Thank you to all those who entered in our Shoot the Signs of Spring Contest!

We have received a lot of different pictures and are thankful for everything you have sent in.

Al that’s left to do is decide on our winners! Our Prizes for this month are provided by these contest sponsors:

91.7 Giant FM

Carpaccio Restaurant and Wine Bar

Emerald Pines Golf Club

Holiday Inn Fort Erie Convention Centre

Niagara’s Best Brewery

Avtech Castings

We wish the best to everyone who took part in our contest, We hope that you register for our future contests to come!

Thank You and Good Luck!

ShopNiagara Staff

Well, winter has come and gone and everyone in Niagara is getting excited for warmer weather, I’m sure many of you have been packing away those snow shovels and hats by now!

On that note, you’ll probably be out doing more things without having to hide under the blanket, Even all of us here at ShopNiagara are keeping busy setting up for the new season, with new updates, organization and a complete layout change (more on that another time) there is a lot going on.

Niagara Contests:

Our new contest starts shortly this April, so get your cameras ready and Shoot the Signs of Spring. Snap some shots of your first flowers, the breakup of ice from Lake Erie, the return of migrating birds or anything you see that reminds you of Spring, You could win great prizes from our advertisers! Stay tuned to niagaracontests.com to find out more.

Whats Up Niagara:

The amount of events that we have recieved are staggering, and we’re very thankful for all the information!  Our event listing site is growing into one of the largest event databases in Niagara.

Login today and send us your event info, and spread the word on what you have to offer!

Share Away!

With our new toolbar, you have multiple ways to share our site with places that you visit.

A Share button

Facebook, Twitter and Digg integration

Chatroom

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A Donate button, where you can contribute to supporting the programs and services of Therapy Alternatives for Special Children and adults (TASC), a Niagara-based non-profit organization that specializes in providing the disabled with programs, therapy and support. Your secure donation will be accepted via Paypal and will directly go to TASC

ShopNiagara also supports TASC with our advertisers, some of our proceeds benefit TASC with monetary fundraising, your support will be greatly appreciated.

We encourage you to share our site on Twitter and Facebook! Tell everyone you know about ShopNiagara, Niagara’s Business, Shopping, Classified and Events Directory.

Niagara Contest Winner Congratulations to all our winners. Visit www.niagaracontests.com

Well, it’s been a month, and we have seen an unprecedented response to our Warm Up Niagara Contest from our entrants, Over 100 entries have been sent to ShopNiagara over the month of January and we just have to say that we’re proud of everyone for taking part in our largest contest so far. Thank You!

On that note, It can be said that as of January 31, 2010, Warm Up Niagara by Niagaracontests.com has now officially ENDED

We will now sort through the entries over the next few days and make a decision on some of our winners!

Stay tuned to ShopNiagara, Niagaracontests.com or our advertisers for the latest info on who our lucky winners will be!!!

GOOD LUCK to all our entrants in this contest and may you get a “WARM UP” this winter in Niagara.

Our next contest will be announced this February, thank you to our sponsors for Warm Up Niagara

Giant FM 91.7 -  Niagara This Week -   Country Corner Market -   Paterson Lange Heating/AC -   Rosehill Auction -   Greg frewin theatre

The stories, people and families in Niagara that need help is staggering. Our Warm Up Niagara contest will help seven families in Niagara. Many need a glimmer of hope to continue on. Keep up on whats happening on www.niagaracontests.com We will be working to bring all contests together so everyone can enter.

Win a Furnace Contest

 FURNACE CONTEST –

TO ENTER: www.niagaracontests.com/contact.html Write a story explaining why you or someone you know deserves to have their furnace replaced.  Stories will be published on line at www.niagaracontests.com/photogallery  

 

Please scour the internet and your own videos and email the url to contests@shopniagara.ca or upload the video to www.niagaravideos.com . Together we can show that Niagara has much more to offer than just running water.

Win Great Prizes

Summer? Tell us what you have been doing in this somewhat chilly time of the year.

We were hoping to have some great stories and pictures of sunburns and heat exhaustion but it looks like we will have to settle for overcoats and umbrellas so far.

Please send an image and a short story of something you and your friends or family have done this summer in the Niagara Region.

We have Great Prizes for the the following catagories best, funniest, scariest and most bizzare story and photo. email submissions to

contests@shopniagara.ca

Please feel free to post comments or upload via our Blog 

Full Details click here

Please post your upcoming events, garage sales in Shop Niagara.

Click on our submit an event button.

Tell us what you have planned for the spring. Gardenning tips, lawn care solutions tips on spring clean up.

We will be looking for some interesting stories you may wish to share with others that happened over the Winter.

Walter

 

How to Advertise Your Home Business Online

from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit

When you start a home based business, it is essential to gain an edge over other competitors offering same products or services in your market. In order to attract customers to your site you will have to promote your site through advertisements. Even if the quality of the product or service you offer is the best, it will not gain attention from the customers. Without advertisement, there will be no sales and no revenue.

Steps

1. Pay attention to the market. Currently, there is a trend towards digitalization. You can create a domain with an attractive dot com and file your site to free web directories. This can add great value to the products and services you are offering.
2. Try shared advertising on the internet. Here you need to find people who are also in need of product exposure at least expenditure, and merge your advertisement along with their product. This method gives definite benefits as long as you differentiate your product well from the others. It can also be less expensive. Any surfer that comes to visit the other product or service will definitely have a look at yours. Shared advertisement is very common on the internet. The more advertisers you share with, the greater the exposure of your product.
3. Use banners with good designs can prove effective. Well-designed banners can attract more attention from the customers and provide credibility to the product.
4. Advertise through ezines, classified ads, and blogs. This can also attract the attention of the customers to a great extent.
5. Link up with partners who sell a different product or even the same product. You pull advertising dollars and you will rotate each others sites on your prospective sites. For example: John will rotate Willie’s and Bob’s website on his site and they will do the same for Willie, this will increase each members exposure to a broader audience. This technique could also be used for classified ads, solo ads, and any other promotion technique you could ever dream about.
6. Barter/Trade. If you have a website with a high page rank, you could negotiate with another webmaster/ezine owner. You could trade links for an advertisement. The possibilities are endless with this technique.
7. Add your url to search engines and directories.

Tips

• Whichever method you follow, it is essential to see that the advertisements are clear and impressive. It should state all the qualities of the product in a clear and crisp manner to attract the attention of the customers.
• A lot of the information mentioned above can be done for free. Just type these suggestions into your google search engine.

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