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When you want to shop locally and shop online, there's only one place to do it: Shop Batavia.
Here's some of the great offers on Shop Batavia now:
You can also buy gift certificates for local businesses. Click here.
Check Shop Batavia's home page daily for new offers and promotions from local businesses.
When you shop locally, more of your hard earned dollars stay in the local community where they do the most good. Shop Locally. Shop Batavia.
With Shop Batavia, you can shop local (keeping more of your dollars in the local economy) and save money.
Check out the coupon page for great offers from local businesses, including, but not limited to:
Also, from Turnbull Heating and Air Conditioning, you can purchase a special deal -- $25 off a residential heating and air diagnostic.
There are now 118 businesses signed on as sponsors of The Batavian. That's the highest total ever.
In the past two months, we've been please to have the following businesses sign on as sponsors:
I've written before about how supporting local businesses keeps more local dollars in our home community. Communities with vibrant local businesses demonstrate all kinds of benefits for local residents.
Along those lines, a recent study found that counties with thriving small businesses also have healthier residents.
The study of 3,060 counties and parishes in the contiguous United States -- published online in the "Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society" and forthcoming in its March print issue -- brings new evidence to a body of research literature and a debate among sociologists, who traditionally have advanced two competing hypotheses about how small business impacts public health.
Some sociologists argue that small businesses — unlike chain retail "big box" stores and large manufacturing plants — have a greater investment in the community and thus have more at stake when it comes to the well-being of employees, customers and other local citizens. The LSU and Baylor University researchers, who analyzed national population, health, business and housing data, found that the greater the proportion of small businesses, the healthier the population.
"Some communities appear to have thriving small-business sectors that feature entrepreneurial cultures that promote public health. A place like this has a can-do climate, a practical problem-solving approach in which a community takes control of its own destiny," said co-author Charles M. Tolbert, Ph.D., chair of the Sociology department at Baylor. "The alternative is the attitude that 'Things are out of our control.' "
It's critical we all do all we can to support locally owned businesses.
On The Batavian, you can find information, now, about 118 local businesses. On Shop Batavia, there are now close to 157 local businesses posting information about who they are and what they do.
In other words, it's now easier than ever to support your local business community.
Here's a complete list of sponsors of The Batavian:
There's been some great activity taking place on Shop Batavia recently:
And the list could go on.
If you check the home page of Shop Batavia daily, you'll find new specials and new information about great local businesses.
Remember, when you shop locally, more of your dollars stay in the local community to help our community grow and thrive.
The winner in our most recent Shop Batavia contest is Trish Cody.
Trish wins a set of handcrafted Valentine's glasses from Bruggie's.
The winner was selected at random from among people who "Liked" Shop Batavia on Facebook and registered for the contest.
Shop local!
Shop Batavia -- the only place in Genesee County to shop at locally owned businesses online, all in one place, and find coupons, gift certificates, recommendations and merchandise from local shops.
(Shown from left are: Owner Tim Tucker, project manager Jimi Soccio, administrative assistant Leanne Moore, sales rep Mike Kelly, sales manager Chris Ball, and head technician Geoff Harloff.)
The dispute between Time-Warner Cable and the Buffalo Sabres has left many local hockey fans out in the cold, but it's not like Sabres fans are without an option to watch their favorite team.
According to Tim Tucker, owner of IR Systems, a local DirecTV distributor, Sabres fans have been calling DirecTV in droves in order to switch service.
That's great, Tucker said, but because many of these customers are calling DirecTV directly, they're spending more than the would if they called the locally owned and operated IR Systems.
"We can help local customers save money," Tucker said. "We also have 12 dedicated local employees whom customers tell me all the time provide great, personal customer service."
Among the advantages IR System offers:
"Most DirecTV customers love the service, but when I've come across customers who've had a bad experience, it's either because of billing issues or a faulty installation," Tucker said. "With our face-to-face customer service and guaranteed, lifetime warranty on our installation, these issues cease to be a problem."
IR System's superior customer service record has enabled the locally owned company to earn a "Preferred Partner" designation from DirecTV.
The DirecTV service provided by IR Systems is the full package of programming from the nation's #1 satellite company, including all of the sports channels (Sabres and the full lineup of available NHL games, NFL Sunday Ticket, MLB baseball, NBA and college basketball, college football, national and international soccer, among other sports offerings), as well as all the movie, news and information channels that come with DirecTV service, along with premimum services and pay-per-view (various fee options exist for the different packages available).
"We're really eager to show local customers what we provide," Tucker said. "Wind, rain or snow won't stop us from giving customers the best possible service."
To contact IR Systems, call (800) 319-2129.
NOTE: This is a Sponsored Post, paid for by IR Systems.
We have a new Shop Batavia contest: Like Shop Batavia on Facebook and complete the registration and you will be entered to win a set of handmade Valentine's Day Wine Glasses from Bruggie's. For more amazing handmade items created by Bruggie's, all available for purchase from Shop Batavia, click here.
Click here to enter the contest.
The winner of our Shop Batavia review contest is Toby Cook, of Byron.
Toby wins a $100 gift certificate to Valle Jewelers.
We conducted a random drawing of the more than 220 reviews left during the contest period, and Toby's review was the one selected.
Thank you to all who participated.
I got a little held up in picking a winner for Week 17 of the Main St. Pizza Company NFL Challenge -- had a little technical challenge and needed to get some help from the company that runs the contest for us.
Plus, it's just been a heck of a busy week.
So, here's the winner: Joseph Duganier.
Joseph wins: One large cheese pizza with one topping. He has one week to claim his prize.
Oakland, in a losing effort to the San Diego Chargers (yay!), had the most offensive yards of the 10 teams contestants had to choose from and Joseph, who picked Oakland, was the random pick to win the contest.
There is just one day left in our contest:
You know there are local businesses that you just love -- tell us about them on Shop Batavia and you could win a $100 gift certificate from one of your favorite businesses.
The feedback we've received since launching Shop Batavia has been uniformly positive, but I really liked this note I got a few days ago from Michelle Thompson, owner of Hair Clip Holiday, a home-based business in Pavilion.
HI Howard,
I just wanted to take a moment and let you know how impressed I am with this website!!! I love the traffic reports, messages, and all those little extras. Someone put a lot of time into designing this!
I never heard of this website until last Sunday, I was shopping at a local gift shop, and I overheard two people talking about ShopBatavia.com....don't get the wrong idea about me, I normally don't ease-drop, but they were right next to me, and I couldn't help but to listen to them talk about your site.
Well, I will keep this short and sweet, so I just want to say thank you for this service.
More than 100 local businesses have set up their storefronts on Shop Batavia so far. If you own or manage a local business and haven't done the same yet, you can get started by going to shopbatavia.com, finding your listing and clicking the "claim my business" link. If your business isn't listed yet, you can click the "add business" button on the home page. A basic, starter storefront is free.
Shop Batavia exists to connect local shoppers with local businesses, giving local businesses a place to promote their goods and services to local customers in a direct way online, any time of day, and give businesses a powerful option to promote what they do.
Just about everybody nowadays researches their purchases online, even if they eventually walk into a store to make the purchase. Local businesses, to remain competitive today, must have robust ways to promote themselves online.
Shop Batavia isn't just another "create a link in a business directory and hope people find it" kind of site. It's rich with features that include e-commerce capabilities, coupons, deals, gift certificates, restaurant menus, email newsletters, free websites and more. There's nothing else like it available to Genesee County-based businesses, not even from national companies.
And readers, a reminder about our contest: You can win a $100 gift certificate if you leave a five-star review of a local business on Shop Batavia. One review will be randomly selected and the author of that review will receive a $100 gift certificate to that business. So review your favorite local businesses today -- only two days left in the contest.
It's a New Year, time to get a fresh start, make some resolutions, set some goals for 2012. Shop Batavia is here to help:
Don't forget about our contest: Leave a five-star review for a local business on Shop Batavia for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate from that business.
Last week, several NFL backs eligible for picking in the contest had two receptions, but none had three.
In a random drawing of the entrants who picked one of the back that had at least two receptions, James Demmer came out the winner.
Demmer wins a large cheese pizza with one topping. He has one week to claim his prize at Main St. Pizza Company.
To enter this week's contest, click here.
You know there are local businesses that you just love -- tell us about them on Shop Batavia and you could win a $100 gift certificate from one of your favorite businesses.
Here's how it works: Register as a user on Shop Batavia then find the listing for your favorite business(es) and leave a five-star review.
On Jan. 7, we'll randomly select one of the reviews left on The Batavian and if you're the person who left the review, we'll buy you a $100 gift certificate to that business. (If that business doesn't offer gift certificates, we'll buy a gift certificate to another favorite business you reviewed).
So, head over to Shop Batavia, now and start leaving reviews.
Cookies and Milk would like to inform everyone in the community that they going out of business as of Saturday, Dec. 31.
There are lots of items for sale such as an oven, tables and racks. All equipment is for sale.
Stop by Cookies & Milk, 29 City Centre or contact Lorraine Schaub at 585-356-7759 for additional information.
Jordan Fleming was picked in a random drawing as the winner of our Shop Batavia / Roxy's Music Facebook "Like" contest.
Fleming wins either a Peavy Stage Pack Electric Guitar Starter Pack or $150 in-store credit.
Congratulations to Jordan.
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