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Small Business Season SECRET WEAPON
Small Business Season’s Secret Weapon: Email Right now while end-of-year purchases and holiday shopping are on everyone’s minds, email marketing can help reinforce the message for people to shop with YOU. The “shop local, shop small” season that began on Small Business Saturday is a hot trend this month to take advantage of. Email reminders can keep customers buying from you all season, and all year, long. You just need a couple of good ideas, an email marketing tool (like MailChimp or Constant
Moderna and Pfizer Boosters Available
Moderna and Pfizer Boosters AvailableIf you are traveling this holiday season, stop by the Bay Area Transitional Clinic to get your booster. Full vaccines also available.If you have tested positive for Covid, there are Monoclonal Antibodies available between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. 6608 Gulf Freeway, Suite 100, La Marque (in front of Sam's Club)
Nominate a Person or Business for the 2021 Awards
Every year citizens and businesses are nominated for the prestigious awards listed below. Your input is valuable! Please consider nominating someone who is deserving of these honors. These four major awards will be presented at the gala: Outstanding Citizen Award - based on accomplishments and community involvement for the year 2021.Jimmy Hayley Community Service Award- someone who has continually demonstrated an unselfish commitment to the community over several years.Small Business of the Year- A local
Level UP 2021 Workshop Series
LEVEL UP YOUR BUSINESS! Workshop Series Take advantage of this new program offered by the Texas City-La Marque Chamber of Commerce and the Galveston County Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to empower and equip local small business owners with tools to make your business "dreams" come TRUE. This program was developed by the Chamber's Diversity & Inclusion Initiative committee that has been meeting throughout 2021. These workshops are designed to help small businesses launch and grow in the
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How Your Local Business Can Compete with Amazon
Models and Systems to Grow Your BusinessHow Local Businesses Can Compete with Amazon Amazon is the largest online store and hosts products from some of the biggest brands in the world. They are also known for large inventories and discounts, so competing based on price can be a tall order for other small businesses. Interestingly, about 50% of the products you see on Amazon are listed by small-to-medium size businesses (SMBs) and not Amazon itself. So is Amazon a competitor, or is it a marketplace? In
Clear Lake Specialties is now CLS Health
Clear Lake Specialties a leading provider of inpatient and outpatient care in Southeast Houston, is now CLS Health. The company's comprehensive rebrand reflects its continued leadership in an ever-evolving industry. For over fifteen years we've been a leader in comprehensive patient care. As our practice has evolved, we have too - and we thought it was time to take a fresh look at our brand.It was critical to us that our brand legacy, the trust we have built with our patients, partners, and community
7 Things You Can Do To Support Your Business Community
Here are 7 things you can do right now to support your small-business community:1. Order Takeout or Delivery Your favorite restaurants may have had to shut their doors, but many of them still offer takeout or delivery. Not only does that keep the business going, it also provides income for delivery drivers. Services like Grubhub and DoorDash have sent information to customers and drivers to help ensure safe--and in some cases, contact-less--deliveries.2. Buy Gift Cards Want to inject some cash into a
