Rediscovercny.com announces the newest addition to our Local Directory – Spaghetti Kettle Restaurant

Business Profile: Spaghetti Kettle Restaurant

Italian Restaurant, Fine-Family Dining

Your Hosts: Nadia & Bill Demma

Location: 7756 State Rt. 5, Clinton, NY 13323

Phone: 315-853-6013

Going out to eat tonight?

Spaghetti Kettle in Clinton, NY serves up Italian fare at a reasonable price and was created with kids in mind. Bring the kids and enjoy a night out at a fine-family dining Italian Restaurant with a comfortable atmosphere, delicious food and great service.

Here is what they’re customers are saying:

“Spaghetti Kettle has the best Italian food in the Utica area-simply outstanding and their bread is the best.”

“Spaghetti Kettle is awesome, has the best riggies and great service. There is a new cook and they remodeled, it is fabulous. You can’t go anywhere else for that cheap with all the food you get.”

“We appreciate the Spaghetti Kettle even more after living in Florida for 20 years and searching for good Italian food with no luck. Great spaghetti alfredo and garlic bread.”

CNY Social Media Tips

Social media has become part of our everyday lives — in business as well as personally. For some of us, it has been easy to embrace. For others, it has been a real challenge to learn how to use and take advantage of the benefits. We have some tips and tools listed below that may be of assistance in understanding the use, especially in our professional lives.

 

“Social media is a great way to build bridges with customers and prospects. But you have to first respect them and then trust them. But do not expect them to do your work for you”

- MaryLou Roberts, Marketing Wisdom for 2010.     
Do you know who the people are that are active in Social Media?
Here are some statistics for 2009:
 

Half of online adults now belong to social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn, a 46% growth rate year over year. In fact, there has been a 175% growth in Facebook users who are women over 55.

 
How does it all fit together:

1. Blogs, Search Engine Optimization for general interest.
2. Email Newsletters for nurturing and deepening the relationship.
3. Email Promotion for benefits and closing the sale.
4. Testimonials for feedback and referrals.

 
Whatever media you use (Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc), ensure that what you are doing is worthy of sharing:

1. Must be trustworthy.
2. Be sure your groups have a common interest.
3. The value you create is simple and obvious.
4. There is a way to easily share.
5. Offer rewards and incentives.

 

Rediscovercny.com announces the newest addition to our Local Directory- Space Walk of the Mohawk Valley

Business Profile: Space Walk of the Mohawk Velley rents inflatable amusement rides, bounce houses, water slide, space walk obstacle course and rock climb with slide.

Location: 510 Dawes Ave., North Utica

Phone: 315-735-1570

Website: www.herecomesfun.com

Owners: Steve & Liz Strife

Good for: Backyard birthday parties, family reunions, teen parties, non-profit groups, fundraisers, company and church picnics, etc.

New Ride: Princess Bounce Slide, “girl themed” in pink and purple, with 13 foot slide.

How they started: Steve: “Last year, I was looking for some summer income. I teach phys ed at Proctor and coach baseball and football. My wife Liz, was home full time with our twins, Olivia and Sydney.

“I was on the internet and found this company called Space Walk. After checking them out with the Better Business Bureau, we arranged to buy into a franchise for this area. I went to the company headquarters near New Orleans for training; we got three of the rides and started. By word-of-mouth, it took off.”

Bounced into business: “After a month-and-a-half we had so many rentals, they sent us three more rides; we have seven now. Last year, we had 105 rentals.”

What Steve & Liz like about this business: Steve: “The flexibility of working for ourselves and, also, it makes people happy. The little kids parties are the most fun. They watch me put it up. One 8-year-old boy, for his birthday party said, ‘It’s for me? How big is it going to get?’ It takes about 15 minutes to blow it up; his eyes got so big, he loved it!”

What Steve & Liz want people to know: Steve: “Were fully insured; you can make reservations online or call, and pay by cash or credit card. It’s best to book in advance.”

How is the economy effecting your business? Liz: “People will do anything for their kids.”

Cost to Rent: $150-$50 depending on size of ride and location. Price includes delivery, set-up and taking down.

Gift Certificates: Yes

(Source: Mary Nadeau, OD)

Rediscovercny.com presents the newest addition to our Local Directory-Universal Yoga Center, New Hartford

Universal Yoga Cter, Barbara Hays-Klein Owner/Instructor

Location: 1 Campion Road, New Hartford-Located on the 2nd floor of the All American Fitness Center

Phone: 315-269-4285

E-mail: universalyogacenter@adelphia.net

Website: www.universalyogacenter.com

Yoga is for you if…….

You’re a serious runner (Boilmaker Road Race), a “weekend warrior,” or a participant in any type of aerobic activity. If so, you should include yoga in your exercise routine.

But if you are overweight, stiff as a board, a couch potato or think you are too old, you are a perfect candidate for yoga too.

Yoga strengthens the entire body, stretches and tones the muscles, and brings greater flexability and range of motions to the joints.

Yoga benefits runners by enhancing flexibility and strength in the quadriceps, hamstrings, and calf muscles. Yoga also promotes healthier and more flexible joints, and teaches good breathing techniques.

Yoga can help one to lose weight; it teaches us to honor and love ourselves so that we want to make healthier food choices. We learn to “listen to our bodies,” and in doing so, we treat them with care and don’t abuse them.

Yoga encourages the body to open and lenghten gradually. If yoga is practiced faithfully, stiffness will leave. With yoga and nutritional support, the body can be cleansed, renewed and rejuvenated. Without proper exercise, the body contracts; we lose height, strength and flexibility as we age.

Insurance companies, gerontologists, cardiologists, senior exercise physiologists and other health care professionals interested in preventing chronic illness and disability in older folks are becoming increasingly interested in what yoga has to offer senior citizens.

We are recognizing yoga for its ability to slow down or reverse the aging process. Yoga not only restores vitality to the body, but also opens and expands the mind and soul.

The health of the spine and your posture affect every system of the body. The breathing exercises benefit the circulatory system, the heart and other vital organs.

Why wouldn’t you want to try yoga?

It’s for every body!

Barbara Hays Klein, a certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy Practitioner, is owner/instructor of Universal Yoga Center, New Hartford. She is registered with KYTA and Yoga Alliance.

(source: healthy living magazine)

Adrean Funeral Service, Inc. Utica, NY

As I was reading the morning Observer Dispatch as I normally do, with great pleasure I read the business profile on Charles Adrean. I remember as a kid walking to my friends house on Webster Ave. and Charles as a young boy was always at Eannace Funeral Home working.

It takes a kind soul and a higher level of personal care to provide the services that Charles and his staff do. The best advice I took away from an experienced Funeral Service Owner as Charles, “Pre-arranged funerals are best; it’s a gift for your family and makes things so much easier for them and have to have their estate in order.” 

Business Profile: Adrean Funeral Services. Inc.

Location: 700 Rutger Street, Utica

Phone: 315-724-4469

Website: www.adreanfuneralservice.com

Services: Funerals, pre-arranged funerals, and cremation services; also monuments and private family mausoleums.

Number of employees: 3

Owner: Charles Adrean

Year Established: 2005

How Charles started: “I had an interest in cars, and I washed and waxed cars for Eannace Funeral Home. When I was about 15, I started working for them during calling hours, and I realized that I enjoyed helping people. When my uncle passed away in 1981, I was a pall bearer at his funeral”.

Education: St. Agnes Grammar School, T.R. Proctor High School, Herkimer County Community College, Associates Degree, Diploma from Simmons Institute of Mortuary Science, Syracuse. Became a Certified Pre-arrangement counselor in 2000 through Service Corporation International.

Experience: Nineteen-plus years at Eannace Funeral Home and other area funeral homes, including Matt Funeral Service, where his current business is located.

What Charles likes about this kind of business: “It’s horrible sometimes, but helping people through the most difficult time in their lives is very gratifying.

Most common mistake people make about planning funerals: “People come in and let their grief override them and then it’s harder to make good decisions. “Pre-arranged funerals are best; it’s a gift for your family. It makes things so much easier for them.

Advice from Charles: “I can’t tell people enough to have their estate in order.”

What Charles wants people to know: “Were here and available and dedicated to the people of this area. I was born and brought up here, and I have a passion for the area and the people. I want to be here. I know many of the families we deal with. Also, our staff is second to none; they’re caring people, all local.”

How is the economy affecting your business? “We help people to stay within their means. We’re experts in medicaid funeral spend-downs to safeguard funds for burial.”

Other comments: “We serve all faiths, with attention to detail.”

(source: Utica OD, Reporter: Mary Nadeau)