Welcome to the first edition of the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce e-News. Each month e-News will bring you news about what's happening in your Chamber of Commerce.
We'll bring you news about events, programs and Chamber Members. In addition we'll feature articles with information to help you grow, manage and promote your business. We hope you will look forward to the newest edition of e-News each month. Please send us your comments at info@WHChamber.com. |
In The News
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Want to know what is going on?? In The News is the "Who, What, Where, When & Why" of the Chamber. We will keep you posted about grand openings, new programs, link to Chamber related articles and much, much more.
In the past month the Chamber participated in three ribbon cuttings! Read More. |
Member Spotlight
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J.R. Clisham (pictured right), owner of CT SELF STOR, sat down with the Chamber to talk about the evolution of the storage industry and how he incorporates Chamber membership into his business growth plan.
How long have you been in the storage business?
My father began in 1988. I was an attorney and in 2000 decided to leave that profession to join him in the storage business. Since then, I have become very active. I am the incoming President of the Connecticut Self Storage Association and sit on a planning committee for the National Self Storage Association. Read More. |
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KEEPING UP WITH THE DIGITAL AGE
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In the age of the internet, businesses need to educate themselves on the terms and metrics used to measure the success of internet marketing. Below are buzzwords from the digital world - simplified.
GET ME TO THE TOP OF GOOGLE
search engine optimization (SEO): The organic way of getting your website to the top of search engines. Usually "keywords" are embedded into the design and content of your website. search engine marketing (SEM): The process of building and marketing a site with the goal of improving its position in search engine results. SEM includes both search engine optimization (SEO) and search advertising, or paid search. Paid Searches are the highlighted/boxed links found at the top of a results page. Read More. |
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2010 Membership Directory & Community Guide
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We are currently in the process of publishing the 2010 West Hartford Chamber of Commerce Membership Directory & Community Guide. This year, we will be higjlighting the Chamber's new brand and website - ExploreWestHartford.com. The guide will be delivered to all Chamber Members, given to Chamber visitors and dropped at community outlets. This is a great opporunity to brand your business while supporting the Chamber. Please consider becoming an advertiser in this year's edition.
More Information.
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