by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Sep 11, 2015 | General Business, Podcasts
Today’s episode of the Manaverse Podcast is part two of the Steve Ellis interview and yes, that’s a time travelling DeLorean in the feature image. Steve is the co-owner of Rainy Day Games in Aloha, Oregon in case you missed the first part, and if you have...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Sep 4, 2015 | Podcasts
Today’s episode of the Manaverse Podcast features Steve Ellis, the co-owner of Rainy Day Games in Aloha, Oregon. Steve had so much insight into the world of game store ownership that I once again had to split the episode into two parts. With over fifteen years...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Aug 28, 2015 | Podcasts
Today on the Manaverse Podcast we’re talking to Laura Schneider. Laura’s the co-owner of Meeples Games and she’s going to walk us through how she built her awesome game store /cafe/thunderdome.We go over how Laura spent an entire year planning and...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Aug 21, 2015 | Podcasts
This week’s episode of the Manaverse Podcast is part two of the Derium’s CCGs interview. If you haven’t checked out part one, you should do that first. I’ll wait. Hey, glad you’re back. This is the episode where the guys and I dig into...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Aug 14, 2015 | Podcasts
This week’s episode of the Manaverse Podcast is a special one. Not only is it the 25th episode, it’s also a two parter. The featured business for the next two episodes of the podcast has a popular channel on Youtube, extensive sales on eBay and TCG Player,...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Aug 12, 2015 | Articles
It’s all in the cards. We’re going to talk about two things today, incentives and simplification, and how they can increase sales in your LGS. People respond to incentives, Magic players aren’t any different. When you give players a good reason to do...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Aug 7, 2015 | Marketing, Podcasts, Sales
Today’s show features Alex Moore. Alex is the chef and board game manager at Bampot, a board game cafe in Toronto. Bampot, or the full version: Bampot: Bohemian House of Tea and Board Games is a trendy place that offers loose leaf tea, vegetarian and vegan food and...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Aug 7, 2015 | Marketing, Podcasts, Sales
Today’s show features Alex Moore. Alex is the chef and board game manager at Bampot, a board game cafe in Toronto. Bampot, or the full version: Bampot: Bohemian House of Tea and Board Games is a trendy place that offers loose leaf tea, vegetarian and vegan food and...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Jul 31, 2015 | Community, Mindset, Podcasts
Today’s episode of the Manaverse Podcast features Aaron Tillman. He’s the proud owner of Nerdish Haven in Coffeyville Kansas. In this episode we explore an LGS in the very first days of it’s existence. That’s because Nerdish Haven opened it doors for the first...
by tomtraplin@gmail.com | Jul 31, 2015 | Articles
Summer is an interesting season for Magic. Interesting can sometimes be read as pretty bad. Historically summer means warm weather and fewer players coming into your store to play Magic. School is out and many of the customers that fill your gaming tables each night...
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