-MIX-KING (649-5464) or e-mailing [email protected].

As someone who has mixed concrete by hand for medium sized jobs for my Dad I can tell you that being able to mix up 1.75 Yard of concrete in a MixKing would have saved our backs years ago. I can see this business as a benefit to the small contractor and homeowner who isn’t looking for a giant concrete load delivered but rather just the right amount for the job they need to do. The Cart-Away MixKing looked like the right equipment for just such jobs.

I’m in no way in a position to start a franchise but I’d like to hear more about it especially since the economy is doing so poorly and housing market is going down I think more people will try and fix their existing homes and as the market rebounds and construction picks up again you would be pretty well positioned as a franchisee with Cart-Away.

If you are interested in how Cart-Away does with their little blogging experiment check out The Cart-Away Blog. Cart away offered nothing to the blogger’s of Blog World Expo except for the chance to aid in their experiment. I’m interested to see how they do.

Photo-A-Day

Queen Smooshy Face – PAD #1002

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Photo-A-Day #1002

Today we took Eva out for a stroll around the block. It was a bit cold so we bundled up our own little Queen Smooshy Face (a nickname I gave her in those moments of parental creativity). She has this cute snowsuit that is a pink teddy bear and then a green hat and mittens. She was not going to get cold at all. ‘QSF’ enjoys facing outwards when she goes for a walk, she wants to see the world. So Allison wears a baby sling that can be used in may different configurations. Here is a photo of the two of them on our walk.

Pack and go.

While we walked I took my camera, of course, and while we walked I thought about Trevor Carpenter’s newest challenge, the 2008 Challenge. For that he is asking people to go out and take photos of their communities and post the best photo of the week. I’m not sure I can commit to that and probably won’t but I applaud anyone who decides to do so. Here is a photo from the downtown, I liked how the light hit the windows of the building, we have some interesting architecture in the town.

Downtown Light

I’ve gotten a ton of traffic lately from Entrecard and I’ve entered a bunch of contests there. Each day I’ve gotten my 300 credits from my card drops and I’ve gotten additional ones from people dropping cards here as well. And after little over a week it costs 134ec to advertise on this blog. That is pretty sweet and it puts me very close to the #1 photography spot. There are also a bunch of contests going on at blogs that use Entrecard and I’ve entered a ton of them. I wish I had started this as soon as I got back from Blog World Expo. I am also working on a list of 300 blogs to go to each day and drop cards.