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News & Updates
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November 2011
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Join us for Lunch!
DATE: Wed. Dec. 14th
TIME: 11:00am - 12:15pm
PLACE: Tapatio's
COST: $20
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Our Sponsors
Diamond Awards: Homestreet Bank The Golf Club at Newcastle
Coal Creek Family YMCA Key Bank
King & Bunny's Appliances
Puget Sound Energy
Valley Medical Center Waste Management
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Greetings,
The 2011 Newcastle Diamond Awards again gave Newcastle the ability to thank and honor members of our community who combine dedication, integrity and caring with a passion for making a difference in the community.
Congratulations to all of the Winners! The winners for each category were:
Youth - Kent Coburn and Roland Deex
Education - Cathy Dean
Business - Valley Medical Center
Community Service - Trina Sooy
Mayors Special Recognition - Mutual Materials
This event would not be possible if not for our most appreciated Sponsors: Our title sponsor - Home Street Bank, Coal Creek Family YMCA, Key Bank, King and Bunnys appliances, Puget Sound Energy, The Golf Club at Newcastle, Valley Medical Center and Waste Management.
A special thank you to all of the hard-working volunteers who helped plan, organize and deliver the event!
Our guest speaker for the December lunch will be Chad Rudolph, a business coach who will help us develop a High Performance Selling Edge. Chad has a track record of implementing big ideas. After a 25-year career at IBM he successfully launched a new product division for Ask Jeeves and grew their business to $16 million in revenue in 18 months. Chad's presentation debunks the stigma of selling and positions a "helping to buy" attitude.
I hope to see you there!
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Angela Wingate, Chair
Newcastle Chamber of Commerce |
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New Pricing in January 2012!
New Pricing for Chamber Lunches - Effective January 2012: luncheons for Chamber Members will be $20; for non-members it will be $25. Member invoices will be going out in December and will offer the option to buy 9 lunches and get the 10th one free!
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How Not to Gain Weight during Holidays!
December 7th - FREE Teleseminar - How NOT to Gain weight over the Holidays! 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM The holidays can be a time when all thoughts of losing weight get boxed up and sent away to be dealt with "later". Learn some strategies to help you enjoy those parties and festivities, as well as your favorite holiday foods, without gaining the infamous holiday weight. See the Chamber Website for more details.
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Newcastle Earth Day - April 21st!
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Weight Release with Ease Teleclass!
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Emergency-Pac at McLendon's Hardware!
The Holidays are upon us. Give the gift of preparation! Paula Spence owner of Emergency-Pac will be selling her 3-Day emergency-Pac's at McLendon's Hardware stores beginning the 2nd week in December. Shop local and get geared up for whatever winter brings! Or, order on-line at www.Emergency-pac.com
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Give the Gift of Massage!
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 Education Corner
Marketing Ideas
Goodmarketingideas.com has some great marketing ideas for your business, both off-line and on-line. Here is just a snippet of some of these ideas:
Relationship Marketing Ideas = Maintain and improve your relationship with your past customers.
Business Networking Ideas = Form a partnership with a business that is marketing to the same target market as yourself - and the Chamber is a great way to learn about other local businesses who target the same market as yourself and build upon relationships!
Print Marketing Ideas = Design attractive business cards and brochures with special offers, calendars, and postcards.
Local Marketing Ideas = Place an advertisement in the Newcastle Newspaper, or offer your product as the prize for a local contest.
Promotional Marketing Ideas = Offer a discount, cross-promote with other businesses that targets your market, or hold an event - such as a Chamber After Hours Event!
General Marketing Ideas = Create a marketing plan and budget, take one marketing action step each day, follow up with your existing customers, and be personally accessible.
Personal Marketing Ideas = Volunteer to be on the board of an event, volunteer in non-profit organizations, and sponsor an event - through the Chamber we have a wide variety of ways we can help you find out what might appeal to your business's needs in reaching out!
On-line Marketing Ideas
Search Engine Marketing (SEM) = Create a search marketing budget, and look for new niches and customer groups to offer your products and services to.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) = Research what words your potential customers are searching with, get those same keywords in the link text of sites that are linking to you, and create great content focused on your topic that people want to link to.
Email Marketing Ideas = Build an email marketing list, and advertise in email newsletters - such as the Chamber's newsletter and website - all you have to do is submit your event or news worthy information at the Chamber's website
Social Marketing Ideas = Participate in blogging communities, participate in forums and use a Signature Line, build a online social network, and write articles for sites.
Website Marketing Ideas = Make a usable website, clean and minimize your design to focus the attention of the visitor on what is most important.
Website Promotion = Submit articles to a site like eZineArticles, Write a press releases and publish them through a service like PRWeb, Purchase banner ads on sites with your same target market
Viral Marketing Ideas = Make a hilarious video that features your product, have a promotional competition. who can send the most visitors, who can make the most sales, generate the most leads, give people something fun to do online, or give people an online research tool.
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