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Newsletter
July 2008
Sponsor a Lunch only $100
Notes from the Membership Team
Opportunites To Help
OPPORTUNITIES in Our Community
Acknowledgments
Golf Outing
Business News and Offers
Welcome New Members
Summer at the Chamber
Liverpool Humor
Treasure Hunt
Sponsor Training Programs
Newsletter Deadline
Items WANTED
Member Spotlight
Lasting Memorial to Dave Lindberg
Mentor Program
ALL YOU NEED IS LIVERPOOL
INFORMATION TO HELP YOU GROW YOUR BUSINESS
American Small Business League
Jon Alvarez leaves for active duty.
Sponsor a Lunch only $100
Sponsorship available at Monthly Luncheons
What will $100 buy?
5 minute commercial at a monthly luncheon
Special Advertising poster at the luncheon
Advertising in the newsletter and press releases
Exhibit table at luncheon
Call the Chamber to Register for 2008 don’t miss out
March-Losi and Ranger CPAs __June-Rescue Mission
Notes from the Membership Team
Notes from the Membership Team . . .
MEMBERSHIP TEAM NOTES:
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
Be an Ambassador: An Ambassador will be requested to visit one to two Businesses a month who are brand new to the Greater Liverpool Area. They will be given these names from the chamber. They will be given Welcome Packets to bring to these new businesses.
Call Lucretia at the Chamber to schedule yourself for our orientation meeting.
** The Chamber wants to participate in the grand opening of your business or help you mark a significant event or anniversary for your business! We are available to come and do a ribbon cutting, make a presentation, and advertise your special event among Chamber members! Call Lucretia or any team member (Anita Leitgeb, Chase Manhattan Bank; Rich Blasland, Kirnan Real Estate; Pat Houser, Empower Credit Union; Jon Alvarez, Coldwell Banker Prime Properties; Dr. Tom Conley, Conley Chiropractic; or Sally Fedrizzi, Vagabond Tour & Travel) to schedule your special event today!!
** Our Mentoring Program is up and running!! We need YOU to make it successful! If you are able to mentor a new member for a 6 month period, then we want to hear from YOU! Responsibilities include welcoming the new member with a phone call or letter, inviting them to Chamber events and accompanying them to those events, and introducing them to other Chamber members. If you would like to participate, please email anita.leitgeb@chase.com or call Lucretia at the Chamber office. Thanks for your support!!
Anita Leitgeb, Chase Manhattan, Membership Chair
Congratulations to Rina Hart, CNY Health Associates Rina Has just earned her a second FREE insert.
NEWS FROM THE MEMBERSHIP TEAM!
* You asked, we listened!! Some of our members have asked for MORE networking activities at the monthly luncheons! Come to the March luncheon and check it out!
* Sign up today to be a Chamber Mentor or Ambassador! Please call the Chamber office or any Membership Team member for details!
* Keep in mind our referral program that helps you earn Chamber freebies!
The Chamber wants to participate in the grand opening of your business or help you mark a significant event or anniversary for your business! We are available to come and do a ribbon cutting, make a presentation, and advertise your special event among Chamber members! Call Lucretia or any team member ( Anita Leitgeb, Chase Manhattan Bank; Rich Blasland, Kirnan Real Estate; Pat Houser, Empower Credit Union; or Jon Alvarez, Coldwell Banker Prime Properties) to schedule your special event!
REFERRALS PAY
Refer a future member to the chamber and when they become a member you benefit
1 Referral—Your name in the newsletter
3 Referrals-a Free insert in the newsletter (value $50)
10 Referrals-Free membership for 2008 (priceless)
Opportunites To Help
Opportunities To Help
The Corporate Volunteer Council is a coalition of businesses, associations and organizations that recognizes the importance of volunteerism in our community. The CVC’s mission is to provide professional guidance, development, support, and networking opportunities for members, and to address community needs through employee, retiree, member and family volunteer efforts. The Liverpool Chamber is a member of this Council if you would like to find out more about the CVC 315-428-2246. Or visit www.1800volunteer.
Friends of Onondaga Lake Park-453-6768 Volunteers always needed for tour guides, actors and clean up outside and inside.
OPPORTUNITIES in Our Community
Living Life Beyond Eating Disorders:
451-5544 for more information. Located at 407 Tulip Street, Liverpool,
Divorced/Separated Support
More groups go to www.movingonsyracuse.org
Toastmaster of Liverpool , Liverpool (new club forming),Liverpool First United Methodist Church, 2nd & 4th Thursdays 8 pm, admin@karenmaloy.org
Select Toastmasters.
Liverpool First United Methodist Church, 2nd & 4th Wednesday at 7 pm,
Syracuse Toastmasters
Parsons - 290 Elwood Davis Rd, Suite 312
1st & 3rd Monday @ 7 pm, Pete Petrone 315-451-9560 peter.petrone@parsons.com
New Toastmasters Group
We are excited about our new club and invite everyone in the area to come join us.
Our regular meeting time is 1:30 – 2:30 the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month. . We meet right here at 235 Greenfield Pkwy – Liverpool NY 13088 (right off Buckley Road)VP MembershipGreenfield Toastmasters 315-234-2754
Sharon Wightman, MLS LRC Librarian ITT Technical Institute 235 Greenfield Parkway Liverpool, NY 13088
Bring on the Books
The Greater Liverpool Chamber will be a drop off point for Books for the the Succes by Success Campaign. If you would like to be a drop off point for the month of February call the Liverpool Chamber Office.
Acknowledgments
Newsletter printed by Seaboard Graphics
Production and content of the Newsletter is executed by the Staff at the Greater Livepool Chamber.
Golf Outing
Golf Outing
September 18
Foxfire Golf Course
$85
Looking for Major Sponsors $500
Hole Sponsors $100
Cart Sponsors $25
Business News and Offers
Welcome New Members
My Girls On the Lake(formerly Saltys on the Lake
Robyn Schlesing
110 S. Willow Street
Liverpool, NY 13088
P: 315-451-4515
Nylady13byrd@aol.com
restaurant
Bluerock Energy
Jerry Schavone
432 N. Franklin Street Suite 20
Syracuse, NY 13204
P: 315-701-1549 x112
F: 315-701-1812
jschavone@bluerockenergy.com
www.bluerockenergy.com
energy supplier of gas & Electric
Prudential Financial
Rnenee Matthews
5786 Widewaters Parkway
DeWitt, NY 13214
P: 315-446-1515
Renee.matthews@prudential.com
Financial Services
Voice-Over Talent
Todd Denny
104 Parker Ave.
Liverpool, NY 13088
P: 315-457-1931
todd@todddennyvo.com
www.todddennyvo.com
freelance-marketing/advertising/media voice-overs
InFocus Advisers, Inc
David Lavelle
8035 Oswego Road
Baldwinsville, NY 13027
P: 315-632-3333
F: 315-652-4595
dlavelle@infocusadvisors.com
www.infocusadvisors.com
Insurance & Fiancial Services
Holiday Inn/Syracuse/Airport Area
Sharon Kirk
Tiffany Gallagher
441 Electronics Parkway
Liverpool, New York 13088
P: 315-457-1122 X7913
F: 315-451-0675
holiday-inn.com/syr/I-90ex137
hisyr@earthlink.net
Summer at the Chamber
Summer with the
Liverpool Chamber
Please RSVP for these events
July 17:
Hickory Hill Golf Course.
Play 9 holes with cart $10.00 a person Liverpool chamber member rate for the day must tee off before 4 pm
Play 18 holes with cart $20 a person Liverpool chamber member rate for the date must tee off before 1 pm
5:00 to 7:00 After hours FREE Miniature golf $4.00 a person for miniature golf.
Beer, Wine and appetizers.
Bring your families or guest and enjoy golf with a Liverpool Chamber Member
July 20th is Liverpool Community day for the Chiefs game …do not have to RSVP just go.
August 4
Onondaga Yacht Club-FREE
5:00 - 7:00 Taste of the Liverpool Chamber. We have asked our members to provide us with finger food refreshments or desserts. Please contact the chamber if you wish to participate.
Enjoy the Club which is located off Sycamore Street on Onondaga Lake.
Bring the family or guest, you can stick around and watch a great sunset…feel the cool breeze off the Lake (we Hope) Sit and relax…Network…
August 15
Party at the Pool 5 - 9 pm
Drawings No cover charge Rain or shine…Band Fab 5 Drink and Food Specials. (there will be a charge for Food and Drinks) United Inn, Buckley Road near 7 North
Liverpool Humor
Have you ever wondered what kinds of questions the Greater Liverpool Chamber receives?
Usually it is how do I find out about population, traffic flow, hotels, restaurants, Massage therapist, how to start a business, schedule of events at Onondaga Lake or I am moving into the area can you send some realators or information about the area and more. You will however enjoy this email we received this month.
Hello my name is Terri with Lake City Travel and I have clients that are visiting London end of June and they wanted information on Concerts in Liverpool or surrounding areas and anything with the Rock Hall to visit. Can you give me any information on this or websites to look up information. I would appreciate it very much. Thank you Terri
Treasure Hunt
Treasure HuntThe 2008 Treasure Hunt will begin in June and will run through July, ending with a public drawing of the grand prize winners at Johnson Park! (exact dates to be announced) During the Treasure Hunt, programs will be disbursed throughout the community and media promotions will encourage the public to visit all the participating businesses. Promote your business to thousands, while supporting your Greater Liverpool Chamber of Commerce.
2008 Greater Liverpool Chamber of Commerce Treasure Hunt
June 6 – end of July 2008
What’s in it for my business?
· This is a unique opportunity to drive new prospective clients into your business!
· Promote your business through a variety of advertising.
How it works:
· Each Sponsor will be given an Entry box, along with a stack of Business Card Sized entry forms and a poster and Treasure Hunt Catalogs (which direct participants to all locations).
· Participants must visit participating merchants to fill out and entry form.
· Contestants will fill in name and address on back of form and deposit in entry box.
· The more sponsors that a participant visits, the greater their chance of winning!
· One entry per participant per location. The committee goes through every box and does remove multiples from any one given location.
How it will be promoted:
· Advertising members will provide ads-Newspapers, radio, TV, Media Calendar Web Sites, and of course the www.liverpoolchamber.com
· Yard signs strategically placed throughout the area directing participants to the Chamber office and website for more details.
· Signage in the Village of Liverpool and allowable locations.
· Advertising information booklet, available at all participating merchants.
· Booklets will also be given to schools, day cares and be taken to every and any event the chamber is at. Distribution is also at every Liverpool Is the Place Concert.
· At this moment we are looking at other venues to get the booklets out.
How Chamber Members can participate:
· Choose a level of participation on the Treasure Hunt Form
· Decide if you want folks to come into your business or visit your web site to enter.
· Anyone advertising $100 to $400 agrees to offer a prize worth $25 or more. The contestant who wins may not be someone who entered at your location, thus another opportunity to have someone visit your location.
· Provide a good location in your place of business that is visible for the entry box and booklets.
· Help in anyway to create the excitement of this event.
· Provide the Chamber with electronic Ad by May 2nd
· Anyone who gets their registration in before April 1 can take $25 off their ad.
· All ads and registrations forms must be in no later than May 2nd.
· New Member Special-Join the Liverpool Chamber at the $200 level, receive a ¼ page ad and current year membership until October 31st.
Treasure Hunt
New this year:
We will be having at least 2 to 3 invents to promote the Treasure Hunt.
1st event is June 14 at 10 am at Heids. There will be music, rides to museums, children’s activities, etc.
Everyone completing a treasure map in the village of Liverpool that day will get a free ice cream cone at Heids.
More to come … stay tuned
Sponsor Training Programs
Training for Business Growth Committee
Brown Bag Lunch Programs,
These fill up fast so register early.
We are looking for a Sponsor for our March program “Keeping Customers for Life” and our May program, "learn how to outsell-out manage and outperform your competition".
What will $400 buy you: We would also entertain (2)$250 sponsors who would split this promotion
A chance to give a 5 minute commercial to our participants.
Exhibit your business and exposure on any advertising we do for that program.
Advertising in our newsletter.
Newsletter Deadline
Newsletter Deadline for May Don’t Forget! The deadline to submit items (member news & events) to the newsletter is August 12.
If you would like to place and insert in the newsletter, please provide 400 copies to the chamber by the 21st. It’s only $50.00!
Items WANTED
Wanted –The Chamber office is seeking new and gently used items: two small folding tables no bigger than 5 feet. envelopes, 1 easel Pad Easels, an A folding frame sign to use on the side walk for events, a storage cabinet, small fan, Large envelopes, a small tape recorder, 2 floor lamps, electric stapler, flip charts. Stamps, Paper
Member Spotlight
Welcome to a New Greater Liverpool Monthly Spotlight
Each month we will pick one or several categories and feature 2008 members. Come out and support your members.
Get Fit and Healthy visit our Fitness, health members at www.liverpoolchamber.com
Lasting Memorial to Dave Lindberg
Lasting Memorial to Dave Lindberg.
Many have asked about doing something as a memorial Tribute to Dave.
We would like to Get contributions of any size to:
Have a park bench with his name on it. Dave liked the benches at Onondaga Lake Park.
Plant a Tree.
Have a scholarship for a Liverpool Student.
We are also asking for folks to send a favorite picture or a quote or story about Dave. These will be put together and given to his family. Many folks have loved this idea…
Please Send donation to the Liverpool Chamber and mark your contributions to be used for the Dave Lindberg Memorial….We need to have about $1,000 to do all of the above...All contributions should be received by June 14th.
Mentor Program
The Liverpool Chamber Membership Team is launched a Mentoring Program for new members and we need YOU to make it a success!
If you are able to mentor a new member for a 6 month period, then we want to hear from YOU! Responsibilities include welcoming the new member with a phone call or letter, inviting them to Chamber events and accompanying them to those events, and introducing them to other Chamber members.
ALL YOU NEED IS LIVERPOOL
Saturday August 2nd Syracuse Concert- 8am to 10pm Onondaga Lake Park –Paul still needs sponsors.
A portion of the proceeds from this syracuse concert series to benefit The Carol M Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund, Inc. to create a local research grant IN MEMORY OF LINDA McCARTNEY
7:00 am - Fishing For Dollars (awards at 4pm - Main Stage)
9:00 am - "Baby You Can Drive My Classic Car" Cruise-In area, featuring Paul McCartney's custom 1950 Ford Anglia
11:00 am - Music & Food Festival Officially opens
* "Bites On The Lake" food tasting event - featuring samples and full-sized meals from CNY's best restaurants
* "Biding My Time, Drink Her Wine" tasting & wine slushies(12 noon)
* Sea of Science - cancer prevention/awareness area w/screening info, and 'healthy living' demonstrations
* Sea of Monsters - moonbounce area for kids
* Sky of Blue/Sea of Green - an environmentally-conscious interactive & educational area
* Sea of Holes - mini golf course for all ages
12:00 noon LIVE MUSIC from The Main Stage:
12 noon Magical Mystery Tour - Beatles tribute (CNY)
12:45 pm Hodson, Randall & Fishlock - 60's/70's (CNY)
1:30 pm No Limit - 60's/70's (CNY)
2:15 pm 28IF - Beatles/British Invasion (Rochester)
3:00 pm Entourage - 60's party rock with horns (CNY)
3:35 pm Jan Britten-Owen - Beatles solo artist (New York City)
4:00 pm Fishing For Dollars award ceremony
4:45 pm Timeline - 60's/70's (CNY)
5:30 pm The Coachmen - 60's/70's (CNY)
6:15 pm The Rockin' Chairs - Beatles/60's (New Hampshire)
7:00 pm Dan Elliott & The Monterays - Syracuse's longest running band (1962)!
8:00 pm The Fab Five - "Beatles Greats From '68" - Liverpool NY
9:15 pm BILLY J KRAMER & The Dakotas - featuring LIBERTY DeVITTO (Billy Joel) on drums!
RAIN OR SHINE SHOW
INFORMATION TO HELP YOU GROW YOUR BUSINESS
Q: How can an entrepreneur build flexibility into his/her growth strategy?
Run a tight ship. Be very conservative with infrastructure and overhead costs, but also be willing to invest in meaningful infrastructure upgrades that keep the business growth from stagnating.
Q: How important is good planning in building fast growth into a company?
Plan well. Plan early and often. Good planning gives you the ability to make sound decisions quickly because you can create contingency plans for multiple business opportunities as they arise. You can’t make good decisions if you don’t plan.
SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER, at Onondaga Community College, “Committed to Small Business Success" Our Certified Business Advisors have been providing free and confidential assistance to small businesses in Central New York for over 20 years in: * Start-Up Assistance , * Business Plan Development, * Source of Financing. * Organizational Planning , * Marketing/Advertising. For more information on how the Small Business Development Center at Onondaga Community College can help your business: * Call: 315-498-6070, * Email: sbdc@sunyocc.edu, * Visit: www.onondagasbdc.org
Companies retain workers by letting them volunteer
Volunteering has become a kind of corporate benefit to help employees who want to improve interpersonal skills, sharpen teamwork and hone their ability to overcome obstacles. Companies increasingly are offering time off to retain two major groups: younger people who want to balance personal values and beliefs and ready-to-retire employees who want to serve their communities. Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)/Associated Press (2/11) Also call the local Corporatte Volunteer Council at 315-428-2246 or visit www.1800volunteer.org.
When headcount must be eliminated, it is difficult for management to determine how and where the cuts will be made. Oftentimes, these decisions are made in an apparent vacuum , without a clear understanding of the real costs and longer term strategic impact on the organization, its employees and customers. This week's Workplace Wellness column offers some questions to consider before terminating employees when business is in a downward trend. As always, your comments, observations, ideas and stories regarding this topic or any other contemporary workplace issues are welcomed and appreciated. Pathfinders. HERE IS THE LINK FOR THIS WEEK'S COLUMN: http://www.TrustedCoach.com/columns/Dont_Rush_To_Let_Employees_Go_Too_Soon.pdf
Government could be your next best customer
With the economy slowing, a small business's next best customer may be the federal government -- the world's largest supplier of goods and services. A Massachusetts company that sells and services big rigs sold $1.2 million in truck parts last year to the government after hiring a consultant to help with the complicated bidding process. Reuters (2/4)
American Small Business League
Currently the ASBL is working on number of small business issues. Including new legislation and proposed SBA rule changes. To keep up with this activity bookmark our blog, which provides frequent updates for your reference along with our monthly newsletter.
Blog URL
http://americansmallbusinessleague.blogspot.com
For our newsletter go to: www.asbl.com and go to "Action center"
Also Thursday morning, ASBL President Lloyd Chapman will be on the Jay Marvin Show discussing small business issues. You can Listen Live at 10:05 ET on http://www.am760.net/pages/
or to the replay at http://www.am760.net/cc-common/podcast.html
Congressional contact portal for your reference:
http://www.asbl.com/contact.html
Adam Melenkivitz | National Director
American Small Business League
707.789.9575w | 707.789.9580f adam@asbl.com | www.asbl.com
Jon Alvarez leaves for active duty.
My unit, the 403rd, has given me permission to seek sponsors, donors, adoptees, etc. from the business community who wish to participate in our Aug 2nd send off ceremony/party at the 403rd in Mattydale at the Marine Reserve Centet (we're Army Reserve, fyi). We have 30 soldiers deploying on Aug 16th...The party is from 9am-3pm, we are looking for anyone interested in donating soda, water, food, gift certificates for raffles, etc. Please let me know if interested...Jon Alvarez
Thanks and HOO-AH!
The Greater Liverpool Chamber will continue to coordinate these efforts once Jon Leaves...You will be in our thoughts and prayers for a safe return.
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