Introducing Tallahassee Fundraiser Grapevine Discounts Card

At you know TallahasseeGrapevine.com is bigger than ever... we are about to pass the 6000 Newsletter Subscriber mark and we are introducing the Newest Tallahassee Fundraising Opportunity for Your Team, School, Or Club!

It is called the GrapevineDiscounts.com card and it is this simple:

• It is a plastic card that fits in your wallet
• You go to www.GrapevineDiscounts.com and find all the local merchants that are offering a discount to cardholders and what their special offer is: As of right now, we have over 80 Businesses! With new ones added every day!
• The ONLY way to get the card is through a local fundraiser. So the local businesses are rewarding your for giving back to the community! 
• They are $25 and good for one year.  You can save $25 just by using it a few times... sometimes you can save more than $25 just by using it once! 

Is your group going to hold a fundraiser? 

Contact us at (850) 528-3909 and see how much money you can earn selling the GrapevineDiscounts.com card! They are only $25 each to the consumer and your group gets a very generous split of it. Very easy sell and not pre-orders, they pay, they get a card! Simple! 

And don't forget, if you are having an event or looking for a Tallahassee Events Calendar - The Tallahassee Grapevine is the Most Popular, Most Comprehensive Online Event Calendar in Town. 

Tallahassee Grapevine at the Food Festival

Tallahassee Grapevine had a great time at the Tallahassee Food Festival this past Saturday, Sept 24th, 2011.

Our table had the flat screen on it so people could play with the site.  They love the Tallahassee Blogs Articles and the Tallahassee Events Calendar.  But a lot also liked the Tallahassee Coupons.

We got hundreds of people to sign up for our weekly newsletter, which also entered them to win tickets to Brewfest! Tallahassee.

Here is a photo of my booth:

If you ever need to Print Postcards and Flyers Online, let us know. We can get it done quality, local and the best price in town because we do bulk orders.

I also need to recommend Tallahassee Dentist Paul J. Smith - he is a great guy and has a solid practice up off Killearn Center Blvd.

Tallahassee Grapevine Ultimate Guide to Tallahassee Restaurants

Tallahassee Grapevine is more than just Tallahassee Events or Tallahassee Coupons - we are now kicking off our Ultimate Guide to Tallahassee Restaurants!

The coolest part is going to be the His View, Her View, Tallahassee Food Reviews articles where each will focus on a specific restaurant and will be from the viewpoint of both a Man and a Woman! It will include text and photos and also VIDEO!  Stay tuned... our first one is coming soon.

The Ultimate Guide to Tallahassee Restaurants gets your restaurant:

- A Directory Listing for each category with your hours, address and information.

·        -  This listing will include your menu, a map to your location, photos, logos, and even video!

·         -  People can Rate You 5 Stars and Write a Review on Your Page!

·         - You will be included in a “His View, Her View: Tallahassee Food Review” column. It is written from two viewpoints – a man and a woman on a date!  This review will include VIDEO & photos of the meal!

·         Food Review is included in the “Tallahassee in a Nutshell” Newsletter – currently with over 5,000 local subscribers.

·         - Add Unlimited Click & Print Coupons!

·         - Be included on our Weekly / Daily Specials Page (It is updated every week)

·         - Add your events to Tallahassee’s most popular event calendar – Events are also promoted in the newsletter!

·         - Promoted on 2 Facebook Pages: Tallahassee Grapevine & Ultimate Guide to Tallahassee Restaurants

·         - Coming This Fall: Grapevine Discount Cards! (No Extra Charge If You Sign Up Now!)

Current Restaurants include:

Shula’s 347, University Center Club, Bagelheads, The Crepevine, Milanos Pizzeria, Village Pizza, Tropical Smoothie Café, Los Amigos & El Mercadito!

The Cool part of being on the Grapevine is whether you are a Tallahassee Dentist or sell Discount Online Printing you can find an audience on Tallahassee Grapevine!

Tallahassee Grapevine - Random Thoughts on a Monday

It's pouring rain outside.  I managed to sneak out to get a late lunch in between downpours. I have been working all day on the sponsored blogs - getting ready for this week's newsletter for Tallahassee Grapevine.

I was stressed out yesterday. I felt that we did not have any articles to include in the newsletter. As of right now, I have 9. Which is too many. And it is only Monday. People could write more before Wednesday. Ugh.

I am doing some work for a Tallahassee Dentist.  Trying to get his site optimized. I hope he understands that it takes time.

I am pretty excited because a lot of our generic keyword searches are pulling us up on the front page of Google now. Phrases like Tallahassee Coupons  or Tallahassee Blogs  or Tallahassee Events  or even Tallahassee Marketing -  Plus, a lot of firms in town are now signing up to use the site. It reminds me of Anchorman's "I'm kind of a big deal around here..."

We hired a salesperson today. He will do well. He needs to network. Once he exhausts his circle, he will have to have a pipeline going.

I guess I am done for today. Thanks for reading my rant. Amen.

TallahasseeGrapevine.com Is Growing Stonger Day by Day

The Difference Between Tallahassee Grapevine and Facebook.

A Grapevine site is a social media network JUST for your local area but with more attributes - Like you do not have to be a friend of a friend to find an interest group, an event or read an article. It is more like a Free Press Magazine for Your Community. There is only one Facebook, it is just REALLY big. But there is a Grapevine for each community. All separate. There are going to be Grapevines in 100s of communities, maybe even 1000s when it is all said and done... Because It All Comes Back to Local.

When you think about it, Facebook is local.  Unless someone had moved around a lot, I would gander that 85 to 90% of the People and Businesses that you are connected to are local.  Why would you LIKE a pizza place in Milwaukee when you live in Philadelphia?  It is local because that is what people want, that is where they are comfortable.  Sure we might let a big celebrity, artist, movie or national chain or product slip in there - but they advertise locally, too.

People are bound to their community, it is where they work, shop, go to church, socialize...

That is why we have such a comprehensive event calendar on any Grapevine. If you were putting on an Event in Tallahassee, why wouldn't you want to create a nice page for it anywhere you could?  Anywhere potential attendees would come see it. Especially when it is as easy as it is on Tallahassee Grapevine.

Think about it. Until then... see you on Tallahassee Grapevine... and Savannah Grapevine... and Rochester Grapevine... and Milwaukee Grapevine... Etc etc etc.

Tallahassee Grapevine gets once in a lifetime opportunity

The folks here at Tallahassee Grapevine are excited.  We launched in June of 2010 with a vision but no clear way to get there. We knew the site had tremendous potential to be like free press for the local community.  With the blog articles, the event calendar and the video classifieds - we were very unique as everyone could design their own pages for whatever they had to say.

We really hit our groove in early 2011 after 8 months of growing pains and learning curves.  Now we feel we have the system for success down. The whole point of a Grapevine is that it is local. It is not like Facebook where there is only one national site. The Grapevine's are all separate and JUST for that specific city, region or community.

There are already 200 Grapevines ready to be licensed with plans to create 1000 more in the United States and Canada.

Besides Tallahassee, we are focusing on the following sites:
Savannah Grapevine
Downeast Grapevine
Hudson Valley Grapevine
Milwaukee Grapevine
Rochester Grapevine
Rome Grapevine in Georgia
Mohave Grapevine in Arizona

We are so excited! We are going to have a launch party at University Center Club at Florida State University very soon!

Big Plans for Tallahassee Grapevine

TallahasseeGrapevine.com launched on June 20, 2010.

It's local, do-it-yourself community format kept users coming back to see what articles were being written, what events were happening that night or weekend in Tallahassee, to find a Tallahassee coupon, start a group or use any of the many, many features.

We even started a new feature called "Buzz on the 'Vine" in which we take pictures of our neighbors out and about at Tallahassee events and post them in the magazine. What Fun!

The big news is, with so much success here in Tallahassee, we are taking it national! There will be a Grapevine is over 100 cites within one year! We hope to one day have one in over 1000 cities and regions!

There Will Be a Grapevine just like Tallahassee Grapevine in Your City Soon!