Painting In Antarctica

Martydukes

Hi guys. I landed a contract and am headed to Antarctica with the USAP and I will be painting there for the next 6 months. I'm leaving in about a week.

I've shut down my small shop for the winter because this was an opportunity that I just couldn't pass up. I plan on starting up again where I left off next spring and have about a months work lined up already. My question is this...

How can I best leverage this experience into leads and sales when I return.

I've already recorded a message on my answering service explaining the situation and have posted letter on my website.
www . tulsapaintcontractor . com

I have also started a personal blog and plan on documenting this trip. If your interested that can be found at
www . martydukes . com/antarctica

What is the smartest way to use this experience to my advantage when I return?

SLSTech

http://tulsapaintcontractor.com/ & http://www.martydukes.com/antarctica/

As for experience learned - you might be able to paint all next winter while everyone is wondering how you did it. Is there a reason you don't have a blog for the business - you could add to it this winter & keep updating your main site as you go. By having it on your main site - that will help increase your traffic on your regular site

Do you offer a warranty on your work - if so you might want to include how you are handling any warranty work that may come up - or at least allude to the fact that all affected customers have been notified, warranties extended, etc...

Basically have a good time, keep it safe & I am sure we will be hearing from you more

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have them write articles about your departure. Put on your abonimable snow suit for pictures. Get the newspapers to write an artice about your return. Use a copu of all your newspaper articles in your advertising when you get back. Put a copy of the articles on the outside of a 3-ring folder when you give estimates. Take a lot of pictures and show them off.

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Anti-wingnut

It may be newsworthy in Tulsa, but in Seattle I know of probably 60 people who have worked at the Pole. Definitely not news

nEighter

INSANE!!! That is awesome!! Yes the experience will pwn all other companies!

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tshirtprinting

Wow! Now I am envy. Experience will really give you an advantage.

AmeliaP

Wow....ADVENTURE!!! Cool!

If you can, you may want to try to hook up with a reporter/paper to send letters and/or photos of your experiences while you are there. Twice a month updates or something.