{"id":2967,"date":"2011-02-25T07:23:08","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T07:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joewelder.com\/?p=2967"},"modified":"2011-02-11T19:24:35","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T19:24:35","slug":"welding-with-mms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2011\/02\/25\/welding-with-mms\/","title":{"rendered":"Welding with M&#038;Ms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of folks ask about the M&amp;Ms we include with every order. \u00a0Some even ask us to toss in an extra bag for a co-worker. \u00a0Our customers like getting the M&amp;Ms, but still, they ask why M&amp;Ms?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"M&amp;Ms with every order!\" src=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/images\/arc-zone-boxes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" \/>When I started Arc-Zone.com in 1998, \u00a0the internet and the idea of ecommerce was new. \u00a0Folks were hesitant to do business online and with people they never met&#8230; \u00a0 \u00a0I had a pretty small marketing budget and some big ideas, so including M&amp;Ms in each order was a way to personalize our customer&#8217;s shopping experience and say &#8220;thank you&#8221; for the order.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/mmwelder.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2970\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" title=\"\" src=\"\/blog\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/mmwelder.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/mmwelder.jpg 302w, https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/wp-content\/new_ups\/mmwelder-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our core belief is that our customers deserve the best technical support and top quality, performance proven welding accessories in the marketplace. \u00a0 But we also believe that work can be fun&#8230; \u00a0 and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mms.com\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\">M&amp;Ms are fun<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of folks ask about the M&amp;Ms we include with every order. \u00a0Some even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arc-zonecom","category-welding-industry-news","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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