Posts Tagged ‘social media’
A Very Social Holiday
Monday, December 5th, 2011
How To Get More social This Holiday Season, Instantly
Here’s a gift idea that costs nothing and takes just two minutes. And this one definitely keeps on giving–to your fellow Chamber members.
All of us want to reach more potential customers, right? And many of our businesses have Facebook fan pages with informative content, specials, and more.
Here’s a super-quick way to send a little love around the internet right now.
1. Go to the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce on Facebook.
2. Halfway down the left-hand column, find “LIKES” and click “SEE ALL”
3. Just scan down the list. If you haven’t previously LIKED a page, click on the little thumb and you’re in.
That’s it.
Well, actually, there is one additional Bonus Gift you can give: READ the content and respond. It’s easy: Ask a question, make a comment, share their post on your page…
Remember: We’re all in this together and the more we support each others efforts, the more ground we all gain.
Thank you!
Tags: chamber member, Facebook, holiday, like, social media
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Social Media Marketing For Your Business
Monday, September 12th, 2011
Did you know that the Small Business Development Center in Gresham is offering a Social Media Marketing class this Friday, September 16?
What You’ll Learn
Learn how to incorporate social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter & YouTube to promote your business and attract new customers. The instructor will discuss the Key elements of successful social media marketing. This seminar presented in partnership with Alphabetix – Web Design. Only Better. Laura Allen from Alphabetix will be teaching the class.
Date: 9/16
Time: 9 – 11:30 a.m.
Fee: $55, Class limited to 20 participants
For More Information
Please contact the SBDC at 503-491-7658, or email bizcenter@mhcc.edu
Tags: Alphabetix, Laura Allen, marketing, Mt. Hood Community College, SBDC, small business development center, social media
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Business Tips
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Dex One – Your Online Business
August’s Question of the Month
Posted August 1st, 2011 by ybo
Q: I work for a general contractor who specializes in “green” building. We do new builds, and remodels, offering solar panels, solar water heaters, radiant heating/cooling, and sustainable roof coatings. Although we do all of this, the best income and most cost effective service we offer is the roof coatings. Do you have any suggestions as to a way to reach our clients besides telephone book ads, and of course our website?
A: Thanks for your question. Thanks also for your listings in the Dex print directory and DexKnows.com and congratulations on two great-looking websites.
You’ve obviously covered those bases but here’s something new to consider: online recommendations from clients. Marketing surveys consistently show that buyers check—and give a lot of credibility to—business or product reviews by consumers. You’ve been in business for almost 30 years and surely have a long list of satisfied customers. Now’s the time to tap into that goodwill.
Ask your clients to give you positive reviews on your listing pages on DexKnows.com, Angie’s List, Yelp, Yahoo! Local and your Google Places page. They don’t have to do all of them but even one or two would be very helpful for you. And ask them to show some thanks by “liking” your Facebook page and posting positive comments about your business (including images of completed construction projects). As a bonus, reviews may boost the ranking on search engines for these pages, giving you more visibility online. Dex One offers a reputation management tool to clients to track reviews online.
One more tip: Your bread and butter business may be roof coating but your site is not ranking well on the search engines for that topic. Be sure to add more text and images about roof coating to your websites and all the sites mentioned above.
Good luck, and let us know how it goes!
Tags: content, effective advertisement, online advertisment, online business tips, search engines, social media, website
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Join us for our May Luncheon
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Monthly Luncheon – Social Media and the Digital Age
Like it or not, the world today is becoming more and more dependent on the internet. More and more studies indicate that a lot of people make important decisions researching them first online.
Research also indicates that people depend on other people’s experiences to make decisions on products andservices. With the advent of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other such social media, information travels around the world much faster.
Social media can give you credibility to your online visibility (web presence), a better opportunity of being found through search, a premium avenue to provide customer service, and a cheap / effective marketing tool that will bring results if used consistently and correctly.
If you are hesitant to jump on to the internet and social media bandwagon, come find out why you should, or else you might find yourself alone on sidelines as potential customers pass you by on their way to your competitors.
Date: May 11th
Time: 12:00-1:30pm
Place: Sandy Fire Department Annex Bldg
RSVP TODAY
Speaker: Kelly Allen of Alphabetix
Catered by:Smoky Hearth
$12.00 per person
Tags: Chamber Luncheon, Facebook, Join us, social media, the digital age, Twitter, youtube
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Business Classes at Chamber Office
Friday, March 5th, 2010
SACC has a partnership with the Small Business Development Center at Mt Hood Community College, and is offering business classes open to the public in our chamber office!
There are three classes scheduled for this year:
Effective Marketing in Today’s Environment
Explore alternative marketing practices to reach a larger group of consumers.
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010
Time: 1-4pm
Fee: $45
Building a Successful Website for your Business
Learn the basics of creating and managing your website.
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010
Time: 10am-12noon
Fee: $30
Boosting Your Business Using Social Media Marketing
Embrace social networking as part of your overall marketing strategy.
Date: Thursday, September 30, 2010
Time: 10am-12noon
Fee: $30
Please Register at least 1 week in advance: Call 503-491-7658 or email BizCntr@mhcc.edu
All of the above classes are held at the SACC Office at 38963 Pioneer Blvd, Sandy, and are open to the public!
Tags: marketing, SBDC, seminars, social media, website, workshops
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2011 Businesses of the Year
Read about the wonderful businesses that have been honored as 2011 Business of the Year recipients.
