Arkie Rogers has been serving the Windham, Sebago Lake area for over 50 years.
People
do business where they feel welcome and get the best value for their money. Businesses
like Arkie Rogers, that have been in operation for a long period of time have
invested much of their life savings in their business and have an interest in
the long-term health of their community. Local businesses play a vital role in
the community, creating what we call the trickle-down effect. Local businesses
hire local contractors, local accountants, local consultants, local
advertising, local attorneys, local florists, and even employ local people. When
you do business with a local company you are creating a prosperous community in
which you live. Local retailers can sell products that are generated by local
people, such as a local restaurant or store selling a local breweries beer, or
a local farmer’s produce, or a local florist’s flowers. Get the picture? Businesses in the same
community can benefit from each other as well as local people.
The
success of local business really depends on people that patronize that
business. Sometimes our perception of a local business is not always accurate
when we continually hear corporate chains blast daily media ads. Smaller
businesses can’t always compete with larger national companies with huge
advertising budgets and must count on word of mouth, local search and social
media to promote their companies. Local patrons are so important to smaller
companies and it is great that local consumers are looking for the products and
services they buy to be closer to home than ever before. Consumers are becoming
more focused on quality, convenience, and dependability, therefore shopping
local.
We
encourage consumers to not always be consumed with looking for a bargain, more
important is that you consider quality, dependability, honesty, and supporting
your local community when making a buying decision. If you need service ask
yourself, will the business be available next week, next month or even next
year? Doing business locally can be more convenient, cost-effective, and
attractive, give your local businesses an opportunity to serve you.
Supporting a local
business matters!
