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Joplin

We started serving the Joplin, MO area roughly 2 years ago ( see video ).  Since then we have developed great relationships with our Joplin customers and have become a part of the Joplin community through our weekly trips.

And then on April 22, horrific tornadoes blew through the Joplin area, leaving behind death, destruction and despair.  You can read an first-hand account of the storm from a storm-chaser here.

And so last Saturday, our church, like many churches in the area, took a trip to Joplin to help with the clean-up efforts.  Without writing any more, I'll let the videos and pics below give you an idea of the enormity of the job Joplin faces in getting back to some sort of normal.

 

The New Billboard Is Up!

I thought this new billboard turned out very well.  It's helping us celebrate 75 years in the linen business.  I'll have some video for you to look at soon.  

This is the first time we have used a QR Code on one of our billboards and I can see us doing more of this.  The QR Code in the picture above should be big enough to scan with your smartphone.  You can get the Microsoft Tag iPhone app at http://gettag.mobi  

Many thanks to Keleher Outdoor Advertising for getting this billboard put up so fast.

To find out more about United Linen & Uniform Services, click here.

To find out more about QR Codes, click here.

Write Up In American Express @OPENForum

Several years back United Linen had the honor of being written about by Shel Israel in his book, Twitterville and below is one of the many pictures I took while attending the Twitterville book launch.

In Twitterville, he picked up on the aspect of United Linen being an older business that is still creative and innovative in it's approach to probelm solving and customer service.  Shel is now writing another book and also writing for various publications including American Express's @OPENforum.  Shel is following up on several companies he profiled in Twitterville for the OPENForum column, including ours.  To see the article, click on the link below.

http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/marketing/article/what-a-small-linen-company-can-teach-you-about-social-media-shel-israel

To buy a copy of Twitterville, click on the Amazon Affiliate link on the right hand side of this blog post.

If you are a small business and use social media tools in your marketing, we would like to hear how you are doing.  Problems?  Successes?

The comments are yours.

 

Digging Out!

We are digging out and can't wait to get back to see you, our customer.  So far it looks like we will be out and about tomorrow, sticking to snow routes and moving c a r e f u l l y.  Safety is numero uno!

This morning we have been calling, Tweeting, smoke signals...whatever we need to do to get in contact with you regarding your needs and devising delivery plans.  We are still having a hard time getting in touch with folks because a lot of businesses are still closed due to the tremendous amount of snowfall we received this week.  If you haven't heard from us, you can still check back here where we will keep updating you with info as it becomes available.

Right now I can tell you that we will be running on Saturday to help get caught up.  Deliveries that were supposed to be made today will be spread out over the next several days including Saturday.

As soon as our delivery plans some into play, we will let you know.

Once again here is our contact info:

Phone Number: 800-259-6808

Twitter : http;//www.twitter.com/unitedlinen

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This blog: http://www.unitedlinen.typepad.com

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Be safe and stay warm,

The United Linen Customer Service Team

United Linen Closed on Wednesday, Feb 2nd

Tuesday, Feb 1st, 2011

For the second straight day in a row (history-making) United Linen & Uniform Services will be closed on Wednesday Feb 2nd due to the record-breaking snowfall over the last 24 hrs.

No United Linen routes will be running in our service area of Oklahoma, SE Kansas, SW Missouri, and NW Arkansas on Wednesday.  However we are anticipating routes being able to run on Thursday, Feb 3rd. 

We will use all the communications channels available to us to let you know of updates to the revised route delivery schedules as soon as they become available. 

This is an unprecidented time for us and we know all of you are dealing with the same weather-limiting situations that we are.  We appreciate your patience and understanding as we deal with this crazy weather.  With Safety as our number one priority, we are working hard to assess the situation and come up with a game plan to reach our customers as fast as possible. 

Making our way to you,

The United Linen Customer Service Team

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ULTV: Vote!

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Fine Dining as a Economic Barometer

So what about you? Do you find yourself dining out more..less? Is fine dining in your near future?

ULTV: Time Thief

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ULTV: Golf, URIs and Special Guest Interview

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Take a look at some pictures of our 6th annual United Linen Employee Golf Tournament and UL's Catherine Smith helps you understand our invoicing better by explaining the abbreviation, URI. 

What do United Linen uniforms and movie-making have in common.  Join us at about minute 2:40 as we had the distinct privilege of visiting with the Costumer who is working on the new Terrence Malick project being shot right here in Bartlesville, OK.

As always the comments are yours.  Look forward to hearing from you.

 

 

 

Twitter Inter-View with Shannon Moad

  @ u nitedlinen: I'll be interviewing @shannonmoad, Marketing Director with Oklahoma Restaurant Assoc about this week's ORA tradeshow, at 2:00pm #ora2010

  @unitedlinen: This Wednesday and Thursday is the Oklahoma Restaurant Assoc in OKC. If you are going, I invite you to stop by our booth, #520-522 #ora2010

@unitedlinen: I'll be interviewing @shannonmoad, Mrktg Dir with Oklahoma Restaurant Assoc via Twitter about this week's ORA tradeshow, at 2:00pm #ora2010

@unitedlinen: Getting ready to interview @shannonmoad on Twitter about this week's Culinary Cook-Off at the ORA tradeshow #ora2010

@unitedlinen: at 2:00pm I'll be visiting with @shannonmoad, the ORA's marketing director, about the Culinary Cook-Off at this week's ORA trdeshow #ora2010

@unitedlinen: We hope you enjoy the interview. This will be my first to conduct via Twitter. YIKES! #ora2010

@unitedlinen: I'll be tweeting like crazy in the next 15 minutes, so if you feel the need to unfollow, I understand. #ora2010

@unitedlinen: @shannonmoad, are you there? #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen I'm here!

@unitedlinen: I will be using @Tweetdeck to help facilitate this afternoon's interview with @shannonmoad #ora2010

@unitedlinen: So how are things going in OKC about now @shannonmoad? #ora2010

@unitedlinen: @shannonmoad must be in the middle of some set-up at the ORA tradeshow. #ora2010

@unitedlinen: While we try to get in touch with @shannonmoad, let me infom you that the ORA tradeshow is this Wednesday and Thursday #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen great! Exhibitors moving in and stage being set!

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen http://yfrog.com/ep1v4wj Coming together!

@unitedlinen: @shannonmoad great picture Shannon. #ora2010

@unitedlinen: @shannonmoad So what year is this for the Oswalt Culinary Cook-Off? #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen stage being set up http://yfrog.com/1xnkxaj

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen 13th! But it's grown so big in the last 8.

@unitedlinen: @shannonmoad can you tell us a little about the Oswalt sponsor #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen restaurant supply dealing in everything. Sponsors the cook off #ora2010

@unitedlinen: @shannonmoad who will be the judges for the Oswalt Culinary Cook-Off this year? #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen if you need anything, call Zena! She'll set you up! #ora2010

@unitedlinen: @shannonmoad I must say your avatar is quite impressive :) #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen that's how I roll #ora2010

@unitedlinen: @shannonmoad Can you name the 12 chefs, one per tweet? #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen Heat 1: mark vannasdall, Chesapeake #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen #ora2010 David Henry, the tasting room

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen Miguel olmedo, embassy suites Norman #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen heat 2 Anthony card, river spirit casino #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen tim gardener, abendigis #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen David Sullivan, oak tree cc #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen heat 3 jermiah duddleston, buy for less #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen Marc Dunham, ranchers club #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen Andrew Feldman, vitos #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen heat 4 Tiffany Poe, platt college #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen Michael Powell @ okcgcc #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen Chad Willis Saturn grill #ora2010

@unitedlinen: @shannonmoad Who won the Oswalt Culinary Cook-Off last year? #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen brad Johnson of Hal smith restaurant group #ora2010

@unitedlinen: @shannonmoad Can you tell us where the Oswalt Culianry Cookoff will take place? #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @UnitedLinen cox conv ctr downtown okc, sept 1-2! Oklahoma rest convention and expo #ora2010

@unitedlinen: @shannonmoad our time is up...anything you would like to add in closing? #ora2010

@shannonmoad: come on down or stay tuned on Wednesday to see who wins each heat #ora2010

@unitedlinen: Thanks for talking with us about the Oswalt Culianry Cook-Off to be held during the ORA tradeshow this Wed and Thurs #ora2010

@admomok: @shannonmoad @unitedlinen Can anyone attend #ora2010? Are tickets avail at door? Costs?

@unitedlinen: I'll let Shannon answer that one. RT @admomok: @shannonmoad @unitedlinen Can anyone attend #ora2010? Are tickets avail at door? Costs?

@shannonmoad: @admomok @unitedlinen no, only open to industry -sorry! #ora2010

@unitedlinen: My thanks to @shannonmoad for taking the time to visit with us about the Oswalt Culinary Cook-Off #ora2010

@shannonmoad: @admomok @unitedlinen unless you are a business operator in foodsvc industry you can't get on floor #ora2010

@shannonmoad: #ora2010 few booths left for ORA food show call linda 405 923 7223

@unitedlinen: OK so that concludes our interview with @shannonmoad of the Oklahoma Restaurant Assoc. #ora2010

@unitedlinen: Thanks for your time @shannonmoad . That was a first for me, I don't know about you. #ora2010

@unitedlinen: If you would like to see my blog post from last year's ORA tradeshow, click here ---> http://bit.ly/c1zUUH #ora2010

 

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