InLineAdz offers 25% off to BBG Members  

InLineAdz is offering all BBG members 25% off regular prices until May 30th.

This is a great way to get your company in front of 800 to 1300 people each and every day. We have Digital screens at both Sneade's locations and also at Roland's Grocery store. The beauty of our form of marketing is that we put your name in front of local consumers each and every day for about the cost of a cup of coffee per day. Our program is designed to enhance all your advertising efforts. Brand marketing makes the local consumers comfortable with your business. In today's economic climate it is vital to your businesses success to get your name out there.

Please visit our website at www.inlineadz.com and see what we can do for you. I will be happy to show you how our program fits for your business.

Please call me at 410-474-0410 or e-mail me at bruce.powers@inlineadz.com and I will help you get your company in front of the line. We do limit the number of businesses to 3 spots per category so please do not hesitate to call me and see if a spot is open for you business.

Thank you, Bruce Powers

Seminar: How to Write a Great Press Release   

Where:
West River Center
5100 Chalk Point Road
West River, MD 20778

 

When:
Thursday June 7, 2012 from
 8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT

Tips on how to get a reporter to take notice
Tips on using social media as a helping tool
To see good examples vs. bad examples
Time to practice with the pros
 
Great seminar for businesses and non-profits.
 
Mitchelle Stephenson and Cynthia Giorgio are co-owners of the South River Source
(www.SouthRiverSource.com), an online news publication for South County, covering police, fire, features, arts, sports, schools, business, community and a whole lot more.
 
Cynthia and Mitchelle have over four decades of combined business experience in news gathering, public relations and marketing. They want to help you tell the story of your business.
 

call Cindy Morgan at Southern Anne Arundel Chamber of Commerce, 301-490-7661 for details.

 Calvert Library is now a Library Elf subscriber thanks to Southern Maryland Regional Library Association. The purpose of Elf is to help you reduce your overdue fines and to consolidate your family's library accounts. Once you have signed up, Elf will email you before your library items are due. It also lets you know when your holds are ready and when they are about to expire. Loan information is displayed in a calendar format that gives you a quick way to see the overall status of your library accounts. Sign up now!

https://www.libraryelf.org/SignUp.aspx?lib=Calvert

What's delivered?

Email and/or RSS alerts before items are due;
Email and/or RSS alerts on overdues and holds;
Consolidated list of yours or your family's library loans and holds;
Cellphone text message alerts for holds (US and Canada);
Real-time checking by browser.

Dep't of Econ Dev't  would like to extend an invitation to BBG Members to attend our upcoming Strategic Plan meeting scheduled for June 13, 2012, at Kings Landing Park in Huntingtown.  Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.
and the meeting will begin at 9 a.m.

RSVP via email to Tammy Loveless at lovelets@co.cal.md.usby 

Attendance at this event is crucial to guiding the direction the Department of Economic Development will take over the next five years. Guest speaker Anirban Basu of Sage Policy Group, Inc.,will kick off the day with a lively presentation on the state of Calvert County's economy. Seating is limited to 75 so those planning to attend  should register as soon as possible. Thank you and hope to see you there.

Calvert's Next Idol 

For the past three years, Calvert Library and Garrett Music Academy (GMA) have teamed up to produce Calvert's Next Idol, a competition for the talented youth of our county.  GMA awards one winner in each age category a free demo recording in a state of the art recording studio.  There will be three categories: ages 9-11, ages 12-14, and ages 15-17.  The audition date is Friday, June 22 at 6:00pm at Calvert Library Prince Frederick.  Registration can be done online through the library website (calvert.lib.md.us)

Contestants must be Calvert County residents and previous first-place winners are not eligible to compete.  Participants' parents/legal guardians will be asked to sign a media release consent form at registration so a parent must attend with their child or sign a form prior to the event.  Winners are selected based on a variety of criteria that span the quality of the live performance, technique, pitch, rhythm and intonation, and entertainment value. 

Business News:

Interested in what happened at the just-ended special session of the Maryland General Assembly? Here's a link to a summary from a business owner's standpoint compiled by the Maryland Chamber of Commerce:

http://www.chamberactionnetwork.com/blog/view/tax-increase-and-budget-funding-bills-enacted-session-ends?utm_source=SoCo+Chamber+News+-+June+2012&utm_campaign=SoCo+enewsletter+4-12&utm_medium=email

And here's a summary of how the new tax hikes will affect people in our area:

http://chesapeakecurrent.com/how-much-will-new-md-taxes-cost-you-p563-1.htm