Originally Posted by
Machka
Do you provide bagals and cream cheese to the places you buy your shoes, clothing, music, furniture, etc. etc. too?
No, but those places are plentiful. We've lost two LBSs in in the local area recently, one of which was my go-to place. I don't really want to lose another one when there really aren't that many around.
As far as what I've done for them recently, on our pub crawl last night, we passed a cyclist and he asked what we were doing. He was new in town, and I invited him to join us, and when we stopped, I introduced him to the LBS owner and a mechanic from the same shop. Some of the best advertisement you can get is via word of mouth.