The Salem Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominees for its annual Business of the Year awards. Launched in 1997, the awards event recognizes those businesses that demonstrate excellence in all aspects of their operations: customer service, product innovation, employment practices, and commitment to the community. The nomination deadline is Friday, August 21.
Six awards are presented from those who are nominated: Business of the Year, Employer of the Year, Regional / National Business of the…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on August 12, 2009 at 10:16am —
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Salem, OR -- After 125 years of rocking the business world in Salem, it’s time for the Salem Area Chamber of Commerce to celebrate . . . and the community is invited. Join the Chamber for “Business Rocks” at Riverfront Park in downtown Salem on Friday, August 21 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for BBQ lunch, rockin’ through the ages with the Flextones, a “Dunk the Community Leader” tank, and the “Battle of the Businesses” competitions. A jump house for kids will also be rockin’ and rollin’.
“Busin…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on August 11, 2009 at 1:53pm —
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Kay Marikos blogged about her Ag Tour experience last week.
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on August 6, 2009 at 3:21pm —
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Members received some information about the Salem Chamber's newest program, Connect 4 Lunch, in the mail this month. What is it? It's a program designed to allow you to get your business connected with others in a more casual and fun way.
You're going to have lunch anyway... Why not Connect 4 Lunch? Meet 3 other members of the Salem Chamber at a local (and Chamber-member) restaurant for an hour. Pay for your own lunch, and leave with three new contacts. You can participate as often as you like.…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on July 21, 2009 at 9:28am —
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First ... the State Legislature has not approved a funding level yet for public schools; however, we are required by law to have an adopted budget by June 30. This means the adopted budget approved on Tuesday night is based on our best estimate of the upcoming state public education funding level.
With that said ...
Salem-Keizer School Board approved the district's budget for 2009-10 last night. This adopted budget includes about $27 million in cuts. To balance the budget, reductions were made…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on June 24, 2009 at 3:11pm —
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Volcanoes setup a Series of Special Nights as 'Stimulus' for Local Fans/Communities
The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes have created a series of Community Nights to help make Volcanoes Baseball even more attractive for residents of Salem, Keizer and the surrounding communities -- 30 communities in all ! The Volcanoes are rolling back the pricing for outfield general admission tickets, on 'Your Night', to the prices when the Stadium opened 13 seasons ago to just $5.00 per seat*! Fans simply need to show…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on June 24, 2009 at 3:06pm —
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Creating one more way the Salem Chamber promotes your member-business, we're putting your news on Twitter, FaceBook and LinkedIn. RSS feed technology allows us to send the news about your business through a variety of channels.
To utilize this great benefit of your chamber membership - the first of its kind in for any chamber of commerce - all you need to do is Sign Up for a Face2Face profile, click on Quick Add in the box near the top of the column on the right --> and select NewsShare Post…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on June 18, 2009 at 3:04pm —
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It's
our 125th birthday, but
you're receiving the gifts! It's just one more way the Salem Chamber is getting your business in front of more consumers: we've just re-launched our presence on FaceBook with a tidy little page all about... YOU!
Here's the deal: Just post news and articles about your business on NewsShare. (It's this thing you're reading right now; a fancy name for our blog -- it give directions and branding all in one.) Then your NewsShare post will "magically" appear…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on June 17, 2009 at 4:09pm —
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Salem-Keizer School District is going "full steam ahead" on planning and implementing 46 projects related to the bond that passed the last November. Many of these projects
will be bid in the next month and nine projects are currently up for bid. The school district is encouraging businesses who would like to be suppliers or vendors on these projects to sign up for, and bid on, these projects.
Beginning in early April, the school district's bidding system became exclusively online, called…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on June 1, 2009 at 3:46pm —
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School District Superintendent Sandy Husk addressed the board of the Salem Chamber today. The leadership has put together a communications strategy which includes outreach to teachers and the public.
Her latest public statement is
linked here. Complete budget information is
linked here.
Please consider attending one of the forums…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on April 15, 2009 at 6:48am —
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on March 4, 2009 at 9:42am —
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At last Thursday's ribbon cutting event at
Bank of the Cascades new main Salem location and office on Hawthorne, I was discussing with one of the bank's managers the positive side of this economic state we're in. Here it is, in a nutshell.
When a business closes, we all feel a bit sad. On the other hand, there are scores of entrepreneurs in our community who will jump at the chance to start a business in that same location, or expand their existing business. Case-in-point:
Willamette…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on March 2, 2009 at 11:30am —
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Just a quick note today to say "Thank you!" to all of you who sent notes about
our coverage in the Wall Street Journal on Monday. As staff, we don't do these things to please the Wall Street Journal, we do them to please you, the member.
So an article is nice, but your notes of encouragement and congratulations are much, much nicer. Whenever I see a member getting connected on Face2Face, a tear of joy we…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on February 24, 2009 at 8:10am —
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Your Salem Area Chamber of Commerce and Tim Fahndrich of The Third River, Inc., were featured in the
Wall Street Journal article,
Filling in the Gaps. In the article, our (this) Face2Face online networking platform is featured as a leading innovation in providing services using technology to businesses who need greater connections and visibility in this economic climate.…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on February 22, 2009 at 11:30pm —
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I just spoke with the reporter that interviewed us in January from the Wall Street Journal. Next Monday, the WSJ will release their article about chambers of commerce that use innovative technologies to help businesses grow.
Your Salem Chamber will be featured as part of that article because of this platform we call Face2Face. Today, we've sent out links to our entire membership, and we're excited to see you all setting up your profiles and getting connected!
Much of the credit for this innova…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on February 17, 2009 at 3:36pm —
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Check out this article featuring the Salem Chamber and some of our members in the Statesman Journal this morning...
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on February 10, 2009 at 9:27am —
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Jerry Bumgarner of Cascade Employers Association sent out this great letter today on managing employment costs. Enjoy!
With labor being the biggest cost of doing business for most employers, I believe it is always sound practice to actively seek opportunities to control labor costs without adversely impacting your ability to attract, engage, and retain the right talent.
Given the declining pay increases and rising unemployment levels, I’m hearing from some Cascade members that smaller p…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on January 6, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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This is a great code of ethics for blogging from Blogging: Bubble Or Big Deal? When And How Businesses Should Use Blogs, by Charlene Li. Original Source: Forrester Best Practice report
I will tell the truth.
I will write deliberately and with accuracy.
I will acknowledge and correct mistakes promptly.
I will preserve the original post, using notations to show where I have made changes so as to maintain the integrity of my publishing.
I will never delete a post.
I will not delete comments unless…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on December 13, 2008 at 9:30am —
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I'm in Charleston, West Virginia, at a Charleston Area Alliance Business After Hours hosted by City National Bank, and across the room I spy a face I remember. This gentleman in wearing a name tag that says "Matthew," and I said to my host from the West Virginia (state) Chamber of Commerce, "I know that guy."
"There's no way," she replies. "You're three thousand miles from home."
But I insisted, and then it came to me. "Mingrone," I said. "His last name is Mingrone." Matthew Mingrone was the M…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on December 11, 2008 at 7:46pm —
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Paula Creekmore and Dennis Hungerford have been instrumental in improving my sales and marketing performance. Dennis is doing a free training in January. Check it out...
"How to Increase Sales in a Down Economy" is a complimentary workshop for business owners and senior managers who are concerned about their salespeople being equipped to sell in an economy as difficult as this one. Presented by Dennis Hungerford CEO, Sandler Training of Oregon, January 13, 8:30 to 11:00 AM, Phoenix Inn, Tigard.…
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Added by Kyle J. Sexton on December 5, 2008 at 2:47pm —
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