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News & Updates
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December 2011
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Join us for Lunch!
DATE: Wed.
Jan 11th
TIME: 11:00am - 12:15pm
PLACE: Tapatio's
COST: $20 for Members
$25 for Non-members
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Our Sponsors
December Lunch:
Waddell & Reed
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Greetings!,
The New Year is upon us and the Newcastle Chamber is proud to be welcoming three new board members. At our meeting on January 11th please congratulate our new board members when you see them. They are Christina Mason of Valley Medical, Katie Salinas of Waste Management, and Steve Fortescue of Fortescue Financial Services. They are joining a board that is working hard to continue to add value to your chamber experience and to the greater business community of Newcastle.
At the first meeting of the New Year on January 11, 2012 we are pleased to be welcoming Randy Matheson with the Renton School District Levy and Bond Measures, which includes a new middle school at the site of the old Hazelwood Elementary. Also please remember that your 2012 Membership Dues are due and lunch prices will be going up to $25 for non-chamber members.
If you need a membership form please visit
The Chamber Website .
All the best in the New Year!
Your Newcastle Chamber Board
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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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Welcome New Chamber Board Members!
Christina Mason, Valley Medical
Katie Salinas, Waste Management,
Steve Fortescue, Fortescue Financial Services
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Newcastle Earth Day - April 21st!
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Weight Release with Ease Teleclass!
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Have You Renewed Your Membership Yet?
The Chamber membership fees have not increased for 2012. Business Membership is only $50 a year; Non-profit organizations and individuals only pay $30. As a busines or non-profit member you can advertise events and promotions on the Chamber website and in the Newsletter, and have your website linked to our Member Directory. Download a Membership Application/Renewal Form and bring it with you to our lunch meeting on February 10th!
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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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Free Advertising with the Chamber
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Do you have an announcement, upcoming seminar, workshop or general information that you would like to include in our next email? We have an on-line form on the Chamber Website to make it easier for you to tell us about it. Go to "About the Chamber" - "Submit News/Event". Send it to us by the 22nd of the month if you want it in the next newsletter!
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