Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce
Business Monthly
July 2014
Issue 49
Save Local Now:
A ‘SHOP HILLIARD’ mobile site The Hilliard Chamber has partnered with Save Local Now which offers nine different products to help small businesses compete with large marketing budgets. The public can download this free app onto their smart phones to see local deals! You can check out the deals that Hilliard businesses are putting up and get discounts on cupcakes, meals, health clubs, fencing, trips, etc! They change daily so check your app often! Is there a business not on the site that you wish had a deal? Ask them to contact the Chamber to
learn more! This service is only for members of the Hilliard Chamber which is another member benefit! If you aren’t familiar with these nine products you could always set up a one-toone training with Save Local Now to learn how these products could benefit your business. In a nutshell, Save Local Now offers you Deal of the Day Publishing (Groupon & Living Social without losing 50% of the revenue), Event Market-
ing; Analytics; 1-click social media sharing; SEO Services; iPhone and Android apps and Email Marketing! If you own or work in a business, this is a FREE value added to your business just by being a Hilliard Chamber member! This app improves your presence on the web so that you stand out among others in your field. If you have ever done a Groupon or Living Social add, do that with Save Local Now without out giving any
money away! Keep all the money in your pocket! When you tell people about Save Local Now, your business, as well as the whole community benefits! So make sure you remember this one key tip and spread the word! Save Local Now has trainers ready to show you how to use this FREE digital marketing platform. You can contact Chelsea at Chelsea. lindau@savelocalnow. com to schedule training or contact the Hilliard Chamber at (614) 8767666 or info@hilliardchamber.org
Come to The Taste on August 6!
Taste of
Presenting Sponsor
Platinum Sponsors
illiard
& Business Expo It won’t be long now before you can come and taste the wonderful foods of our restaurants! The Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at the Makoy Center, 5462 Center Street from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cash admission will be $12 and $8 for children ages 3 to 10. There will be People’s Judging of four categories: Best Pizza, Best Appetizer, Best Entrée, Best Dessert. Our member businesses will be showcased so that you can learn about the great services and products they can provide to you.
Website improvements and Community Calendar The Hilliard Chamber website continues to be improved. Businesses are now able to have a variety of ways to advertise on the site. The tabs at the top of the website have been changed to better reflect the different categories that visitors to our website have been going to in search of member businesses. There are now landing pages with direct links to business categories. Members are having banner ads on multiple pages of the site as well as having enhanced listings
which advances their listing ahead of others in the same category. Our Community Calendar has a lot of activity on it and it is available for the community to add their events to it such as: business open houses, seminars that a business or group is presenting; activities that non-profits are promoting, etc. Currently, there are events on there for the Franklin County Fair business lunch discount, carnival at Goddard School, and others. Get your events noticed!
Volunteers Needed for Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo—Aug. 6 The Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo is a huge event and would not be possible without the help of volunteers! Volunteers are needed to assist with parking, set-up, admissions and other duties. Volunteers can arrive in shifts that will be between the hours of 4 and 7:30 p.m. Please reply via email to info@hilliardchamber.org, or call 876-7666 to confirm that you are able to help out!
Morning Business Network Exchange Don’t forget the Morning Business Network Exchange will meet on Friday, July 11 from 8 to 9 a.m. at Kitamu Coffee, 3221 Hilliard Rome Road in the Tinapple Plaza. The group meets for coffee, networking and information sharing. Come with lots of business cards!
Gold Sponsors
August 15 Luncheon Speaker: Curtis Stitt, President/CEO of COTA We are excited to have the following restaurants and meeting facilities participate and provide ‘tastes’ for the event: A Matter of Steak, Average Joe’s Pub & Grill, Carriage Court of Hilliard, Crumbz Cakery, Cate’s Steak & Barbecue, Culver’s, Domino’s Pizza, Flyers Pizza & Subs, Heritage Golf Club, Jet’s Pizza, Justin’s Bar & Grill, Kelly’s Cakery, LLC, Little Caesars Pizza, Makoy Center, Max & Erma’s, McDonald’s, Mill Run Gardens & Care Center, Nasty’s Sports Bar & Grill; Papa John’s Pizza, Pulp Juice and Smoothie Bar, Rusty Bucket-Dublin, Sam’s Club, Schmidt’s, Submarine House Bar & Grill, Texas Roadhouse, The Little Ice Cream Shoppe, The Olive Tree Café, Tom + Chee, Which Wich? and Whit’s Frozen Custard-Hilliard.
Silver Sponsors ACE Hardware National Church Residences at Mill Run Sam’s Club SBS Management, LLC, Susan E. Thomas CPA, Ltd.
We are very excited to have Curtis Stitt be our speaker at our August 15 luncheon to bring us the update on the transportation services provided by Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA). Our luncheons are open to the public and are $18 for Chamber members and $21 for the public. More information will be on our website, www.hilliardchamber.org.
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THE LAURELS OF HILLIARD IS RATED 4 STARS BY THE CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. “I have been well pleased with the cleanliness, tasty meals and the helpfulness of all the staff here at the Laurels. The Rehab group helped get my life back. I was unable to stand and now I am walking unassisted. I am so thankful that a friend recommended The Laurels to me.” June Eggert, Rehabilitation Patient at The Laurels of Hilliard
www.laurelsofhilliard.com (614) 876-7356
Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce Business Monthly What Was It About Eleanor Roosevelt?
NEW MEMBERS Visiting Angels Dan Nelson 3797 Broadway Grove City, OH 43123 (614) 561-0075 www.v-angels.com Visiting Angels of Grove City, nonmedical home care services allow people to maintain the independence of their daily routines. Call for your free in home assessment (614) 561-0075.
Chamber Discoveries Scott McKeever 1300 E. Shaw Ave., Ste. 127 Fresno, CA 93710 www.chamberdiscoveries.com Chamber Discoveries, a division of Adelman Travel Group, designs custom enrichment travel programs to destinations around the world specifically for Chambers of Commerce. The Little Ice Cream Shoppe Mark McDevitt 3229 Hilliard Rome Rd. Hilliard, OH 43026 (614) 563-3485 We have homemade, hard-pack ice cream to enjoy in our indoor or outdoor seating areas or to take home with you.
Whit’s Frozen Custard-Hilliard Judy Vitale 6352 Scioto Darby Rd. Hilliard, OH 43026 (614) 710-1315 www.whitshilliard.com Our custard is made and served fresh daily on location with a smooth, creamy texture that is lower in fat than ice cream!
Top 5 Team at Keller Williams Consultants Laura Esterline 5400 Frantz Road Dublin, OH 43016 (614) 284-8867
Pulp Juice And Smoothie Bar Chris Ighnat 3664 Fishinger Blvd. Hilliard, OH 43026 (614) 655-PULP www.pulpjuiceandsmoothie.com Thirty plus real fruit smoothies, plus wraps, salads and fresh juices, including one of the few places in all of central Ohio serving the amazingly beneficial wheatgrass freshly squeezed.
New York Life Derek Spangler 485 Metro Place South Suite 350 Dublin, OH 43017 (614) 316-8398 A small business where I help families protect their futures with strategies provided by New York Life.
Cate’s Steak & Barbecue Michelle McDaniel 4920 Scioto Darby Rd. Hilliard, OH 43026 (614) 917-7334 We are a family-owned restaurant and a full service catering company, banquet facility available during the day.
North Coast Roofing Systems Jeremie Roshon 3650 Parkway Lane Hilliard, OH 43026 (614) 503-7360 www.nccrs.com Residential and Commercial roofing and window distribution stocking Owens Corning, CertainTeed, Tamko, Versico, GAF, Carlisle Syntec and B.F. Rich windows between our two Columbus locations
An entertaining and informative speaker will give us insights into the life of Eleanor Roosevelt, one of our most dynamic First Ladies on Wednesday, Aug. 20. The Hilliard Women in Business Luncheon is open to the public and will be held
at the Reception House at Raymond Memorial Golf Club on Trabue Road. 130 years after her birth and over 50 since her death she remains one of the most respected and admired American women of all time. Come join us! You may make your reservation at www. hilliardchamber.org
CALENDAR OF EVENTS Friday, July 11 Morning Business Network Exchange Kitamu Coffee 3221 Hilliard Rome Road 8 to 9 a.m.
Friday, August 8 Morning Business Network Exchange Kitamu Coffee 3221 Hilliard Rome Road 8 to 9 a.m.
Wednesday, August 6 Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo Makoy Center 5462 Center Street 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, August 20 Hilliard Women in Business Luncheon Reception House at Raymond Memorial 3860 Trabue Road 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
We are on Facebook which provides us with another avenue to be in contact with you! If you are on Facebook, please search Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce and click to become a fan — it’s that easy! We are posting pictures of our events as well as providing more up to date information on which is going on in the Chamber!
Be a Chamber Luncheon Sponsor! Many of our chamber members have sponsored a luncheon and have found it to be worthwhile! We have spots available in 2014 for YOU to sponsor a luncheon. The cost is $200 which enables you to have two complimentary lunches, be able to speak for three minutes before the membership, have items at each person’s place setting; an 8-foot table for your display; your logo on our webpage linked to yours; and be promoted in the newsletter.
ACE Hardware opens in Hilliard A family-owned ACE Hardware has opened at 2575 Hilliard Rome Road in the Silverhorn Shopping Center. Pictured is Mayor Don Schonhardt, Chamber President Libby Gierach, Hilliard Chamber board member, Jill Gerschutz with representatives from ACE Hardware at their chain cutting.
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