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Quality Print and Direct Mail
Services at Affordable
Prices.
Current product offerings are Business cards, Flyers,
Brochures, Menus, Door Hangers, Envelopes, Post Cards, Book Marks and Direct
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Help Us Fill Our Kettle
Do you hear that? That's the sound of our "virtual bell"
ringing. We are hosting a Salvation Army Online Red Kettle and collecting
donations to help those in need this Christmas. Our Kettle is just like those
Red Kettles you see when you're out shopping, but it's online. If you'd like to
donate, just click the link to our page, and help
The Salvation Army help thousands of people in need.
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Unleash Your Inner
Guerrilla Marketer
Social media is the ultimate energy vs. money marketing
tool--put it to work for your business. Jay Conrad Levinson coined
the term "guerrilla marketing" in the 1980s, defining it as an
approach for "achieving conventional goals, such as profits and joy, with
unconventional methods, such as investing energy instead of money."
With four words--energy instead
of money--Levinson won the hearts and influenced the marketing plans of
entrepreneurs everywhere. His concept fueled the sale of 14
million books, leveling the playing field between marketing-budget haves and
have-nots and inspiring a long-standing preference among small-business leaders
for innovative, low-cost, high-energy communications over textbook, big-dollar
tactics.
Viewing Social Media as a
Guerrilla Marketing Tool
Yet small businesses, the original guerrilla marketing advocates, have been
hesitant about investing effort--which is about all that's
required--in the fastest-growing, most innovative and unconventional
communication channel of the day.
Click Here to read full article
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Four Marketing Tips from Your Dog
Why Fido is starring in more ads and
what it means for your business.
Have you noticed that advertising is going to the dogs? Those cute, cuddly
canines are springing up everywhere -- from commercials to print
ads and websites.
Dogs are replacing the pretty girl with the great smile as the current
darlings of advertisers of all stripes. And for good reason: That pup is worth
its weight in gold. In an era when consumers are looking for a special
connection with companies and brands, most people find dogs endearing and just
plain irresistible.
Click HERE to read full article
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Dear Subscriber,
Message from MN State Director,
Mike Clough
Managing Your Small Business Reputation
“
It takes 20 years to build a
reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do
things differently.” ~ Warren Buffet.
Every
business must manage their reputation because in the end, what else is there?
Yes, a business with a great reputation can fail, but it is far more difficult
for a business with a poor reputation to succeed. Marketing gurus talk about
the importance of branding and although I don’t disagree, isn’t your reputation
really your brand or image and vice versa? Therefore, protecting your
reputation, your brand, your image (whatever you wish to call it) must be at
the top of the list as a business owner.
There
are several things that impact the reputation of a small business. In general,
everything in your business that touches your customer has the potential to
either build or tarnish your reputation. Your policies and procedures around
customer complaints will often play a large role in determining your
reputation. The message you send when you invoice a customer or make a
collections call affects your reputation, brand and image. How your phone is
answered and how many buttons the caller has to push before reaching a live
person can affect your reputation. Every thing that touches the customer can
have either a positive or negative impact. Click HERE to read entire article
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Since
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They are
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Meet Our Leadership
Chapter President- NorCal, CA
Lara Sansen
Lara holds Events/Expo's and raises money to buy
Children in Foster Care gifts not just any gifts, she and her dedicated Vice
Presidents, Lisa Budd and Trisha Tatterson along with many other volunteers buy
presents, as she calls it "Just because the community cares for you
gifts" She focuses on children of all ages but mainly children that are in
5th grade and higher. She feels that "NO child should be left behind"
or feel like no-one cares for them. As we know, children in foster care live a
hard and helpless life some being tossed to and from different homes, not
knowing where their family is or if they will come back for them. Lara gives
Children HOPE of their Future, She has drummed up a wonderful way to bring
the community together for a great cause and at the same time helping others to
build their business by Networking together!
Lara is working with many business professionals;
Wells Fargo, Sierra Forever Families, Shriners Hospital of Sacramento, PG&E,
SMUD, Family Fitness and many Direct Sales and Homemade Crafters to raise funds
for these children. I have never came a crossed any other business like hers!
Lara holds events here in the Greater Sacramento areas. Lara builds businesses while helping Children within our Local
Communities.
______________________________________________________ Chapter President- Washington, DC
Patricia "Jojo" Neher
As
the daughter of a now retired Ambassador, Patricia “Jojo” Neher has lived all
over the world and speaks Spanish, French and Italian. Since returning to the US, Jojo has
been a small business owner and entrepreneur; co owner of a flower shop as well
as having owned and operated a number of home-based businesses.
For
the last 14 years Jojo has been a licensed real estate agent with
Prudential
Caruthers Realtors®, practicing in Maryland
and the District of Columbia.
She lives in SE Washington,
DC with her son, and her 2 dogs
and 2 cats. Jojo was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the National
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP). She is also the Director of the
Florida Death Row Advocacy Group (FDRAG) which focuses both on improving living
conditions on death row as well as on supporting the emotional needs of the family
members of those condemned to death.
Always
the advocate who knows the challenges of running a small business or launching
a new idea, as MainStreetChamber President for Washington DC
chapter, Jojo is committed to using her skills, experiences, and creative flare
to build a large group of businesses dedicated to helping each other and
MainStreetChamber grow.
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