Starting Your Own Business?

If so, go here. If you want to fail at it, go here.

Why join the Chamber?

I read a very interesting study done in cooperation with the American Chamber of Commerce Executives. The study asked 2000 adult consumers nationwide questions about Chambers and their members. Interestingly, the results showed that most consumers think that being active in the local chamber is an effective business strategy. But it went on to say that 40% of respondents are more likely to eat at a restaurant that belongs to a chamber, 43% are more likely to use an insurance company that is a member of a chamber, and 63% are more likely to purchase goods from a small business that is a member of a chamber! This says a lot, and goes on to prove that Chamber members are the best of the community and belonging to the Chamber gives our members great "buying power" among consumers and assures them that they are a reputable company to do business with. You may read the entire survey here.

Posted by Jennifer McDonald, Marketing & Communications Director

10 for 2010

Check out 10 revolutions (not resolutions) over at Matt's place. Even if you complete just one of the the ten actions, you will be a happier person. Guaranteed.

- Posted by Cheri

Resolutions vs. Goals

Nicholas Bate has a great post up today on why we sometimes fail at Resolutions and "off-the-shelf-goals".

It is the first post in the Breakthrough Principals 1-31 series. Check it out.

- Posted by Cheri

Rock Out

Couldn't help but to post this - stole the idea from Jeff.




- Posted by Cheri

Vocabulary Test

Do any of these new words for 2009 sound familiar:

• Fanboy
• Mondegreen
• Webinar

These are a few of the official words which have been recently added to the Webster's Dictionary.

You can find the definitions here.

- Posted by Cheri

Top 3 Words of 2009

According to Global Language Monitor (GLM), the top word for 2009 is TWITTER. Go figure. Obama and H1N1 came in second and third, respectively.

Read the entire story here.

- Posted by Cheri