Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce
Business Monthly
May 2012
Issue 23
Taste of Hilliard & Business Expo August 15!
Save the date: June 20
We have been having excellent attendance at our Hilliard Women in Business meetings. Put June 20 on your calendar to attend this next meeting as more details will follow in the June newsletter. We will be announcing the winner of our Renai Award at this meeting. Please see the additional article about this award at the end of this newsletter and how you can nominate someone!
Have you renewed your Chamber membership?
We appreciate your continued support of the Chamber’s work on behalf of the business community. We appreciate you being a chamber member and look forward to another great year! Thank you to the following members who have re-invested as of press time: PNC Bank – Cemetery Road; Paychex, Inc.; Holkenborg Design and Landscape LLC; PNC Bank – Hilliard Rome Road; Martin Control Systems, Inc.; ImmediaDent; American General Life & Accident; Rotary Club of Hilliard; Family Medicine at Darby Creek; Courtyard by Marriott Columbus West; Applebee’s; Mall at Tuttle Crossing
Tee It UP on June 18!
Have you ever wanted to play Heritage Golf Club? Now is your chance to play in a scramble format golf outing at this private club! Bring your clubs, clients, friends, family, etc to play in this fun outing! Each year we have a great group of people who come to play this Pete Dye designed course. Lunch and a buffet grilled dinner will be provided in addition to great skill holes to win prizes. There will also be a Bloody Mary and shrimp station. Sign up early! The form is on our website. See you at the course!
Member news
Ten Pin Alley is offering an Unlimited Summer Bowling Pass at $50 which includes an hour of bowling and six shoe rentals every day from June 1st through August 31st. Visit their website www.tenpinalleyandspikes.com or call 614-8762475 for more details. Baker & Associates Insurance Agency has once again been named to the Ohio Mutual Insurance Group’s Centurion Club for 2012. Tom Baker’s agency has been named to this elite club 8 out of 9 years they have been eligible. The agency has also earned Pekin Insurance Company’s 2012 elite Underwriter of Merit Award. Only 119 agencies across the company earned this award, and only 5 in the State of Ohio.
We are making great progress on this event to be held on Wednesday, August 15 at the Makoy Center from 4:30-7:30 pm. We will feature our area restaurants and our businesses at the same time. Restaurants who have already committed to being there are: Ange’s Pizza, Applebee’s, Average Joe’s Pub & Grill, Bucci’s Pizzeria, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Domino’s Pizza, Firehouse Subs, Flyers Pizza & Subs, Heritage Golf Club, Hooters of Hilliard, Kitamu Coffee, Makoy Center, McDonald’s, Old Bag of Nails; Papa John’s Pizza, Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, Rusty Bucket-Dublin; house, The Olive Tree Café & Tim Sam’s Club, Ten Pin Alley, Texas Road- Hortons Mill Run. Businesses will be
Spotlight on Business
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Are you ready for the future? Tolles Career & Technical Center provides many paths to learning by offering an unparalleled hands-on and individualized educational environment to high school students and adult learners. Located south of Plain City, Tolles serves: Dublin, Fairbanks, Jonathan Alder, Hilliard, London, Madison-Plains, and West Jefferson school districts. We are an Ohio career technical school of choice offering 23 program areas in addition to rigorous academics and the opportunity to earn dual enrollment credit from local two- and four-year colleges and universities. Our impressive 223,000 square-foot facility boasts instructional and functional labs, academic classrooms, a media center, auditoriums, a fully operational restaurant, hair and nail spa, small animal care facility, automotive repair and maintenance center, digital media lab, community preschool, medical and fire labs along with many other spaces. Conveniently, several spaces are available for
Tolles students cooking up careers. lease to community members wishing to host an event, conference, or meeting. And many of our labs offer services to the public at extremely reasonable rates. In addition to unique high school programs, Tolles also offers a growing number of Adult Workforce Education courses on-site and online. These convenient and budget-friendly courses are equipped with professional instructors and open to the public. So, as an adult learner, whether the goal is to acquire a new skill or develop a new career path,
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Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce Business Monthly Hilliard Women in Business
Chair’s Perspective
Small business: Seven small tips for huge success Renai Award Nominations
This month for my fellow business owners and entrepreneurial sales professionals and managers my perspective is brought to you by Stacy Karacostas and her “Success without Shackles Starter Kit” at The Unchained Entrepreneur, an excerpt titled 7 Small Business Tips to Make 2012 a Huge Success: 1) Make a list of what worked and didn’t work in 2011. Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it, right? So take a step back and look at where you’ve been. For those initiatives that didn’t work, consider why. Was it the right timing, the right offer, the right target market? Could you have done more marketing? Better marketing? 2) Create a marketing plan. Yeah, I know. You know you need one but who has the time – or know how – to put one together, right? That’s why I advocate writing a 2-page marketing plan. On the first page, list where you are now (gross and net income, numbers of new and repeat clients or customers, amount you currently work and earn, etc.). Then set goals for where you’d like to be in a year for each of those. On page two, choose three marketing strategies you’re going to use to achieve those goals (public speaking, email marketing, di-
rect mail, etc.). Include an actual to-do list of steps you need to take to implement each one, as well as due dates for each step. 3) Look to external partners. Great busiTOM BAKER nesses aren’t built by sitting alone in an office. Any entrepreneur can find someone else to interview, refer clients to, or trade promos to each other’s lists. So seek strategic partnerships and Joint Ventures. And develop a support network of at least one other entrepreneur who’s headed in your same direction you can go to for advice – or hire an experienced coach or consultant. That way you don’t waste a lot of time and money reinventing the wheel. 4) Focus on helping, not selling. If your business is solely about making money, you’re likely to run into big problems trying to grow. Instead, think about your customer’s wants, needs, problems and goals, and how you can help them. Help them achieve their goals, and you’ll automatically achieve your own. 5) Update your Website. The Web is one of the least expensive and most ef-
fective places to market your business. But with all the competition out there, you can’t just throw up a basic website and expect it to do much for you. Your site needs to be planned out and built to be an effective salesperson that connects with your ideal client – not just an online brochure that’s all about you and what you do. 6) Stop doing everything yourself. As an entrepreneur, if you want something done the reality is you probably shouldn’t be doing it yourself. Focus your time and energy on the things you’re best at, and that grow your business and make money. Leave the rest to a team of skilled Virtual Assistants. 7) Have a life. It’s wonderful if you’re passionate about what you do. But all work and no play makes anyone unhappy and eventually burned out. And if you’re married or in a relationship I’d be willing to bet it’s making two (or more) people unhappy. Do something you love outside of work, get some exercise every day, and make time for friends and family. You’ll be more successful, and happier!
Tom Baker is the chair of the board of directors for Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce.
The mission statement for Hilliard Women in Business is: Women dedicated to the inspiration, education, support and celebration of the personal and professional success of other business women. The Renaissance is a period in time in which has been known for its great intellectual, social and artistic pursuits. Taken literally, it was a time of rebirth. It has given history some of its greatest minds and contributions in many fields which are still being felt 500 years later. In today’s ever-changing world, we feel that the contributions of women in business exemplify the multifaceted talents and interests of many of those figures. The talents necessary to achieve success within the workplace, mak-
ing positive contributions to the communities we serve and maintaining balance within our lives are far more difficult than at any point in history. As such, we would like to accept nominations for the Renai Award. The qualified candidate will be in her current business or industry for a minimum of two years, has a history of giving back to the Hilliard community and be a member of the Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce. The selection committee will also be looking for any recognitions or awards she has received related to her business or industry. Nominations must be sent to the Hilliard Area Chamber of Commerce by May 31, 2012. See the nomination form on our website, www. hilliardchamber.org.
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