Barney’s Motel advertisement in local air show guide 2003
My wife Kathy and I had a ton ‘o fun at Barney’s Motel.
Barney’s still exists (Feb 2012) and when we accepted
the job of putting the business back on its feet we
had no idea this flea bitten dive in Brandon
Manitoba would provide us with so many
terrific and terrible adventures! Over
a four year span (2001 – 2005) we
tried everything humanly possible
to make Barney’s Motel a success and
boy, did it work! Even though 50% burned down.
Thank you, friend.
Barry out.
Story of how we employed practical humor with great success at Barney’s Motel and other places.
http://www.natural-humor-medicine.com/workplace-humor.html
Recent photo (june 2011) of what was left of Barney’s Motel when we sold it in 2005. (the readerboard sign under the happy face says: Rooms So Clean Even Our Mothers Are Proud. People loved it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/specialagent/5856123529/
Seth Godin was kind enough to include Barney’s Motel in his ebook 99 Cows – Cow #41
http://www.scribd.com/Ritz%20Khan/d/3412820-99-Cows
Some actual Help Wanted ads that really worked to attract excellent employees
https://barry-williams.com/blog/help-wanted-ads-that-suck-2/
Humor in business is so important that if Walmart can’t have it all they want none!
How easy is it to manufacture smiles? Pretty dang easy as this actual real time, real people, airport smile experiment proves.
This was an ad we placed in our local air show guide.
We had several calls the day of the show from people who appreciated the humor and wanted to see if the phone number was real.
As of Feb 22, 2012 that phone number still goes to Barney’s Motel. (even though its now owned by a big company)
Sounds like you had a good time at Barneys Barry, despite all the problems. A smile goes a long way to solving things.
John
Leamington Spa, England
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Heeeyy! Good to see you, old chap!
How are things hanging?