Virgil's Fine Soaps Announces New Men's Gift Baskets that Appeal to the Average Guy
Troy, OH (ContentDesk) August 12, 2005 ?
With the holidays fast approaching, one common problem persists. What do you buy your favorite guy? If a plasma TV is a bit out of your price range, and he already has a lifetime supply of golf balls and sports jerseys, Virgil's Fine Soaps offers a solution by
announcing the launch of their one-of-a-kind Fisherman's Friend Soap & Gift Baskets. The baskets are an extension of their popular line of hand poured soaps for hardworking hands and provide an alternative to the "blah" holiday gifts guys usually get under the tree. Women love the baskets because Virgil's premium handsoap fights strong odors of fish, garlic and tobacco while it scrubs and moisturizes hands. Guys love the bakets because the soap isn't flowery and they have a lot of useful fishing tools inside.
Virgil, the President (and avid fisherman) oversaw the development of the baskets and made sure that everything in the baskets was legitimite and useful. "Average guys like taking care of themselves, but they don't want to feel flowery." Virgil Schroeder says, "Average guys get excited about quality and usefulness, not glamour. Our soaps and gifts take the effort out of scrubbing up, appeal to an average guy's interests and fit into any budget."While the $250 million+ men's personal care market is focusing on the classic Metro-Sexual, Virgil's Fine Soaps is taking the "average" approach by designing soaps and gifts that appeal to a guy's practical side. Virgil's homespun feel and classic "general store" brand taps into family and tradition without the use of glitz or macho sports themes.About Virgil's Fine SoapsAt the heart of Virgil's Fine Soaps is patriarch Virgil? a big-hearted family man with a love of nature and a passion for fishing. A chemical engineer with GM for 35 years, Virgil and wife, Katie (a consumer scientist with Ohio State University), developed Fisherman's Friend Soap.
It took two years and 104 experimental batches in Katie's kitchen to perfect the innovative combination of hand-stirred scrubbing pumice, anise essential oils and moisturizing aloe to meet Virgil's high standards. The hobby turned into a business in 2004, when his daughter stepped up full-time to help license and sell Virgil's Fine Soaps. Virgil's other two children help with sales, marketing and website design, and his son-in-law, an executive chef, helps develop new scents. With Virgil's, it's all in the family.Available on the internet, at http://www.virgilsfinesoaps.com, Virgil's Fine Soaps can be purchased wholesale for retailers and is found in shops and boutiques thoroughout the United States and Canada.Contact:Katie Schroeder, Soap QueenThe Pure and Simple Company, LLC(937) 689-4324http://www.virgilsfinesoaps.com.
My First Time Playing Golf
Many summers ago, I recall lying in front of the TV, wearing in my shorts, sipping a refreshing drink, enjoying the warm breeze, watching the Masters. I found myself being strangely fascinated by the game. Until that point I had considered it a game for the rich, well-to-do and young, loud, brash sales reps.
I decided to get of my lazy backside and have a go ? is it as addictive as they say? Surely it can't be that hard to knock a small white ball around a field of trees and sandpits!
So, without the first clue in what to do I went to the local golf course. I watched a while and decided that I ought to use the practice area (driving range) before ?wowing' everyone with my natural skill on the course.
I asked the man in the shop to have a go on the driving range ?
"How many balls?" he asked
"Just the one" I replied
"100 or 200?" came the reply
"Oh I see, just 100" I said feeling I'd soon get the grip of...
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5 Tips For A Better Website
Having an eye catching website is great, but are you optimizing your website to allow the best performance possible? I receive several emails a day from clients asking how they can get more hits to their websites, what can be done to increase sales, and how to prepare their sites for search engines. There are very simple things that can be done to help your website perform its best.First of all, a websites load time is important for many reasons. No one wants to site and wait a minute for a page to show up. Slow loading websites can attribute to lost sales for your business! Many customers will actually avoid a website that takes a long time to load. You can keep your websites load time down drastically but keeping the size 26kb or smaller.
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highlighting the HTML document, then click on 'File' and 'Properties' and see your
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Munchie Gifts Adds Special Dietary Needs Gifts Department
(ContentDesk) November 20, 2004 -- Sugar free products are offered for persons with high blood sugar or diabetes, gluten free cookies for persons with Celiac Disease as well as all natural products for those who simply want to enjoy healthy munchies. Gluten free offerings for those with Celiac Disease include gourmet cheesecake and freshly baked cookies. Scrumptious cheesecake is also offered in a wide choice of sugar free flavors and and baked to order cookies are available in sugar free and all natural as well as gluten free. All the ingredients in the All Natural Gourmet Cookie line are Natural and/or Organic. Great care has been taken to provide the finest Natural products without the marketing hype.
Ingredients are All Natural, No Preservatives" and No Hydrogenated or Partially Hydrogenated Oils. Sugar-Free/Lower Carbohydrate Gourmet cookies offered in tins and gift baskets have the same ingredients as the All Natural Gourmet line except for the following differences: ? Sugar...
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Corporate-Gift-Baskets.com Offers Gift Baskets Recipients Will Treasure For Years
Corporate-Gift-Baskets.com today announced the launch of its new website that helps companies differentiate themselves with their customers through heirloom-quality gifts that the recipients will treasure for years to come."Our company's mission is to help companies to build profits by standing out in their customer's minds," said Don Crowther, President. "Most gift baskets are discarded, and forgotten, as soon as the goodies are gone. At Corporate-Gift-Baskets.com our gifts are designed to be memorable and keepable.
All of our gift baskets are built with a distinctive, heirloom-quality piece of furniture, art, or other useful object as a base.
These items later become a part of the recipient's office or home decor, bringing the sender to mind for years after the gift is received," Crowther continued.
Corporate-Gift-Baskets.com Offers Gift Baskets Recipients Will Treasure For Years
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