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BisManOnline Mandan Parade Float Pictures

posted on: 2008-07-04

Parade was a great time! - We put a float together in 2 days and had a great parade!

Here are some photos

Catch the BisManOnline Float! - At the 4th of July Parade in Mandan

posted on: 2008-07-03

The BismanOnline.com team will be coming down the Mandan Parade route Friday morning! - Catch our float and our team of kids handing out candy and 'sporting our new "Warning: Highly Addictive" T-Shirts!

The Mandan 4th of July Parade is a summer tradition in Bismarck / Mandan and we are excited to be a part of it. We are Float #122 so catch us towards the end of the parade route between Miss ND Junior National Teenager and Savvy's Skate Shop.

For more information visit http://www.mandanparade.com

Parade Entries:

Mandan Jaycees Fourth of July Parade
Alphabetical Listing of Parade Entries – June 27, 2008
“And the Beat Goes On”

Last Updated: July 2nd 2008
10:28 am

Staging Area	Entry #	Business
Staging Area 1	11	Ace 24 Hour Towing
Staging Area 1	29	Amber Karlberg - Miss Norsk Hostfest 2007
Staging Area 3	75	American Wildlife Creations
Staging Area 3	65	America's Home Loans
Staging Area 5	125c	Arby's
Staging Area 2	59a	Ariana Walker - Miss North Dakota's Outstanding Teen
Staging Area 4	103b	Aurora Johnson - Mini Miss Northern Lights
Staging Area 1	28	Basin Electric Power Cooperative/Touchstone Energy
Staging Area 3	83	Berg's 24 hour Towing
Staging Area 4	89	Bis-Man Tractors and Equipment
Staging Area 5	122	Bismanonline.com
Staging Area 5	131	Bismarck Mounted Police
Staging Area 6	132a	Bismarck Nephrology Clinic
Staging Area 1	5	Bismarck Rural Fire
Staging Area 3	85c	Bob Peterson - State Auditor
Staging Area 6	132b	Bobcat of Mandan
Staging Area 1	10c	Brittany Schock - Miss Rodeo Ashley
Staging Area 2	54	Burning Desires
Staging Area 4	110	Capital Farmers Market
Staging Area 1	30	Cara Mund - Junior Miss ND
Staging Area 2	46	Cedric Theel
Staging Area 2	52	Central Market
Staging Area 3	66	Century 21 Morrison Realty
Staging Area 4	105	Chance Sauers Memorial Bull-Riding
Staging Area 5	124	Charity Lutheran Church
Staging Area 5	126	Check 'n' Go
Staging Area 2	51	Christ the King School
Staging Area 2	45	Citizens for Accountability in Government
Staging Area 6	Last	CJ Crane Service
Staging Area 6	137a	Clint Feland Ready Mix
Staging Area 1	6	Color Guard
Staging Area 1	21	Cook-Kelsch-Porter - District 34 Republicans
Staging Area 5	119b	Corey Helm - American Tai-Kwon-Do Triple Crown State Champ
Staging Area 3	62	Corral Sales
Staging Area 2	40	Cowboys For Christ
Staging Area 4	96	Cumulus Broadcasting
Staging Area 6	132c	Dacotah Speedway
Staging Area 2	38	Dakota Community Bank
Staging Area 6	END	Dakota Sanitation
Staging Area 5	115	Dakota Star Gymnastics
Staging Area 2	44b	Dakota Wizards
Staging Area 2	34	Daryl Splichal for State Auditor
Staging Area 2	41	Deluxe Barber Shop - Two Cylinder engines
Staging Area 5	130	Diamond W Animal Essentials, LLC
Staging Area 1	32	Don Geiger Band -Musician Association
Staging Area 3	84	Dri-Land Dairy - Jim Boehm Morton County Commission
Staging Area 2	43	Duane Grim - International Model A Tractor
Staging Area 3	85e	Duane Sand for Congress
Staging Area 4	103a	Eden Greenwood - Preteen Miss North Dakota
Staging Area 1	10b	Emily Carson - Miss Rodeo Mandan Princess
Staging Area 4	97	Evangel Assembly of God
Staging Area 4	92	Farm Rescue
Staging Area 4	99	Farmers Insurance Group (Michael Schramm Agency)
Staging Area 1	19	Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park
Staging Area 3	85b	Friends of Adam Hamm - Insurance Commissioner
Staging Area 3	85a	Friends of Brian Kalk - Public Service Commission
Staging Area 2	35	Friends of Mitch Vance - for N.D. State Treasurer
Staging Area 2	42	Gartner Seed Farm - CO-OP #3 Tractor
Staging Area 4	112	Gate City Bank
Staging Area 5	125a	Godfather Limo Service LLC
Staging Area 4	100	Gold's Gym
Staging Area 2	58	HA Thompson and Sons, Inc
Staging Area 3	80	Hair Academy
Staging Area 4	107	Heart River Stables
Staging Area 3	74	Higher Level Hair Design
Staging Area 2	53	HIT, Inc (Housing, Industry & Training)
Staging Area 3	78	Huntington Books
Staging Area 4	108a	Independent Beef Association North Dakota (I-Band)
Staging Area 4	103b	Jasmine Wutzke - Mini Miss Bismarck
Staging Area 2	36a	Jasper Schneider - for ND Insurance Commissioner
Staging Area 6	2nd to last	Jeepers Sweepers
Staging Area 3	63	Jerome Distributing
Staging Area 3	86	John Hoeven - Governor of North Dakota
Staging Area 1	31	Karissa Brobst - ND Dairy Princess
Staging Area 3	85d	Kelly Schmidt - State Treasurer
Staging Area 5	121	Kendra Hoger - Miss ND Junior National Teenager
Staging Area 1	25	Kist Livestock Auction
Staging Area 1	18	Knights of Columbus (JP Wagner)

Staging Area 1	17	Knights of Columbus (Mandan)
Staging Area 2	44a	KTM Cycle Hutt - with motorcycle exhibitionist Jason Britton
Staging Area 5	119a	Kylie Helm - Junior Teen Miss North Dakota
Staging Area 3	81	Larry Dorheim - (Classic Car)
Staging Area 2	59b	Lauryn Hinckley - Little Miss Bismarck
Staging Area 3	76	Lewis and Clark Animal Hospital
Staging Area 1	10a	Lindy Ellis - Miss Rodeo Mandan
Staging Area 2	36d	Long-Stringer-Volk - District 14 Democrats
Staging Area 5	120	Loretta Wolf - ND Mother of the Year 2008
Staging Area 2	59b	Lyndsey Scheurer - Little Miss North Dakota
Staging Area 2	59c	Maiya Gerde - Miss Junior Teen North Dakota American Queen
Staging Area 5	116	Mandan Church of the Nazarene
Staging Area 1	3	Mandan City Fire
Staging Area 1	15	Mandan Eagles
Staging Area 1	16	Mandan FFA
Staging Area 1	13	Mandan Golden Age Club
Staging Area 2	49	Mandan Marlins Swim Club
Staging Area 1	1	Mandan Police Department
Staging Area 1	8	Mandan Progress Organization
Staging Area 1	9	Mandan Rodeo Committee
Staging Area 1	4	Mandan Rural Fire
Staging Area 1	7	Mandan Senior High Marching Band
Staging Area 1	2	Mandan Sheriff Department
Staging Area 3	61	Mandan United Methodist Church
Staging Area 2	47	Mandan/Bismarck Dollars for Scholars
Staging Area 4	103c	Mandi Zavalney - Preteen Miss Prairie Rose
Staging Area 4	90	Marcus Zander - (2 Oliver Tractors)
Staging Area 6	137b	Mariner Construction
Staging Area 4	114a	Mark Fischer - 1930 Model A coupe
Staging Area 4	91	Matt Magilke - (Tractor)
Staging Area 2	36b	Max Laird - for Superintendent of Public Instruction
Staging Area 2	57	McQuade Distributing
Staging Area 1	27	MDU RM Heskett Station
Staging Area 3	73	Medcenter One Living Centers
Staging Area 4	102	Messiah Lutheran Church
Staging Area 1	20	MHS Girls Basetball
Staging Area 2	50	MHS Kachinas Dance Team
Staging Area 2	48	MHS Speech Team - Advisor Pat Pins
Staging Area 3	60	Midwest Motor Express
Staging Area 6	133	Military Vehicle Collectors Association - WWII Amtrak
Staging Area 1	10h	Miss Rodeo Mandan Princess Candidates – Jaycee Howard, Chantel Staiger, Camryn Stanke, McKenzie Weist
Staging Area 1	10g	Miss Rodeo Mandan Queen Candidates – Stacy Jangula, Jamie Sheldon, Sadie Wardner
Staging Area 3	72	Mobile Ads
Staging Area 6	134	Moritz Sport and Marine
Staging Area 5	125b	My Friend's Attic
Staging Area 4	87	ND Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Color Guard
Staging Area 4	88	ND National Guard
Staging Area 1	23	ND Off Road Vehicles Association
Staging Area 2	37	ND Stockmens Association
Staging Area 1	12	Nitelife Limo
Staging Area 4	98	North Bismarck Lutheran Mission
Staging Area 4	106	Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory
Staging Area 3	82	Open Road Honda
Staging Area 1	26	Prairie Rose Family Dentist
Staging Area 3	64	Professional Drafting Service
Staging Area 4	114b	Rasmusson College
Staging Area 6	136	R-B-M Contracting
Staging Area 4	93	RDO/Vermeer of ND
Staging Area 1	14	Red Hat Ladies - Ladies with Pizzaz
Staging Area 4	94	Redi-Rock (Weisz & Sons, Inc. Contractors)
Staging Area 2	33	Representative Earl Pomeroy - U.S. House of Representatives
Staging Area 2	56	River City Sports
Staging Area 3	79	Riverwood Church
Staging Area 6	135	Rud Propane, LLP
Staging Area 1	10e	Saige Feilmeier - Miss N.D. Wrangler Division Rodeo Queen
Staging Area 1	10f	Sam Stanke - Miss Rodeo Ransom County Fair
Staging Area 4	95	Sanano Karate Club/Miller Trucking
Staging Area 5	123a	Savvy Skate and Snow
Staging Area 5	128	Schlosser Excavating
Staging Area 4	104	Schlosser Home Contracting (John Deere)
Staging Area 5	125f	Schwan GM Auto Center
Staging Area 5	127	Security First Bank
Staging Area 4	103a	Shae Berger - Preteen Miss Northern Lights
Staging Area 3	67	Sleepy Hollow Summer Theater
Staging Area 1	24	Space Aliens
Staging Area 1	22	Sporting Chance
Staging Area 2	55	Starion Financial
Staging Area 4	101	Styler Den
Staging Area 5	117	Super Rooter Sewer and Drain Cleaner
Staging Area 5	125d	Taco Del Mar
Staging Area 4	109	Taco Johns
Staging Area 1	10d	Tiffany Kuntz - Miss Rodeo N.D. Winter Show
Staging Area 4	113	Toys For Tots
Staging Area 4	103c	TreAna Horner - Junior Teen Miss Peace Garden
Staging Area 3	77	Tricia's Bakery
Staging Area 2	39	Trucks, Trailers and More
Staging Area 4	108b	Twin City Implement
Staging Area 5	129	Unique Services
Staging Area 5	125e	US Army Reserve - 439th Family Support Group
Staging Area 5	123b	Wicked Darling
Staging Area 5	118	Woodmansee Office Products
Staging Area 4	111	XANGO of Bismarck/Mandan
Staging Area 2	36c	Zins-Tausend-Veil - District 34 Democrats

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Warning - Highly Addictive

posted on: 2008-06-20

Are you addicted to BisManOnline.com?

The following are some indicators that you may be a BisMan Addict:

You log on to BisManOnline before work, during work, during lunch, right before work ends, before supper, after supper, right before bedtime, and once, at about 3:30 AM, "just in case"
You check your account every day just in case you have a message on the Orange Colored Sink you are trying to sell for $8
You refresh the "Classic Cars" page every 3 minutes to make sure you don't miss anything when it is posted
Your entire house is furnished with stuff you bought on BisManOnline
The stuff that used to furnish your house, you sold on BisManOnline
You found your house on BisManOnline - paid more than $250,000 for it, and still look at the Real Estate Section every-day
You browse the "Miscellaneous Merchandise" category 3 times a day, because there might be something you need in there
You've made 6 different offers in $0.25 increments on these "Angel Food Cake Pans ($5)"
You send random messages to people's ads, just because you didn't find anything you wanted to buy today.
You saw this ad ("Wanted - Porcupine") - Then, went out hunting, returned, and called the phone number (or - you were one of the 5,563 people that viewed this ad)
You have seriously considered purchasing any of the following items:

- Rhubarb
- Candy Machines
- Central Market Employee Jacket
- Santa Claus Suit
- PLATINUM BLONDE HUMAN HAIR EXTENSIONS
- Beer Mirror
- Airport runway marker panels
- Mounted Wild Boar

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New Options when Sending Messages

posted on: 2008-06-17

Today we have added a few new options to the messaging feature within each classified ad.

As before, you are still required to be Signed In prior to sending a message.

With this update, you now have the option to automatically include either your Email Address, your Phone Number, or Both when you send a message to a classified ad that has been posted to the site.

Why is this Important!

This new feature makes communication between buyer and seller easier by allowing the potential Buyer to include more contact information.

At the same time, we have made this feature optional in order to ensure that we are protecting the privacy of all of our users.

Direct Ad Link in Emails

Also new today is the inclusion of a direct link to your classified ad in the body of every email that goes out.

Please let us know if you have any questions on these new features.

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Ads related to business services

posted on: 2008-05-20

Hello,

Again this is an announcement for ads related to businesses and their services.

Effective immediately, all ads related to business services can be posted for a fee of $19.95 per and ad and good for a maximum of 31 days. However, these ads will only be allowed in the Employment: Work Wanted category. All business service ads that have been paid for, but not posted in the Work Wanted category will be moved there without notice. All ads that have not been paid for will be rejected and payment requested if you wish the ad to be listed.

Additionally, we have placed some restrictions on these ads and you will not be able to pay for the Front Page rotation feature on these ads.

Please note that this does not effect any existing ads - only newly placed ones with a posting date 5/21/08.

This does not affect any normal commercial ad that is advertising a product for sale - such as a car, house, boat, etc.

Thank you,

BisManOnline.com Staff

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Changes to Employment: Work Wanted

posted on: 2008-04-22

BismanOnline is making a change in the Work Wanted category. Customers:

If you are looking for someone to provide a service, visit the homepage for the new Services Directory. You’ll find names, addresses, phone numbers, plus much more information to help you determine if the provider is the right one for you.

Businesses:

Starting May 15, 2008, the requirement for a $19.95 Commercial Upgrade fee will be strictly enforced for any business that posts an ad in the Work Wanted category. We are now offering an upgraded section of BismanOnline designed specifically for businesses called the Services Directory. Not only can you place text explaining your business or service, but you can add logos, pictures, links to other web sites, testimonials, maps, etc. You get a “Landing Page”, similar to a small web page that can be filled with appropriate information of your choice, and updated when you want. It’s like a display ad, but with more information, flexibility, and effectiveness. At an annual cost of $275 for small businesses with less than 2 full time year round employees, and $550 for larger businesses, it’s great exposure at an affordable rate. Click here to fill out a form to get included in the Services Directory.

If you are a non-profit group or a non-professional, click here to contact us and find out if you qualify to list in the Work Wanted category as a non-business.

Thank you for you continued support!

Bismanonline.com Staff

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Automobile Ad Posting Updated!

posted on: 2008-04-08

Over the last several months we have realized that our search feature couldn't be utilized to the best of its capabilities especially in relation to the automotive categories. Because many of the fields of the ad placement were completely free text field - meaning users could put anything they wanted in the field - this limited the capabilities of our search tool. For example if I was selling a 2001 Chevy HD 1500 - I might enter various parts of my automobile in the title, description, make and model fields. This caused issues in the search function as users wouldn't know what terms were used in the ad itself. An example would be if I searched for 2001 Chevrolet it would not include my ad based on my title previously described.

We have recently added dropdown lists for the make and model fields for the automobile category to help users using the search feature more accurately find what they are looking for and to elimate the problem described above. We are notifying you of this so that you can be aware of this new feature when placing ads but also to advise users that have placed automobile ads within the last 31 days to please modify their existing ads with the new dropdown lists so that when we make the dropdown lists available in the search feature it will work with the existing ads. If you do not update your ad users may not be able to find your vehicle in the new search tool.The dropdowns will be added to the search feature within the next couple of days.

We will continue to implement the dropdowns in other categories as we see fit.

Thank you for you continued support and as always we appreciate your feedback on any site enhancements.

BisManonline.com Staff

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Your Customers are on Bisman - Are you?

posted on: 2008-03-27

BismanOnline.com is the most widely and frequently used website in the Bismarck/Mandan area. More people log on to BismanOnline than any other local web site.

Your customers are accessing BismanOnline.com every single day - Putting your marketing message on Bisman is one of the most cost effective advertising mediums in the area.

We have a vast array of advertising options

Services Directory (Starting at $550/Year)
Commercial Classified Plans (Starting at $100 / Month)
Custom Store Fronts, (Starting ay $167/Month)
Banner Advertising - custom campaigns -

We can deliver millions of banner impressions for your business and your message. Contact our marketing team today!

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15 Million Page Views and Counting

posted on: 2008-03-27

BismanOnline.com is approaching the 15 Million Monthly Page View number as we close out the month of March 2008.

Over the last 30 days, 137,962 people logged on to the BismanOnline.com website from not only Bismarck/Mandan but surrounding areas and statewide!

BismanOnline has also had a jump in traffic from Canadian shoppers looking for deals due to the exchange rate.

At our current growth rate, we should exceed 20 Million monthly page views by the end of this year.

Your Customers are on BismanOnline.com - Are you? -Contact us for Advertising Solutions Today!

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Searching - Now a bit easier

posted on: 2008-02-14

Today we made a slight change to the site and added a search bar right at the top of the page - This bar appears on all pages and allows you quick access to search at any time.

The search results are also going to be undergoing some updates to make it easier to find the ads you are looking for - Stay tuned!

Bisman Team

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