My latest summer marketing

I came up with a great marketing idea for the summer. This year I decided not to plant annual flowers. With the economic times I thought I would buy vegetable plants instead. But I went overboard.

Last fall I had noticed that some ethnic homes whether it was Chinese, Italian, Romanian, or Arabic planted vegetables every where. In the front yard, on the side, wherever there was a spot for a plant they put one.

I live in Livonia and my yard doesn't get a lot of sun so I thought I would do the same thing. I planted in the front yard, in pots, and in the side yard to. The problem is when ever my wife and I went into a nursery or place that had plants we bought one more plant. So now we have about 40 tomato plants. I placed the pots wherever there was sun. I planted my tomato plants, peppers, zucchini, squash, and cucumbers. Then I watered and rapid growed (fertilized) them.

A couple of weeks ago the bounty started to come in. My wife has already canned about 20 jars of dill and sweet pickles. We have given vegetables to the neighbors and friends. And I had planned to give vegetables to clients too.

So this is what I came up with. I put cucumbers and the tomatoes and a few peppers in a nice gift bag. Bought a small bottle at the dollar store and filled it with olive oil. Then got a recipe and put my contact info on the back. And I put a little blurb about my economic stimulus plan and going green and I am giving it away to my clients.

And here is my blurb about the economy

Just another way of thanking my clients and friends for using me and helping me through these tough economic times.

If you have a business this I believe is a high impact gift without a lot of cost. It's the thought that counts.

Russ Ravary your Metro Detroit Realtor