Francey Beall

The following was borrowed directly from the Two Men and A Truck official website:

TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® was officially founded in 1985 in Lansing, Mich., by Mary Ellen Sheets. Operations began prior to that year when Sheets’ sons, Jon and Brig Sorber, did local moving as a way to earn money while in high school. When they left for college, calls for service continued. In 1985, Sheets formally organized the company, hired movers, and developed a reproducible system. Franchising began in 1989. In 1994, Sheets’ daughter, Melanie Bergeron, assumed the position of president. Now, Melanie is the chair of the board. Brig Sorber is president and CEO. Jon Sorber serves as executive vice president.

Training is extensive and ongoing. It begins with an initial three-month period, including comprehensive classroom training at STICK MEN UNIVERSITY® (a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to moving in Lansing, Mich.) and thorough assistance during the franchise set-up and opening. There are also ongoing monthly training sessions at STICK MEN UNIVERSITY® for franchisees and employees. There are many other tools available to franchisees including detailed monthly reports, newsletters, Intranet, annual meetings, a resource library, a toll-free support line, a tradeshow booth, an in-house shop with a complete line of TWO MEN AND A TRUCK® branded clothing and professional marketing materials and a system-wide purchasing system.

There are more than 200 locations operating worldwide. Locations are in 32 states, Canada and Ireland. There will soon be locations in the United Kingdom.

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Dallas, TX – Your business needs a blog. It’s the hub of your social network marketing efforts so here’s a simple outline of what to do to begin:

1. Use WordPress and host it on your own server. Most web hosting companies now offer WordPress through their control panels and it will automatically install for you. Do it this way and you own/control your content. Use Blogger or any of the other options that you have little control over and you don’t own your own content. That means that if those companies disappear overnite (don’t tell me Google and others don’t change their minds and do things without telling us!) your blog is gone and with it goes your content. It happens.
2. Darren Rowse at ProBlogger.net is an incredible resource for beginners-pro’s.
3. LIVE in the WordPress forums. You’ll get more help out of there than anywhere else.
4. KISS in the beginning. Learn the basics before you add the elaborate stuff.
5. Identify 3 blogging gurus (“how-to blog” gurus) subscribe to their rss feeds and read everything they write, everyday.
6. Just do something. Write something. Post it. Show it to someone. Fix it. Do it better next time. Just begin.

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Preston's the one in the background.

Dallas, TX – Sir Speedy partner and pressman, Preston Crum, is an experienced Texas hunter. His latest trip to Junction, Texas has produced another kill, this time a wild boar that strayed across the path in front of Preston’s deer blind.

“There’s a large number of wild boar in the area and the local ranchers are only too happy to have one more of these critters removed from the area. I’m glad I can help them!”

Take a look at the tusks on this one. There’s two good reasons that you don’t want to get on this guy’s bad-side, and this hog is by no means one of the larger varmints.

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Great Endings Catering started off like many small businesses. Owner Ann Rivers, a young mother at the time, began by making her signature cake rolls in an oven at her home. Unfortunately, the oven at the house was gas and did not work. Not to be discouraged, she went out and bought what at the time was a new-fangled convection oven. It was small and she had to cook the cakes one at a time. Mixing the ingredients by hand with a toddler “helping” was a challenge, but she managed to turn out enough cakes to fill the orders she had. It was the humble beginnings of what is now a thriving catering business serving corporate customers, weddings, special events of all kinds and even homemade lunches to go at her Great-to-Go Cafe.

Growing up in rural Mississippi, Ann was surrounded by good southern cooking and good southern cooks. She developed an appreciation for fresh ingredients, meticulous preparation, and unique combinations of flavors and textures. She brought her passion for good food to Dallas many years ago when she left home to begin her own life and career. Ann has drawn on her heritage and knowledge gained through a career full of experiences to create a business that offers customers a variety of food choices from simple sandwiches to gourmet meals served with an elegant flair. Her Great to Go Cafe offers homemade lunches to the local people around her location at just north of Walnut Hill near I-35. Says Ann: “We wanted to offer the local business people an alternative to fast food at a reasonable price. Great to Go was the idea we came up with to meet the need for fresh and healthy alternatives to what was available in the neighborhood”. Great to Go has grown steadily by word of mouth and now includes a recently added dining area where locals can get away from the office and enjoy a delicious lunch in a bistro atmosphere. There is even a daily hot lunch special that is made fresh and changes each day.

Great Ending's Signature Cake Rolls!

So what about the cake rolls? Well, Ann continues to bake the cake rolls in her modern commercial kitchen she moved to about thirteen years ago. The one toddler has turned in to three children, the youngest of which is almost ready for college. All the kids have helped mom in the business and share her appreciation for good food and great taste. The cake rolls are a seasonal item generally and are extremely popular around the holidays. They come in several flavors including pumpkin, zesty lemon, and raspberry. You can also sample one of Ann’s signature cookies or a pillow cookie (a chocolate chip cookie surrounding a moist brownie!) when that sweet tooth needs a fix.

Check out Great Endings and Great to Go today or come by and have lunch at Great to Go Cafe at 2433 Walnut Ridge Drive Dallas, TX 75229 . Ann can be reached by telephone at 972-484-5533. She will be glad to discuss any catering needs you have regardless of the type of function or your budget.

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Just need a little help?

Dallas, TX – You are not alone, nor should you be. The world of self-publishing is growing by leaps and bounds and support groups are springing up everywhere. If there is no support group in your area, there are a number of online. Don’t be shy about reaching out. Joining such a group is very important not only for ideas on how to write and market a self-publish your book, but for finding out how others have found success in the world of self-publishing.

How can such a group help you in your quest to be the next great author? Perhaps the most rewarding thing about joining a group is the camaraderie. We all like to spend time with like-minded individuals that share our dreams and ambitions. For groups such as those that self-publish, there is often a noble attitude of “We’re taking on the world” or “It’s us against them (traditional publishers)” and there is a lot of strength and courage that can be harvested from these causes.

Online forums are a great way to gather information and meet people also self-publishing their books. These little bursts of information that appear on a somewhat consistent basis can be very educational and help you put together the pieces of your self-published book project. Forums are at their best when specific questions are asked. Usually, there are many responses with some being quite different than others. This gives you a chance to have a very wide view of the problem and its solutions. It’s important that you participate (rather than logging on and reading what others are saying). You surely have information that can help others and you very well might make new friends and develop important contacts in the process.

A word about competiveness and jealously

Writing groups are very supportive by nature with every member sharing the goal of helping each other. If you find yourself envious of someone or a bit angry that one of the members is writing a book very similar to yours, cast those attitudes aside and remind yourself what these groups are all about. Think of them as your friends as much as possible. And if there is a caustic person in the bunch with a negative attitude, try to win them over rather than allowing them to effect your confidence in self-publishing your book.

No, you are not alone in this journey. The more your participate in self-published user groups and forums, the more successful you will be. And you’ll make some friends and help others succeed. Each and every self-published books tells the world that it is indeed possible!

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