Need to save money at work or at home?

Be sure to attend the Lunch & Learn next Wednesday and you will learn how to save money! Learn cost-saving tips and tricks, how to get rebates, make the most of coupons and save money...both at work and at home. You'll hear from the following guest speakers: Noble B. Snow III, CPA and Firm Manager, Wilson, Shannon & Snow will focus on numerous ways to save your business money throughout the year. Hope Labutis, Homemaker and Coupon/Budget-Buster Extraordinaire will teach you how to save money at the grocery and at home. The event will be held on Wednesday, March 17 - St. Patricks day! So be sure to attend and save some "green" on this "green day". Registration begins at 11:15, lunch at 11:30 and program from noon to 1:00 p.m. Event is sponsored by Weiler Financial Group. Click on the photo to sign up!

Posted by: Jennifer McDonald

Meet us on Thursday for a cold one!

You should attend the Business After Hours this Thursday at Bafford Spine & Rehab from 5 - 7 p.m. There will be great food by Doug's Far Side, soft drinks and a cash bar. All attendees will receive a gift certificate for a hydro massage and a small gift. RSVP by clicking here!

We Are "Normal"

Today is the last day we will have our intern with us - LyndaSue Keener. She has been with us since January and has put in 189 hours.

She has done an excellent job with every project we have given her. We celebrated this morning with a staff breakfast (we always like a reason for Mandy to make her Monkey Bread) and I asked LyndaSue which project she liked the best and she said helping set up and attending the Annual Groundhog Breakfast. She said she wanted to come to it for the last 20 years!

I also asked her what she learned while working at the Chamber. She said that we (staff and the business people she has met) are "normal". I chuckled and asked her to explain her answer and she said that the perception from college is that business people are "stuffy" and act better than the rest of the world, but she found that to be false. She said "you guys watch T.V. just like the rest of us".

Thanks LyndaSue for all of your hard work over the past three months. Will will miss you.

Monday Morning Humor

Couldn't resist posting this. Thanks for the good laugh on a Monday morning Todd.

Quotes for the Day

These have been heard time and time again, but are worth repeating:

"The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do." - Michael Porter

" Management is doing a thing right; leadership is doing the right things." - Peter Drucker

" Marketing is too important to be left to the marketing department." - David Packard

Time To Shred

To my knowledge, the chamber has kept every record since the building opened in 1974.

Thanks to our intern, LyndaSue, we are having a shredding party next week!

Social Media 1,285,385,004,486

I have no clue how many posts are out there on the use of Social Media, thus my made-up number in my post title. What I do know is that I like the types of posts that are easy to understand, and that take you step-by-step through a new process. I also like the blogs and sites that give you homework. Yes, homework. That way you HAVE to do something besides just think about it.

I found a site that does just that during a recent conference I attended. The site is called Social Media Leaps.

This site is designed for chamber's and small business to take the "leap" into the social media world. It gives you 5 minute "leaps" into:

• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Flickr
• YouTube
• Blogging

You will also find a 60 day plan which gives you 60 easy steps (homework) to help work your way through the social media atmosphere.

All this for FREE.

There is some really great information there. As was said in the presentation I attended: "This (social media) is not a fad. . .it's a trend. . .here to stay."

Check it out today.

- Posted by Cheri