Stella Marie on Locallectual's Blog

Jessica Meehan, one of the founders of Locallectual.com, devoted one of her 12 Days of "Made in the USA" entries to Stella Marie Soap Company! How cool! Check it out!

Locallectual

Stella Marie Soap Co. was selected to be part of the Locallectual catalog. Locallectual.com is a website that advocates supporting local businesses. We are excited to be one of the first Providence area businesses to be featured on this awesome site!

We know things are hectic this time of year, but could we ask you to take a moment and post a quick review and rate our shop? It just takes a couple of seconds to register. You simply scroll to the bottom of the Stella Marie page after you sign in and rate, write a review, or both.

And a HUGE thank you to those of you who have already posted reviews. I feel so lucky to have such amazing customers!

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Bartering

I am in the process of reading a very good book about finding creative ways to market your business on a shoestring. One of the suggestions is bartering. I am having a little trouble visualizing how a soap company barters. I've heard of these multiple party bartering circles, but they seem rather complex. I guess I would like to engage in some targeted marketing without dropping the thousands of dollars I don't have.

First, I have to think about who might benefit from free soap.

Perhaps I could supply a local Bed and Breakfast with free or discounted soap in exchange for, say, a prominently placed ad for my company in all of their suites. That way, I can be pretty sure that the clients will sample my product and if they like it, they know where to go to find it.

Any ideas on bartering?