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Social media and social networking are equalizers for small businesses engaged in mobile vending. Columbia SC-based New York’s Famous Hotdogs is featured on DealChicken’s daily deal billboard – quite a leap from curbside word-of-mouth marketing to larger-than-life billboard promotions. Part 2 of the interview with the Whipper-Kloess team.
In the first part of the interview (Hotdog! Street Vending Saves Family Finances), the Whipper-Kloess team highlighted some of what got them here.

Losing your job is not the end of the world – starting a small business vending operation might be the answer. Three years ago, Quinton Whipper was happily working as a finance manager at a loan company. Under the umbrella of realignment, the company filed bankruptcy and fired Quinton a month before his hefty bonus — $18 thousand dollars — was due to be paid. Interview with owners of New York Famous Hotdogs of Columbia, South Carolina, Quinton Whipper and Gisela Kloess.

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