Here's a couple of ideas that seem to work for me. First, I bought some postcard stock at Walmart for my printer and used Microsoft Word or Publisher (Wordperfect will work, too) to create a message on the back like, "Happy birthday," or "congratulations for being the top seller for July." Our local paper has a weekly section called, "Real Estate Times" that is nothing but Realty news, listings, and top-selling agents for different firms. It costs only pennies for the card, and 23 cents for the postage. Also, if you advertise in the papers, see if you can work out some kind of deal for a weekly column on home maintenance in lieu of payment for advertising. Sometimes they're looking for filler, and y'all sound like you're rather knowledgeable in the area of home maintenance...y'all could each keep a newspaper in HM tips for several years. It gets your face and your name out there. Worth a try! works for me.

Eric Russell