My week so far.....

Hey Everyone

I know that it is only Tuesday, January 25, 2011 but this week has been alot of fun so far...I am still sitting at work (yes, it is my favorite time of day....everyone is gone, the phones are not ringing, unless it is a wrong number or North High calling to let me know my child was not at school - dont know anything about that one, just glad we did not have that when I was going to school.) :)

So what has made this week so much fun or interesting in my book. Yesterday, Monday, I spent 1-1/2 hours with Mark Hahn, the radio guy, in a carpeted room (get your minds out of the gutter) recording a radio spot that starts tomorrow, Wednesday, on Kool 99.5 in Sioux City for the next 10 days. It was pretty cool how the whole process goes.

First, he started out doing a voice test, so he could see how loud I was going to be for the recording, making sure I did not talk directly into the mike so it sounded more like someone talking to you in a conversation. Then we did the 1st reading, then I thought to myself as he was playing it back, "Why am I doing this to myself? I sound really really weird."

He then walked me thru it and did another recording, still thinking to myself - "I so should not be doing this."

Then he broke it apart and we did a cut and paste recording (recording one sentence at a time), like you would do in Word, then he switched around and then put it back together. Then we listened to it, I asked him what he thought, I received NO RESPONSE!!!! Then he emailed me the spots and told me to pick one of the two and let him know which one to play.

So you know what I did - I made everyone at work listen to it and received a 50/50 response, some people liked the natural commercial and the others they liked the cut and paste commercial. The only thing my dad could say was why did you not say "Hey Big Boys come down to Tool Depot" in a low 900 number voice. :) LOL - I dont think that is what I want to hear when I am waking up in the morning, not sure about you?

So tonight after listening to the two commercials most of the day, we made the decision....Which one is going to be playing, not able to tell you but listen to Kool 99.5 and you decide if we made the correct choice....

Laters
Toolgal

Happy New Year from ToolDepot247.com

Hey Everyone

I hope that everyone is having a great New Year with the start of 2011 already into Day #3. I don't know where the time goes but at least we are having fun.

So what have we been up too??? I for one have taken on too many jobs but that is nothing new but I love being busy and not getting to everything I am suppose to be getting done.

So to start with this blog - I am going to do a wrap of 2010. We had a great year online/the web and in the stores. We flooded the market with over 600 new Milwaukee Cordless Tools and over 100 DeWalt Tools with the Trade-Ins. We brought in over 200 new items by visiting the True Value Show in Las Vegas.

So what is there to look forward to in 2011, to start with:

Milwaukee - January thru March - there is a $50.00 trade-in on all Test and Measurement Tools. The $50.00 trade-in is on all Pro Competitive Tools.

February thru March - there is a $100.00 trade-in on M18 Cordless Tool kits.

February thru March - there is a mail-in rebate on M12 Tool Kits

Watch back for more details on the Milwaukee Programs that we will be passing on to you.

Keep coming back to keep up with the hot deals ToolDepot247.com and Tool Depot has for you.

Laters
Toolgal :)