Better Merchants

04/11/2026

We were proud to be a sponsor for the annual De-Trash the Wabash event. Clean water, happy community!

04/03/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1cB1PVhmYz/ We love bragging about our longtime Better Merchants members. Way to go, Andrea and Phillip and the rest of the Reliable staff!

Advocating for Hoosier Health & Property in Washington, D.C. 🇺🇸

Owners Philip and Andrea, recently had the opportunity to attend 𝗡𝗣𝗠𝗔 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻, 𝗗.𝗖., where pest management professionals from across the country came together to advocate for issues that directly impact public health, food safety, and property protection.

"𝑊𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛! 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛’𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠. (𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦? 𝑅𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑤𝑎𝑦/𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑜! 😂🥰) -- 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑝 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑐𝑦, 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠—𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛!" - Andrea

03/30/2026

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The sale of WLFI has been finalized, with a promise to the FCC that the new owner is "ready, willing and able" to increase resources for staffing and reporting in Greater Lafayette.

More here ... https://www.basedinlafayette.com/p/wlfi-tv18-sale-finalized-with-promises

03/18/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BKFWFsTcn/ We love our Better Merchants members and what they do for the community. Soller-Baker Funeral Homes, Inc. has been around since the 1860's and they are like a sturdy redwood tree in good times and bad. Kudos to John and Scott and the staff!

Soller-Baker Funeral Homes & Crematory is grateful for the community that we live in and love supporting when and where we can. Food Finders is a great organization that helps so many families. We would like to share a few statistics from their website.

- 1 in 7 people in our 16-county service area experience food insecurity.
- Food Finders distributes more than 12 million pounds of food annually.
- Food Finders donations help over 89,000 people in 16 counties put food on their tables.

With this check we hope a few more families can have food on their table without worries.

03/11/2026

With Reliable Exterminators – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉

03/11/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AVUoQ6JWF/ If your company is all about how important art and art education are for a community, please consider a donation this year to the Round the Fountain Art Fair.

Strong communities are built by leaders who invest in them.

Corporate partners help ensure Round the Fountain Art Fair continues to support artists, attract visitors, and enrich our community year after year.

Interested in becoming a corporate supporter? Let’s connect.

https://www.roundthefountain.org/donate/

02/28/2026

Voting for Best of the Wabash 2026 began at noon on Wednesday February 25th. Voting runs through Wednesday March 11th.

I was excited to see Better Merchants Marketing and Media in a few categories (including "Advertising Agency" and "Videographer"), but, more importantly, I am proud and happy to see so many Better Merchants member clients and non-member clients represented.
I have obviously been involved with some pretty special folks during my nearly 22 years with the company.

So let's get right to it, shall we?
Here are two important links:

This link takes you to the voting site for Best of the Wabash 2026:
https://lnkd.in/gYANrCNB

And this link takes you to the Better Merchants members and clients tab on our website:
https://lnkd.in/gm5vYKh

It takes a little while to vote and you may have to do a little bit of "eeny, meeny, miny, moe" on some of the categories where you don't have a horse in this race. You can even skip some categories where you are totally clueless (I'm not sure which manicure place is the best. I'll keep you posted, though!).
But voting will help a deserving someone in the Greater Lafayette area get a little more attention in the business community.
Isn't that what all those "here's what you can do for free to support local business" posts are all about?

If you have used any of the many services of Better Merchants and/or Better Merchants members/clients, thanks for the vote.

Again, I'm feeling lots of pride today for Better Merchants and who we represent.

02/28/2026

We'd appreciate your support in the "Advertising Agency" and "Videographer" categories. You can vote once a day if you want! Voting ends Wed. March 11th. THANKS and good luck to all the nominees! https://bestofthewabash.com/vote/

02/28/2026

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