Santa Cruz County, California
9 – 10:30am
Satellite Telework Center
6265 Hwy 9
Felton, CA 95018
831.222.2100
The SLV Chamber Breakfast Meeting meets the last Tuesday of each month. This is a great way to network in a focused setting. We each have the opportunity to introduce ourselves and talk a little about what we do. Bring your business cards, brochures, and product samples to share.
Sgt. Jim Ross and other local reps often attend the SLV Chamber Breakfast Meetings to update chamber members on safety and other issues affecting the San Lorenzo Valley.
$5 at the door.
Fresh fruit, pastries, coffee and tea provided.
Call 831.222.2120 to reserve your spot.
This gathering will be of great interest to local employers and job seekers alike. The Workforce Investment Board (WIB) brings together the business community, local government and residents to identify local workforce issues and create solutions, monitor occupation trends, and manage funded employment services through training and deployment.
Felton Library Friends Paul Machlis and Nancy Gerdt will brought us up to date on the progress of a new library and its positive impact on the local economy.
Todd Schafer, web developer with Schafer Design, presented a hands on workshop for small local businesses and organizations about selecting the best online platform for web presence. For more information about Todd please visit Schafer Design.
Eugene Trak is a founder of Webstrim Design Group, a web development and new media marketing company. He specializes in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) consulting and Social Media integration for all types of businesses, industries and organizations. In this dynamic hands-on presentation, Eugene will walk the audience over different aspects of his unique SEO method, which lands a website on the first page of Google in a reasonably short time. The end results of this SEO program will be demonstrated through live Google searches performed for several websites of his past and current clients. Additionally, the speaker will touch upon the importance of tying in Social Media, and especially Facebook marketing with SEO efforts to leverage the power of social to drive business value. For more info please visit facebook.com/webstrim.
Maggie Ivy, Director of The Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council, will speak about tourism and business development in Santa Cruz County. The Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council is a private, non–profit corporation. The Santa Cruz County Conference and Visitors Council (CVC) exists to enhance tourism and the economy by positioning Santa Cruz County as a visitor, conference and film destination. For more information, contact the CVC at 831.425.1234 or 800.833.3494. Or visit the CVC’s web site at santacruz.org.
Peter Vokos of Santa Cruz SCORE spoke about his organization’s services. Business counseling, training, assessments, workshops, and online resources are available to help local small businesses. SCORE is a nationwide nonprofit dedicated to the formation, growth and success of small businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office in Felton
Sergeant Jim Ross led a presentation on Neighborhood Watch organizing. Attendees received useful information on organizing neighborhoods and business communities. Also discussed were online resources for crime prevention and reporting in the San Lorenzo Valley.
Central Coast Small Business Development Center
Teresa Thomae spoke about the wealth of economic development resources available to San Lorenzo Valley businesses – courses, training, consulting, libraries, online information and more designed to help people achieve success in their entrepreneurship.
Improving your Competitive Strategy
Maggie Barr from Maggie Barr & Associates in Boulder Creek will be speaking on how you can find more customers and win more business by researching your direct and in–direct competition. Once you know what other choices your potential and current customers are considering when they decide to buy, you'll be able to better position your messaging, pricing, offers, promotional materials, website, sales pitch, and collateral materials relative to the competition. Buy building competitive worksheets, creating well–placed search bots, and doing some research online and in–person, you can gather the competitive data you need without paying a dime. Now you can gain the competitive advantage you need to put you ahead of the game! Maggie Barr & Associates
Director of Leadership Santa Cruz County.
Dave shared with us how Leadership Santa Cruz identifies potential leaders in business, government, and the community and provides a practical and sophisticated overview of the challenges and opportunities facing our region today. LSCC provides access to known business and community leaders, and promotes development and enhancement of leadership skills.
June 29: Diane Marie Pinkard
Author of Just Treat Me Like I Matter: The Heart of Sales. The heart of Diane’s presentation was teaching our members how to gain the business that your competition will lose, by following her simple, practical wisdom.
May 25: Christina Horvath
Boulder Creek Recreation and Park District
April 2010
Transition SLV spoke about how to make the San Lorenzo Valley more sustainable. transitionslv.ning.com.
March 2010
Guest Speaker: Diana Dakik, Monterey Bay Area Green Business Program, shared information on how to increase your visibility with a green business certification. She showed us how the program can save time, save money and increase business.
February 2010
Guest speaker Sgt. Jim Ross spoke about business safety.
January 2010
Thomas Wynn, Wynn Capital Management, President SLV Chamber, shared plans and goals for business prosperity in 2010.
October 2009
Jennifer Anderson–Bahr of Mountain Community Resources discussed their current programs.
September 2009
Dusty Gipson presented on Emergency Preparedness for the home based business owner, including liability insurance, backing up data, emergency kits, and more.
August 2009
Kathryn Gorges gave us an overview of marketing, and how it leads into Social Networking, such as Twitter, Blogging, LinkedIn, etc.
