It appears now we have moved rapidly previous spring and into summer mode in Chautauqua County, which implies our peak tourist season is true across the nook. Is your business prepared?
Signage could be essential for driving visitors to your business. Even when you have a terrific signal on the entrance of your constructing, will pedestrians see it from down the road? Do you want an open flag, or a sandwich board on the sidewalk promoting specials? This could also be prime time so as to add one thing that may assist your business get observed. Be positive to test on native ordinances earlier than investing in signage to be sure you’re in compliance.
We are effectively conscious that many native companies are in hiring mode, as resorts, eating places, retailers, camps, and extra, work to gear up for what is anticipated to be a busy summer tourism season forward. As you rent new staff, it’s all the time a good suggestion to remind them concerning the fundamentals of being a robust ambassador for our area.
It’s no secret that entrance line staff are normally the primary – and infrequently the one – interplay a customer could have with a neighborhood resident. That holds true for retailer clerks, wait employees at eating places, and lodging entrance desk or housekeeping employees. Fortunately, there are assets accessible to assist get your employees able to put our county’s greatest foot ahead once they encounter guests. If your employees is upbeat about what Chautauqua County has to see, do, and expertise, your friends and customers usually tend to have a take pleasure in their keep.
Chautauqua County has a lot to supply for residents and guests alike. There are dozens of group and particular occasions coming within the subsequent few months along with points of interest and leisure alternatives accessible year-round. So, when a visitor or customer asks, “what else is there to do round right here” the reply is “lots!”
If your business has a brochure rack, contemplate providing brochures from some key native points of interest, or the immensely useful and widespread Chautauqua County Visitors Guide, created and distributed by the Chautauqua County Visitors Bureau. The CCVB on-line calendar at tourchautauqua.com is an incredible useful resource for everybody who’s wanting for upcoming occasions or applications. We urge you to plan now for an important summer season forward!
REGISTER FOR TUESDAY TALKS: MARKETING YOUR BUSINESS
The Chamber is happy to offer one other in our on-going sequence of Tuesday Talks panel discussions pertinent to business. This subsequent occasion is concentrated on Marketing Your Business, with Laurie Mee from Spectrum Reach to speak about video advertising and marketing and the advertising and marketing funnel, and Chris Anderson, proprietor of SnowCrest Digital and Marketing, Business Development, and Internet/E-commerce Manager for The Resource Center, to debate on-line advertising and marketing and the significance of web site improvement.
This Tuesday Talks occasion can be held at 8:30am, Tuesday, May 17 by way of Zoom. These occasions are designed to provide native companies a possibility to find out about vital matters from the comfort of their very own desks or cell gadgets. Registration is free, however it’s essential to register by the Chamber’s internet calendar of occasions with the intention to get the Zoom hyperlink.
Tuesday Talks is sponsored by Forecon, LaBella Associates, OBSERVER and The Post-Journal.
BUSINESS AFTER HOURS AT GROUP THER-HAPPY MAY 24
Enjoy an important little spot in Lakewood because the Chamber brings Business After Hours to Group Ther-Happy, 103 Chautauqua Avenue within the coronary heart of the village. Join your fellow Chamber of Commerce members for this networking occasion as you take pleasure in appetizers and a money bar when you get to know different native businesspeople.
Chamber member companies can ship two folks to every Business After Hours occasion for gratis. The value is simply $10 for non-members or for further member attendees above the primary two. Be positive to carry business playing cards and are available ready to provide a fast overview about your business so others can get to know you.
Business After Hours at Group Ther-Happy is sponsored by Group Ther-Happy, Media One Radio Group, OBSERVER, and The Post-Journal. Register on-line now by the Chamber’s occasions calendar.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE BREAKFAST IS JUNE 3
Each 12 months the Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce presents a possibility for native businesspeople to satisfy in particular person with the County Executive and ask questions. This 12 months’s County Executive Breakfast is about for 8:30am, Friday, June 3. It can be held on the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 30 Lake Shore Drive East, Dunkirk.
County Executive PJ Wendel will be part of us to debate points pertinent to the business group. Chamber President and CEO Daniel Heitzenrater will reasonable the dialogue.
The Chamber’s County Executive Breakfast is sponsored by Chautauqua Institution, Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency, DFT Communications, Jamestown Community College, Jamestown Mattress, LaBella Associates, Media One Radio Group, OBSERVER, The Post-Journal, Phillips Lytle, Serta Simmons Bedding, Small Business Development Center at JCC, Southern Tier Environments for Living, and UPMC Chautauqua.
The value to attend is $20 for Chamber members and $25 for non-members. Register on-line by the Chamber’s occasions calendar at www.chautauquachamber.org.
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