Facebook and StumbleUpon

The biggest challenge any new website faces is trying to get lots of visitors to come to the site. Stallfinder has grown steadily every single month, in terms of visitors, page views, events and listings and we want to keep things moving in the right direction. The more people who come to the site, the more successful your businesses and events will become. To help achieve this, we're using as many of the networking sites as possible on the internet and we'd urge you to support this. Two ways you can do so are:

1. Facebook - Come and visit the Stallfinder Facebook page and become a fan

http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Stallfinder/21536403742

or come and join the Stallfinder Group

http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16239943123

2. StumbleUpon - This is a really great way to find sites on the internet that you'll love but you never knew existed. Also, if you give the thumbs up to a site you like using StumbleUpon, lots of other Stumblers will get to know about that site. So please, Stumble Stallfinder!

http://www.stumbleupon.com/

Mumpreneur Semi-Finalist on Stallfinder

Congratulations to Alison Rothwell of Arabella Miller who has made it into the Semi-Finals of This Morning's Mumpreneur competition. Alison and her company have been working with us since shortly after she launched her agent programme in April and we're delighted she's doing so well. You can read more about the competition on the ITV website...
http://www.itv.com/Lifestyle/ThisMorning/features/Mumpreneur001/Manchester012/default.html

Hundreds of New Events Added

We've been working really hard throughout the Summer to add more events to our database. As of today, there are now 480 events on Stallfinder and many of the new events we've added are for 2009 so you should be able to contact the event organisers early and hopefully book a space.

Even so, we're still looking to add more events, especially outside of England. In spite of a big effort, we still need lots more events in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, so please spread the word that events can be added to Stallfinder free of charge.

Stallfinder on The Start Line

Stallfinder has been included in The Start Line, a new initiative by Business Zone aimed at showcasing the UK's newest entrepreneurial talent.

"BusinessZone.co.uk is always keen to support new entrepreneurial talent which is why we've launched The Start Line. This regularly updated section profiles the UK's newest and most exciting businesses"

http://www.businesszone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=187774

Partnerships Extended with Miglio, Barefoot Books, Captain Tortue

We're delighted to say that our partnerships with Miglio, Barefoot Books and Captain Tortue will be continuing. During our launch, these companies were kind enough to promote us to their members and those members benefitted from some special offers. If you are thinking of joining Stallfinder and you represent one of these companies, you will now benefit from our ongoing special offers. Head Office at each of these companies has details of our agreements, but as long as you mention them in your sign-up process, we'll make sure you get the benefit of these offers.

If the company you represent isn't one of these four, but you think partnering with Stallfinder would be a good idea, please contact us and we'll be happy to explore ideas.Stallfinder can help Direct Sales Companies in many ways by:

• Providing low-cost advertising for representatives, agents, consultants etc
• Helping with special promotions
• Providing an excellent shop-window for recruitment drives
• Raising awareness of the company and the brand

If you'd like to talk to us about advertising or special promotions, please contact Shaun on shaun@stallfinder.com.

Testimonials

We've had some great feedback from stallholders and event organisers so we've added a Testimonials page. If you would like to add your comments please contact Gail via gail@stallfinder.com.

Useful Websites Updated

We have added a few new sites to our Useful Websites section. Please take a look at what they have to offer you in terms of growing and running your small business and working from home. This is not just a traditional "Links" page where we swap links with people for the sake of it. We want all the sites in this section of Stallfinder to be genuinely useful to our visitors.