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Before the internet, business transactions were done face-to-face and with a handshake. I'm proud to say that belief and building relationships is the core of who I am and how I do business.

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For the better part of twenty years, I successfully opened and managed restaurants for small business owners. As I was starting the next chapter of my life, I realized every daily act of maintaining a customer base, orchestrating a successful dinner service for a few hundred guests, and everything in between was achieved by building trust and relationships.

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Having been the decision maker on how to advertise, market, and promote for so long, I noticed that most opportunities were cost prohibitive for small businesses.

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In October of 2016, Live.Work.Play. was born. 

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Mission:  To give small businesses the same voice as businesses with large marketing budgets, in a more targeted way.    

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Live.Work.Play. publishes hardcover and digital regional guide books for the Tampa Bay, Greater Harrisburg/Hershey, ​Gettysburg/York, Lehigh Valley and Lancaster, Pennsylvania regions. We've partnered up with more than 200 small businesses to provide the best shopping, dining, things to do, and professional services to each region.

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We work with Realtors, builders, HOA communities, and property managers that provide LiveWorkPlay hardcover guides as a valuable gift to new residents, new homeowners, existing homeowners, and new move-ins. You'll also find 10-12% of our guides in room of select hotels as well as Airbnb's and Bed & Breakfasts throughout Pennsylvania, and 821 Airbnb's in Tampa Bay. The distribution for each book is different. So please reach out so I can provide accurate information for your region. 

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I'm proud to say that we have local, regional, national and global visitors to our website. Analytics can be viewed on my personal LinkedIn page.​

                                   

ABOUT ME

I was born into the military on an Army base in Fort Ord, California. I have two brothers and a sister that were born in three different states and countries and have lived in Germany, France, and 7 different U.S. states. We landed in Central Pennsylvania when my dad retired and went to work as a civilian at the Mechanicsburg Navy Depot. As an adult, I moved to Tampa Bay for 15 years and then moved back to the capital of PA for family reasons. I have three sons, Matthew, Mark and John and three grandsons.

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I've heard time and time again how random it was that I launched my business in Tampa Bay. Then I say, not only did I live there for 15 years but I've been going to Tarpon Springs to visit my grandparents since I was a child. When I moved back to Pennsylvania, my oldest son stayed and has now lived there for more than twenty years. It was just a natural progression since I was still visiting often and both Tampa Bay and Central PA are home to me.

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I'm proud to say that in an effort to be cost-efficient in my own small business, I deliver thousands and thousands of my own books to hotels, door-to-door as gifts from HOA communities, and hundreds of other locations. As of this update in October 2021, I still have no employees. I'm committed to keeping prices affordable for small business and our reach some of the best, most focused there is, in both regions.

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In mid-2019, I started splitting my time between Tampa Bay and Central PA. I fly back and forth 30 times a year to cross promote both the businesses and regions I love. I am proof that you can successfully start a new chapter in your fifties. Believe in yourself , care about people, and work with honesty and integrity.

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Thanks for reading,

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Christine Vasiliades , CTA

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