The Enterprise On-Line
September 17, 2012
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The mission of the Dripping Springs Area Chamber of Commerce is to provide business leadership and advocacy for the continuous improvement of the business environment, economic development and quality of life in the community.
 

Prosperity Ad     

Be one of the First 4 Members to email dschamber@drippingspringstx.org to receive this class FREE!

Wizard of Ads   

Wednesday, Sept. 26th from 12:30 - 5:30pm

You Can Make Your Advertising Work

The Wizard of Ads Marketing Masterclass Will Show You How.

  

The Marketing Masterclass that will have your competitors thinking you've hit them with a proverbial sucker punch as you swipe their market share. You'll feel as though you've jumped in a hot air balloon and your sales growth will too.


Spend the day in Austin, Texas with the Wizard of Ads group and you'll: 

  • Walk away knowing the difference between an ad campaign that works and an ad campaign that empties your bank account.
  • Learn how to identify advertising that cuts through the clutter and helps your business grow.
  • Have a solid number for what to spend on advertising.
  • Have your peers thinking you're the smartest marketer in town but not understanding how you do it.

Stop leaving your advertising in the hands of the alligators and start learning how to make your advertising work and grow your business. Register now and join the Wizard of Ads Group September 26th in the Veranda room at the Wizard of Ads World Headquarters in Austin Texas (off of FM 1826) from 12:30 pm - 5:30 pm.

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CHAMBER NEWS & EVENTS 


 

THIS WEEK:

 

Thursday, Sept. 20th - Building a Business Facebook Page Workshop


8:00am - 12:00pm
Location:  DS United Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall, 28900 RR 12 N, Dripping Springs

 

*Registration Required - Sign up by e-mailing dschamber@drippingspringstx.org
**Free to Chamber members, $20 for non-members
 
A step-by-step process offering strategies to attract new customers and communicate more effectively with existing ones.  This is a 4-hour "how-to" workshop.

 Bring your own laptop for the "hands-on" session
 Build your audience
 Connect with new fans
 Get information out to your customers
 Empower your fans to be your viral ambassadors
 Build your online community

 

This workshop is provided to Pedernales Electric Cooperative members in cooperation with the Lower Colorado River Authority.
  

*Registration Required - Free for Chamber members, $15 for Non-members

Contact dschamber@drippingspringstx.org for more information

  

 

NEXT WEEK:

 

Tuesday, Sept. 25th - Business Development Strategies for Financial Planners Workshop

 8:30am - 10:00am

Canyon Grill Restaurant
3799 E. Hwy. 290, Dripping Springs
 

You work hard. You provide great service and products, and sometimes even cash. You help people and companies grow, mitigate risk, provide for their family and employees, and plan for the future. You develop relationships and centers of influence. And you are ready to get to the next level. In this 90 minute workshop designed specifically for bankers, financial planners, wealth managers, insurance agents and brokers, and CPAs, we will discuss how to:

 

 Spend less time with low-yield clients and more time with high-yield clients

 Cross-sell, up-sell and re-sell your existing clients on products you can see would benefit them

 Shorten your selling cycle so you're doing more business in less time with less effort

 Avoid doing too much unpaid consulting and too much educating that only benefits your competition

 Ask a potential client (especially a friend or colleague) for a commitment

 Overcome discomfort discussing money issues

 Sell yourself and your ideas

 Understand why people buy, and how to qualify or disqualify prospective clients quickly.

 Generate more referrals, more consistently

 

You need to be effective at prospecting, qualifying, closing and cultivating long-term relationships with prospects and Centers-of-Influence so the full, lifetime value of their future business and referrals can be converted into the production your vision requires and you deserve. 

 

Presentation by Sandler Training - Finding Power in Reinforcement 

*Registration Required - Sign up by e-mailing dschamber@drippingspringstx.org  
**Free to Chamber members, $15 for non-members

 

 

Thursday, Sept. 27th - Membership Luncheon

The Terrace Club

11:30am - 1:00pm

Topics:  Sustainable Places Project: Help Shape Dripping Springs Future (SPP Flyer) and Introduction to New Chamber Membership Tiers

 

UPCOMING EVENTS IN OCTOBER:

 
October 10th
Ambassadors Committee Meeting
Economic Development Committee Meeting
 
October 11th
Fun after Five Business Social at Corridor Title
 
October 17th
Chamber Board Meeting
 
October 25th
Membership Luncheon - Guest Speaker Bill Hammond with the Texas Association of Business
Don't forget to check the Calendar of Local Community Events!  CLICK HERE
Have an event to submit?  CLICK HERE __________________________________________________________________
 
NEWS

   

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

The Chamber member who recruits the most new members* to join the Chamber will win a $100 gift certificate to a local business of your choosing**.  This quarter's contest ends September 28th.

 

*New members are classified as those who were not a member of the Chamber during 2011 or 2012.
**Gift certificates/cards must be from a current member of the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce.
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 MEMBER NEWS

  

FALL FEST PIONEER DAY

Sat. Sept. 22, 2012

10am until 4pm

$5 Admission; Children Under 4 Free

On the grounds of Dr. Joseph Pound Historical Farmstead and Museum

  

RUN BY THE CREEK 5/10K 

The Dripping Springs Running Club hosts Run by the Creek 5/10K on Sunday, September 30th at 8:00am.  For more information or to register, go to www.runbythecreek.com. 

 

Run by the Creek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DS EDUCATION FOUNDATION 

How many times have you heard people say they moved to Dripping Springs because of the outstanding reputation of our Schools? 

 

Fortunately, DSISD ranks as one of the top districts in the nation and it has been recently proven that our students are better equipped for post-secondary education than most others.  The sad news is that we are also considered a "property rich" district and about $3 million of our tax dollars leave the district every year resulting in deeper budget cuts.  If you are concerned and would like to be involved, please consider volunteering at one or more of the Dripping Springs Education Foundation events.  The mission of the DSEF is to financially support the district allowing them to concentrate less on money and more on providing quality education.

 

Some events planned for this year are a golf tournament, a casino night gala, and a 5K & 10K run.  The DSEF Board will handle the planning, all you need to do is lend a hand at the event.  Who knows; the money you help raise may save a salary, continue a program, or provide a grant to a teacher to create new and innovative programs!

 

Please respond to Mark Handley.  mark@markhandley.com

 

 COMMUNITY MEETINGS  

 

Photographers of Dripping Springs

PODS Meeting Thursday, Sept 20, 6:30pm:  Photographers of Dripping Springs meets every 3rd Thursday at DS Community Library, 501 Sportsplex Dr., in the conference room @ 6:30pm.

Visitors always welcome.  For more info, contact Mike @ 512 524 7897 or michaelpennsmith@gmail.com .
 

 

Dripping Springs Networking Group

DS Networking Group meets the second Wednesday of each month at Creek Road Cafe at 11:30am.  Contact Corey Skahill at 894-0665 for more information.


Toastmasters

DS Toastmasters regularly meets every Tuesday, 6:30pm, at Pioneer Bank Bldg. (Conference Rm), 100 Creek Rd at Hwy 290. Visitors always welcome. For more information, call Tom Zalewski at thomasz@austin.rr.com.    Our website: http://www.dstoastmasters.com  

 

DS Property Tour

Every Tuesday at Farm Bureau Ins. 105 Canyon Wood Drive South Suite D-2, Dripping Springs.  Breakfast meeting starts at 9:00am with tour of homes immediately following. For more information contact tour coordinator Carol Brown at dshometour@gmail.com , phone number 512-576-7711. Or Debra Williamson at dwilliamson@txfb-ins.com, phone number 512-858-7777.    

                                                              

Rotary Club

Every Monday, 11:45am at Café 131, 131 E. Mercer St., Dripping Springs. To attend, please contact Bonnie Rose at (512) 894-3944 or brose@austin.rr.com.

 

Charlotte's Book Club

DS Community Library

Meets 2nd Thursday of each month at 6 PM, at 501 Sportsplex Drive. Go to www.dscl.org or call 512-858-7825 for more information.

 

Lions Club

Meets the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month at Café 131, 131 E. Mercer St.  

Contact Sharon Goss at (512) 858-5159.

 

Alzheimer's Support Group

Free Alzheimer's Support Group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at Noon at Arveda Alzheimer's Family Care, 11013 Signal Hill Drive, 78737. (Off Hwy 290, just past Nutty Brown, behind McCoy's).  Please RSVP to 512-637-5400. Also, visit our website at http://www.arvedacare.com.

 

Vince F. Taylor American Legion Post 290

Meets in the Vet Hall on the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM.  Vet Hall is located at RR12N and Loop 64 (Mercer St.)  For Info please call 858-5637.

 

Dripping Springs VFW

Post 2933

Meets in the Vet Hall on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM.  Vet Hall is located at RR12N and Loop 64 (Mercer St.)  For Info please call: 858-5637.
ARTICLES FOR BETTER BUSINESS

Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau 

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Click Here to View Contact Information of the Board

  

 

STAFF

Executive Director                                              Visitors Bureau Director

Sherrie Parks                           Shannon Moler

 

Physical Address:  509 Mercer St. (next to City Hall)
Mailing Address:  P. O. Box 206, Dripping Springs, TX  78620

Chamber of Commerce - 512.858.7000       E-Mail - dschamber@drippingspringstx.org
Visitors Bureau - 512.858.4740                   E-Mail - dsvisitorsbureau@drippingspringstx.org