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A blog from your local Chamber of Commerce.
Monday, February 17, 20204 Ways to Pull Great Stories Out of Your Customers
Storytelling makes for amazing marketing because people don't realize they're being marketed to. They're pulled into the story. They develop an emotional attachment to your business and they stick around for the resolution. Good storytelling casts your customers as the heroes of their stories. You want their successes and triumphs to be told because you want potential customers to hear the stories and think that they can do those things too. When you cast your business as the wise sage who helps the
Christina R. Green
Monday, February 10, 20204 Practical Subject Line Ideas to Get More Opens
Email subject lines are one of the most important things to master because they directly affect your open rate. And more opens means more possible action. They can’t do what you’re asking if they don’t open your email. The average open rate for emails is between 15-25%. If you're above 25% you have a great open rate. But let's assume you wanted to get even better. This article contains simple email subject line ideas that work.
Christina R. Green
Thursday, February 6, 2020Chamber Trustee: Tyrol Basin
In 2020, one of our goals is to continue telling our members’ stories. We want to share with our audience who are members are and why they are a crucial part of making this community thrive. To start out, we wanted to highlight our Chamber Trustees. Chamber Trustees are the Chamber’s top partner and without them, a lot of what we do would simply not be possible. Today, we are highlighting our newest Chamber Trustee, Tyrol Basin.
Annika Frame
Monday, February 3, 2020Welcome to the Side Hustle: Creating an Alternative Revenue Stream for Your Business
If your business isn't bringing in the revenue you'd like and you've tried different discounts and purchase options, it may be time to consider what the business world is now referring to as a “side hustle.” For purposes of this article, we're not going to cover starting a new business but rather creating a side hustle or an alternative revenue stream for your existing business. Here's how you can do that.
Christina R. Metcalf
Thursday, January 30, 2020Village Report to Chamber of Commerce – Jan 2020
Happy New Year! The new year brings fresh new opportunities for the Village and Chamber to collaborate on strengthening your businesses and our community. Before we can do that, I want to provide some information on Village happenings in the latter half of 2019 that Chamber members may be interested in.
Ryan Czyzewski
Monday, January 27, 2020Why You Absolutely Need to Start Using Customer Data (and 4 clever ways to do so)
Do you have a home assistant? I'm not talking about an Alfred to your Bruce Wayne. No, I mean like Siri, Alexa, or Google home. Have you traded your privacy for convenience? It's likely many of your customers have and if that's the case, their consumer expectations are changing rapidly. If you're not keeping up with them in your business, you're going to miss out.
Christina R. Metcalf
Monday, January 20, 20205 Tips for Decluttering Your Office for More Peace of Mind
I have a friend who used to say “never have more personal things in your office than you can tuck under your arm.” He believed in a fast getaway and joked about never wanting to have to pack up a box and be escorted out of the building. That friend went on to open his own business and I wonder if he kept to his rule being able to tuck all of his worldly office possessions under one arm. If you're like me, you break the one-armed rule with abandon and while you may have piles of papers all over your desk,
Christina R. Metcalf
Wednesday, January 15, 20209 Easy Ways to Get More Business Through Instagram
I have to admit, I’m not a big fan of Instagram but clearly, I'm wrong. About a billion people (serious stat, not hyperbole) use the platform every month. 500 million people use the platform's stories feature every day. This year, Instagram is expected to reach 112 million users in the US alone and it's the fastest growing social media platform in Canada. If your target demographic is under the age of 40, they likely have an Instagram account, which means you should probably be on there. Instagram is an
Christina R. Metcalf
Thursday, January 9, 2020Meet The Chamber Team--Tiffany
Finishing out our mini-series, Meet The Chamber Team, we are getting to know Mount Horeb Area Chamber of Commerce's Executive Director--Tiffany King. Tiffany has been the brains behind the operation here at the Chamber for the past two years and has been an integral part of shaping the Chamber into the organization it is today. She is constantly looking for ways to serve our Chamber members and contribute to this community. If you ever run into her on the street, ask her what her favorite concert she has
Annika Frame
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Wednesday, January 8, 20206 Law Changes That May Affect Your Business in 2020
Ahhh 2020. A year in which the futuristic movies Blade Runner and Back to the Future are both now set in the past. If that doesn't blow your mind, you’re either under 25 or not one for movies. Not impressed? Then how about some of the big changes that are taking effect for small businesses this year?
Christina R. Metcalf
