Guide to Houston Businesses

This is our first post to the Houston Business Blog. We thought it would be a good idea to explain our goals, and to seek advice from readers. We seek to publish and promote local Houston businesses of all types. We will provide lists of service providers in any number of categories. The key is, they must be Houston companies. We want to support our own! If you operate a local Houston business and would like to be featured in this blog, please post a comment, or email me at nationwideblogs @ gmail.com. Whether you run a small service business, a franchise, a large enterprise level firm, or a mom-and-pop, we want to hear from you.

Houston Backpage, The Backpage Classifieds

Now an integral part of Houston, the Houston Backpage is a classified service for the fastest growing Houston businesses. Offered by the Houston Press Magazine, the poplar Houston Backpage is a classified forum that rivals the best in the business. If you wade through my prose and opinions, I'll offer links and phone numbers to the Backpage later in this post.

I must admit that I'm addicted to the Houston Backpage. The articles in the magazine itself are great, well written, and feature local music, entertainment, business and special interest stories. But it's the Houston Backpage where I find myself first, and most often. If they saved the best for last, they did it best on the Houston Backpage. The Backpage classifieds are a collage of excerpts from the regular Press classifieds. I picked up a copy today and turned it over to find ads from three Houston attorneys, a Dental Spa (what this is I'm not exactly sure; "Dental" and "Spa" and not seem like compatible terms to me,) a handyman, and a psychic. Just below the psychic's ad, was an ad for mold and mildew removal and remediation. Where else on one page can you sign up for kickboxing classes and hypnosis? Where else can your sell your car, your sperm, and your home all in the same place? Where else can you find local swingers and register for a free medical study for victims of sever underarm sweating? Where else can you find services on child adoption, DWI legal defense, and work at home opportunities, right there together. What a resource!

One ad that I have seen repeated on the Backpage in recent months is a large block in the middle by American Apparel. The ads always display youngish, thin brunettes in unitards, leotards, and various styles of tights. I find myself thinking simultaneously, "Wow, she's pretty" and "Wow, she's half my age." I love those ads. I will probably never buy a unitard from American Apparel, but the ads are delightful.

To place an ad on the Houston Backpage, you can call 713-280-2800. To find the Houston Backpage online, go Here.