Since our initial announcement about the 5-year anniversary party, we have scheduled Phil Williams from Newstalk 98.7 FM to come out and do a live remote broadcast here at the Slamdot Store from 3 to 6 pm, so come out and listen live in person!
We’ve also partnered with one of our good customers, Bread of Heaven Catering, to bring a smoker and provide some of the best BBQ in East TN right here at the store! They’re one of the best kept secrets in town, and if you’ve had their food, you know why you need to be here. If you haven’t, don’t blame us for any regrets about not showing up…
There will also be beer, wine, some great music, and of course, like always, some tasty Italian Ice from Rita’s Ice. Please come join us as we show our support to all of our customers and friends who have helped Slamdot hit the 5-year milestone.
Slamdot turned 5 years old today (Happy Birthday to us!), which is amazing. We have done a lot and come a long way in 5 short years, and we’re already looking forward to the next 5 years ahead of us. This fall we have a lot of new things going on, and we are very excited about everything that is happening, especially with the Slamdot Store. We have received numerous positive comments about it, with overwhelming support from our local community of Knoxville, TN. Business continues to get better and better by the day, and more people are realizing how easy and accessible it is working with us in the retail format.
We’d like to thank our awesome customers, and our close friends and colleagues, who have been with us all of these years and understood our vision for the future. We hope to continue improving our services even further, and offering many more options to our clients.
Since starting out working remotely from home, to the handful of smaller offices we’ve called home in between, and opening the first Slamdot Store earlier this year, we have loved every minute of the journey and can’t wait for more. We hope those who are available to join us in Knoxville on August 31st will come by the Slamdot Store to hang out from 3 pm to 8 pm, as we gather in celebration.
Thanks for 5 great years, from the entire Slamdot Team!
We had the opportunity to attend the official ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the new 100 Block of Gay Street in downtown Knoxville this morning, which has undergone a major renovation over the past 17 months with the entire street being closed to vehicular traffic. The “Streetscapes Project” was done to fix the old infrastructure of the street, sidewalks, utilities and other aspects of the block, while beautifying the block even further and adding more character.
As you can tell from Elaine jumping high into the air, we’re beyond thrilled about the re-opening of our block, where we’ve called home for the last couple of years. Right now it’s only open to pedestrian traffic, but the entire street will be open to vehicular traffic on August 15, in a few short weeks, which comes just after our 5-year anniversary on August 5. The timing is perfect.
Mayor Bill Haslam came out to address the crowd and lead the ribbon cutting.
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It’s almost time again for our annual Farragut/West Knox Chamber networking event! We had a blast last year, with almost 100 people who stopped by to network with one another. We’re anticipating a huge crowd again this year. If you received an invitation, or you’re part of the Farragut Chamber, please stop by, and you’re welcome to bring a guest or two along with you.
We’ll have Rita’s Ice on hand to fight any heat that may be lurking, and some other refreshments. There will also be a few door prizes, which are donated by some of our awesome customers, who always provide the best giveaways.
Let us know if you plan on dropping into the Store on June 17 to say hello, meet some new folks and catch up with those you know. Please RSVP to rsvp@slamdot.com and let us know how many guests you have coming.
We are excited to say that our SlamCamp workshop held Tuesday, March 16th, at the Knoxville Chamber Partnership, as part of their Chamber U series, turned out to be a huge success. Thanks to all of the companies that attended our presentation on Secrets of Effective Web Marketing.
SlamCamps are a series of workshops that we’re doing for small business owners, to help them better understand effective website marketing, search engine optimization, and social media strategies. Our first SlamCamp had around fifty attendees, and we received top ratings and great feedback.
Setting up
Introductions
Sean & Daniel talking
Our next SlamCamp will be in April at the Slamdot Store. We’ll be launching a new section of our website soon with dates and times of future SlamCamps.
Are you a sharpshooting, smooth-talking salesperson, good at talking people out of their money? Well, this isn’t the job for you.
We’re looking for someone who doesn’t have a lot of sales experience, but has a willingness to learn our products well and help our customers succeed online. Like Ben Affleck said in Boiler Room, “We don’t hire [salespeople] here, we train new ones.”
We need someone who has a passion for small business. Someone who enjoys technology and the Internet. Someone who’ll care about our customers as much as we do. Our approach is not to hard sell. We consider ourselves consultants. We consult. We don’t “sell.”
We talk to small business owners and try to understand their business, customers, and marketing objectives. We offer a lot of free, upfront information. You could say our approach is to give away a lot of free advice. If our prospective client would rather us implement some of the strategies we’re suggesting they do, then they hire us. If not, then that’s cool, too. We never set unrealistic expectations and we only work with people who we think we can help. That’s how we’ve always done it, and it’s worked well for us.
You’ll learn a lot about websites, servers, social media, search engines, and internet marketing. Our customers trust us with their business because we’re the experts. Soon, you’ll be an expert too.
Please send resumes to jobs@slamdot.com. No seasoned salespeople, please.
Elaine Frank came on board a couple of weeks ago. She’ll be helping out with customer service/support and design work. Elaine was recommended to us by one of our customers who hired her to take pictures for their website. Her passion for photography should start shining through on our blog soon :)
So everyone please welcome Elaine Frank to the team!
We celebrated our open house and ribbon cutting on Friday, March the 6th. The Knoxville Chamber sponsored the event, while Little Havana and Rita’s Ice provided the food and refreshments. Overall, the event went better than we could have hoped, with over a hundred people coming out to show support! We gave away an iPod and a couple of iTunes cards as door prizes. WBIR even came out to join in the festivities! Here’s some coverage from the event.
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