Tuesday, June 4, 2013 THE NEW MEXICAN
SANTA FE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Business Office: 505.988.3279 Resource Office: 505.983.7317 Fax: 505.984.2205 E-mail: info@santafechamber.com
BUSINESS MATTERS THANK YOU, SCOTT! At the end of June Scott Hutton of Hutton Broadcasting will end his term as Chair of the Board of the Chamber, leaving big shoes to fill. Scott’s energy and generosity have been true assets to the Chamber - this year as we have added over 100 new members, grown our voice for business and strengthened our financial position.
the growth Hutton Broadcasting showed in a very tenuous economy. Scott is truly an entrepreneur. He is competitive to a fault and very single-minded, but also keenly aware of the importance of hiring the right people and supporting his staff’s ability to work as a team. Anyone who works in media knows that this is a challenging time with new technologies and competitors constantly emerging, and with Santafe.com Scott has embraced change rather than denying its significance.
Scott once said to me, “I love being able to give away time.” What he meant was that he has been able to support numerous nonprofits by donating advertising . But he has gone far beyond giving time in helping certain causes dear to his heart including the Chamber, the Santa Fe Children’s Museum and Leadership Santa Fe.
Thank you, Scott, on behalf of the staff and members! We appreciate you!
Simon
In 2011 Hutton won the Santa Fe Small Business of the Year Award, in no small part because of
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
Thank you to our members who renewed in May. We appreciate your support!
Allan Houser Gallery, Studio & Sculpture Gardens Bookkeeping Solutions Comfort Keepers Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Dot Foil Computer Services El Gancho Fitness Swim & Racquet Club El Rey inn Fashion Outlets of Santa Fe Frogurt LLC General Mailing & Shipping Systems, inc Gerard’s House Heriz Oriental Rug Services, inc. High Desert Landscape Kokopelli Rafting Adventures La Familia Medical Center
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La Posada de Santa Fe Resort & Spa Los Alamos Medical Center Luna Luz Properties LLC Mati Jewelers of Santa Fe May Center for Learning Melanie Peters & Associates Primo Cigar Shop Santa Fe Beauty Academy d.b.a Vogue College Santa Fe imaging Southwest CARE Center Titus Group Realty at Logic Real Estate Tortilla Flats Upper Crust Pizza weck’s
JUNE 2013
CHAMBER CALENDAR
Thursday, June 6 • 5:30 pm Business Excellence Awards – Santa Fe Farmers Market Bldg. Friday, June 14 • 8:30 am Business Over Breakfast – Vanessie Santa Fe (RSVP required) Thursday, June 20 • 3:30 pm Tourism Committee – Chamber Office Wednesday, June 26• 4:00 pm Economic Development Committee – Chamber Office Thursday, June 27 • 5:30 pm Business After Hours – Gerard’s House Wednesday, July 17 • 6:00 pm Chamber Day with Santa Fe Fuego – Fort Marcy Park Trade Mission: Fatima, Lourdes and Barcelona – November 17, 2013
DON’T MISS THE DANIELS INSURANCE BUSINESS AWARDS RED CARPET GALA THIS THURSDAY! Come and help us recognize some of the best businesses in Santa Fe! The event is this Thursday, June 6 at the Santa Fe Farmers Market Building from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Many outstanding businesses have been nominated for this not-to-miss ceremony. Get your tickets in advance at www.santafechamber.com or at the door the evening of the Gala. Dress to impress! Many thanks to Daniels Insurance, Century Bank, the City of Santa Fe and Santa Fe Community College for their long-standing support.
ADDENDUM – 2013 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY CORRECTIONS CORRECTED CATEGORY LISTING AAA Insurance and Travel Hal Burns Trucking Truck and RV Repair Arroyo Vino Restaurant
Brown Bag Lunch
YOUR BRAIN ON CREATIVITY BY ELLEN J. SHABSHAI FOX, LISW June 5th – 11:45 am – 1:15 pm
This lunch features the CREATES model of Shelley Carson, Ph.D. that sets forth 7 parts of your brain – “brainsets” – that activate when you are creating. Learn which sets apply to your creative process. Before the luncheon, take the brainset quiz on www.ShelleyCarson.com and visit www.ellenfoxcreative.com for more information.
BEST PRACTICES TO PREVENT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL FRAUD BY MELANIE VELASQUEZ, FIRST CITIZENS BANK & PATRICIA KIESEL, CPA, PELTIER, GUSTAFSON & MILLER, P.A. June 19th – 11:45 am – 1:15 pm
Overview of Best Practices recommended to prevent and minimize potential internal and external fraud and services provided that can assist in the prevention of fraud.
Location: Chamber Office, 1644 St. Michael’s Dr. Register Online at www.santafechamber.com Members Free, Non-members $10 • Please bring your lunch. Thank you to Los Alamos National Security, LLC for their support of this series.
A special paid supplement to the Santa Fe New Mexican Business Section June 2013
MEMBER PERSPECTIVES
What innovative marketing practices do you use to showcase your business in Santa Fe? How do you market the exquisite taste of CoCopelli chocolate in Santa Fe, the city different? We eat with our eyes first therefore creating visual masterpieces that delight the eyes and enchant the taste buds. Our innovative marketing strategy is simple: to fall in love with CoCopelli you have to taste our creations and free samples are never out of style.
LAUREN GURNEY CoCopelli Chocolatier EXHIB-IT! hosts an annual B2B Event each year through Email Marketing, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Event and Face-to-Face Marketing. This June 6th event is focused on business owners/decision makers to DJ HECKES strategically network without worries Exhib-it! of soliciting sales calls. Guests include members of the business community and organizations that contribute to the social and economic progress in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and surrounding areas. This showcases EXHIB-IT! as a Pay it Forward Innovative Company to help businesses grow through building strategic alliance partners. For more event details, go to www.exhib-it.com. Massage and Acupuncture are an easy sell, especially since most of our patients use employee benefits and pay only a co-pay to access services. Our marketing challenge is to meet face to face with employee groups who don’t even know acupuncture and massage is available to them. We arrange a visit and explain what we do and how good they can feel, even DR. KERRiLYN after only one session. Once they get what a CHEw, DOM benefit this is, they are hooked!
Blue Lotus integrative Healing Arts
Since relocating Echo Impact Advertising & Design to Santa Fe we’ve considered various marketing solutions with the most success coming from vehicle wraps RYAN FERGUSON and graphics. By applying graphics to Echo impact Adver- our vehicles that communicate a clear call to action directing individuals to our tising & Design website and social media we’ve been able to introduce ourselves to the business community and gain awareness for our agency. Vehicle Graphics are an innovative, affordable and controllable form of marketing that works to promote virtually any business.
The Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce Presents:
Fatima, Lourdes & BarceLona: 10 days November 17, 2013
$2999.00 per person. Includes: air from Albuquerque, hotels, tours and most meals. Orientation meeting: Thursday, June 20, 5:30 pm, Chamber office. For more information, contact Bridget Dixson at 505-988-3279, ext. 16 or bridget@santafechamber.com.
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