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As sales calls go, that's got to a be one of the hardest sells I've ever heard of!

So you need to be in a buying decision mood to book a holiday, and it just so happens Cyprus is your destination of choice! Plus you'll make a decision there and then without chatting to your other half, doing some research, working out when you can have time off..

Personally I wouldn't have thought it's the best use of a sales force, untargeted cold calls. But then I know nothing about hotels..

I know as much about football as I do about knitting...

dam dropped another stitch..

Must admit, not had much experience of Press releases. We used to send out to our local newspapers if we were doing something potentially newsworthy, charity donations etc, but never really came to much.

We've used a chap called Alan a few times, whose a member here (Alby10). He does a Press release writing and submission service which should give you a few decent back links. I think he cost about

Hi Drauen

Hope you don't mind, I moved your question out of the intro thread and into a new thread, as its a good question.

This forum actually started life as The USA Business Forum and we started it originally to promote our USA Business Directory, after struggling to find a decent USA based online business community.

Although we had a few US members, the majority that joined were from the UK, so we rebranded it to My Local Forums, and opened it to everyone.

The largest UK Business Forum, UKBF also tried to launch in the US, but didn't get any further than we did looking at the holding page!
USBusinessForums

I'm not sure why, but this style of forum doesn't seem to be that popular in the States.

Forums that do seem to do well are things like Digital Point, but it's too spammy and hostile for my liking.

There are some good ones like v7n.com/forums/ which are general web master help, which includes seo, marketing etc.

See what anyone else thinks?

lol, must have! The filters not very scientific, I just added every swear word I'd come across in my 42 years. Trouble is, if you use one of them as part of another word, that trips it up as well

Just protecting your online reputation (see how I got back on thread?)

lol, I know what you mean, had my original twitter background done ages ago, then they did a facelift and my background didn't fit properly anymore

Was thinking about getting a new one done, now it fits great again!

Moral of the story, do nothing... at some point it will look all right

Interesting point, the US is certainly vast compared to our little island, and towns are more spaced out, almost forcing you to have to drive from shop to shop, but I wonder if the average American work commuter does any more mileage than his UK counterpart?

Be interesting to get a view point from any US members?

Plus, one thing I've noticed over the years with States, their cars seem to get smaller! Gone are the old slab sided gas guzzlers. You see a lot of similar models that you get in Europe or elsewhere, albeit normally with bigger engines, where as years ago, manufacturers would develop separate models. Remember the good old 1980's Ford Escort? Compare the American version to the European one.

Ah well, maybe TCCuk is right, at least we finally seem to be moving forward with Electric car development!

Ahh ok, that kind of makes sense in my non numerical brain.

Was at home last Wed afternoon with the telly on in the background, and there was advert after advert for payday loans, various finance, and "where there's blame, there's a claim" type adverts.

So their target audience are daytime TV people sat glued to the telly, which if not people looking after kids, is going to be a high percentage of non working people.

Just gave me the impression of sharks circling the gullible and vulnerable.

Thats cheating, you can't sit on the fence when it comes to a good rant

Nothing better than a good sound off and putting the world to rights

The USA is experiencing rising fuel costs which are causing concern for economic growth and the impact on businesses.

But it's interesting when you analyze the figures, and realize how bad things really are in the UK

"Gas prices are off to a fast start in 2012. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is up more than 8 percent since the end of 2011, rising from $3.25 per gallon to $3.52

...If this pace continues, the national average should hit $4 a gallon by May, if not sooner."
Rising Gas Prices: Not Demand Driven - Businessweek

Doing the maths, I work that out to be