Greetings!
I am in the car a lot commuting to work and back home, at least two hours a day. Since I am not into Rap or what passes for music these days, I listen to Talk Radio. One of the stations I tune to runs a commercial that starts out saying, "Does your marketing suck?" Having reached the age that I have, I find that hearing the word "suck" on the radio, well, sucks. Plus, since I do marketing, I don't like the inference. On the other hand, maybe it does. Suck, that is. No matter how much I know that advertising expenditures should not be decreased, we all have to watch our budgets and the money for marketing has shrunk like everything else but unemployment. This "New Normal" sucks too.
Anyway, on the brighter side, there are ways to stretch your dollars. My ninety-seven year old auntie has a pillow with this saying embroidered on it: "Use it up; Wear it out; Make it do or do without". Good advice, it certainly applies today and Gamka can help!
Don't want to buy new equipment? Rent from Gamka or let our service department fix yours. Want to do it yourself? We have parts.
And using the Social Media to get that virtual message out stretches our marketing budget too. That unsucks.
How many of you reach out for business like this? Is it just trendy or does it work? Are you on Facebook? Twitter? LinkedIn? Do you blog? I would like to know if you find it successful. Please email me at bob@gamka.com or let me know whatever you think by calling on the phone.
Meanwhile as we all wait for the Hope and Change to kick in, remember that nothing is ever as good or as bad as it seems. To quote Abigail Van Buren, "Nobody can walk all over me unless I lie down first". Sincerely, Bob Hibler, Newsletter Editor Czar
Gamka Sales Co., Inc.
888-248-1400
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NEW PRODUCT NEWS
Gamka is always on the hunt for new products that will save our customers money and provide a superior job outcome. We are offered many such opportunities but we are very selective. This month we found four that met our standards and that we believe will match yours in the correct setting.
In alphabetical order they are:
FILMTECH SURFACE PROTECTION PRODUCTS, offering the highest quality, self-adhesive films for the temporary protection of carpets, floors and windows with a full line up of lead and asbestos containment products. Filmtech also produces Construction Board protective covering, a green product that does not stain, can be reused and is durable for any jobsite, large or small. This tough covering is perfect for concrete and epoxy floors. You can even drive a forklift over it! For more details on all their items go to www.filmtechonline.com.
Filmtech Construction Board |
METAL FORMS CORPORATION, in business since 1903, offers steel concrete forms, PolyMeta forms for curbs and gutters, steel stakes and powered screeds. The PolyMeta products replace wood used for pavement forming; allow hundreds of reuses and save hours of labor. The different configurations go from ultra-flexible (as little as a 6" radius) to straight as an arrow. For more details on all their items go to www.metalforms.com.
SCREEDSAVER is an automatic concrete slab screeding machine with "One touch Laser Leveling" manufactured by Ligchine International. It will screed up to 5,000 sq. ft. per hour with an F50 flatness or greater accuracy, use 50% less crew and is dual slope capable. For more details on all their items go to www.ligchine.com.
ScreedSaver
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WOOSTER PRODUCTS produces anti-slip safety stair and walkway products including safety treads and nosings including photoluminescent glow-in-the-dark strips, safety self-adhesive rolls, cleats and strips and anti-slip safety coatings. For more details on all their items go to www.wooster-products.com.
Wooster Safety Tread |
For pricing and more information call us at 888-248-2400 or e-mail sales@gamka.com. |
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About Gamka Sales Co., Inc.
We are a distributor of a wide variety of construction products. Gamka's business is in equipment sales and rentals, construction chemicals, thermal and moisture protection, diamond cutting, hardware, concrete accessories and safety equipment. We are family run and our World Headquarters is located in Edison, NJ. Gamka's truck fleet delivers all over New Jersey, Metropolitan New York and Philadelphia. To serve our outside customers, we have three field sales representatives who call on contractors on jobs and in their offices. Inside our 60,000 square foot building we have a well stocked show room where our sales counter handles walk-in customers and telephone calls. Under roof are more than 30,000 line items. We rent over 1,400 pieces of machinery. There are 9,000 parts in stock and our service department repairs our customers' equipment and what we sell and rent. Information on all of this and much more can be found on our website, www.gamka.com . We offer our customers application-engineered solutions to their problems. We have established ourselves in the concrete market niche and are known by our customers as the concrete experts. If you have anything to do with concrete, from placing it to restoring it and every stage in between, Gamka can help. We have the answers.
As the construction industry and our customers evolve, so do we.
Gamka Sales Co., Inc.
983 New Durham Road
Edison, New Jersey 08817
888-248-1400 |
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KARAOKE VICTIMS
I knew it! I just knew that somehow karaoke had to be hazardous. Case in point:
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Barroom researchers have confirmed what many already suspect: karaoke singing can cause pain. Strenuous singing can injure the voice and increase the risk of deafness, according to studies.
Researchers in Korea measured sound pressure levels during ballads and rock songs. They also measured each singer's hearing threshold levels before and after one hundred minutes of karaoke.
Results showed that noise levels frequently exceeded the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's limits. Many times the levels were above 115 decibels, roughly equivalent to having a pneumatic drill going a meter away from your head.
"Up to eight decibels of significant hearing loss was found at the most important human hearing frequency band, after about two hours of karaoke. It may pose a serious threat," warns the study, in the International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics.
What, you say, does this have to do with you as an employer? It is all about noise. If your employees are exposed to job noise levels that might prove injurious to their hearing, YOU, the employer, are obligated to provide the Personal Protective Equipment that will prevent that from happening. Under OSHA regulations, employers are required to assess the worksite for hazards and to supply, maintain and enforce the use of the safety equipment needed. |
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